Abstract
Intestinal first-pass metabolism may contribute to low oral drug bioavailability and drug-drug interactions, particularly for CYP3A substrates. The current analysis predicted intestinal availability (F(G)) from in vitro metabolic clearance and permeability data of 25 drugs using the Q(Gut) model. The drug selection included a wide range of physicochemical properties and in vivo F(G) values (0.07-0.94). In vitro clearance data (CLu(int)) were determined in human intestinal (HIM) and three liver (HLM) microsomal pools (n = 105 donors) using the substrate depletion method. Apparent drug permeability (P(app)) was determined in Caco-2 and Madin-Darby canine kidney cells transfected with human MDR1 gene (MDCK-MDR1 cells) under isotonic conditions (pH = 7.4). In addition, effective permeability (P(eff)) data, estimated from regression analyses to P(app) or physicochemical properties were used in the F(G) predictions. Determined CLu(int) values ranged from 0.022 to 76.7 microl/min/pmol of CYP3A (zolpidem and nisoldipine, respectively). Differences in CLu(int) values obtained in HIM and HLM were not significant after normalization for tissue-specific CYP3A abundance, supporting their interchangeable usability. The F(G) predictions were most successful when P(app) data from Caco-2/MDCK-MDR1 cells were used directly; in contrast, the use of physicochemical parameters resulted in significant F(G) underpredictions. Good agreement between predicted and in vivo F(G) was noted for drugs with low to medium intestinal extraction (e.g., midazolam predicted F(G) value 0.54 and in vivo value 0.51). In contrast, low prediction accuracy was observed for drugs with in vivo F(G) <0.5, resulting in considerable underprediction in some instances, as for saquinavir (predicted F(G) is 6% of the observed value). Implications of the findings are discussed.
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