abstract：:Nuclear receptors constitutive active/androstane receptor (CAR) and pregnane X receptor (PXR) were originally characterized as transcription factors regulating the hepatic genes that encode drug metabolizing enzymes. Recent works have now revealed that these nuclear receptors also play the critical roles in modulating...

journal_title：Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics

authors： Konno Y,Negishi M,Kodama S

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objectives of this study were to develop a population pharmacokinetic model of imidafenacin and to explore the factors that affect the pharmacokinetics of imidafenecin. A total of 2406 plasma samples were collected from 90 healthy volunteers and 457 patients with overactive bladder. We determined the plasma concen...

journal_title：Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics

authors： Ohno T,Nakade S,Nakayama K,Kitagawa J,Miyabe H,Konomi T,Miyata Y

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pept2 knockout mice are an important tool to evaluate the evolving role and relevance of this proton-coupled oligopeptide transporter beyond drug disposition, where the transporter also modulates the pharmacodynamic and toxicodynamic effects of drug substrates. Our in vivo studies with glycylsarcosine in Pept2 knockou...

journal_title：Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics

authors： Kamal MA,Keep RF,Smith DE

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The work described in this study aimed to express CYP2C8 wild-type and mutant proteins in bacterial expression system and to use the expressed proteins to investigate the structural and functional consequences of a reported allele CYP2C8(*)4 (carrying Ile264Met substitution) on protein activity. Ile264 was replaced by...

journal_title：Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics

authors： Singh R,Ting JG,Pan Y,Teh LK,Ismail R,Ong CE

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since porphyrins are regarded as endogenous substrates for the ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter ABCG2, it is hypothesized that functional impairment owing to genetic polymorphisms or inhibition of ABCG2 by drugs may result in a disruption of cellular porphyrin homeostasis. In the present study, we expressed ABCG...

journal_title：Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics

authors： Tamura A,Onishi Y,An R,Koshiba S,Wakabayashi K,Hoshijima K,Priebe W,Yoshida T,Kometani S,Matsubara T,Mikuriya K,Ishikawa T

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction between cytochrome P450s (CYP, P450) and UDP-glucuronosyltransferases (UGTs) was studied by co-immunoprecipitation. P450 isoform-selective antibody was used as a probe to co-precipitate UGTs with the P450s from solubilized rat liver microsomes. Antibodies toward CYP3A2, CYP2B2, CYP2C11/13 and CYP1A2 co...

journal_title：Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics

authors： Ishii Y,Iwanaga M,Nishimura Y,Takeda S,Ikushiro S,Nagata K,Yamazoe Y,Mackenzie PI,Yamada H

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The basement membrane at the blood-brain barrier (BBB) plays important roles in maintaining the structure and function of capillary vessels. The BBB is constructed from endothelial cells, astrocytes and pericytes, but their interactions in the formation or maintenance of basement membrane have not been established. Tr...

journal_title：Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics

authors： Kose N,Asashima T,Muta M,Iizasa H,Sai Y,Terasaki T,Nakashima E

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The HCT-15 human colon cancer cell line has a Na(+)-dependent carrier-mediated transport system for the uptake of glycerol. A similar transport system has been suggested to be present also in the small intestine and is of interest with regard to its role in the absorption of glycerol and possibly some structurally rel...

journal_title：Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics

authors： Fujimoto N,Inoue K,Ohgusu Y,Hayashi Y,Yuasa H

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, we identified three novel single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), 147C>T in exon 2 (silent), 602G>C in exon 3 (Arg201Pro), and 1134C>T in exon 4 (silent), in the gene of bile acid CoA: amino acid N-acyltransferase (BAAT) by resequencing the entire coding region and the exon-intron junctions of 10...

journal_title：Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics

authors： Tougou K,Fukuda T,Ito T,Yamazaki H,Fujio Y,Azuma J

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To characterize the renal handling of CS-023 (RO4908463), a novel parenteral carbapenem antibiotic, and meropenem in humans, we examined their affinities as substrates to human renal transporters. In vitro studies on the uptake of [14C]CS-023 and [14C]meropenem were conducted using HEK293 cells expressing human organi...

journal_title：Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics

authors： Shibayama T,Sugiyama D,Kamiyama E,Tokui T,Hirota T,Ikeda T

更新日期：2007-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of the genetic regulation involved in drug metabolizing enzymes and drug transporters are of great interest to understand the molecular mechanisms of drug response and toxic events. Recent reports have revealed that hydrophobic ligands and several nuclear receptors are involved in the induction or down-regulat...

journal_title：Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics

authors： Nakata K,Tanaka Y,Nakano T,Adachi T,Tanaka H,Kaminuma T,Ishikawa T

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic polymorphisms in xenobiotic transporters have recently been clarified to be associated with change in drug distribution and disposition. To expand on recent identification of direct interaction and functional regulation of several transporters by a PDZ (PSD95, Dlg and ZO1) domain containing protein PDZK1, the ...

journal_title：Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics

authors： Sugiura T,Kato Y,Kubo Y,Tsuji A

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The object of this analysis was to develop a population pharmacokinetic model of micafungin, a new anti-fungal agent of the echinocandin class, to optimize dosing in Japanese patients with fungal infections. Population pharmacokinetics parameters were determined using NONMEM based on pharmacokinetic data from 198 subj...

journal_title：Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics

authors： Tabata K,Katashima M,Kawamura A,Kaibara A,Tanigawara Y

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human carboxylesterase 1 (hCE-1, CES1A1, HU1) and carboxylesterase 2 (hCE-2, hiCE, HU3) are a serine esterase involved in both drug metabolism and activation. Although both hCE-1 and hCE-2 are present in several organs, the hydrolase activity of liver and small intestine is predominantly attributed to hCE-1 and hCE-2,...

journal_title：Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics

authors： Imai T

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-nine genetic variations, including thirty novel ones, were found in the human SLC29A1 gene, which encodes equilibrative nucleoside transporter 1, from 256 Japanese cancer patients administered gemcitabine. The found novel variations included -8,166G>A, -81,10A>G, -7,947G>A, -7,789T>C, -5,595G>A, -3,803_-3,783de...

journal_title：Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics

authors： Kim SR,Saito Y,Maekawa K,Sugiyama E,Kaniwa N,Ueno H,Okusaka T,Morizane C,Yamamoto N,Ikeda M,Yoshida T,Minami H,Furuse J,Ishii H,Saijo N,Kamatani N,Ozawa S,Sawada J

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ATP-binding cassette transporter, ABCG2, which is expressed at high levels in the intestine and liver, functions as an efflux transporter for many drugs, including clinically used anticancer agents such as topotecan and the active metabolite of irinotecan (SN-38). In this study, to elucidate the linkage disequilib...

journal_title：Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics

authors： Maekawa K,Itoda M,Sai K,Saito Y,Kaniwa N,Shirao K,Hamaguchi T,Kunitoh H,Yamamoto N,Tamura T,Minami H,Kubota K,Ohtsu A,Yoshida T,Saijo N,Kamatani N,Ozawa S,Sawada J

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mRNA levels of human cytochrome P450 (CYP)2Cs and CYP3As in primary cultures of freshly isolated human hepatocytes were assessed after exposure to NO-1886 and rifampicin, a typical inducer of CYP3As. mRNA levels were analyzed by real-time RT-PCR using an ABI PRISM 7700 Sequence Detector system. Exposure to NO-1886...

journal_title：Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics

authors： Morioka Y,Nishimura M,Imai T,Suzuki S,Harada M,Satoh T,Naito S

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oligopeptide transporter PEPT1 is thought to be involved in the intestinal absorption and renal reabsorption of peptides and therapeutic agents. The driving force of PEPT1 is H+ gradient, a part of which is supplied by Na+/H+ exchanger (NHE) expressed on the apical surface of the epithelium although molecular identifi...

journal_title：Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics

authors： Watanabe C,Kato Y,Ito S,Kubo Y,Sai Y,Tsuji A

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vivo percutaneous absorption of emedastine difumarate was investigated in rats and compared with rat skin in vitro. Since emedastine entering the systemic circulation is mostly excreted in bile, we first came up with the method of collecting bile with a minimal skin incision. In vivo skin permeation of the drug was...

journal_title：Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics

authors： Harada S,Yamashita F,Hashida M

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-eight single nucleotide variations, including 27 novel ones, were found in the 5'- regulatory region, all of the exons and their surrounding introns of CYP2C19 in 253 Japanese subjects (134 diabetic patients and 119 healthy volunteers). Identified novel variations were as follows: -2772G>A, 2767_-2760delGGTGAACA...

journal_title：Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics

authors： Fukushima-Uesaka H,Saito Y,Maekawa K,Ozawa S,Hasegawa R,Kajio H,Kuzuya N,Yasuda K,Kawamoto M,Kamatani N,Suzuki K,Yanagawa T,Tohkin M,Sawada J

