RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Effect of Dexamethasone on the Intestinal First-Pass Metabolism of Indinavir in Rats: Evidence of Cytochrome P-450 A and p-Glycoprotein Induction
JF Drug Metabolism and Disposition
JO Drug Metab Dispos
FD American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
SP 1187
OP 1193
VO 27
IS 10
A1 Lin, Jiunn H.
A1 Chiba, Masato
A1 Chen, I-Wu
A1 Nishime, Joy A.
A1 deLuna, Florencia A.
A1 Yamazaki, Masayo
A1 Lin, Yuh J.
YR 1999
UL http://dmd.aspetjournals.org/content/27/10/1187.abstract
AB Indinavir, a potent and specific inhibitor of HIV protease, is a known substrate of cytochrome P-450 (CYP) 3A and p-glycoprotein. The purpose of this study is to investigate and compare the inducing effect of dexamethasone (DEX) on CYP3A and p-glycoprotein in the hepatic and intestinal first-pass metabolism of indinavir in rats. Pretreatment of rats with DEX had little effect on the pharmacokinetics (Cl and T1/2) after i.v. administration of indinavir, whereas DEX markedly altered the peak concentration (Cmax) and bioavailability of indinavir after oral dosing. The Cmaxdecreased from 2.8 μM in control rats to 0.28 μM in DEX-treated rats, and bioavailability decreased from 28 to 12.4%. The decreased bioavailability after DEX pretreatment was due mainly to an increase in first-pass metabolism. Intestinal first-pass metabolism (EG) increased from 6% in control rats to 34% in DEX-treated rats, and hepatic first-pass metabolism (EH) increased from 65 to 82%. Analysis of in vitro kinetic data revealed that the increased intestinal and hepatic metabolism by DEX was attributed to an increase in the Vmax, as a result of CYP3A induction, without a significant change in theKm values. DEX pretreatment also induced p-glycoprotein in the intestine and liver of rats. p-Glycoprotein appeared to increase the intestinal metabolism of indinavir whereas it had little effect on the hepatic metabolism of indinavir. Although it has been suggested that the role of intestinal metabolism for some drugs is quantitatively greater than that of hepatic metabolism in the overall first-pass metabolism, the contribution of intestinal metabolism to the overall first-pass metabolism of indinavir in rats is not quantitatively as important as the hepatic metabolism, regardless of DEX induction. The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics