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Chen W, Zheng Y, Zhu Y, Liu D, Zhu L. Pharmacokinetics, tissue distribution, and plasma protein binding ratio of bicuculline following intragastric and intravenous administration in rats using ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Biomed Chromatogr 2024; 38:e5802. [PMID: 38110194 DOI: 10.1002/bmc.5802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2023] [Revised: 11/08/2023] [Accepted: 11/16/2023] [Indexed: 12/20/2023]
Abstract
Bicuculline is a natural isoquinoline alkaloid that works as a gamma-aminobutyric acid receptor antagonist. It is widely found in Papaveraceae plants used in traditional Chinese medicines. Bicuculline not only has been shown to have favorable analgesic, memory-improving, and anxiolytic effects but may also cause adverse effects such as convulsions and epilepsy. A simple, rapid, and sensitive method was developed and validated for the determination of bicuculline in the plasma and tissue samples in rats by ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS). The chromatographic separation was performed on a Thermo Scientific C18 column. The MS/MS system was operated in the positive multiple reaction monitoring mode, and the precursor-product ion transitions were optimized as m/z 368.0 → 307.1 for bicuculline and as 354.1 → 188.1 for protopine (internal standard). The linearity, accuracy, precision, recovery, and matrix effect were within acceptable limits. The experimental data showed that bicuculline was rapidly absorbed and eliminated in rats, with a moderate plasma protein binding ratio and low bioavailability. The main tissues of distribution were the kidney, liver, and brain; bicuculline could exert its pharmacological effects across the blood-brain barrier. This study has positive implications for the clinical use of herbal medicines containing bicuculline and for further development.
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- Weikang Chen
- Jiangxi Institute for Drug Control/Jiangxi Engineering Research Center for Drug and Medical Device Quality, Nanchang, China
- National Medical Products Administration Key Laboratory of Quality Evaluation of Traditional Chinese Patent Medicine, Nanchang, China
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- Jiangxi Institute for Drug Control/Jiangxi Engineering Research Center for Drug and Medical Device Quality, Nanchang, China
- National Medical Products Administration Key Laboratory of Quality Evaluation of Traditional Chinese Patent Medicine, Nanchang, China
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- Jiangxi Institute for Drug Control/Jiangxi Engineering Research Center for Drug and Medical Device Quality, Nanchang, China
- National Medical Products Administration Key Laboratory of Quality Evaluation of Traditional Chinese Patent Medicine, Nanchang, China
- Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, China
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- Jiangxi Institute for Drug Control/Jiangxi Engineering Research Center for Drug and Medical Device Quality, Nanchang, China
- National Medical Products Administration Key Laboratory of Quality Evaluation of Traditional Chinese Patent Medicine, Nanchang, China
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- Jiangxi Institute for Drug Control/Jiangxi Engineering Research Center for Drug and Medical Device Quality, Nanchang, China
- National Medical Products Administration Key Laboratory of Quality Evaluation of Traditional Chinese Patent Medicine, Nanchang, China
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Geng P, Zhang J, Chen B, Wang Q, Wang S, Wen C. Determination and pharmacokinetic study of dauricine in rat plasma by UPLC–MS/MS. ACTA CHROMATOGR 2018. [DOI: 10.1556/1326.2017.00118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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- Peiwu Geng
- The Laboratory of Clinical Pharmacy, The People's Hospital of Lishui, Wenzhou Medical University, Lishui 323000, China
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- Laboratory Animal Centre, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China
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- Laboratory Animal Centre, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China
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- Laboratory Animal Centre, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China
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- The Laboratory of Clinical Pharmacy, The People's Hospital of Lishui, Wenzhou Medical University, Lishui 323000, China
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- Laboratory Animal Centre, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China
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Gómora-Arrati P, Dominguez G, Ågmo A. GABA Receptors in the Medial Preoptic Area Modulate the Onset of Oestradiol-Induced Maternal Behaviour in Hysterectomised-Ovariectomised, Pregnant Rats. J Neuroendocrinol 2016; 28. [PMID: 27631525 DOI: 10.1111/jne.12434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2016] [Revised: 09/01/2016] [Accepted: 09/12/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
