Abstract
In a previous study, the concentration-dependent permeability of P-glycoprotein (P-gp) substrate drugs, quinidine, verapamil, and vinblastine, in several cell monolayers with different levels of P-gp expression was analyzed kinetically to obtain fundamental parameters for P-gp-mediated transport, Vmax and Km(app) values. Both Vmax and Km(app) values of each drug were found to show linear correlations with the expression level of P-gp. These findings imply the possibility of estimating the Vmax and Km(app) values of P-gp substrate drugs in the in vivo intestinal membrane on the basis of the P-gp expression level. In the present study, concentration-dependent drug permeability to the rat small intestines (upper jejunum and ileum) was simulated on the basis of Vmax and Km(app) values of each drug estimated from the P-gp expression level in the rat small intestines. To validate the predictability of these procedures, drug permeability in the rat small intestines was measured by the in situ single-pass perfusion method. It was confirmed that simulated permeability of each drug in the rat jejunum and ileum corresponded well with permeability measured by the in situ single-pass perfusion method. This study clearly demonstrated the potential to estimate the permeability of P-gp substrate drugs in the human intestine from its P-gp expression level and thus the possibility to predict the oral absorption of those drugs.
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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.107.020040.
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ABBREVIATIONS: P-gp, P-glycoprotein; ABC, ATP-binding cassette; MDR/mdr, multidrug resistance; AP, apical; BL, basal; GAPDH, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase.
- Received December 6, 2007.
- Accepted February 13, 2008.
- The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
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