Abstract

Predicting human pharmacokinetics (PK) such as clearance (CL) and volume of distribution (Vd) is a critical component of drug discovery. These predictions are mainly performed by in vitro-in vivo extrapolation (IVIVE) using human biological samples, such as hepatic microsomes and hepatocytes. However, some issues with this process have arisen, such as inconsistencies between in vitro and in vivo findings; the integration of predicted CYP, non-CYP and transporter-mediated human PK; and the difficulty of evaluating very metabolically stable compounds. Various approaches to solving these issues have been reported. Allometric scaling using experimental animals has also often been used. However, this method has also shown many problems due to interspecies differences, albeit that various correction methods have been proposed. Another approach involves the production of chimeric mice with humanized liver via the transplantation of human hepatocytes into mice. The livers of these mice are repopulated mostly with human hepatocytes and express human drug-metabolizing enzymes and drug transporters, suggesting that these mice are useful for solving the issues of IVIVE and allometric scaling, and more reliably predicting human PK. In this review, we summarize human PK prediction methods using IVIVE, allometric scaling and chimeric mice with humanized liver, and discuss the utility of predicting human PK in drug discovery by comparing these chimeric mice with IVIVE and allometric scaling.

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