Pharmacokinetic herb-drug interactions with traditional Chinese medicine: progress, causes of conflicting results and suggestions for future research.

Abstract:

:Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has a long history of medical use in China and is still used worldwide. Unexpected herb-drug interactions (HDIs) may lead to adverse drug reactions or loss of therapeutic efficacy of the victim drug. Here, based on searches of Medline, EBSCO, Science Direct and Web of Science using various keywords, we summarize the TCM-derived pharmacokinetic HDIs that were reported from 1990 to 2015 and discuss the underlying mechanisms. In general, many pre-clinical and clinical pharmacokinetic HDIs have been reported. Our searches show that TCMs cause pharmacokinetic interactions with therapeutic drugs mainly by inhibiting or inducing drug-metabolizing enzymes and transporters. However, most of the interactions result from a small number of prescription medications and the actual potential for harm is low. Moreover, such HDIs can be avoided by discontinuing the TCMs. Despite the extensive number of reports on TCM-derived HDIs, the findings are frequently conflicting and can be confusing. The causes of the conflicts vary, but we classified them into three basic categories as follows: (1) complicated nature and poor quality control of TCMs, (2) different responses of various test systems to TCM exposure and (3) diverse study designs. Accordingly, we propose rational study designs for future HDI research. We also propose that a specific authoritative guide be established that provides recommendations for HDI studies. This review provides insights into the progress and challenges in TCM-derived pharmacokinetic HDI research.

journal_name

Drug Metab Rev

journal_title

Drug metabolism reviews

authors

Ma BL,Ma YM

doi

10.3109/03602532.2015.1124888

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2016-01-01 00:00:00

pages

1-26

issue

1

eissn

0360-2532

issn

1097-9883

journal_volume

48

pub_type

杂志文章,评审
  • Metabolism of psilocybin and psilocin: clinical and forensic toxicological relevance.

    abstract::Psilocybin and psilocin are controlled substances in many countries. These are the two main hallucinogenic compounds of the "magic mushrooms" and both act as agonists or partial agonists at 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)2A subtype receptors. During the last few years, psilocybin and psilocin have gained therapeutic releva...

    journal_title:Drug metabolism reviews

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.1080/03602532.2016.1278228

    authors: Dinis-Oliveira RJ

    更新日期:2017-02-01 00:00:00

  • Sulfotransferase genes: regulation by nuclear receptors in response to xeno/endo-biotics.

    abstract::Pregnane X receptor (PXR) and constitutive active/androstane receptor (CAR), members of the nuclear receptor superfamily, are two major xeno-sensing transcription factors. They can be activated by a broad range of lipophilic xenobiotics including therapeutics drugs. In addition to xenobiotics, endogenous compounds suc...

    journal_title:Drug metabolism reviews

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.3109/03602532.2013.835630

    authors: Kodama S,Negishi M

    更新日期:2013-11-01 00:00:00

  • The role of aryl hydrocarbon receptor in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular diseases.

    abstract::Numerous experimental and epidemiological studies have demonstrated that polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), which are major constituents of cigarette tobacco tar, are strongly involved in the pathogenesis of the cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). Knowing that PAH-induced toxicities are mediated by the activation of...

    journal_title:Drug metabolism reviews

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.1080/03602530600632063

    authors: Korashy HM,El-Kadi AO

    更新日期:2006-01-01 00:00:00

  • N-oxidative transformation of free and N-substituted amine functions by cytochrome P450 as means of bioactivation and detoxication.

    abstract::Indirect evidence for the participation of cytochrome P450 (P450) in the microsomal N-oxygenation of primary and N-substituted amine functions is presented by studies employing diagnostic modifiers of the hemoprotein system as well as immunochemical approaches. Experiments with recombinant hemoproteins or isozymes pur...

    journal_title:Drug metabolism reviews

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.1081/dmr-120005646

    authors: Hlavica P

    更新日期:2002-08-01 00:00:00

  • The right compound in the right assay at the right time: an integrated discovery DMPK strategy.

    abstract::The high rate of attrition during drug development and its associated high research and development (R&D) cost have put pressure on pharmaceutical companies to ensure that candidate drugs going to clinical testing have the appropriate quality such that the biological hypothesis could be evaluated. To help achieve this...

    journal_title:Drug metabolism reviews

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.3109/03602532.2012.691099

    authors: Ballard P,Brassil P,Bui KH,Dolgos H,Petersson C,Tunek A,Webborn PJ

    更新日期:2012-08-01 00:00:00

  • Novel insights into the complex pharmacokinetics of voriconazole: a review of its metabolism.

