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ArticleDrug metabolism and disposition: the biological fate of chemicals2015

P450-Based Drug-Drug Interactions of Amiodarone and its Metabolites: Diversity of Inhibitory Mechanisms.

Matthew G McDonald, Nicholas T Au, Allan E Rettie

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Article in Drug metabolism and disposition: the biological fate of chemicals, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

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33citing papers in PubMed
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33 citing papers in PubMed, 58 citations in OpenAlex.

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Matthew G McDonaldDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington (M.G.M., N.T.A., A.E.R.).
Nicholas T AuDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington (M.G.M., N.T.A., A.E.R.).
Allan E RettieDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington (M.G.M., N.T.A., A.E.R.) rettie@u.washington.edu.
University of Washington · US

Funding

TOXIC DRUG INTERACTIONS WITH VALPROIC ACIDP01GM032165 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI RETTIE, ALLAN EDWARD · 1985 to 2012
$18.3M
NIGMS NIH HHS P01 GM032165NIGMS NIH HHS P01 GM32165
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this study, IC50 shift and time-dependent inhibition (TDI) experiments were carried out to measure the ability of amiodarone (AMIO), and its circulating human metabolites, to reversibly and irreversibly inhibit CYP1A2, CYP2C9, CYP2D6, and CYP3A4 activities in human liver microsomes. The [I]u/Ki,u values were calculated and used to predict in vivo AMIO drug-drug interactions (DDIs) for pharmaceuticals metabolized by these four enzymes. Based on these values, the minor metabolite N,N-didesethylamiodarone (DDEA) is predicted to be the major cause of DDIs with xenobiotics primarily metabolized by CYP1A2, CYP2C9, or CYP3A4, while AMIO and its N-monodesethylamiodarone (MDEA) derivative are the most likely cause of interactions involving inhibition of CYP2D6 metabolism. AMIO drug interactions predicted from the reversible inhibition of the four P450 activities were found to be in good agreement with the magnitude of reported clinical DDIs with lidocaine, warfarin, metoprolol, and simvastatin. The TDI experiments showed DDEA to be a potent inactivator of CYP1A2 (KI = 0.46 μM, kinact = 0.030 minute(-1)), while MDEA was a moderate inactivator of both CYP2D6 (KI = 2.7 μM, kinact = 0.018 minute(-1)) and CYP3A4 (KI = 2.6 μM, kinact = 0.016 minute(-1)). For DDEA and MDEA, mechanism-based inactivation appears to occur through formation of a metabolic intermediate complex. Additional metabolic studies strongly suggest that CYP3A4 is the primary microsomal enzyme involved in the metabolism of AMIO to both MDEA and DDEA. In summary, these studies demonstrate both the diversity of inhibitory mechanisms with AMIO and the need to consider metabolites as the culprit in inhibitory P450-based DDIs.

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AmiodaroneBinding SitesCytochrome P-450 CYP3ACytochrome P-450 Enzyme InhibitorsDrug InteractionsHumansMicrosomes, LiverAmiodaroneCYP3A4 protein, humanCytochrome P-450 CYP3ACytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inhibitors

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PMID26296708
PMCPMC4613947
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