{"title":"Synthesis and evaluation of indomethacin prodrugs with a diester structure that are metabolically activated by human carboxylesterases","authors":"Daisuke Takani, Masato Takahashi, Masakiyo Hosokawa","doi":"10.1080/00498254.2023.2298270","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00498254.2023.2298270","url":null,"abstract":"Carboxylesterase (CES) has been studied extensively, mostly with substrates in the monoester structures. We investigated the relationship between indomethacin diester prodrugs and metabolic activat...","PeriodicalId":23812,"journal":{"name":"Xenobiotica","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139027775","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
XenobioticaPub Date : 2023-12-18DOI: 10.1080/00498254.2023.2294473
Ellen Kingston, Malcolm Tingle, Brandi L. Bellissima, Nuala Helsby, Kathryn Burns
{"title":"CYP-catalysed Cycling of Clozapine and Clozapine-N-oxide Promotes the Generation of Reactive Oxygen Species in vitro.","authors":"Ellen Kingston, Malcolm Tingle, Brandi L. Bellissima, Nuala Helsby, Kathryn Burns","doi":"10.1080/00498254.2023.2294473","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00498254.2023.2294473","url":null,"abstract":"Clozapine is an effective atypical antipsychotic indicated for treatment-resistant schizophrenia but is under-prescribed due to the risk of severe adverse drug reactions such as myocarditis. A mech...","PeriodicalId":23812,"journal":{"name":"Xenobiotica","volume":"69 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138715310","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
XenobioticaPub Date : 2023-12-14DOI: 10.1080/00498254.2023.2295361
Dennis A Smith, Lucy Melanie Burton, Sophie Amanda
{"title":"Through a computer monitor darkly: artificial intelligence in absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion science.","authors":"Dennis A Smith, Lucy Melanie Burton, Sophie Amanda","doi":"10.1080/00498254.2023.2295361","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00498254.2023.2295361","url":null,"abstract":"Artificial Intelligence (AI) is poised or has already begun to influence highly absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion (ADME) science. It is not in the area expected, that of superior m...","PeriodicalId":23812,"journal":{"name":"Xenobiotica","volume":"269 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-12-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138682677","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
XenobioticaPub Date : 2023-12-12DOI: 10.1080/00498254.2023.2294039
Ying-Rong Chen, Xiang Yu, Li-Min Xu, Jue Mei, Meng-Li Tian, Min Xu, Qiu-Yue Jin, Li-Bing Ye, Shui-Xin Yang
{"title":"Effect of Genetic Polymorphisms on the Pharmacokinetics of Gefitinib in Healthy Chinese Volunteers","authors":"Ying-Rong Chen, Xiang Yu, Li-Min Xu, Jue Mei, Meng-Li Tian, Min Xu, Qiu-Yue Jin, Li-Bing Ye, Shui-Xin Yang","doi":"10.1080/00498254.2023.2294039","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00498254.2023.2294039","url":null,"abstract":"Gefitinib is the first generation drug of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) metabolized by the cytochrome P450 and transported by P-glycoprotein (ABCB1) and br...","PeriodicalId":23812,"journal":{"name":"Xenobiotica","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138628275","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
XenobioticaPub Date : 2023-12-07DOI: 10.1080/00498254.2023.2289160
Rajkumar Boddu, S. Kollipara, Adithya Karthik Bhattiprolu, Tausif Ahmed
{"title":"Novel application of PBBM to justify impact of faster dissolution on safety and pharmacokinetics – a case study and utility in regulatory justifications","authors":"Rajkumar Boddu, S. Kollipara, Adithya Karthik Bhattiprolu, Tausif Ahmed","doi":"10.1080/00498254.2023.2289160","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00498254.2023.2289160","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23812,"journal":{"name":"Xenobiotica","volume":"43 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138592234","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
XenobioticaPub Date : 2023-12-01Epub Date: 2023-12-26DOI: 10.1080/00498254.2023.2290648
Fan Wu, Mingyu Cui, Siwen Wang, Chao Yu, Weihong Yin, Jiao Li, Xueying Yan