    abstract::Voriconazole, a second-generation triazole frequently used for the prophylaxis and treatment of invasive fungal infections, undergoes complex metabolism mainly involving various (polymorphic) cytochrome P450 enzymes in humans. Although high inter- and intraindividual variability in voriconazole pharmacokinetics have b...

    journal_title:Drug metabolism reviews

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.1080/03602532.2019.1632888

    authors: Schulz J,Kluwe F,Mikus G,Michelet R,Kloft C

    更新日期:2019-08-01 00:00:00

  • The biological actions of dehydroepiandrosterone involves multiple receptors.

    abstract::Dehydroepiandrosterone has been thought to have physiological functions other than as an androgen precursor. The previous studies performed have demonstrated a number of biological effects in rodents, such as amelioration of disease in diabetic, chemical carcinogenesis, and obesity models. To date, activation of the p...

    journal_title:Drug metabolism reviews

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.1080/03602530600569877

    authors: Webb SJ,Geoghegan TE,Prough RA,Michael Miller KK

    更新日期:2006-01-01 00:00:00

  • Structure and regulation of P-450s in the rat P450IIA gene subfamily.

    abstract::The rat P450IIA subfamily was characterized at the protein, cDNA, and gene level. The purified IIA1 and IIA2 P-450s displayed distinct positional specificities toward hydroxylation of the prototype substrate testosterone. The IIA1 and IIA2 genes were also regulated differently during development; IIA1 was expressed wi...

    journal_title:Drug metabolism reviews

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.3109/03602538909103582

    authors: Gonzalez FJ,Matsunaga T,Nagata K

    更新日期:1989-01-01 00:00:00

  • Naphthalene-induced respiratory tract toxicity: metabolic mechanisms of toxicity.

    abstract::The lung, which is in intimate contact with the external environment, is exposed to a number of toxicants both by virtue of its large surface area and because it receives 100% of the cardiac output. Lung diseases are a major disease entity in the U.S. population ranking third in terms of morbidity and mortality. Despi...

    journal_title:Drug metabolism reviews

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.1081/dmr-120015694

    authors: Buckpitt A,Boland B,Isbell M,Morin D,Shultz M,Baldwin R,Chan K,Karlsson A,Lin C,Taff A,West J,Fanucchi M,Van Winkle L,Plopper C

    更新日期:2002-11-01 00:00:00

  • Entering the era of computationally driven drug development.

    abstract::Historically, failure rates in drug development are high; increased sophistication and investment throughout the process has shifted the reasons for attrition, but the overall success rates have remained stubbornly and consistently low. Only 8% of new entities entering clinical testing gain regulatory approval, indica...

    journal_title:Drug metabolism reviews

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.1080/03602532.2020.1726944

    authors: Maharao N,Antontsev V,Wright M,Varshney J

    更新日期:2020-05-01 00:00:00

  • LC-MS-based metabolomics in drug metabolism.

    abstract::Xenobiotic metabolism, a ubiquitous natural response to foreign compounds, elicits initiating signals for many pathophysiological events. Currently, most widely used techniques for identifying xenobiotic metabolites and metabolic pathways are empirical and largely based on in vitro incubation assays and in vivo radiot...

    journal_title:Drug metabolism reviews

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.1080/03602530701497804

    authors: Chen C,Gonzalez FJ,Idle JR

    更新日期:2007-01-01 00:00:00

  • Stereoselectivity of chiral drug transport: a focus on enantiomer-transporter interaction.

    abstract::Drug transporters and drug metabolism enzymes govern drug absorption, distribution, metabolism and elimination. Many literature works presenting important aspects related to stereochemistry of drug metabolism are available. However, there is very little literature on stereoselectivity of chiral drug transport and enan...

    journal_title:Drug metabolism reviews

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.3109/03602532.2014.887094

    authors: Zhou Q,Yu LS,Zeng S

    更新日期:2014-08-01 00:00:00

  • Drugs as CYP3A probes, inducers, and inhibitors.

    abstract::Human cytochrome P450 (CYP) 3A subfamily members (mainly CYP3A4 and CYP3A5) mediate the metabolism of approximately half all marketed drugs and thus play a critical role in the drug metabolism. A huge number of studies on CYP3A-mediated drug metabolism in humans have demonstrated that CYP3A activity exhibits marked et...

    journal_title:Drug metabolism reviews

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.1080/03602530701690374

    authors: Liu YT,Hao HP,Liu CX,Wang GJ,Xie HG

    更新日期:2007-01-01 00:00:00

  • Disposition of a series of tetrahydrocarbazoles.

    abstract::Cyclindole was extensively metabolized and eliminated primarily via the kidneys from most laboratory animals and man. Only in the dog was cyclindole a major urinary component. Cyclindole was metabolized by N-demethylation and/or hydroxylation. In studies utilizing radiolabeled drug, the primary urinary component was p...

