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The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) on the intestinal cytochrome P450 isoenzyme (CYP3A) and P-glycoprotein (P-gp) functions using midazolam and rhodamine-123 as specific substrates of CYP3A and P-gp, respectively. Perfused everted intestinal segments from rats were employed to determine the effects of DHA on midazolam metabolism and rhodamine-123 transport. In addition, the effects of DHA on in vitro midazolam metabolism in rat intestinal microsomes and on midazolam bioavailability in rats were examined. The intestinal extraction ratio (ER G) of midazolam was determined to be 0.43 and decreased significantly to 0.12, 0.07, and 0.06 in the presence of 50, 100, and 200 microM DHA, respectively, in a concentration-dependent manner. The results from an in vitro study using rat intestinal microsomes demonstrated that DHA competitively inhibited the intestinal CYP3A activity with Ki of 15.7 and 27.1 microM for the formations of 1'-OH midazolam and 4-OH midazolam, respectively. Moreover, the oral administration of DHA (100mg/kg) increased the AUC infinity, Cmax, and oral bioavailability (F) of midazolam by about 50% in rats, without affecting the T 1/2, V dss/F, or CL tot/F. In contrast, DHA did not change the serosal-to-mucosal transport of rhodamine-123 in the perfused everted intestine and oral administration of DHA (100mg/kg) had no influence on the pharmacokinetics of intravenously administered midazolam in rats, thus suggesting that DHA has little effect on the intestinal P-gp activity and hepatic clearance of midazolam. This study provided the first direct evidence to show that DHA has an inhibitory effect on the intestinal pre-systemic metabolism of a CYP3A substrate and that DHA has little, if any, effect on the P-gp activity in the gut.
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PMID:Inhibitory effect of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) on the intestinal metabolism of midazolam: in vitro and in vivo studies in rats. 1808 81

Lipophilic camptothecin derivatives are considered to have negligible affinity for breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP; ABCG2). Gimatecan, a new orally available 7-t-butoxyiminomethyl-substituted lipophilic camptothecin derivative, has been previously reported to be not a substrate for BCRP. Using a panel of in vitro models, we tested whether gimatecan is a substrate for BCRP as well as for P-glycoprotein (MDR1) or multidrug resistance protein 2 (MRP2; ABCC2), ATP-binding cassette drug efflux transporters involved in anticancer drug resistance, and able to affect the pharmacokinetics of substrate drugs. Cell survival, drug transport, accumulation, and efflux were studied in IGROV1 and (human BCRP overexpressing) T8 cells, Madin-Darby canine kidney II (MDCKII-WT, MDCKII-Bcrp1, MDCKII-MDR1, and MDCKII-MRP2), and LLCPK (LLCPK-WT and LLCPK-MDR1) cells. Competition with methotrexate uptake was studied in Sf9-BCRP membrane vesicles. In vitro, expression of BCRP resulted in 8- to 10-fold resistance to gimatecan. In Transwell experiments, gimatecan was transported by Bcrp1 and transport was inhibited by the BCRP/P-glycoprotein inhibitors elacridar and pantoprazole. Efflux of gimatecan from MDCKII-Bcrp1 cells was faster than in WT cells. In Sf9-BCRP membrane vesicles, gimatecan significantly inhibited BCRP-mediated transport of methotrexate. In contrast, gimatecan was not transported by MDR1 or MRP2. Gimatecan is transported by BCRP/Bcrp1 in vitro, although to a lesser extent than the camptothecin analogue topotecan. Implications of BCRP expression in the gut for the oral development of gimatecan and the interaction between gimatecan and other BCRP substrate drugs and/or inhibitors warrant further clinical investigation.
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PMID:In vitro transport of gimatecan (7-t-butoxyiminomethylcamptothecin) by breast cancer resistance protein, P-glycoprotein, and multidrug resistance protein 2. 1808 24

Oral chemotherapy has many advantages over parenteral chemotherapeutics administration. To use the advantages of the oral chemotherapy and maximize anti-tumor effects of the chemotherapeutic agent, we designed HM30181A (a P-glycoprotein inhibitor) and a paclitaxel oral co-administration chemotherapeutic method. HM30181A is used to aid paclitaxel absorption from gut lumen into blood and to inhibit paclitaxel exclusion out of the brain tumor mass by endothelial cells, which inhibits paclitaxel access to tumor cells in the brain parenchyma. We applied HM30181A and paclitaxel oral co-administration methods to the treatment of tumors in the brain using the K1735 melanoma brain metastasis animal model and the U-87 MG glioblastoma animal model. Administrations were performed twice per week for 28 days and the therapeutic effect was examined using tumor volume change. We observed that 32 mg/kg HM30181A and 16 mg/kg of paclitaxel (dose ratio 2:1) oral co-administration showed significant therapeutic effects in both animal models, but when the doses or dose ratio was changed, the effects could not be observed. Therefore, adjustments of doses and dose ratio of the agents seems to be essential in realizing oral HM30181A and paclitaxel treatment in brain tumors. These results suggest that if the doses and dose ratio can be successfully adjusted, the oral co-administration of HM30181A and paclitaxel can be used to treat tumors in the brain.
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PMID:Oral paclitaxel chemotherapy for brain tumors: ideal combination treatment of paclitaxel and P-glycoprotein inhibitor. 1809 71

