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ArticleActa pharmaceutica Sinica. B2016

Mechanistic studies of the transport of peimine in the Caco-2 cell model.

Lihua Chen, Xueping Lu, Xinli Liang, Dandan Hong, Zhiyu Guan, Yongmei Guan, Weifeng Zhu

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Article in Acta pharmaceutica Sinica. B, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lihua ChenKey Laboratory of Modern Preparation of TCM of Ministry of Education, Jiangxi University of TCM, Nanchang 330004, China.
Xueping LuKey Laboratory of Modern Preparation of TCM of Ministry of Education, Jiangxi University of TCM, Nanchang 330004, China.
Xinli LiangKey Laboratory of Modern Preparation of TCM of Ministry of Education, Jiangxi University of TCM, Nanchang 330004, China.
Dandan HongKey Laboratory of Modern Preparation of TCM of Ministry of Education, Jiangxi University of TCM, Nanchang 330004, China.
Zhiyu GuanKey Laboratory of Modern Preparation of TCM of Ministry of Education, Jiangxi University of TCM, Nanchang 330004, China.
Yongmei GuanKey Laboratory of Modern Preparation of TCM of Ministry of Education, Jiangxi University of TCM, Nanchang 330004, China.
Weifeng ZhuKey Laboratory of Modern Preparation of TCM of Ministry of Education, Jiangxi University of TCM, Nanchang 330004, China.
Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fritillaria thunbergii Miq. has been widely used in traditional Chinese medicine for its expectorant, antitussive, antiinflammatory and analgesic properties. Moreover, modern pharmacological studies have demonstrated that F. thunbergii Miq. has efficacy in the treatment of leukemia and cancers of the liver and cervix. Although the alkaloid, peimine, is largely responsible for these pharmacological effects, it has very low oral bioavailability. The aim of this study was to investigate the intestinal absorption of peimine in Caco-2 cell monolayers. Having demonstrated that peimine is non-toxic to Caco-2 cells at concentrations <200 μmol/L, the effect of peimine concentration, pH, temperature, efflux transport protein inhibitors and EDTA-Na2 on peimine transport were studied. The results show that peimine transport is concentration-dependent; that at pH 6.0 and 7.4, the P app(AP-BL) of peimine is not significantly different but the P app(BL-AP)) is; that both P app(AP-BL) and P app(BL-AP) at 4 °C are significantly higher than their corresponding values at 37 °C; that the P-glycoprotein (P-gp) inhibitors, verapamil and cyclosporin A, increase absorption of peimine; and that EDTA-Na2 has no discernible effect. In summary, the results demonstrate that the intestinal absorption of peimine across Caco-2 cell monolayers involves active transport and that peimine is a substrate of P-gp.

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Caco-2 cell monolayerIntestinal absorptionPeimineP-glycoproteinTransport mechanism

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PMCPMC4788709
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