    journal_title:Drug metabolism reviews

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.3109/03602538008994027

    authors: Edelson J,Benziger DP

    更新日期:1980-01-01 00:00:00

  • Early drug safety evaluation: biomarkers, signatures, and fingerprints.

    abstract::When target organ toxicity arises in animal models during routine drug safety evaluation, it raises several key questions: Is this target organ toxicity related to the pharmacology? What is the mode of action (MOA)? Is the target organ toxicity relevant to humans? Pathology or prior knowledge of the compound class may...

    journal_title:Drug metabolism reviews

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.1081/dmr-120026395

    authors: Roberts R,Cain K,Coyle B,Freathy C,Leonard JF,Gautier JC

    更新日期:2003-11-01 00:00:00

  • Quinone reductases multitasking in the metabolic world.

    abstract::The multiple functions of NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase 1 (NQO1, DT-diaphorase) in the cell are reviewed. NQO1 has long been viewed as a chemoprotective enzyme involved in cellular defense against the electrophilic and oxidizing metabolites of xenobiotic quinones. It also participates in reduction of endogenous quino...

    journal_title:Drug metabolism reviews

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.1081/dmr-200033465

    authors: Ross D

    更新日期:2004-10-01 00:00:00

  • Covalent binding of xenobiotics to specific proteins in the liver.

    abstract::Chemicals that cause toxicity though a direct mechanism, such as acetaminophen, covalently bind to a select group of proteins prior to the development of toxicity, and these proteins may be important in the initiation of the events that lead to the hepatotoxicity. Disruption of the cell is measured by release of intra...

    journal_title:Drug metabolism reviews

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.3109/03602539709037572

    authors: Pumford NR,Halmes NC,Hinson JA

    更新日期:1997-02-01 00:00:00

  • The role of positron emission tomography in pharmacokinetic analysis.

    abstract::The physiological and biochemical measurements that can be performed noninvasively in humans with modern imaging techniques offer great promise for defining the precise state of a patient's disease and its response to therapy. In general, there are two critical points in drug development when PET measurements are like...

    journal_title:Drug metabolism reviews

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.3109/03602539709002238

    authors: Fischman AJ,Alpert NM,Babich JW,Rubin RH

    更新日期:1997-11-01 00:00:00

  • Practical aspects of transporter model systems: a case study involving SQV.

    abstract::In this case study, in vitro and in vivo data were provided for saquinavir (SQV) showing that drug transporters play a significant role in the absorption and disposition of drugs. This article is focused on the more practical points with a technical emphasis. Currently many in vitro and in vivo experimental models hav...

    journal_title:Drug metabolism reviews

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.1081/dmr-120037570

    authors: Su Y,Lee SH,Sinko PJ

    更新日期:2004-05-01 00:00:00

  • Molecular and environmental causes of cancer.

    abstract::The multistep, clonal evolution model of cancer predicts fundamental mechanisms by which chemicals may influence the cancer process. These are illustrated by studies of the mechanisms of induction of carcinogenesis by estrogens and the inhibition of carcinogenesis by caloric restriction. ...

    journal_title:Drug metabolism reviews

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.1081/dmr-100100567

    authors: Barrett JC

    更新日期:2000-05-01 00:00:00

  • PharmGKB: understanding the effects of individual genetic variants.

    abstract::The Pharmacogenetics and Pharmacogenomics Knowledge Base (PharmGKB: http://www.pharmgkb.org) is devoted to disseminating primary data and knowledge in pharmacogenetics and pharmacogenomics. We are annotating the genes that are most important for drug response and present this information in the form of Very Important ...

    journal_title:Drug metabolism reviews

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1080/03602530802413338

    authors: Sangkuhl K,Berlin DS,Altman RB,Klein TE

    更新日期:2008-01-01 00:00:00

  • Steroid D-ring glucuronides: characterization of a new class of cholestatic agents.

    abstract::In summary, we have shown that steroid D-ring, but not steroid A-ring, glucuronide conjugates act at the level of the bile canaliculus to decrease bile-acid-dependent flow, initially; and subsequently, bile-acid-independent flow. These data indicate that glucuronide conjugates are not necessarily inactive; the present...

    journal_title:Drug metabolism reviews

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.3109/03602538308991419

    authors: Vore M,Montgomery C,Meyers M

    更新日期:1983-01-01 00:00:00

  • Macaque cytochromes P450: nomenclature, transcript, gene, genomic structure, and function.

