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Rehmel J, Ferguson‐Sells L, Morse BL, Li B, Dickinson G. Physiologically based pharmacokinetic modeling of tadalafil to inform pediatric dose selection in children with pulmonary arterial hypertension. CPT Pharmacometrics Syst Pharmacol 2022; 11:173-184. [PMID: 34800000 PMCID: PMC8846628 DOI: 10.1002/psp4.12744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2021] [Revised: 10/04/2021] [Accepted: 11/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Tadalafil, a phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitor, is being investigated as a treatment for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in children aged 6 months to less than 18 years. Tadalafil pharmacokinetic (PK) data in children less than 2 years old are unavailable, therefore a physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model was developed to enable estimation of tadalafil doses in children less than 2 years old. The model was verified in adults and extended for use in children by modifying CYP3A‐mediated intrinsic clearance to include CYP3A7. To account for co‐dosing of the commonly prescribed moderate CYP3A4 inducer bosentan, predicted exposures were increased by a factor of 1.54 based on changes in exposure in adults with PAH. This factor was predictable using a bosentan PBPK model. The tadalafil model was verified in children aged greater than or equal to 2 years by comparing predicted and observed exposures. Tadalafil doses for children less than 2 years old were calculated as target area under the concentration curve from zero to 24 h (AUC0–24)/predicted AUC0–24, with target AUC0–24 of 10,000 ng*h/ml based on adult 40 mg single dose exposures determined in patients without bosentan background treatment. These doses were 2 mg, 3 mg, 4 mg, and 6 mg, respectively, for children aged birth to less than 1 month, 1 month to less than 6 months, 6 months to less than 1 year, and 1 to less than 2 years. Due to uncertainties in CYP maturation, a nonmechanistic steady‐state volume scalar, and lack of PK data in children less than 2 years old, accumulation of tadalafil to steady‐state in children less than 2 years was not verifiable. Safety of proposed doses is supported by postmarketing research and investigator‐led trials.
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- Eli Lilly and Company Indianapolis Indiana USA
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Characterization of fluorescent probe substrates to develop an efficient high-throughput assay for neonatal hepatic CYP3A7 inhibition screening. Sci Rep 2021; 11:19443. [PMID: 34593846 PMCID: PMC8484451 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-98219-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2021] [Accepted: 09/06/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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CYP3A7 is a member of the cytochrome P450 (CYP) 3A enzyme sub-family that is expressed in the fetus and neonate. In addition to its role metabolizing retinoic acid and the endogenous steroid dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEA-S), it also has a critical function in drug metabolism and disposition during the first few weeks of life. Despite this, it is generally ignored in the preclinical testing of new drug candidates. This increases the risk for drug-drug interactions (DDI) and toxicities occurring in the neonate. Therefore, screening drug candidates for CYP3A7 inhibition is essential to identify chemical entities with potential toxicity risks for neonates. Currently, there is no efficient high-throughput screening (HTS) assay to assess CYP3A7 inhibition. Here, we report our testing of various fluorescent probes to assess CYP3A7 activity in a high-throughput manner. We determined that the fluorescent compound dibenzylfluorescein (DBF) is superior to other compounds in meeting the criteria considered for an efficient HTS assay. Furthermore, a preliminary screen of an HIV/HCV antiviral drug mini-library demonstrated the utility of DBF in a HTS assay system. We anticipate that this tool will be of great benefit in screening drugs that may be used in the neonatal population in the future.
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Salerno SN, Carreño FO, Edginton AN, Cohen-Wolkowiez M, Gonzalez D. Leveraging Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Modeling and Experimental Data to Guide Dosing Modification of CYP3A-Mediated Drug-Drug Interactions in the Pediatric Population. Drug Metab Dispos 2021; 49:844-855. [PMID: 34154994 PMCID: PMC10441624 DOI: 10.1124/dmd.120.000318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2020] [Accepted: 06/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Solithromycin is a novel fluoroketolide antibiotic that is both a substrate and time-dependent inhibitor of CYP3A. Solithromycin has demonstrated efficacy in adults with community-acquired bacterial pneumonia and has also been investigated in pediatric patients. The objective of this study was to develop a framework for leveraging physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling to predict CYP3A-mediated drug-drug interaction (DDI) potential in the pediatric population using solithromycin as a case study. To account for age, we performed in vitro metabolism and time-dependent inhibition studies for solithromycin for CYP3A4, CYP3A5, and CYP3A7. The PBPK model included CYP3A4 and CYP3A5 metabolism and time-dependent inhibition, glomerular filtration, P-glycoprotein transport, and enterohepatic recirculation. The average fold error of simulated and observed plasma concentrations of solithromycin in both adults (1966 plasma samples) and pediatric patients from 4 days to 17.9 years (684 plasma samples) were within 0.5- to 2.0-fold. The geometric mean ratios for the simulated area under the concentration versus time curve (AUC) extrapolated to infinity were within 0.75- to 1.25-fold of observed values in healthy adults receiving solithromycin with midazolam or ketoconazole. DDI potential was simulated in pediatric patients (1 month to 17 years of age) and adults. Solithromycin increased the simulated midazolam AUC 4- to 6-fold, and ketoconazole increased the simulated solithromycin AUC 1- to 2-fold in virtual subjects ranging from 1 month to 65 years of age. This study presents a systematic approach for incorporating CYP3A in vitro data into adult and pediatric PBPK models to predict pediatric CYP3A-mediated DDI potential. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT: Using solithromycin, this study presents a framework for investigating and incorporating CYP3A4, CYP3A5, and CYP3A7 in vitro data into adult and pediatric physiologically based pharmacokinetic models to predict CYP3A-mediated DDI potential in adult and pediatric subjects during drug development. In this study, minor age-related differences in inhibitor concentration resulted in differences in the magnitude of the DDI. Therefore, age-related differences in DDI potential for substrates metabolized primarily by CYP3A4 can be minimized by closely matching adult and pediatric inhibitor concentrations.
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- Sara N Salerno
- Division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina (S.N.S., F.O.C., D.G.); School of Pharmacy, University of Waterloo, Kitchener, ON, Canada (A.N.E.); Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC, USA (M.C.-W.); Department of Pediatrics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina (M.C.-W.)
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- Division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina (S.N.S., F.O.C., D.G.); School of Pharmacy, University of Waterloo, Kitchener, ON, Canada (A.N.E.); Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC, USA (M.C.-W.); Department of Pediatrics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina (M.C.-W.)
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- Division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina (S.N.S., F.O.C., D.G.); School of Pharmacy, University of Waterloo, Kitchener, ON, Canada (A.N.E.); Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC, USA (M.C.-W.); Department of Pediatrics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina (M.C.-W.)
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- Division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina (S.N.S., F.O.C., D.G.); School of Pharmacy, University of Waterloo, Kitchener, ON, Canada (A.N.E.); Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC, USA (M.C.-W.); Department of Pediatrics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina (M.C.-W.)
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- Division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina (S.N.S., F.O.C., D.G.); School of Pharmacy, University of Waterloo, Kitchener, ON, Canada (A.N.E.); Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC, USA (M.C.-W.); Department of Pediatrics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina (M.C.-W.)
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Ince I, Solodenko J, Frechen S, Dallmann A, Niederalt C, Schlender J, Burghaus R, Lippert J, Willmann S. Predictive Pediatric Modeling and Simulation Using Ontogeny Information. J Clin Pharmacol 2020; 59 Suppl 1:S95-S103. [PMID: 31502689 DOI: 10.1002/jcph.1497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2019] [Accepted: 07/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Food and Drug Administration submissions of physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling and simulation of small-molecule drugs document the relevance of pediatric drug development and, in particular, information on dosing strategies in children. The most relevant prerequisite for reliable PBPK-based translation of adult pharmacokinetics of a small molecule to children is knowledge of the drug-specific absorption, distribution, metabolism, and elimination (ADME) processes in adults together with existing information about ontogeny of ADME processes relevant for the drug. All mechanisms driving a drug's clearance are of specific importance. For other drug modalities, our knowledge of ADME processes and ontogeny is still limited. More research is required, for example, to understand why some therapeutic proteins show complex differences in pharmacokinetics between adults and children, whereas other proteins seem to follow simple allometric scaling rules. Ontogeny information originates from various sources, such as (semi)quantitative mRNA expression, in vitro activity data, and deconvolution of in vivo pharmacokinetic data. The workflow for pediatric predictions is well described in several articles documenting successful translation from adults to children. The technical hurdles for PBPK modeling are low. State-of-the-art PBPK modeling software tools provide integrated pediatric translation workflows. For example, PK-Sim and MoBi are freely available as fully transparent open-source software via Open Systems Pharmacology (OSP). With the latest 2019 software release, version 8.0, OSP even provides a fully integrated technical framework for the qualification (and requalification) of any specific intended PBPK use in line with Food and Drug Administration and European Medicines Agency PBPK guidance. Qualification packages for pediatric translation are available on the OSP platform.
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- Ibrahim Ince
- Clinical Pharmacometrics, Research & Development, Pharmaceuticals, Bayer AG, Germany
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- Clinical Pharmacometrics, Research & Development, Pharmaceuticals, Bayer AG, Germany
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- Clinical Pharmacometrics, Research & Development, Pharmaceuticals, Bayer AG, Germany
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- Clinical Pharmacometrics, Research & Development, Pharmaceuticals, Bayer AG, Germany
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- Clinical Pharmacometrics, Research & Development, Pharmaceuticals, Bayer AG, Germany
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- Clinical Pharmacometrics, Research & Development, Pharmaceuticals, Bayer AG, Germany
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- Clinical Pharmacometrics, Research & Development, Pharmaceuticals, Bayer AG, Germany
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- Clinical Pharmacometrics, Research & Development, Pharmaceuticals, Bayer AG, Germany
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- Clinical Pharmacometrics, Research & Development, Pharmaceuticals, Bayer AG, Germany
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Niessen WMA. Tandem mass spectrometry of small-molecule antiviral drugs: 1. HIV-related antivirals. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY 2020; 455:116370. [PMID: 33519296 PMCID: PMC7834215 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijms.2020.116370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2020] [Revised: 05/27/2020] [Accepted: 05/27/2020] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Antiviral drugs are a class of compounds developed specifically for the treatment of viral infections. In the development and subsequent application of antiviral drugs, like for any other class of drugs, quantitative analysis in biological matrix is important, e.g., to establish bioavailability, to study pharmacokinetics, and later on possibly for therapeutic drug monitoring. Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) with tandem mass spectrometry (MS-MS) operated in selected-reaction monitoring (SRM) mode is the method of choice in quantitative bioanalysis. As information of the fragmentation of antiviral drugs in MS-MS is very much scattered in the scientific literature, it was decided to collect this information and to review it, not only to understand which product ions are actually used in SRM, but also to assist in other studies, e.g., in the identification of drug metabolites or (forced) degradation products. In this first study, attention is paid to antiviral agents used against HIV infection. The review provides fragmentation schemes of ca. 40 antiviral agents as well as several phosphorylated anabolites. The identity of the product ions used in SRM, i.e., elemental composition and exact-m/z, is tabulated, and more detailed fragmentation schemes are provided.
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- W M A Niessen
- hyphen MassSpec, Margrietstraat 34, 2215 HJ, Voorhout, the Netherlands
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Goto T, Yamazoe Y, Tohkin M. Applications of a grid-based CYP3A4 Template system to understand the interacting mechanisms of large-size ligands; part 4 of CYP3A4 Template study. Drug Metab Pharmacokinet 2020; 35:485-496. [PMID: 32967779 DOI: 10.1016/j.dmpk.2020.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2020] [Revised: 06/11/2020] [Accepted: 06/29/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Catalytic interactions of CYP3A4 with large-size ligands have been studied on the Template established in our previous studies using polyaromatic hydrocarbon and steroid ligands (DMPK 34: 113-125 and 351-364 2019 and in press 2020). Typical CYP3A4-substrates including erythromycin, cyclosporin A (ca.1200 Da), ivermectin B1a and taxanes were applied successfully and regioselective metabolisms of these ligands were reconstituted faithfully on Template. These results suggest the applicability of CYP3A4 Template throughout broadened sizes of CYP3A4 ligands. Macrolide antibiotics showed distinct degrees of tight sittings in Width-gauge, a tool for accommodation measure. The observed differences were associated with different inhibitory/inactivation potentials of troleandomycin, erythromycin, clarithromycin and azithromycin, suggesting CYP3A4 Template also as a tool for drug-interaction mechanisms. Slight expansion of Template area was made at near Site of oxidation from simulation results of antitumor agent, rilpivirine, in the present study. Ligand entry from left side of Template is also suggested from macrolide interactions. Broadened applicability of the refined CYP3A4 Template were assured with experiments with various large-size ligands.
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- Takahiro Goto
- Regulation and Prequalification, Access to Medicines and Health Products, World Health Organization, Avenue Appia 20, 1211, Geneva 27, Switzerland; Regulatory Science, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University, 3-1, Tanabe-dori, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, 467-8603, Japan
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- Division of Drug Metabolism and Molecular Toxicology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, 6-3 Aramaki-Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8578, Japan; Division of Risk Assessment, National Institute of Health Sciences, Tonomachi 3-25-26, Kawasaki-ku, Kanagawa, 210-9501, Japan.