Oral anticancer drug treatment represents a significant change to current oncology practice. Support for oral anticancer treatment is driven by issues of pharmacoeconomics, accommodating the need for protracted drug administration for many emerging cytostatic therapies, response to patient preference and in improving patient quality of life. Much focus has concentrated on defining the cellular mechanisms underlying the pharmacokinetic limitations associated with the oral route of administration. However, the potential effects of oral anticancer drugs on gut associated host mediated immunity have been overlooked. Given that the immune system is central for tumour rejection, an assessment of the potential effects oral anticancer drugs may have at this level, and the impact of this on the treatment of gastrointestinal malignancy is of significant clinical importance. P-glycoprotein is a multidrug transporter that contributes to the reduced bioavailability of many orally administered medications. P-glycoprotein achieves this by virtue of its drug efflux capacity at the level of the gut epithelia. P-glycoprotein is also notorious for contributing to the multidrug resistance phenotype observed in many drug refractory human cancers. Likewise, this drug transporter serves a role in the cells of the immune system; particularly in dendritic cell maturation and function. This multifaceted involvement in drug disposition, cancer drug resistance and regulation of the immune response makes P-glycoprotein an attractive target for the optimization of oral anticancer drug treatment strategies. This review introduces and discusses for the first time the potential impact that oral anticancer drugs may have on P-glycoprotein expression and function and the potential consequences of this on dendritic cell function in relation to human cancer. This review also aims to foster a better understanding of the host mediated immunological mechanisms which may be potentially manipulated in cancer patients undergoing oral chemotherapy.
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PMID:Targeting P-glycoprotein for effective oral anti-cancer chemotherapeutics. 1828 43

The purpose of this study was to investigate the absorption mechanism of vitexin-2''-O-rhamnoside, the index component in hawthorn leaves flavonoids (HLF) in the rat intestine, using two different absorption models, the in situ single-pass intestinal perfusion and the in vitro everted gut sac model. The effective permeability coefficients (P(eff)) in the in situ single-pass intestinal perfusion experiments and the apparent permeability coefficients (P(app)) in the in vitro everted gut sac experiments were calculated. Furthermore, the influences of the P-glycoprotein inhibitors, verapamil and digoxin, on the intestinal absorption of vitexin-2''-O- rhamnoside in HLF were studied using the above-mentioned two models. Results showed that there were no significant differences in the absorption of vitexin-2''-O-rhamnoside in HLF in four segments of the rat intestine, duodenum, jejunum, ileum, and colon, and at different concentrations of HLF ranging from 0.05 mg/ml to 0.5 mg/ml (P > 0.05). The P(eff) values for vitexin-2''-O-rhamnoside in the rat jejunal perfusion at the concentration of 0.05, 0.1, 0.25, and 0.5 mg/ml were (2.48 +/- 0.33) x 10(-5); (2.23 +/- 0.67) x 10(-5); (2.18 +/- 0.48) x 10(-5); and (2.25 +/- 0.17) x 10(-5) cm/s, respectively. But there was significant difference between absence and presence of verapamil or digoxin (P < 0.05). P(eff) and P(app) values of vitexin-2''-O-rhamnoside in HLF were increased in the presence of verapamil or digoxin. In conclusion, vitexin-2''-O-rhamnoside can be classified into high permeability class drug according to the biopharmaceutical classification system. Passive diffusion dominates the absorptive transport behavior of vitexin-2''-O-rhamnoside in HLF. The absorption and secretion are mediated by the efflux transport system, P-gp. The absorption of vitexin-2''-O-rhamnoside in HLF can be enhanced administered together with P-gp inhibitors.
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PMID:Assessment of intestinal absorption of vitexin-2''-o-rhamnoside in hawthorn leaves flavonoids in rat using in situ and in vitro absorption models. 1830 35

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 alpha-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 [(14)C]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, approximately 20% of an i.v. dose of [(14)C]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.
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PMID: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. 1834 85

N,N-diethyl-2-[4-(phenylmethyl) phenoxy] ethanamine (DPPE; tesmilifene) is a novel anti-histaminic and chemopotentiating agent that has a hormetic effect on DNA synthesis in MCF (Michigan Cancer Foundation)-7 human breast cancer cells in vitro and stimulates the growth of experimental tumors in rodents. In a prospectively randomized phase three trial (NCIC MA.19), 152 patients who were co-administered DPPE and doxorubicin survived 50% longer (P < 0.03) than 153 patients who were administered the same dose and schedule of doxorubicin alone. At clinically relevant in vitro concentrations that do not inhibit the P-glycoprotein (P-gp) pump, DPPE selectively sensitizes the cancer cells that express the multiple drug resistance phenotype, making them more susceptible to the cytotoxic effects of chemotherapeutic agents, including anthracyclines and taxanes. Based on its previously demonstrated interaction with histamine at CYP3A4, a P450 that metabolizes arachidonic acid, and its induction of high levels of prostacyclin in the gut of rodents, modulation by DPPE of the intracellular concentration of arachidonate products, such as hydroxyeicosatetraeinoic acids, implicated in increased cancer cell proliferation and metastasis, is postulated.
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PMID:N,N-diethyl-2-[4-(phenylmethyl) phenoxy] ethanamine (DPPE; tesmilifene), a chemopotentiating agent with hormetic effects on DNA synthesis in vitro, may improve survival in patients with metastatic breast cancer. 1848 Jan 39

