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Exploring Drug Metabolism by the Gut Microbiota: Modes of Metabolism and Experimental Approaches

Pooja Dhurjad, Chinmayi Dhavaliker, Kajal Gupta and Rajesh Sonti
Drug Metabolism and Disposition March 2022, 50 (3) 224-234; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1124/dmd.121.000669
Pooja Dhurjad
Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Hyderabad, India
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Chinmayi Dhavaliker
Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Hyderabad, India
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Kajal Gupta
Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Hyderabad, India
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Increasing evidence uncovers the involvement of gut microbiota in the metabolism of numerous pharmaceutical drugs. The human gut microbiome harbors 10–100 trillion symbiotic gut microbial bacteria that use drugs as substrates for enzymatic processes to alter host metabolism. Thus, microbiota-mediated drug metabolism can change the conventional drug action course and cause inter-individual differences in efficacy and toxicity, making it vital for drug discovery and development. This review focuses on drug biotransformation pathways and discusses different models for evaluating the role of gut microbiota in drug metabolism.

SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT This review emphasizes the importance of gut microbiota and different modes of drug metabolism mediated by them. It provides information on in vivo, in vitro, ex vivo, in silico and multi-omics approaches for identifying the role of gut microbiota in metabolism. Further, it highlights the significance of gut microbiota-mediated metabolism in the process of new drug discovery and development as a rationale for safe and efficacious drug therapy.

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    • Received December 27, 2021.
    • Accepted September 8, 2021.
  • This work received no external funding.

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Pooja Dhurjad, Chinmayi Dhavaliker, Kajal Gupta and Rajesh Sonti
Drug Metabolism and Disposition March 1, 2022, 50 (3) 224-234; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1124/dmd.121.000669

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