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- Document 0671
- DOCN M9620671
- TI pH-dependent oral absorption of L-735,524, a potent HIV protease
- inhibitor, in rats and dogs.
- DT 9602
- AU Lin JH; Chen IW; Vastag KJ; Ostovic D; Merck Research Laboratories, West
- Point, PA 19486, USA.
- SO Drug Metab Dispos. 1995 Jul;23(7):730-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
- MED/96089976
- AB L-735,524, a potent and specific inhibitor of human immunodeficiency
- virus protease, is currently under investigation for the treatment of
- acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. The aqueous solubility of L-735,524
- was pH-dependent, > 100 mg/ml at pH below 3.5 and 0.03 mg/ml at pH 6.
- When L-735,524 was given orally as a suspension in 0.5% methocel (pH
- 6.5) at 10 mg/kg, the bioavailability was approximately 16% for both
- dogs and rats. When the same dose of the drug was administered in 0.05 M
- citric acid (pH 2.5), the bioavailability increased 4.5-fold in dogs
- (72%), but only slightly in rats (24%). The pH- and species-dependent
- differences in bioavailability observed in rats and dogs may be because
- of differences in the rate of gastric acid secretion and in the
- magnitude of hepatic first-pass effect. Gastric acid secretion is poor
- in dogs but substantial in rats. When L-735,524 was administered in 0.5%
- methocel, a large portion of the drug in dogs, but not in rats, remained
- undissolved, resulting in poor absorption in dogs. On the other hand,
- when L-735,524 was administered in citric acid, most of the drug would
- be in solution allowing for better absorption in dogs. The hypothesis of
- pH-dependent absorption was further supported by the findings that
- absorption was significantly increased in dogs after feeding, but
- substantially decreased in rats after pretreatment with famotidine, a
- potent H2-receptor antagonist. L-735,524 underwent an extensive
- first-pass metabolism in rats, but not in dogs.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT
- 250 WORDS)
- DE Administration, Oral Animal Citrates/CHEMISTRY Dogs Hydrogen-Ion
- Concentration HIV Protease Inhibitors/BLOOD/CHEMISTRY/*PHARMACOKINETICS
- Intestinal Absorption Liver/METABOLISM Male
- Methylcellulose/PHARMACOLOGY
- Pyridines/BLOOD/CHEMISTRY/*PHARMACOKINETICS Rats Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Solubility Species Specificity JOURNAL ARTICLE
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- SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
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