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Asymmetric Intestinal First-Pass Metabolism Causes Minimal Oral Bioavailability of Midazolam in Cynomolgus Monkey

Tomohiro Nishimura, Nobuyuki Amano, Yoshiyuki Kubo, Midori Ono, Yukio Kato, Hisashi Fujita, Yoshiaki Kimura and Akira Tsuji
Drug Metabolism and Disposition August 2007, 35 (8) 1275-1284; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1124/dmd.106.013037
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Oral bioavailability of some drugs is substantially lower in cynomolgus monkeys than in various other species, including humans. In the present study, midazolam was used as a model drug to investigate the reason for the lower bioavailability in these monkeys. The bioavailability of midazolam after oral administration was minimal in monkeys and rats, being only 2.1 and 1.1%, respectively. In monkeys, this low bioavailability could not be explained simply in terms of a hepatic first-pass effect. To examine the roles of intestinal metabolism and transport, we evaluated apical-to-basal and basal-to-apical transport of midazolam, and the formation of metabolites in small intestinal tissues using an Ussing-type chamber. The values of mucosal extraction ratio were estimated to be 0.97, 0.93, and 0.89 during apical-to-basal transport in the upper, middle, and lower small intestine of monkeys, respectively, whereas the corresponding values for rats were close to zero, indicating that extensive metabolism of midazolam occurs, particularly in the upper region of the small intestine in monkeys, but not rats. Interestingly, formation of the metabolites was much greater during transport in the apical-to-basal direction than in the basal-to-apical direction, and this could be well explained by a mathematical model based on the assumption that extensive metabolism is associated with the uptake process of midazolam from the apical cell surface. Thus, we conclude that an asymmetric distribution of metabolic activity in the small intestine, leading to extensive metabolism during uptake from the apical cell surface, accounts for the minimal oral bioavailability of midazolam in cynomolgus monkeys.

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  • doi:10.1124/dmd.106.013037.

  • ABBREVIATIONS: P-gp, P-glycoprotein; BCS, biopharmaceutical classification system; AP, apical; BL, basolateral; OH, hydroxy; ER, extraction ratio; LC, liquid chromatography; AUC, area under the curve; CL, clearance; ANOVA, analysis of variance.

    • Received September 21, 2006.
    • Accepted April 25, 2007.
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Asymmetric Intestinal First-Pass Metabolism Causes Minimal Oral Bioavailability of Midazolam in Cynomolgus Monkey

Tomohiro Nishimura, Nobuyuki Amano, Yoshiyuki Kubo, Midori Ono, Yukio Kato, Hisashi Fujita, Yoshiaki Kimura and Akira Tsuji
Drug Metabolism and Disposition August 1, 2007, 35 (8) 1275-1284; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1124/dmd.106.013037

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Tomohiro Nishimura, Nobuyuki Amano, Yoshiyuki Kubo, Midori Ono, Yukio Kato, Hisashi Fujita, Yoshiaki Kimura and Akira Tsuji
Drug Metabolism and Disposition August 1, 2007, 35 (8) 1275-1284; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1124/dmd.106.013037
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