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the effect of protein binding of pilsicainide on its clearance and the contribution of protein binding to optimized pilsicainide therapy, clinical laboratory and pharmacokinetic data were studied in 160 Japanese inpatients (Study 1) and 18 Japanese inpatients (Study 2). To determine the relation between pr...

journal_title：Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics

authors： Fukumoto K,Tanemura M,Tsuchishita Y,Kusumoto M,Matsumoto K,Kamakura S,Ueno K

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been reported that inhibition of the P-glycoprotein (P-gp) results in the improved absorption of P-gp substrate in the intestinal tract. In fact, the increased permeability of P-gp substrate across the intestinal epithelium was observed following inhibition of P-gp in in vitro experiments. To develop the formul...

journal_title：Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics

authors： Iida A,Tomita M,Hayashi M

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytochrome P450 (P450) constitutes a superfamily of enzymes which activate dioxygen and carry out monooxygenation reactions of large numbers of endogenous and xenobiotic compounds. Drug metabolism is a particularly important P450 function, and, therefore, elucidating the metabolic products and pathways of drugs is ess...

journal_title：Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics

authors： Yasui H,Hayashi S,Sakurai H

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently found that the frequency of OATP-C*15 is significantly higher in patients who experienced myopathy after receiving pravastatin or atorvastatin than in patients without myopathy. However, there were two patients who experienced pravastatin-induced myopathy despite the fact that they did not possess OAT...

journal_title：Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics

authors： Morimoto K,Oishi T,Ueda S,Ueda M,Hosokawa M,Chiba K

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A population pharmacokinetic substudy design of a new chemical entity was evaluated based on the bias in parameter estimates and the power of detecting a specific subpopulation showing different clearance using a clinical trial simulation approach. The effect of analysis algorithms on type I error was also assessed. T...

journal_title：Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics

authors： Nakade S,Nishibori A,Okamoto H,Higuchi S

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty genetic variations, including seven novel ones, were found in the human SLC22A1 gene, which encodes organic cation transporter 1, from 116 Japanese individuals. The novel variations were as follows: -94C>A in the 5'-untranslated region (A of the translation start codon is numbered +1 in the cDNA sequence; MPJ6_...

journal_title：Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics

authors： Itoda M,Saito Y,Maekawa K,Hichiya H,Komamura K,Kamakura S,Kitakaze M,Tomoike H,Ueno K,Ozawa S,Sawada J

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fast disintegrating lansoprazole tablet (LFDT) has been developed as a multiple unit formulation and evaluated using human subjects as compared to the conventional lansoprazole (LPZ) capsule containing enteric coated granules. Twelve healthy male volunteers, who were confirmed as extensive metabolizers (EMs) based on ...

journal_title：Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics

authors： Iwasaki K,Yoshikawa Y,Shibata N,Takada K,Sakurai Y,Takagi N,Irie S,Nakamura K

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pairs of forward and reverse primers and TaqMan probes specific to each human nuclear receptor were prepared. Analysis of the mRNA expression level of each target of 43 nuclear receptors in total RNA from single and pooled specimens of various human organs (liver, kidney, adrenal gland, lung, heart, brain, cerebellum,...

journal_title：Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics

authors： Nishimura M,Naito S,Yokoi T

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, a simple in vitro method for detecting human P450 (CYP) quasi-irreversible and irreversible inhibitors was evaluated. For the method, cDNA-expressed CYPs were applied to microtiter plate assays, CYP inhibitors were co-incubated with fluorometric substrates, and IC(50) were continuously measured (without...

journal_title：Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics

authors： Naritomi Y,Teramura Y,Terashita S,Kagayama A

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The enzyme activities of CYP2D6 and CYP2C19 show a genetic polymorphism, and the frequency of poor metabolizers (PMs) on these enzymes depends on races. We have analyzed frequencies of mutant alleles and PMs based on the published data in previous study (Shimizu, T. et al.: Bioinformatics research on inter-racial diff...

journal_title：Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics

authors： Shimizu T,Ochiai H,Asell F,Yokono Y,Kikuchi Y,Nitta M,Hama Y,Yamaguchi S,Hashimoto M,Taki K,Nakata K,Aida Y,Ohashi A,Ozawa N