    abstract::Monkeys, especially macaques, including cynomolgus (Macaca fascicularis) and rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta), are frequently used in drug metabolism studies due to their evolutionary closeness to humans. Recently, numerous cytochrome P450 (P450 or CYP) cDNAs have been identified and characterized in cynomolgus and rhe...

    journal_title:Drug metabolism reviews

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.3109/03602532.2010.549492

    authors: Uno Y,Iwasaki K,Yamazaki H,Nelson DR

    更新日期:2011-08-01 00:00:00

  • Nuclear receptors and endobiotics glucuronidation: the good, the bad, and the UGT.

    abstract::The recent progresses in molecular biology and pharmacology approaches allowed the characterization of a series of nuclear receptors (NRs) as efficient regulators of uridine diphosphate glucuronosyltransferase (UGT) genes activity. These regulatory processes ensure an optimized UGT expression in response to specific e...

    journal_title:Drug metabolism reviews

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.3109/03602532.2012.751992

    authors: Bigo C,Caron S,Dallaire-Théroux A,Barbier O

    更新日期:2013-02-01 00:00:00

  • On the mechanism of hepatocarcinogenesis of benzodiazepines: evidence that diazepam and oxazepam are CYP2B inducers in rats, and both CYP2B and CYP4A inducers in mice.

    abstract::The aim of this study was to evaluate diazepam and oxazepam as cytochrome P450 inducers at doses previously shown to cause liver tumors in mice but not rats. In rats, diazepam and oxazepam induced CYP2B, and were as effective as phenobarbital despite lacking phenobarbital's tumor-promoting effect in rats. In mice, dia...

    journal_title:Drug metabolism reviews

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1080/03602530600570081

    authors: Parkinson A,Leonard N,Draper A,Ogilvie BW

    更新日期:2006-01-01 00:00:00

  • Pharmacogenetic screening of the gene deletion and duplications of CYP2D6.

    abstract::Cytochrome P450 (CYP) 2D6 is one of the most important enzymes involved in the metabolism of drugs. Multiple, clinically relevant, genetic variants of this gene have been identified and, among them, a gene deletion as well as multiplications of the gene. These large structural mutations in CYP2D6 occur at a relatively...

    journal_title:Drug metabolism reviews

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.1080/03602530600952206

    authors: Meijerman I,Sanderson LM,Smits PH,Beijnen JH,Schellens JH

    更新日期:2007-01-01 00:00:00

  • Oxidant stress, mitochondria, and cell death mechanisms in drug-induced liver injury: lessons learned from acetaminophen hepatotoxicity.

    abstract::Hepatotoxicity is a serious problem during drug development and for the use of many established drugs. For example, acetaminophen overdose is currently the most frequent cause of acute liver failure in the United States and Great Britain. Evaluation of the mechanisms of drug-induced liver injury indicates that mitocho...

    journal_title:Drug metabolism reviews

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.3109/03602532.2011.602688

    authors: Jaeschke H,McGill MR,Ramachandran A

    更新日期:2012-02-01 00:00:00

  • Effects of induction of cytochrome P-450 enzymes on the concentration of foreign compounds and their metabolites and on the toxicological effects of these compounds.

    abstract::Most foreign compounds, including nonnutrients in foods and vapors in air, undergo extensive metabolism before they are eliminated from the body. Included in this paper are discussions of the urinary clearance of various kinds of foreign compounds, the nonspecific enzymes that catalyze the formation of many metabolite...

    journal_title:Drug metabolism reviews

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.3109/03602537908993901

    authors: Gillette JR

    更新日期:1979-01-01 00:00:00

  • Ronald Estabrook's early guidance of a postdoctoral fellow concerning the intricacies of steroid metabolism by cytochromes P450.

    abstract::Ronald Estabrook made his initial impact studying cytochrome P450 by demonstrating the oxidative metabolism function of this unique class of enzymes, which had an unusual spectral peak at 450 nm when reduced and in the presence of carbon monoxide. Utilizing a photochemical action spectrum, he demonstrated that a cytoc...

    journal_title:Drug metabolism reviews

    pub_type: 传,历史文章,杂志文章

    doi:10.1080/03602530701468318

    authors: Sheets JJ

    更新日期:2007-01-01 00:00:00

  • Where is toxicology headed in the future?

    abstract::Herbert Remmer was a pioneer in the study of the phenomenon of enzyme induction. He was also a leading figure, if not the foremost, in the development of the discipline of toxicology in Germany during his tenure as Professor of Toxicology at the University of Tübingen. Included here are some brief thoughts about where...

    journal_title:Drug metabolism reviews

    pub_type: 传,历史文章,杂志文章

    doi:10.1081/dmr-200033409

    authors: Guengerich FP

    更新日期:2004-10-01 00:00:00