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Use of Intravenous Infusion Study Design to Simultaneously Determine Brain Penetration and Systemic Pharmacokinetic Parameters in Rats

Keumhan Noh, Alicia Pietrasiewicz, Xingrong Liu and Cong Wei
Drug Metabolism and Disposition February 2021, 49 (2) 142-151; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1124/dmd.120.000242
Keumhan Noh
Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Biogen, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Biogen, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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In drug discovery, the extent of brain penetration as measured by free brain/plasma concentration ratio (Kp,uu) is normally determined from one experiment after constant intravenous infusion, and pharmacokinetics (PK) parameters, including clearance (CL), volume of distribution at steady state (Vss), and effective half-life (t1/2,eff) are determined from another experiment after a single intravenous bolus injection. The objective of the present study was to develop and verify a method to simultaneously determine Kp,uu and PK parameters from a single intravenous infusion experiment. In this study, nine compounds (atenolol, loperamide, minoxidil, N-[3-(4′-fluorophenyl)-3-(4′-phenylphenoxy)propyl]sarcosine, sulpiride, and four proprietary compounds) were intravenously infused for 4 hours at 1 mg/kg or 24 hours at 1 or 6 mg/kg or bolus injected at 1 mg/kg. Plasma samples were serially collected, and brain and cerebrospinal fluid samples were collected at the end of infusion. The PK parameters were obtained using noncompartmental analysis (NCA) and compartmental analysis. The Kp,uu,brain values of those compounds increased up to 2.86-fold from 4 to 24 hours. The CL calculated from infusion rate over steady-state concentration from the 24-hour infusion studies was more consistent with the CL from the intravenous bolus studies than that from 4-hour infusion studies (CL avg. fold of difference 1.19–1.44 vs. 2.10). The compartmental analysis using one- and two-compartment models demonstrated better performance than NCA regardless of study design. In addition, volume of distribution at steady state and t1/2,eff could be accurately obtained by one-compartment analysis within 2-fold difference. In conclusion, both unbound brain-to-plasma ratio and PK parameters can be successfully estimated from a 24-hour intravenous infusion study design.

Significance Statement We demonstrated that the extent of brain penetration and pharmacokinetic parameters (such as clearance, Vss, and effective t1/2) can be determined from a single constant intravenous infusion study in rats.

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    • Received September 6, 2020.
    • Accepted November 10, 2020.
  • This work was funded and supported by Biogen.

  • https://doi.org/10.1124/dmd.120.000242.

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Simultaneous Determination of Brain Penetration and Systemic PK Parameters

Keumhan Noh, Alicia Pietrasiewicz, Xingrong Liu and Cong Wei
Drug Metabolism and Disposition February 1, 2021, 49 (2) 142-151; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1124/dmd.120.000242

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Simultaneous Determination of Brain Penetration and Systemic PK Parameters

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Drug Metabolism and Disposition February 1, 2021, 49 (2) 142-151; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1124/dmd.120.000242
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