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- Regulatory Science, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University, 3-1, Tanabe-dori, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, 467-8603, Japan
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Athawale PR, Kumari N, Dandawate MR, Kashinath K, Srinivasa Reddy D. Synthesis of Chiral Tetrahydrofuran Building Blocks from Pantolactones: Application in the Synthesis of Empagliflozin and Amprenavir Analogs. European J Org Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201900718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Paresh R. Athawale
- Organic Chemistry Division; CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory; Dr. Homi Bhabha Road Pune 411008 India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR); New Delhi 110 025 India
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- Organic Chemistry Division; CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory; Dr. Homi Bhabha Road Pune 411008 India
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- Organic Chemistry Division; CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory; Dr. Homi Bhabha Road Pune 411008 India
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- Organic Chemistry Division; CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory; Dr. Homi Bhabha Road Pune 411008 India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR); New Delhi 110 025 India
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- Organic Chemistry Division; CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory; Dr. Homi Bhabha Road Pune 411008 India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR); New Delhi 110 025 India
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Characterization of Intestinal and Hepatic CYP3A-Mediated Metabolism of Midazolam in Children Using a Physiological Population Pharmacokinetic Modelling Approach. Pharm Res 2018; 35:182. [PMID: 30062590 PMCID: PMC6096899 DOI: 10.1007/s11095-018-2458-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2018] [Accepted: 07/09/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Purpose Changes in drug absorption and first-pass metabolism have been reported throughout the pediatric age range. Our aim is to characterize both intestinal and hepatic CYP3A-mediated metabolism of midazolam in children in order to predict first-pass and systemic metabolism of CYP3A substrates. Methods Pharmacokinetic (PK) data of midazolam and 1-OH-midazolam from 264 post-operative children 1–18 years of age after oral administration were analyzed using a physiological population PK modelling approach. In the model, consisting of physiological compartments representing the gastro-intestinal tract and liver,intrinsic intestinal and hepatic clearances were estimated to derive values for bioavailability and plasma clearance. Results The whole-organ intrinsic clearance in the gut wall and liver were found to increase with body weight, with a 105 (95% confidence interval (CI): 5–405) times lower intrinsic gut wall clearance than the intrinsic hepatic clearance (i.e. 5.08 L/h (relative standard error (RSE) 10%) versus 527 L/h (RSE 7%) for a 16 kg individual, respectively). When expressed per gram of organ, intrinsic clearance increases with increasing body weight in the gut wall, but decreases in the liver, indicating that CYP3A-mediated intrinsic clearance and local bioavailability in the gut wall and liver do not change with age in parallel. The resulting total bioavailability was found to be age-independent with a median of 20.8% in children (95%CI: 3.8–50.0%). Conclusion In conclusion, the intrinsic CYP3A-mediated gut wall clearance is substantially lower than the intrinsic hepatic CYP3A-mediated clearance in children from 1 to 18 years of age, and contributes less to the overall first-pass metabolism compared to adults. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1007/s11095-018-2458-6) contains, which is available to authorized users.
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Godamudunage MP, Grech AM, Scott EE. Comparison of Antifungal Azole Interactions with Adult Cytochrome P450 3A4 versus Neonatal Cytochrome P450 3A7. Drug Metab Dispos 2018; 46:1329-1337. [PMID: 29991575 DOI: 10.1124/dmd.118.082032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2018] [Accepted: 07/09/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Adult drug metabolism is dominated by cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4), which is often inhibited by antifungal azole drugs, resulting in potential alterations in drug metabolism and adverse drug/drug interactions. In the fetal and neonatal stages of life, the 87% identical cytochrome P450 3A7 (CYP3A7) is expressed but not CYP3A4. Azole antifungals developed for adults are also used in neonates, assuming they interact similarly with both enzymes, but systematic information is lacking. Herein a method was developed for generating recombinant purified CYP3A7. Thirteen different azoles were then evaluated for binding and inhibition of purified human CYP3A4 versus CYP3A7. All imidazole-containing azoles bound both enzymes via coordination to the heme iron and inhibited both with IC50 values ranging from 180 nM for clotrimazole to the millimolar range for imidazole itself. Across this wide range of potencies, CYP3A4 was consistently inhibited more strongly than CYP3A7, with clotrimazole being the least selective (1.5-fold) inhibitor and econazole the most selective (12-fold). Observations for 1,2,4-triazole-containing azoles were more varied. Most bound to CYP3A4 via coordination to the heme iron, but several also demonstrated evidence of a distinct binding mode at low concentrations. However, only posaconazole inhibited CYP3A4. Of the triazoles, only posaconazole inhibited CYP3A7, again less potently than CYP3A4. Spectral evidence for binding was weak or nonexistent for all triazoles. Overall, although the details of binding interactions do vary, the same azole compounds inhibit both enzymes, albeit with weaker interactions with CYP3A7 compared with CYP3A4.
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- Malika P Godamudunage
- Departments of Medicinal Chemistry (M.P.G., A.M.G., E.E.S.) and Pharmacology (E.E.S.), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Departments of Medicinal Chemistry (M.P.G., A.M.G., E.E.S.) and Pharmacology (E.E.S.), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Departments of Medicinal Chemistry (M.P.G., A.M.G., E.E.S.) and Pharmacology (E.E.S.), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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O'Hara K, Wright IMR, Schneider JJ, Jones AL, Martin JH. Pharmacokinetics in neonatal prescribing: evidence base, paradigms and the future. Br J Clin Pharmacol 2015; 80:1281-8. [PMID: 26256466 PMCID: PMC4693494 DOI: 10.1111/bcp.12741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2015] [Revised: 07/15/2015] [Accepted: 08/03/2015] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Paediatric patients, particularly preterm neonates, present many pharmacological challenges. Due to the difficulty in conducting clinical trials in these populations dosing information is often extrapolated from adult populations. As the processes of absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion of drugs change throughout growth and development extrapolation presents risk of over or underestimating the doses required. Information about the development these processes, particularly drug metabolism pathways, is still limited with weight based dose adjustment presenting the best method of estimating pharmacokinetic changes due to growth and development. New innovations in pharmacokinetic research, such as population pharmacokinetic modelling, present unique opportunities to conduct clinical trials in these populations improving the safety and effectiveness of the drugs used. More research is required into this area to ensure the best outcomes for our most vulnerable patients.
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- Kate O'Hara
- School of Medicine and Public HealthUniversity of NewcastleNewcastle
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- University of Wollongong and Illawarra Health & Medical Research InstituteWollongong
- University of Newcastle and Hunter Medical Research InstituteNewcastle
- Clinical Lead, Newborn Services, Division of PaediatricsIllawarra Shoalhaven Local Health DistrictNSW
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- School of Medicine and Public HealthUniversity of NewcastleNewcastle
- Executive Dean Faculty Science, Medicine and HealthUniversity of Wollongong, Wollongong
- Deputy DirectorIllawarra Health and Medical Research InstituteWollongongAustralia
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Gonzalez D, Melloni C, Yogev R, Poindexter BB, Mendley SR, Delmore P, Sullivan JE, Autmizguine J, Lewandowski A, Harper B, Watt KM, Lewis KC, Capparelli EV, Benjamin DK, Cohen-Wolkowiez M. Use of opportunistic clinical data and a population pharmacokinetic model to support dosing of clindamycin for premature infants to adolescents. Clin Pharmacol Ther 2014; 96:429-37. [PMID: 24949994 PMCID: PMC4169790 DOI: 10.1038/clpt.2014.134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2014] [Accepted: 06/13/2014] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Clindamycin is commonly prescribed to treat children with skin and skin-structure infections (including those caused by community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA)), yet little is known about its pharmacokinetics (PK) across pediatric age groups. A population PK analysis was performed in NONMEM using samples collected in an opportunistic study from children receiving i.v. clindamycin per standard of care. The final model was used to optimize pediatric dosing to match adult exposure proven effective against CA-MRSA. A total of 194 plasma PK samples collected from 125 children were included in the analysis. A one-compartment model described the data well. The final model included body weight and a sigmoidal maturation relationship between postmenstrual age (PMA) and clearance (CL): CL (l/h) = 13.7 × (weight/70)(0.75) × (PMA(3.1)/(43.6(3.1) + PMA(3.1))); V (l) = 61.8 × (weight/70). Maturation reached 50% of adult CL values at ~44 weeks PMA. Our findings support age-based dosing.
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- Daniel Gonzalez
- Division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
- Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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- Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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- Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
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- Department of Pediatrics, Riley Hospital for Children, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Pediatrics, Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, KS
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- Kosair Charities Pediatric Clinical Research Unit, Department of Pediatrics, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
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- Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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- Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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- Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
- Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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- Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
- Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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- Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
- Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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Abduljalil K, Jamei M, Rostami-Hodjegan A, Johnson TN. Changes in individual drug-independent system parameters during virtual paediatric pharmacokinetic trials: introducing time-varying physiology into a paediatric PBPK model. AAPS JOURNAL 2014; 16:568-76. [PMID: 24700271 DOI: 10.1208/s12248-014-9592-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2013] [Accepted: 03/19/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Although both POPPK and physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) models can account for age and other covariates within a paediatric population, they generally do not account for real-time growth and maturation of the individuals through the time course of drug exposure; this may be significant in prolonged neonatal studies. The major objective of this study was to introduce age progression into a paediatric PBPK model, to allow for continuous updating of anatomical, physiological and biological processes in each individual subject over time. The Simcyp paediatric PBPK model simulator system parameters were reanalysed to assess the impact of re-defining the individual over the study period. A schedule for re-defining parameters within the Simcyp paediatric simulator, for each subject, over a prolonged study period, was devised to allow seamless prediction of pharmacokinetics (PK). The model was applied to predict concentration-time data from multiday studies on sildenafil and phenytoin performed in neonates. Among PBPK system parameters, CYP3A4 abundance was one of the fastest changing covariates and a 1-h re-sampling schedule was needed for babies below age 3.5 days in order to seamlessly predict PK (<5% change in abundance) with subject maturation. The re-sampling frequency decreased as age increased, reaching biweekly by 6 months of age. The PK of both sildenafil and phenytoin were predicted better at the end of a prolonged study period using the time varying vs fixed PBPK models. Paediatric PBPK models which account for time-varying system parameters during prolonged studies may provide more mechanistic PK predictions in neonates and infants.
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- Khaled Abduljalil
- Simcyp Ltd (a Certara Company), Blades Enterprise Centre, John Street, Sheffield, S2 4SU, UK
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Salem F, Johnson TN, Abduljalil K, Tucker GT, Rostami-Hodjegan A. A Re-evaluation and Validation of Ontogeny Functions for Cytochrome P450 1A2 and 3A4 Based on In Vivo Data. Clin Pharmacokinet 2014; 53:625-36. [DOI: 10.1007/s40262-014-0140-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Dufek MB, Bridges AS, Thakker DR. Intestinal first-pass metabolism by cytochrome p450 and not p-glycoprotein is the major barrier to amprenavir absorption. Drug Metab Dispos 2013; 41:1695-702. [PMID: 23821186 DOI: 10.1124/dmd.113.052191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Recent studies showed that P-glycoprotein (P-gp) increases the portal bioavailability (FG) of loperamide by sparing its intestinal first-pass metabolism. Loperamide is a drug whose oral absorption is strongly attenuated by intestinal P-gp-mediated efflux and first-pass metabolism by cytochrome P450 3A (CYP3A). Here the effect of the interplay of P-gp and Cyp3a in modulating intestinal first-pass metabolism and absorption was investigated for another Cyp3a/P-gp dual substrate amprenavir, which is less efficiently effluxed by P-gp than loperamide. After oral administration of amprenavir, the portal concentrations and FG of amprenavir were approximately equal in P-gp competent and P-gp deficient mice. Mechanistic studies on the effect of P-gp on Cyp3a-mediated metabolism of amprenavir using intestinal tissue from P-gp competent and P-gp deficient mice (Ussing-type diffusion chamber) revealed that P-gp-mediated efflux caused only a slight reduction of oxidative metabolism of amprenavir. Studies in which portal concentrations and FG were measured in P-gp competent and P-gp deficient mice whose cytochrome P450 (P450) enzymes were either intact or inactivated showed that intestinal first-pass metabolism attenuates the oral absorption of amprenavir by approximately 10-fold, whereas P-gp efflux has a relatively small effect (approximately 2-fold) in attenuating the intestinal absorption. Cumulatively, these studies demonstrate that P-gp has little influence on the intestinal first-pass metabolism and FG of amprenavir and that intestinal P450-mediated metabolism plays the dominant role in attenuating the oral absorption of this drug.
