RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Role of P-Glycoprotein and the Intestine in the Excretion of DPC 333 [(2R)-2-{(3R)-3-Amino-3-[4-(2-methylquinolin-4-ylmethoxy)phenyl]-2-oxopyrrolidin-1-yl}-N-hydroxy-4-methylpentanamide] in Rodents JF Drug Metabolism and Disposition JO Drug Metab Dispos FD American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics SP 1102 OP 1110 DO 10.1124/dmd.107.017038 VO 36 IS 6 A1 Garner, C. Edwin A1 Solon, Eric A1 Lai, Chii-Ming A1 Lin, Jianrong A1 Luo, Gang A1 Jones, Kevin A1 Duan, Jingwu A1 Decicco, Carl P. A1 Maduskuie, Thomas A1 Mercer, Stephen E. A1 Gan, Lian-Shen A1 Qian, Mingxin A1 Prakash, Shimoga A1 Shen, Huey-Shin A1 Lee, Frank W. YR 2008 UL http://dmd.aspetjournals.org/content/36/6/1102.abstract AB The role of the intestine in the elimination of (2R)-2-{(3R)-3-amino-3-[4-(2-methylquinolin-4-ylmethoxy)phenyl]-2-oxopyrrolidin-1-yl}-N-hydroxy-4-methylpentanamide (DPC 333), a potent inhibitor of tissue necrosis factor α–converting enzyme, was investigated in mice and rats in vivo and in vitro. In Madine-Darby canine kidney cells stably transfected with P-glycoprotein (P-gp) and DPC 333, the transport from B→A reservoirs exceeded the transport from A→B by approximately 7-fold. In Caco-2 monolayers and isolated rat ileal mucosa, DPC 333 was transported from basolateral to apical reservoirs in a concentration-dependent, saturable manner, and transport was blocked by N-(4-[2-(1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-6,7-dimethoxy-2-isoquinolinyl)ethyl]-phenyl)-9,10-dihydro-5-methoxy-9-oxo-4-acridine carboxamide (GF120918), confirming the contribution of P-gp/breast cancer resistance protein in B→A efflux of DPC 333. In quantitative whole body autoradiography studies with [14C]DPC 333 in mice and rats, radioactivity was distributed throughout the small intestine in both species. In GF120918-pretreated bile duct–cannulated rats, radioactivity in feces was reduced 60%. Using the in situ perfused rat intestine model, ∼20% of an i.v. dose of [14C]DPC 333 was measured in the intestinal lumen within 3 h postdose, 12% as parent. Kinetic analysis of data suggested that excreted DPC 333 may be further metabolized in the gut. Intestinal clearance was 0.2 to 0.35 l/h/kg. The above data suggest that in the rodent the intestine serves as an organ of DPC 333 excretion, mediated in part by the transporter P-gp. The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics