Abstract
The metabolism and disposition of 14C-labeled muraglitazar (Pargluva), a novel dual α/γ peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor activator, was investigated in eight healthy male subjects with and without bile collection (groups 1 and 2) after a single 20-mg oral dose. Bile samples were collected for 3 to 8 h after dosing from group 2 subjects in addition to the urine and feces collection. In plasma, the parent compound was the major component, and circulating metabolites, including several glucuronide conjugates, were minor components at all time points. The exposure to parent drug (Cmax and area under the plasma concentration versus time curve) in subjects with bile collection was generally lower than that in subjects without bile collection. The major portion of the radioactive dose was recovered in feces (91% for group 1 and 51% for group 2). In addition, 40% of the dose was recovered in the bile from group 2 subjects. In this 3- to 8-h bile, the glucuronide of muraglitazar (M13, 15% of dose) and the glucuronides of its oxidative metabolites (M17a,b,c, M18a,b,c, and M20, together, 16% of dose) accounted for approximately 80% of the biliary radioactivity; muraglitazar and its O-demethylated metabolite (M15) each accounted for approximately 4% of the dose. In contrast, fecal samples only contained muraglitazar and its oxidative metabolites, suggesting hydrolysis of biliary glucuronides in the intestine before fecal excretion. Thus, the subjects with and without bile collection showed different metabolic profiles of muraglitazar after oral administration, and glucuronidation was not observed as a major pathway of metabolic clearance from subjects with the conventional urine and fecal collection, but was found as a major elimination pathway from subjects with bile collection.
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Article, publication date, and citation information can be found at http://dmd.aspetjournals.org.
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doi:10.1124/dmd.105.007617.
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ABBREVIATIONS: PPAR, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor; ADME, absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion; AUC, area under the plasma concentration versus time curve; HPLC, high pressure liquid chromatography; Et2O, diethyl ether; EtOAc, ethyl acetate; THF, tetrahydrofuran; MeOH, methanol; LC/MS, liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry; LC/MS/MS, LC/tandem mass spectrometry; LLOQ, lower limit of quantitation; QC, quality control; TFA, trifluoroacetic acid.
- Received September 28, 2005.
- Accepted December 19, 2005.
- The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
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