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- Matthew B Dufek
- Divisions of Molecular Pharmaceutics, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, The University ofNorth Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7360, USA
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A carbamate-based approach to primaquine prodrugs: Antimalarial activity, chemical stability and enzymatic activation. Bioorg Med Chem 2012; 20:886-92. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2011.11.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2011] [Revised: 11/24/2011] [Accepted: 11/25/2011] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Vacondio F, Silva C, Mor M, Testa B. Qualitative structure-metabolism relationships in the hydrolysis of carbamates. Drug Metab Rev 2011; 42:551-89. [PMID: 20441444 DOI: 10.3109/03602531003745960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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The aims of this review were 1) to compile a large number of reliable literature data on the metabolic hydrolysis of medicinal carbamates and 2) to extract from such data a qualitative relation between molecular structure and lability to metabolic hydrolysis. The compounds were classified according to the nature of their substituents (R³OCONR¹R²), and a metabolic lability score was calculated for each class. A trend emerged, such that the metabolic lability of carbamates decreased (i.e., their metabolic stability increased), in the following series: Aryl-OCO-NHAlkyl >> Alkyl-OCO-NHAlkyl ~ Alkyl-OCO-N(Alkyl)₂ ≥ Alkyl-OCO-N(endocyclic) ≥ Aryl-OCO-N(Alkyl)₂ ~ Aryl-OCO-N(endocyclic) ≥ Alkyl-OCO-NHAryl ~ Alkyl-OCO-NHAcyl >> Alkyl-OCO-NH₂ > Cyclic carbamates. This trend should prove useful in the design of carbamates as drugs or prodrugs.
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- Federica Vacondio
- Dipartimento Farmaceutico, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parma, Italy.
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Andrade CH, Freitas LMD, Oliveira VD. Twenty-six years of HIV science: an overview of anti-HIV drugs metabolism. BRAZ J PHARM SCI 2011. [DOI: 10.1590/s1984-82502011000200003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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From the identification of HIV as the agent causing AIDS, to the development of effective antiretroviral drugs, the scientific achievements in HIV research over the past twenty-six years have been formidable. Currently, there are twenty-five anti-HIV compounds which have been formally approved for clinical use in the treatment of AIDS. These compounds fall into six categories: nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs), nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NtRTIs), non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs), protease inhibitors (PIs), cell entry inhibitors or fusion inhibitors (FIs), co-receptor inhibitors (CRIs), and integrase inhibitors (INIs). Metabolism by the host organism is one of the most important determinants of the pharmacokinetic profile of a drug. Formation of active or toxic metabolites will also have an impact on the pharmacological and toxicological outcomes. Therefore, it is widely recognized that metabolism studies of a new chemical entity need to be addressed early in the drug discovery process. This paper describes an overview of the metabolism of currently available anti-HIV drugs.
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Nylén H, Sergel S, Forsberg L, Lindemalm S, Bertilsson L, Wide K, Diczfalusy U. Cytochrome P450 3A activity in mothers and their neonates as determined by plasma 4β-hydroxycholesterol. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 2011; 67:715-22. [DOI: 10.1007/s00228-010-0984-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2010] [Accepted: 12/14/2010] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Shi L, Wudy SA, Maser-Gluth C, Hartmann MF, Remer T. Urine volume dependency of specific dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and cortisol metabolites in healthy children. Steroids 2011; 76:140-4. [PMID: 20969884 DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2010.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2010] [Revised: 10/11/2010] [Accepted: 10/11/2010] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Urine volume should be considered as a confounder when using urinary free cortisol (UFF) and cortisone (UFE) to assess glucocorticoid (GC) status. We aimed to examine whether adrenal androgen (AA) metabolites may be also affected by urine volume in healthy children. To compare the flow dependence of GC and AA metabolites, specific GC metabolites were examined. In 24-h urine samples of 120 (60 boys) healthy children (4-10 yr), steroid profiles were determined by GC-MS analysis, UFF and UFE by radioimmunoassay. To assess daily AA and GC secretion rates, 7 quantitatively most important AA (∑C19) and GC (∑C21) metabolites were summed. Sum of DHEA and its 16α-hydroxylated metabolites were denoted as DHEA&M. Association of urine volume with AA (∑C19, DHEA&M, DHEA, 16α-hydroxy-DHEA, 3β,16α,17β-androstenetriol) and GC (∑C21, UFF, UFE, 6β-hydroxycortisol, 20α-dihydrocortisol) were examined in linear regression models. Among the examined AA metabolites, 16α-hydroxy-DHEA (β=0.56, p<0.0001) and DHEA (β=0.43, p=0.05) showed relatively strong association with urine volume. A trend was seen for ∑C19 (β=0.23, p=0.08), but not for DHEA&M (p>0.1). Regarding GC metabolites, urine volume showed a stronger association with cortisol's direct metabolites, i.e., cortisone, 6β-hydroxycortisol and 20α-dihydrocortisol (β=0.4-0.6, p<0.01) than with cortisol itself (β=0.28, p<0.05). ∑C21 was not associated with urine volume. In conclusion, like UFF and UFE, renal excretion of DHEA, 16α-hydroxy-DHEA, 6β-hydroxycortisol, and 20α-dihydrocortisol may also depend on urine volume. The intrarenal production of the latter three and cortisone might explain their relative strong water-flow-dependency. Total AA or GC secretion marker appears not to be relevantly confounded by urine volume.
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- Lijie Shi
- Research Institute of Child Nutrition, Department of Nutrition and Health, Heinstueck 11, 44225 Dortmund, Germany.
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Zhou SF, Zhou ZW, Huang M. Polymorphisms of human cytochrome P450 2C9 and the functional relevance. Toxicology 2009; 278:165-88. [PMID: 19715737 DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2009.08.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2009] [Revised: 08/18/2009] [Accepted: 08/21/2009] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Human cytochrome P450 2C9 (CYP2C9) accounts for ∼20% of hepatic total CYP content and metabolizes ~15% clinical drugs such as phenytoin, S-warfarin, tolbutamide, losartan, and many nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents (NSAIDs). CYP2C9 is highly polymorphic, with at least 33 variants of CYP2C9 (*1B through *34) being identified so far. CYP2C9*2 is frequent among Caucasians with ~1% of the population being homozygous carriers and 22% are heterozygous. The corresponding figures for the CYP2C9*3 allele are 0.4% and 15%, respectively. There are a number of clinical studies addressing the impact of CYP2C9 polymorphisms on the clearance and/or therapeutic response of therapeutic drugs. These studies have highlighted the importance of the CYP2C9*2 and *3 alleles as a determining factor for drug clearance and drug response. The CYP2C9 polymorphisms are relevant for the efficacy and adverse effects of numerous NSAIDs, sulfonylurea antidiabetic drugs and, most critically, oral anticoagulants belonging to the class of vitamin K epoxide reductase inhibitors. Warfarin has served as a practical example of how pharmacogenetics can be utilized to achieve maximum efficacy and minimum toxicity. For many of these drugs, a clear gene-dose and gene-effect relationship has been observed in patients. In this regard, CYP2C9 alleles can be considered as a useful biomarker in monitoring drug response and adverse effects. Genetic testing of CYP2C9 is expected to play a role in predicting drug clearance and conducting individualized pharmacotherapy. However, prospective clinical studies with large samples are warranted to establish gene-dose and gene-effect relationships for CYP2C9 and its substrate drugs.
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- Shu-Feng Zhou
- School of Health Sciences, RMIT University, Victoria 3083, Australia.
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Asha S, Vidyavathi M. Role of Human Liver Microsomes in In Vitro Metabolism of Drugs—A Review. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2009; 160:1699-722. [DOI: 10.1007/s12010-009-8689-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2009] [Accepted: 06/05/2009] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Bouzom F, Walther B. Pharmacokinetic predictions in children by using the physiologically based pharmacokinetic modelling. Fundam Clin Pharmacol 2009; 22:579-87. [PMID: 19049658 DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-8206.2008.00648.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Nowadays, 50-90% of drugs used in children have never been actually studied in this population. Consequently, either our children are often exposed to the risk of adverse drug events or to lack of efficacy, or they are unable to benefit from a number of therapeutic advances offered to adults, as no clinical study has been properly performed in children. Actually the main methods used to calculate the dose for a child are based on allometric methods taking into account different categories of age, the body weight and/or the body surface area. Unfortunately, these calculation methods consider the children as small adults, which is not the case. Physiologically based pharmacokinetics is one way to integrate the physiological changes occurring in the childhood and to anticipate their impact on the pharmacokinetic processes: absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion/elimination. From different examples, the application of this modelling approach is discussed as a possible and valuable method to minimize the ethical and technical difficulties of conducting research in children.
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- F Bouzom
- Technologie Servier, 27 rue Eugene Vignat, BP 11749, 45007 Orléans Cedex 1, France.
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Hines RN. The ontogeny of drug metabolism enzymes and implications for adverse drug events. Pharmacol Ther 2008; 118:250-67. [PMID: 18406467 DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2008.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 250] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2008] [Accepted: 02/27/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Profound changes in drug metabolizing enzyme (DME) expression occurs during development that impacts the risk of adverse drug events in the fetus and child. A review of our current knowledge suggests individual hepatic DME ontogeny can be categorized into one of three groups. Some enzymes, e.g., CYP3A7, are expressed at their highest level during the first trimester and either remain at high concentrations or decrease during gestation, but are silenced or expressed at low levels within one to two years after birth. SULT1A1 is an example of the second group of DME. These enzymes are expressed at relatively constant levels throughout gestation and minimal changes are observed postnatally. ADH1C is typical of the third DME group that are not expressed or are expressed at low levels in the fetus, usually during the second or third trimester. Substantial increases in enzyme levels are observed within the first one to two years after birth. Combined with our knowledge of other physiological factors during early life stages, knowledge regarding DME ontogeny has permitted the development of robust physiological based pharmacokinetic models and an improved capability to predict drug disposition in pediatric patients. This review will provide an overview of DME developmental expression patterns and discuss some implications of the data with regards to drug therapy. Common themes emerging from our current knowledge also will be discussed. Finally, the review will highlight gaps in knowledge that will be important to advance this field.
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- Ronald N Hines
- Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, and Children's Research Institute, Children's Hospital and Health Systems, Milwaukee, WI 53226-4801, USA.
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We report the first case of mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 strains harboring multiple mutations including the Q151M multinucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor resistance mutation. Sustained virologic success was obtained in the infant with postnatal antiretroviral therapy optimized according to genotypic drug resistance testing and therapeutic drug monitoring.
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Brouwers J, Tack J, Augustijns P. Parallel monitoring of plasma and intraluminal drug concentrations in man after oral administration of fosamprenavir in the fasted and fed state. Pharm Res 2007; 24:1862-9. [PMID: 17443397 DOI: 10.1007/s11095-007-9307-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2007] [Accepted: 03/26/2007] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to explore the feasibility of linking the pharmacokinetic profile of a drug with its gastrointestinal behavior by simultaneously monitoring plasma and intraluminal drug concentrations. Fosamprenavir, a phosphate ester prodrug of the poorly water-soluble HIV-inhibitor amprenavir, was selected as model compound. METHODS A single tablet of fosamprenavir (Telzir) was administered to 5 volunteers in the fasted and fed state (simulated by intake of a nutritional drink). Gastric and duodenal fluids were aspirated in function of time and characterized with respect to the concentration of (fos)amprenavir, inorganic phosphate and pH. In parallel, blood samples were collected and analyzed for amprenavir. RESULTS The observed plasma concentration-time profiles suggested a food-induced delay in the absorption of amprenavir: in the fed state, mean tmax increased by more than 150 min compared to the fasted state. A similar delay was seen in the duodenal appearance of fosamprenavir (concentrations in mM-range) and, after dephosphorylation, amprenavir (concentrations below 160 microM). This observation could be related to the behavior of fosamprenavir in the stomach. In the fasted state, gastric dissolution of fosamprenavir started immediately, resulting in a Cmax of 4 +/- 2 mM after 43 +/- 15 min; however, in the fed state, the fosamprenavir concentration remained below 20 microM for the first 90 min after drug intake. The postponed gastric dissolution may be attributed to a food-induced delay in tablet disintegration. CONCLUSION For the first time, the pharmacokinetic profile of a drug was monitored in parallel with its gastrointestinal concentrations. The observed food effect in the plasma concentration-time profile of amprenavir after intake of its phosphate ester prodrug could be related to a food-induced delay in gastric dissolution of fosamprenavir.
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- Joachim Brouwers
- Laboratory for Pharmacotechnology and Biopharmacy, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Gasthuisberg O&N 2-Herestraat 49, box 921, Leuven, Belgium
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Anderson PL, Lamba J, Aquilante CL, Schuetz E, Fletcher CV. Pharmacogenetic characteristics of indinavir, zidovudine, and lamivudine therapy in HIV-infected adults: a pilot study. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2006; 42:441-9. [PMID: 16791115 DOI: 10.1097/01.qai.0000225013.53568.69] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to investigate relationships among indinavir, lamivudine-triphosphate, and zidovudine-triphosphate pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics with polymorphisms in CYP3A5, MDR1, MRP2, MRP4, BCRP, and UGT1A1 genes. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective pilot investigation among 33 subjects who participated in a randomized pharmacological study of indinavir, lamivudine, and zidovudine. Subjects were defined as genetic variant carriers or not. Relationships were investigated with multivariable regression. Indinavir clearance was adjusted for African American race; triphosphates for sex; and HIV-response for study arm, drug exposure, and baseline HIV-RNA. RESULTS Genetically determined CYP3A5 expressors had 44% faster indinavir oral clearance versus nonexpressors (P = 0.002). MRP2-24C/T variant carriers had 24% faster indinavir oral clearance (P = 0.05). Lamivudine-triphosphate concentrations were elevated 20% in MRP4 T4131G variant carriers (P = 0.004). A trend for elevated zidovudine-triphosphates was observed in MRP4 G3724A variant carriers (P = 0.06). The log10 changes in HIV-RNA from baseline to week 52 were -3.7 for MDR1 2677 TT, -3.2 for GT, and -2.2 for GG (P < 0.05). Bilirubin increases were 2-fold higher in UGT1A1 [TA]7/[TA]7 genotypes. No relationships were identified with BCRP. DISCUSSION Novel relationships were identified among genetic variants in drug transporters and indinavir, lamivudine-triphosphate, and zidovudine-triphosphate concentrations. CYP3A5 expression was associated with faster indinavir oral clearance. These pilot data provide a scientific basis for more rational utilization of antiretroviral drugs.