We studied the participation of GABA neurotransmission in the medial preoptic area (mPOA) with respect to the onset of the pup retrieval response and nest building. Pregnant female rats were implanted with bilateral cannulae in the mPOA on day 12 of pregnancy and, on day 16, the females were hysterectomised and ovariectomised and given 200 μg/kg of oestradiol benzoate. Two days later, the females received one of the following intracerebral drug treatments: GABAB agonist baclofen (200 ng); GABAB antagonist phaclofen (1 μg); GABAA antagonist bicuculline (60 ng); or physiological saline. Five minutes after intracerebral infusion, three foster pups were introduced into the females' home cage. The subjects were observed for pup grouping (retrieval) during 15 min, after which the pups were left with the female. During the next 12 h, an observation was made every 1 h to determine whether the pups had been grouped (retrieved) or not. The GABAB agonist baclofen reduced the proportion of females retrieving pups from 4 to 8 h following pup introduction. By contrast, both the GABAA antagonist bicuculline and the GABAB antagonist phaclofen enhanced the proportion of females retrieving pups during the first 3 h of observation. The latency to pup retrieval in subjects treated with the GABAB agonist baclofen was significantly longer than that in subjects given any of the antagonists. All females built a nest but baclofen reduced nest quality. These data show that activation of GABAB receptors in the mPOA has an inhibitory effect on basic maternal behaviours, whereas blockade of either the GABAA or GABAB receptor facilitates pup retrieval. It is possible that reduced GABAergic tone in the mPOA is a key element in the initiation of maternal behaviours in postparturient rats.
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- P Gómora-Arrati
- Centro de Investigación en Reproducción Animal, CINVESTAV-UAT, Tlaxcala, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigación en Reproducción Animal, CINVESTAV-UAT, Tlaxcala, Mexico
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- Department of Psychology, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway
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Wang X, Wang S, Ma J, Ye T, Lu M, Fan M, Deng M, Hu L, Gao Z. Pharmacokinetics in rats and tissue distribution in mouse of berberrubine by UPLC-MS/MS. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2015; 115:368-74. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2015.07.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2015] [Revised: 06/22/2015] [Accepted: 07/22/2015] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Validated UPLC–MS/MS method for determination of hordenine in rat plasma and its application to pharmacokinetic study. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2015; 111:131-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2015.03.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2014] [Revised: 03/20/2015] [Accepted: 03/26/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Wen C, Wang S, Huang X, Liu Z, Lin Y, Yang S, Ma J, Zhou Y, Wang X. Determination and validation of hupehenine in rat plasma by UPLC-MS/MS and its application to pharmacokinetic study. Biomed Chromatogr 2015; 29:1805-10. [PMID: 26033449 DOI: 10.1002/bmc.3499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2015] [Revised: 03/22/2015] [Accepted: 04/23/2015] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Congcong Wen
- Laboratory Animal Centre; Wenzhou Medical University; Wenzhou 325035 China
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- The Laboratory of Clinical Pharmacy, The People's Hospital of Lishui 323000; Wenzhou Medical University; Lishui China
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- Analytical and Testing Center; Wenzhou Medical University; Wenzhou 325035 China
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- Laboratory Animal Centre; Wenzhou Medical University; Wenzhou 325035 China
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- Laboratory Animal Centre; Wenzhou Medical University; Wenzhou 325035 China
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- Laboratory Animal Centre; Wenzhou Medical University; Wenzhou 325035 China
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- Analytical and Testing Center; Wenzhou Medical University; Wenzhou 325035 China
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- The Laboratory of Clinical Pharmacy, The People's Hospital of Lishui 323000; Wenzhou Medical University; Lishui China
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- Analytical and Testing Center; Wenzhou Medical University; Wenzhou 325035 China
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Wang S, Wu H, Huang X, Geng P, Wen C, Ma J, Zhou Y, Wang X. Determination of N-methylcytisine in rat plasma by UPLC-MS/MS and its application to pharmacokinetic study. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2015; 990:118-24. [PMID: 25864013 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2015.03.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2014] [Revised: 03/21/2015] [Accepted: 03/27/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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In this work, a sensitive and selective UPLC-MS/MS method for determination of N-methylcytisine in rat plasma is developed. After addition of hordenine as an internal standard (IS), protein precipitation by acetonitrile-methanol (9:1, v/v) was used to prepare samples. Chromatographic separation was achieved on a UPLC BEH HILIC (2.1 mm×100mm, 1.7μm) with acetonitrile (containing 10mM ammonium formate) and water (containing 0.1% formic acid and 10mM ammonium formate) as the mobile phase with gradient elution. An electrospray ionization source was applied and operated in positive ion mode; multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) mode was used for quantification using target fragment ions m/z 205.1→58.0 for N-methylcytisine, and m/z 166.1→121.0 for IS. Calibration plots were linear throughout the range 2-2000ng/mL for N-methylcytisine in rat plasma. Mean recoveries of N-methylcytisine in rat plasma ranged from 86.1% to 94.8%. RSD of intra-day and inter-day precision were both<13%. The accuracy of the method was between 94.5% and 109.4%. The method was successfully applied to pharmacokinetic study of N-methylcytisine after either oral or intravenous administration. For the first time, the absolute bioavailability of N-methylcytisine was reported as high as 55.5%.