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five novel single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were found in the EPHX1 gene from 96 Japanese epileptic patients. The detected SNPs were as follows: 1) SNP, MPJ6_EX1009; GENE NAME, EPHX1 ACCESSION NUMBER, NT_004525.12; LENGTH, 25 bases; 5'-CCTCACTTCAGTG/ACTGGGCTTTGCC-3'. 2) SNP, MPJ6_EX1013; GENE NAME, EPHX1; ACCESS...

journal_title：Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics

authors： Shiseki K,Itoda M,Saito Y,Nakajima Y,Maekawa K,Kimura H,Goto Y,Saitoh O,Katoh M,Ohnuma T,Kawai M,Sugai K,Ohtsuki T,Suzuki C,Minami N,Ozawa S,Sawada J

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the intrahepatic disposition characteristics of galactosylated polyethylenimine (Gal-PEI)/plasmid DNA (pDNA) complexes using rat liver perfusion experiment. After intraportal administration, transfection activity in liver of Gal-PEI complexes was approximately 26-fold higher than that of native PEI complexe...

journal_title：Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics

authors： Fumoto S,Kawakami S,Ishizuka M,Nishikawa M,Yamashita F,Hashida M

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was undertaken to characterize the transport of (3-methyl-His(2)) thyrotropin-releasing hormone ([(3)H]MeTRH) across the blood-brain barrier in mice and the effects of thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) and its analogues (taltirelin and montirelin) on the transport and brain distribution. Integratio...

journal_title：Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics

authors： Urayama A,Yamada S,Ohmori Y,Deguchi Y,Uchida S,Kimura R

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New SRM (selected reaction monitoring) data dependent exclusion (MS)(n) measurement makes it possible to obtain MS(3) fragmentation data for all MS(2) fragments, useful for structural determination of drug metabolites using ESI ion trap. MS(2) fragments are produced by cleavage of all protonated molecules at the lone ...

journal_title：Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics

authors： Tozuka Z,Kaneko H,Shiraga T,Beppu M,Niwa T,Kawamura A,Kagayama A

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the transport function of the blood-brain barrier (BBB), we employed an in vitro model of the BBB, consisting of a co-culture of porcine brain capillary endothelial cells (BCECs) with rat astrocytes. Porcine BCECs were cultured on a filter insert with rat astrocytes on the underlying plastic well. Rat a...

journal_title：Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics

authors： Kido Y,Tamai I,Nakanishi T,Kagami T,Hirosawa I,Sai Y,Tsuji A

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most cephalosporin antibiotics are excreted into urine via glomerular filtration and active tubular secretion by renal organic anion transporters. In this study, we investigated the interaction of cephalosporins with rat organic anion transporter rOAT1, mainly expressed at the basolateral membrane of the renal proxima...

journal_title：Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics

authors： Uwai Y,Saito H,Inui K

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The participation of cytochrome P-450 (CYP) isoforms in the metabolism of selegiline was investigated. Experiments using recombinant CYP isoforms expressed in human lymphoblastoid cells showed CYP2B6 to be the major CYP isoform involved with the metabolism of selegiline. CYP1A2 and CYP3A4 also contributed to the metab...

journal_title：Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics

authors： Kamada T,Chow T,Hiroi T,Imaoka S,Morimoto K,Ohde H,Funae Y

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After intravenous bolus administration of aprindine (AP) to conscious guinea pigs, the semilogarithmic plasma concentration versus time curve was linear at a dose of 2 mg/kg, but convex at doses of 5 and 10 mg/kg. AP concentrations immediately after administration (C(p0)) were almost identical, irrespective of the dos...

journal_title：Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics

authors： Shimizu M,Ohota T,Kishida M,Ogata H

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Assay methods to detect drug interaction in toxicological samples were established by determining cytochrome P450 content and its activity in liver samples. The O-dealkylation reaction of 7-alkoxycoumarin was indicated to reflect changes in the molecular forms of P450s, and the enzyme induction or inhibition in the...

journal_title：Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics

authors： Matsubara T

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We discovered a novel single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) at position 325 (G325A) in exon 5 of the multidrug-resistance 1 (MDR1) gene in a study of 37 healthy Japanese subjects. Details are as follows. SNP, 020614Honda001; GENE NAME, human P-glycoprotein (MDR1); ACCESSION NUMBER, M29427; LENGTH, 25 bases; 5'-ATGAATCT...

journal_title：Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics

authors： Honda T,Dan Y,Koyabu N,Ieiri I,Otsubo K,Higuchi S,Ohtani H,Sawada Y

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00