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- Peter L Anderson
- University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80262, USA
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Pereira de Oliveira M, Venisse N, Couet W, Olivier JC. LC–MS/MS determination of the HIV-1 protease inhibitor indinavir in brain and testis of mice. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2006; 40:353-9. [PMID: 16112534 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2005.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2005] [Revised: 07/07/2005] [Accepted: 07/07/2005] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A rapid and sensitive method for the determination of indinavir in mice brain and testis is described and validation data are provided. Indinavir and the internal standard (IS) amprenavir were isolated from homogenized tissue matrices using a mixed-mode solid-phase extraction (SPE) procedure and were then analyzed by reversed-phase liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). The mass spectrometer in the positive-ion multiple reaction monitoring mode used pairs of ions at m/z of 614.1/421.3 for indinavir and of 506.1/245.3 for IS. The calibration curves were linear over the range 0.0012-0.0390 micromol/kg for brain and 0.39-12.50 micromol/kg for testis. Linearity, repeatability and accuracy were validated. The applicability of the method was demonstrated by assessing indinavir in brain and testis of three mice dosed with intravenous bolus administration of indinavir (16.3 micromol/kg).
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- Manuela Pereira de Oliveira
- Pharmacologie des Médicaments Anti-Infectieux, Pôle Biologie-Santé, Faculté de Médecine & Pharmacie, 40 av. du Recteur Pineau, 86022 Poitiers Cedex, France
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Edginton AN, Schmitt W, Voith B, Willmann S. A Mechanistic Approach for the Scaling of Clearance in Children. Clin Pharmacokinet 2006; 45:683-704. [PMID: 16802850 DOI: 10.2165/00003088-200645070-00004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 163] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Clearance is an important pharmacokinetic concept for scaling dosage, understanding the risks of drug-drug interactions and environmental risk assessment in children. Accurate clearance scaling to children requires prior knowledge of adult clearance mechanisms and the age-dependence of physiological and enzymatic development. The objective of this research was to develop and evaluate ontogeny models that would provide an assessment of the age-dependence of clearance. METHODS Using in vitro data and/or in vivo clearance values for children for eight compounds that are eliminated primarily by one process, models for the ontogeny of renal clearance, cytochrome P450 (CYP) 3A4, CYP2E1, CYP1A2, uridine diphosphate glucuronosyltransferase (UGT) 2B7, UGT1A6, sulfonation and biliary clearance were developed. Resulting ontogeny models were evaluated using six compounds that demonstrated elimination via multiple pathways. The proportion of total clearance attributed to each clearance pathway in adults was delineated. Each pathway was individually scaled to the desired age, inclusive of protein-binding prediction, and summed to generate a total plasma clearance for the child under investigation. The paediatric age range included in the study was premature neonates to sub-adults. RESULTS There was excellent correlation between observed and predicted clearances for the model development (R2 = 0.979) and test sets (Q2 = 0.927). Clearance in premature neonates could also be well predicted (development R2 = 0.951; test Q2 = 0.899). CONCLUSION Paediatric clinical trial development could greatly benefit from clearance scaling, particularly in guiding dosing regimens. Furthermore, since the proportion of clearance via different elimination pathways is age-dependent, information could be gained on the developmental extent of drug-drug interactions.
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- Andrea N Edginton
- Competence Center Systems Biology, Bayer Technology Services GmbH, Leverkusen, Germany.
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Zhou S, Yung Chan S, Cher Goh B, Chan E, Duan W, Huang M, McLeod HL. Mechanism-based inhibition of cytochrome P450 3A4 by therapeutic drugs. Clin Pharmacokinet 2005; 44:279-304. [PMID: 15762770 DOI: 10.2165/00003088-200544030-00005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 360] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Consistent with its highest abundance in humans, cytochrome P450 (CYP) 3A is responsible for the metabolism of about 60% of currently known drugs. However, this unusual low substrate specificity also makes CYP3A4 susceptible to reversible or irreversible inhibition by a variety of drugs. Mechanism-based inhibition of CYP3A4 is characterised by nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate hydrogen (NADPH)-, time- and concentration-dependent enzyme inactivation, occurring when some drugs are converted by CYP isoenzymes to reactive metabolites capable of irreversibly binding covalently to CYP3A4. Approaches using in vitro, in silico and in vivo models can be used to study CYP3A4 inactivation by drugs. Human liver microsomes are always used to estimate inactivation kinetic parameters including the concentration required for half-maximal inactivation (K(I)) and the maximal rate of inactivation at saturation (k(inact)). Clinically important mechanism-based CYP3A4 inhibitors include antibacterials (e.g. clarithromycin, erythromycin and isoniazid), anticancer agents (e.g. tamoxifen and irinotecan), anti-HIV agents (e.g. ritonavir and delavirdine), antihypertensives (e.g. dihydralazine, verapamil and diltiazem), sex steroids and their receptor modulators (e.g. gestodene and raloxifene), and several herbal constituents (e.g. bergamottin and glabridin). Drugs inactivating CYP3A4 often possess several common moieties such as a tertiary amine function, furan ring, and acetylene function. It appears that the chemical properties of a drug critical to CYP3A4 inactivation include formation of reactive metabolites by CYP isoenzymes, preponderance of CYP inducers and P-glycoprotein (P-gp) substrate, and occurrence of clinically significant pharmacokinetic interactions with coadministered drugs. Compared with reversible inhibition of CYP3A4, mechanism-based inhibition of CYP3A4 more frequently cause pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic drug-drug interactions, as the inactivated CYP3A4 has to be replaced by newly synthesised CYP3A4 protein. The resultant drug interactions may lead to adverse drug effects, including some fatal events. For example, when aforementioned CYP3A4 inhibitors are coadministered with terfenadine, cisapride or astemizole (all CYP3A4 substrates), torsades de pointes (a life-threatening ventricular arrhythmia associated with QT prolongation) may occur.However, predicting drug-drug interactions involving CYP3A4 inactivation is difficult, since the clinical outcomes depend on a number of factors that are associated with drugs and patients. The apparent pharmacokinetic effect of a mechanism-based inhibitor of CYP3A4 would be a function of its K(I), k(inact) and partition ratio and the zero-order synthesis rate of new or replacement enzyme. The inactivators for CYP3A4 can be inducers and P-gp substrates/inhibitors, confounding in vitro-in vivo extrapolation. The clinical significance of CYP3A inhibition for drug safety and efficacy warrants closer understanding of the mechanisms for each inhibitor. Furthermore, such inactivation may be exploited for therapeutic gain in certain circumstances.