{"title":"Effect of berberine on pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of atorvastatin in hyperlipidemia rats.","authors":"Fan Wu, Mingyu Cui, Siwen Wang, Chao Yu, Weihong Yin, Jiao Li, Xueying Yan","doi":"10.1080/00498254.2023.2290648","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00498254.2023.2290648","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Atorvastatin, an effective lipid-lowering drug, could reduce the risks of morbidity and mortality of cardiovascular diseases. Patients with cardiovascular diseases often use atorvastatin along with berberine. Atorvastatin is the substrate of CYP3A4 and P-gp. However, berberine is the inhibitor. The combination might lead to DDIs. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of berberine on pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of atorvastatin in rats.Plasma concentrations of atorvastatin with or without berberine were determined by HPLC. Pharmacokinetics parameters were calculated and used to evaluate pharmacokinetics interactions. The effect of berberine on pharmacodynamics of atorvastatin was investigated by detecting blood lipid, SOD, MDA, GSH-Px, AST, ALT, and liver histopathology.<i>C</i><sub>max</sub>, <i>t</i><sub>max</sub>, and <i>AUC</i><sub>0-t</sub> of atorvastatin in combination group significantly increased both in normal and model rats (<i>p</i> < 0.01). The increase of <i>t</i><sub>1/2</sub>, <i>AUC</i><sub>0-t</sub> in model rats was more significant than that in normal rats (<i>p</i> < 0.05). Pharmacodynamics indexes in treatment groups were significantly improved, especially combination group (<i>p</i> < 0.05). Moreover, it could be found that there is a significant recovery in liver histopathology.In conclusion, berberine could affect pharmacokinetics of atorvastatin, enhance lipid-lowering effect and improve liver injury in rats. More attention should be paid to plasma exposure in clinical to avoid adverse reactions.</p>","PeriodicalId":23812,"journal":{"name":"Xenobiotica","volume":" ","pages":"644-652"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138488577","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Simultaneous determination of four phytoecdysteroids by LC-MS/MS: application to a comparative pharmacokinetic study in normal and adjuvant arthritis rats after oral administration of <i>C. officinalis</i> Kuan phytoecdysteroids extract.","authors":"Haiqiang Wang, Deqiang Yang, Shuang Jiang, Yixuan Ren, Lihong Wu, Zhenyue Wang, Haixue Kuang, Zhibin Wang","doi":"10.1080/00498254.2023.2270741","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00498254.2023.2270741","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>C. officinalis</i> Kuan is the dry root of <i>Cyathula officinalis</i> Kuan. Clinically, it is used for fall and flutter injury, rheumatism and arthralgia. Phytoecdysteroids have significant anti-inflammatory effects, and the phytoecdysteroids present in <i>C. officinalis</i> Kuan exhibit potential for treating rheumatoid arthritis.This study first developed a selective, accurate and efficient LC-MS/MS method for 12-day pharmacokinetic studies regarding the simultaneous determination of cyasterone, 25-epi-28-epi-cyasterone, precyasterone and capitasterone from <i>C. officinalis</i> Kuan phytoecdysteroids extract in normal and adjuvant arthritis rats.An Agilent Eclipse Plus C<sub>18</sub> RRHD column (1.8 µm, 50mm × 2.1 mm) with a gradient mobile phase consisting of water (A) and acetonitrile (B) was used for analysis. The mass analysis was performed in an Agilent 6430 QQQ-MS mass spectrometer with positive mode multiple reaction monitoring (MRM).The results indicated that the AUC<sub>0-t</sub> and AUC<sub>0-∞</sub> values of the four phytoecdysteroids in adjuvant arthritis rats were different from those in normal rats on the first day, which could provide a helpful reference for pharmacological and toxicological studies, as well as clinical applications of <i>C. officinalis</i> Kuan in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.</p>","PeriodicalId":23812,"journal":{"name":"Xenobiotica","volume":" ","pages":"634-643"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138488578","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
XenobioticaPub Date : 2023-12-01Epub Date: 2023-11-03DOI: 10.1080/00498254.2023.2269417
Yiqing Guo, Huanhuan Lv, Jing Lv, Zenghong Jiang
{"title":"Metabolite profiling and identification of enzymes responsible for the metabolism of hirsutine, a major alkaloid from <i>Uncaria rhynchophylla</i>.","authors":"Yiqing Guo, Huanhuan Lv, Jing Lv, Zenghong Jiang","doi":"10.1080/00498254.2023.2269417","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00498254.2023.2269417","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The <i>in vitro</i> metabolism of hirsutine was determined using liver microsomes and human recombinant cytochrome P450 enzymes. Under the current conditions, a total of 14 phase I metabolites were tentatively identified.Ketoconazole showed significant inhibitory effect on the metabolism of hirsutine. Human recombinant cytochrome P450 enzyme analysis revealed that metabolism of hirsutine was mainly catalysed by CYP3A4.Our data revealed that hirsutine was metabolised <i>via</i> mono-oxygenation, di-oxygenation, <i>N</i>-oxygenation, dehydrogenation, demethylation and hydrolysis.In glutathione (GSH)-supplemented liver microsomes, four GSH adducts were identified. Hirsutine underwent facile P450-mediated metabolic activation, forming reactive 3-methyleneindolenine and iminoquinone intermediates.This study provided valuable information on the metabolic fates of hirsutine in liver microsomes, which would aid in understanding the hepatotoxicity caused by hirsutine or hirsutine-containing herb preparation.</p>","PeriodicalId":23812,"journal":{"name":"Xenobiotica","volume":" ","pages":"474-483"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41214413","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
