TABLE 1

Mean (median) and the statistics of the commonly used physicochemical properties of compounds in the rat BE dataset and the OATP transporters substrates dataset

PropertiesRat BE DatasetrOatp1b2 SubstrateshOATP SubstratesStatisticsa
All, n = 286%BE < 10, n = 154%BE ≥ 10, n = 132n = 61n = 219%BE < 10 vs. %BE ≥ 10%BE ≥ 10 vs. hOATP Substrates
Rat, %BE21.1 (7.9)2.2 (1.0)43.2 (37.8)
Rat biliary clearance, ml · min−1 · kg−17.8 (2.4)0.8 (0.2)13.1 (8.7)
Molecular mass, Da466.6 (448.0)412.9 (383.0)529.4 (502.2)451.5 (455.0)476.4 (448.6)p < 0.0001p = 0.0019
cLogP2.8 (3.01)3.19 (3.48)2.35 (2.49)2.98 (3.10)2.46 (2.33)p = 0.0080N.S.
cLogD7.41.28 (1.13)2.10 (1.85)0.31 (0.23)−0.09 (−0.09)0.02 (0.06)p < 0.0001N.S.
Permeability, 10−6 cm/s5.4 (2.2)8.1 (4.3)2.2 (1.0)1.8 (1.2)2.9 (1.2)p < 0.0001N.S.
HBAs7.78 (7.0)6.28 (6.0)9.5 (8.0)8.5 (9.0)8.8 (8.0)p < 0.0001N.S.
HBDs2.64 (2.0)2.16 (2.0)3.2 (3.0)2.2 (2.0)3.1 (2.0)p < 0.0001N.S.
PSA, Å2108.2 (98.0)84.8 (80.4)135.5 (125.5)114.8 (115.0)125.5 (114.1)p < 0.0001N.S.
%RPSA23.5 (21.8)21.9 (19.9)25.3 (25.3)25.4 (24.8)26.6 (25.6)p = 0.0029N.S.
Andrews' binding energy, kcal/mol16.8 (14.9)13.3 (11.6)20.9 (17.4)16.2 (15.5)18.1 (16.4)p < 0.0001p = 0.0278
RBs6.6 (7.0)5.6 (5.0)7.8 (8.0)6.7 (7.0)5.9 (5.0)p < 0.0001p < 0.0001
%RRB1.4 (1.4)1.3 (1.2)1.5 (1.5)1.5 (1.6)1.2 (1.0)p = 0.0035p < 0.0001
  • N.S., no statistically significant difference (p > 0.05).

  • a Unpaired t test was performed. Analysis using nonparametric Mann-Whitney test showed interpretation similar to the unpaired t test.