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ArticleBioscience reports2019

Dose-adjusted and dose/kg-adjusted concentrations of mycophenolic acid precursors reflect metabolic ratios of their metabolites in contrast with tacrolimus and cyclosporine.

Ewa Hryniewiecka, Jolanta Żegarska, Dorota Żochowska, Emilia Samborowska, Radosław Jaźwiec, Maciej Kosieradzki, Sławomir Nazarewski, Michał Dadlez, Leszek Pączek

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Ewa HryniewieckaDepartment of Immunology, Transplant Medicine and Internal Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland elhryniewiecka@gmail.com.
Jolanta ŻegarskaDepartment of Immunology, Transplant Medicine and Internal Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland.
Dorota ŻochowskaDepartment of Immunology, Transplant Medicine and Internal Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland.
Emilia SamborowskaMass Spectrometry Laboratory, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland.
Radosław JaźwiecMass Spectrometry Laboratory, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland.
Maciej KosieradzkiDepartment of General and Transplantation Surgery, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland.
Sławomir NazarewskiDepartment of General, Vascular and Transplant Surgery, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland.
Michał DadlezMass Spectrometry Laboratory, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland.
Leszek PączekDepartment of Immunology, Transplant Medicine and Internal Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland.
Medical University of Warsaw · PLInstitute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences · PL

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Abstract

background and purposeTherapeutic drug monitoring is a valuable tool supporting immunosuppressive therapy. Significant variation of immunosuppressive drug (ISD) concentrations during their use at similar doses is the basis of dose-normalization strategy. The strategy of dose-adjustment is proposed to identify variability in the rate of ISD metabolism. While the parent drug-to-metabolite ratio (metabolic ratio, MR) represents the rate of formation of individual metabolites. The present study was aimed at evaluation of associations between ISDs' metabolism rate expressed as dose-adjusted concentrations (C/D) and dose/kg-adjusted concentrations (C/D/kg) and MRs of individual metabolites of tacrolimus, cyclosporine A and MPA precursors. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH: 506 patients have participated: 284 males (56.13%) and 222 females (43.87%); 318 after kidney (62.85%) and 188 after liver transplantation; median age was 51.34 (39.32-59.95) years and median time after transplantation 78.92 (33.87-138.4) months. KEY

resultsGenerally, we have not observed significant relationships between dose-adjusted and dose/kg-adjusted concentrations and MRs of cyclosporine and tacrolimus. Significant correlations were found for: AM9/CsA and dMC-CsA/CsA in kidney transplant recipients and MIII/Tac, AM1/CsA and AM4N/CsA in liver transplant recipients. In contrast, MRs of mycophenolic acid (MPA) metabolites correlated significantly with MPA C/D and C/D/kg both in kidney and liver transplant recipients. CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS: In conclusion, easily available and easy to use in clinical practice C/D and C/D/kg ratios cannot be considered as parameters directly reflecting the rate of generation of major metabolites of cyclosporine and tacrolimus both in liver and kidney transplant recipients.

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AdultCyclosporineDrug MonitoringFemaleHumansImmunosuppressive AgentsKidney TransplantationLiver TransplantationMaleMiddle AgedMycophenolic AcidTacrolimusCyclosporineImmunosuppressive AgentsMycophenolic AcidTacrolimuscyclosporinedose-adjusted concentrationkidney transplantationliver transplantationmetabolic ratiotacrolimus

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