XenobioticaPub Date : 2023-12-01Epub Date: 2023-11-26DOI: 10.1080/00498254.2023.2278488
Emma Eckernäs, Alicia Macan-Schönleben, Moa Andresen-Bergström, Sofia Birgersson, Kurt-Jürgen Hoffmann, Michael Ashton
{"title":"<i>N, N</i>-dimethyltryptamine forms oxygenated metabolites via CYP2D6 - an <i>in vitro</i> investigation.","authors":"Emma Eckernäs, Alicia Macan-Schönleben, Moa Andresen-Bergström, Sofia Birgersson, Kurt-Jürgen Hoffmann, Michael Ashton","doi":"10.1080/00498254.2023.2278488","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00498254.2023.2278488","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>N, N</i>-dimethyltryptamine (DMT) is a psychedelic compound that has shown potential in the treatment of depression. Aside from the primary role of monoamine oxidase A (MAO-A) in DMT metabolism, the metabolic pathways are poorly understood. Increasing this understanding is an essential aspect of ensuring safe and efficacious use of DMT.This work aimed to investigate the cytochrome 450 (CYP) mediated metabolism of DMT by incubating DMT with recombinant human CYP enzymes and human liver microsomes (HLM) followed by analysis using high-resolution mass spectrometry for metabolite identification.DMT was rapidly metabolised by CYP2D6, while stable with all other investigated CYP enzymes. The metabolism of DMT in HLM was reduced after inclusion of harmine and SKF-525A whereas quinidine did not affect the metabolic rate, likely due to MAO-A residues present in HLM. Analysis of the CYP2D6 incubates showed formation of mono-, di- and tri-oxygenated metabolites, likely as a result of hydroxylation on the indole core.More research is needed to investigate the role of this metabolic pathway <i>in vivo</i> and any pharmacological activity of the proposed metabolites. Our findings may impact on safety issues following intake of ayahuasca in slow CYP2D6 metabolizers or with concomitant use of CYP2D6 inhibitors.</p>","PeriodicalId":23812,"journal":{"name":"Xenobiotica","volume":" ","pages":"515-522"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71427436","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
XenobioticaPub Date : 2023-12-01Epub Date: 2023-11-26DOI: 10.1080/00498254.2023.2272180
Holger Scheible, Hanno Schieferstein, Ralf Schmidt, Klaus Pusecker, Ulrike Gradhand, Sathej Gopalakrishnan, Khalid Iqbal, Jennifer Dong, Reinaldo Jones, Claudia Meli, Jayaprakasam Bolleddula, Martin Dyroff, Katrin Georgi
{"title":"Evobrutinib pathway to its major metabolite M463-2 and insights from a biotransformation and DDI perspective.","authors":"Holger Scheible, Hanno Schieferstein, Ralf Schmidt, Klaus Pusecker, Ulrike Gradhand, Sathej Gopalakrishnan, Khalid Iqbal, Jennifer Dong, Reinaldo Jones, Claudia Meli, Jayaprakasam Bolleddula, Martin Dyroff, Katrin Georgi","doi":"10.1080/00498254.2023.2272180","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00498254.2023.2272180","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Evobrutinib is a highly selective, covalent, central nervous system-penetrant Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor, currently in Phase III trials for the treatment of relapsing multiple sclerosis. One major circulating metabolite of evobrutinib has been previously identified as the racemic dihydro-diol M463-2 (MSC2430422) in a Phase I human mass balance study.Phenotyping experiments were conducted to confirm the metabolic pathway of evobrutinib to M463-2. Ratio of the enantiomers was determined by enantioselective liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry analysis of plasma samples from humans and preclinical species. Drug-drug interaction (DDI) characterisation, evaluation of pharmacological activity on BTK, and off-target screening experiments followed assessing safety of the metabolite.The biotransformation of evobrutinib to M463-2 was determined to be a two-step process with a CYP-mediated oxidation acting to form an epoxide intermediate, which was further hydrolysed by soluble and mitochondrial epoxide hydrolase. Only the (S)-enantiomer was determined to be a major metabolite, the (R)-enantiomer was minor. <i>In vitro</i> studies demonstrated the (S)-enantiomer lacked clinically relevant pharmacological activity, off-target effects and DDIs.The biotransformation of evobrutinib to its major metabolite has been elucidated, with the major (S)-enantiomer being shown to pose no on/off target or DDI risks.</p>","PeriodicalId":23812,"journal":{"name":"Xenobiotica","volume":" ","pages":"547-558"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50163013","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}