Chloride is critical in creating differential pH values inside various organelles (Golgi for example) by linking ATP hydrolysis to trans-bilayer proton movement. This proton-ATPase drives anions such as chloride through unrelated channels in the endosomal/organellar bilayer thus loading HCl into different lipid-encased cellular compartments. Critically, intraorganellar pH (and ion channel content/activities) differs during different phases of the cell cycle. The cystic fibrosis (CF) chloride channel protein CFTR is a member of the ABC family (ABCC7) and resides in many endosomal membranes trafficking to the epithelial surface and back again. Recently, it has become clear that human CF has an unusually high incidence of cancer in the bowel with correspondingly elevated gut epithelial proliferation rates observed in CF mice. In this review, emphasis is placed on CK2 & CF because CK2 controls not only proliferation but also four different members of the ABC superfamily including the multi-drug resistance protein P-glycoprotein and CFTR itself. In addition, CK2 also regulates a critical cancer-relevant and CFTR-regulated cation channel (ENaC) that mediates the cellular accumulation of sodium ions within epithelia such as the colon and lung. Not only are ENaC and CFTR both abnormal in CF cells, but ENaC also 'carries' CK2 to the cell membrane in oocytes, only provided its two target phosphosites are intact. CK2 may be a critical regulator of cell proliferation in conjunction with regulation of ion channels such as CFTR, other ABC members and the cation channel ENaC. The emerging idea is that CFTR may control membrane-CK2 as much as membrane-CK2 controls CFTR.
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PMID:Cystic fibrosis as a bowel cancer syndrome and the potential role of CK2. 1860 76

This study evaluated the pharmacokinetic properties of ivermectin (IVM) and triclabendazole (TCBZ) given either separately or co-administered to sheep. Corriedale sheep received IVM alone, TCBZ alone or a combination of IVM and TCBZ intravenously. Ivermectin elimination was delayed and its plasma availability was 3-fold higher when co-administered with TCBZ. Similarly, plasma concentrations of TCBZ and its metabolites were influenced by the co-administration of IVM. Higher peak plasma concentrations of TCBZ metabolites were detected after the co-administration of TCBZ and IVM compared to those obtained following TCBZ treatment in isolation. Complementary in vitro assays were carried out to assess the influence of TCBZ on the P-glycoprotein-mediated intestinal transport of IVM, using the everted gut sac technique. Enhanced accumulation of IVM in the intestinal wall occurred after co-incubation with TCBZ.
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PMID:Combined use of ivermectin and triclabendazole in sheep: in vitro and in vivo characterisation of their pharmacological interaction. 1864 64

This study investigated the potential pharmacokinetic interaction between the direct renin inhibitor aliskiren and modulators of P-glycoprotein and cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4). Aliskiren stimulated in vitro P-glycoprotein ATPase activity in recombinant baculovirus-infected Sf9 cells with high affinity (K(m) 2.1 micromol/L) and was transported by organic anion-transporting peptide OATP2B1-expressing HEK293 cells with moderate affinity (K(m) 72 micromol/L). Three open-label, multiple-dose studies in healthy subjects investigated the pharmacokinetic interactions between aliskiren 300 mg and digoxin 0.25 mg (n = 22), atorvastatin 80 mg (n = 21), or ketoconazole 200 mg bid (n = 21). Coadministration with aliskiren resulted in changes of <30% in AUC(tau) and C(max,ss) of digoxin, atorvastatin, o-hydroxy-atorvastatin, and rho-hydroxy-atorvastatin, indicating no clinically significant interaction with P-glycoprotein or CYP3A4 substrates. Aliskiren AUC(tau) was significantly increased by coadministration with atorvastatin (by 47%, P < .001) or ketoconazole (by 76%, P < .001) through mechanisms most likely involving transporters such as P-glycoprotein and organic anion-transporting peptide and possibly through metabolic pathways such as CYP3A4 in the gut wall. These results indicate that aliskiren is a substrate for but not an inhibitor of P-glycoprotein. On the basis of the small changes in exposure to digoxin and atorvastatin and the <2-fold increase in exposure to aliskiren during coadministration with atorvastatin and ketoconazole, the authors conclude that the potential for clinically relevant drug interactions between aliskiren and these substrates and/or inhibitors of P-glycoprotein/CPY3A4/OATP is low.
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PMID:Pharmacokinetics of the oral direct renin inhibitor aliskiren in combination with digoxin, atorvastatin, and ketoconazole in healthy subjects: the role of P-glycoprotein in the disposition of aliskiren. 1878 80


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