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- Shuanghu Wang
- The Laboratory of Clinical Pharmacy, The People's Hospital of Lishui, Wenzhou Medical University, Lishui 323000, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325000, China
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- Analytical and Testing Center, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China
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- The Laboratory of Clinical Pharmacy, The People's Hospital of Lishui, Wenzhou Medical University, Lishui 323000, China
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- Analytical and Testing Center, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China
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- Analytical and Testing Center, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China
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- The Laboratory of Clinical Pharmacy, The People's Hospital of Lishui, Wenzhou Medical University, Lishui 323000, China.
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- Analytical and Testing Center, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China.
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Zhou Y, Wang S, Ding T, Wu M, Geng P, Zhang Q, Ma J. Pharmacokinetic interaction study of combining imatinib with dasatinib in rats by UPLC-MS/MS. Drug Dev Ind Pharm 2015; 41:1948-53. [PMID: 25632980 DOI: 10.3109/03639045.2015.1004182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
Abstract
This study examined whether oral administration of dasatinib to the rats with imatinib led to any pharmacokinetic interactions. Twenty-four rats were divided randomly into three groups, imatinib group (imatinib 25 mg/kg, n = 8), dasatinib group (dasatinib 15 mg/kg, n = 8) and co-administration group (dasatinib 15 mg/kg and imatinib 25 mg/kg, n = 8). The concentration of imatinib and dasatinib in rat plasma was determined by a sensitive and simple UPLC-MS/MS method. There was statistical pharmacokinetics difference for imatinib in the imatinib group and co-administration group, when co-oral administration imatinib with dasatinib, MRT(0-t) increased (p < 0.01). There was statistical pharmacokinetics difference for dasatinib in the dasatinib group and co-administration group, when co-oral administration dasatinib with imatinib, Cmax and AUC increased (p < 0.01), CL and V decreased (p < 0.01). These data indicate dasatinib could slightly influence the pharmacokinetic profile of imatinib in rats, and imatinib could influence the pharmacokinetic profile of dasatinib in rats, which might cause drug-drug interactions when using imatinib with dasatinib.
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- Yunfang Zhou
- a The Laboratory of Clinical Pharmacy , People's Hospital of Lishui City, Wenzhou Medical University , Lishui , China
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- a The Laboratory of Clinical Pharmacy , People's Hospital of Lishui City, Wenzhou Medical University , Lishui , China
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- a The Laboratory of Clinical Pharmacy , People's Hospital of Lishui City, Wenzhou Medical University , Lishui , China
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- a The Laboratory of Clinical Pharmacy , People's Hospital of Lishui City, Wenzhou Medical University , Lishui , China
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- a The Laboratory of Clinical Pharmacy , People's Hospital of Lishui City, Wenzhou Medical University , Lishui , China
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- b Shanghai Institute of Pharmaceutical Industry , Shanghai , China , and
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- c Function Experiment Teaching Center, Wenzhou Medical University , Wenzhou , China
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