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- Shufeng Zhou
- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
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Treluyer JM. [Pharmacology of antiretroviral agents in children]. Arch Pediatr 2005; 12:684-5. [PMID: 15904770 DOI: 10.1016/j.arcped.2005.04.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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- J M Treluyer
- Service de pharmacologie, faculté Paris-René-Descartes, hôpital Cochin-Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, 82, avenue Denfert-Rochereau, 75674 Paris cedex 14, France
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Zhao P, Kunze KL, Lee CA. EVALUATION OF TIME-DEPENDENT INACTIVATION OF CYP3A IN CRYOPRESERVED HUMAN HEPATOCYTES. Drug Metab Dispos 2005; 33:853-61. [PMID: 15743977 DOI: 10.1124/dmd.104.002832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Irreversible CYP3A inhibition by drugs constitutes one of the major causes of inhibition-based drug interactions. We evaluated time-dependent inactivation of CYP3A in cryopreserved human hepatocytes for six structurally diverse compounds known to exhibit this property. Inactivation kinetic parameters were also determined using human liver microsomes. Except for diclofenac, which did not cause CYP3A inactivation either in microsomes or in hepatocytes at concentrations up to 100 microM, time-dependent inactivation was observed in hepatocytes for amprenavir, diltiazem, erythromycin, raloxifene, and troleandomycin. The observed inactivation potency in hepatocytes (observed IC50) was compared with the potency predicted using microsomal parameters (predicted IC50). Despite satisfactory prediction for troleandomycin (1.35 and 2.14 microM for the predicted and observed IC50, respectively), over-prediction of inactivation was observed for raloxifene, amprenavir, and erythromycin (observed IC50 values 6.2-, 55-, and 7.8-fold higher, respectively, than the predicted IC50). By contrast, the observed IC50 for diltiazem in hepatocytes was approximately 4-fold lower than the IC50 predicted from microsomal data (under-prediction). After correcting for factors including nonspecific binding and inactivator consumption, prediction was significantly improved for raloxifene (the observed IC50 then became 2-fold higher than the predicted IC50) and for amprenavir to a lesser extent. A specific P-glycoprotein inhibitor, 4-(6,7-dimethoxy-3,4-dihydroisoquinolin-2(1H)-yl)-N-[2-(3.4-dimethoxyphenyl)ethyl]-6,7-dimethoxyquinazolin-2-amine (CP-100356), modulated the observed CYP3A inactivation potency by erythromycin and troleandomycin. In summary, these studies reveal three important factors that must be considered when microsomal inactivation parameters are used to predict inhibition-based drug interactions in intact cell systems.
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- Ping Zhao
- Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, Pfizer Global Research and Development, La Jolla Laboratories, 10724 Science Center Dr., San Diego, CA 92121, USA.
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Ronis MJ, Chen Y, Jo CH, Simpson P, Badger TM. Diets containing soy protein isolate increase hepatic CYP3A expression and inducibility in weanling male rats exposed during early development. J Nutr 2004; 134:3270-6. [PMID: 15570024 DOI: 10.1093/jn/134.12.3270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Hepatic CYP3A enzymes were studied in weanling male Sprague-Dawley rats exposed to diets from gestational d 4 in which the sole protein source was either casein (CAS) or soy protein isolate (SPI). At age 25 d, rats were gavaged with corn oil or one of the CYP3A inducers, dexamethasone (DEX) and clotrimazole (CLT), at a dose of 50 mg/kg. Little CYP3A1 (CYP3A23), CYP3A2, or CYP3A9 mRNA was observed in CAS-fed weanling rats but CYP3A18 mRNA was readily detectable in Northern blots. In contrast, consumption of SPI without inducer treatment resulted in the expression of CYP3A1 (CYP3A23), and CYP3A2 mRNAs, expression of CYP3A apoprotein in hepatic microsomes, and a 2-fold greater turnover of the CYP3A substrate midazolam (P < 0.05). DEX induced CYP3A1, CYP3A2, and CYP3A9 (P < 0.05), but not CYP3A18 mRNA expression in rats fed both diets. Hepatic CYP3A apoprotein expression and midazolam 4-hydroxylation in SPI-fed rats was greater than that of CAS-fed rats after DEX treatment (P < 0.05). CLT also induced CYP3A2 mRNA 2-fold in rats fed both diets but CYP3A apoprotein expression in microsomes from SPI-fed CLT rats was double that of CLT-treated rats fed CAS (P < 0.05). The elevation of CYP3A apoprotein due to SPI and the CYP3A apoprotein induction by DEX and CLT treatment yielded no significant diet x inducer interaction. Analysis of heterologous nuclear RNA expression by RT-PCR using intron-specific primers for CYP3A1 revealed a 14-fold increase in RNA transcription in CAS-fed rats after treatment with DEX (P < 0.05) but no increase in rats fed SPI compared with rats fed CAS even though CYP3A1 mRNA and CYP3A apoprotein were significantly elevated. These data demonstrate that exposure to SPI during early development can increase CYP3A expression via post-transcriptional mechanisms and suggest that early soy consumption has potential effects on the metabolism of a wide variety of CYP3A substrates.
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- Martin J Ronis
- Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA.
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Ekhato IV, Liao Y, Plesescu M. Isotope labeled ?HEA Moiety? in the synthesis of labeled HIV-protease inhibitors - Part 1. J Labelled Comp Radiopharm 2004. [DOI: 10.1002/jlcr.870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Baldrick P. Developing drugs for pediatric use: a role for juvenile animal studies? Regul Toxicol Pharmacol 2004; 39:381-9. [PMID: 15135215 DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2004.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2003] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The increased interest and/or need to perform pediatric clinical trials to allow the marketing and safe use of a wider range of medicines in children has raised the profile of the need to conduct juvenile animal studies. It is argued that such studies may identify "unique" toxicities not seen from available adult animal and clinical data. This paper will review the current situation from an industrial, regulatory, and scientific perspective. Areas of important consideration include functional (dynamic) and kinetic differences between children and adults and specific considerations associated with testing in young animals. This paper will also review what are we currently doing? Whether we really need these studies? and What challenges lie in the future?
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- Paul Baldrick
- Consultancy & Regulatory Services, Covance Laboratories Ltd, Harrogate, UK.
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