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ArticlePharmaceutics2021

A Bidirectional Permeability Assay for beyond Rule of 5 Compounds.

Yunhai Cui, Cyril Desevaux, Ines Truebenbach, Peter Sieger, Klaus Klinder, Alan Long, Achim Sauer

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Article in Pharmaceutics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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16 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Yunhai CuiDepartment of Drug Discovery Sciences, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, 88397 Biberach, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-4969-072X
Cyril DesevauxExploratory Toxicology and Pharmacokinetics, Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health, Athens, GA 30601, USA.
Ines TruebenbachDepartment of Drug Discovery Sciences, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, 88397 Biberach, Germany.
Peter SiegerDepartment of Drug Discovery Sciences, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, 88397 Biberach, Germany.
Klaus KlinderDepartment of Drug Discovery Sciences, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, 88397 Biberach, Germany.
Alan LongChemistry and Lead Optimization, Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health, Athens, GA 30601, USA.
Achim SauerDepartment of Drug Discovery Sciences, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, 88397 Biberach, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9980-0662
Boehringer Ingelheim (Germany) · DEBoehringer Ingelheim (United States) · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bidirectional permeability measurement with cellular models grown on Transwell inserts is widely used in pharmaceutical research since it not only provides information about the passive permeability of a drug, but also about transport proteins involved in the active transport of drug substances across physiological barriers. With the increasing number of investigative drugs coming from chemical space beyond Lipinski's Rule of 5, it becomes more and more challenging to provide meaningful data with the standard permeability assay. This is exemplified here by the difficulties we encountered with the cyclic depsipeptides emodepside and its close analogs with molecular weight beyond 1000 daltons and cLogP beyond 5. The aim of this study is to identify potential reasons for these challenges and modify the permeability assays accordingly. With the modified assay, intrinsic permeability and in vitro efflux of depsipeptides could be measured reliably. The improved correlation to in vivo bioavailability and tissue distribution data indicated the usefulness of the modified permeability assay for the in vitro screening of compounds beyond the Rule of 5.

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depsipeptidesdrug transportereffluxLipinski’s Rule of 5oral bioavailabilitypermeabilityphysiological barrier

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PMID34452112
PMCPMC8400635
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