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ArticlePharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Metabolic Soft Spot and Pharmacokinetics: Functionalization of C-3 Position of an Eph-Ephrin Antagonist Featuring a Bile Acid Core as an Effective Strategy to Obtain Oral Bioavailability in Mice.

Francesca Ferlenghi, Carmine Giorgio, Matteo Incerti, Lorenzo Guidetti, Paola Chiodelli, Marco Rusnati, Massimiliano Tognolini, Federica Vacondio, Marco Mor, Alessio Lodola

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Article in Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 49% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Francesca FerlenghiFood and Drug Department, University of Parma, Viale delle Scienze 27/A, 43124 Parma, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1061-1991
Carmine GiorgioFood and Drug Department, University of Parma, Viale delle Scienze 27/A, 43124 Parma, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6414-8221
Matteo IncertiFood and Drug Department, University of Parma, Viale delle Scienze 27/A, 43124 Parma, Italy.
Lorenzo GuidettiFood and Drug Department, University of Parma, Viale delle Scienze 27/A, 43124 Parma, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7101-1477
Paola ChiodelliExperimental Oncology and Immunology, Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia, 25123 Brescia, Italy.
Marco RusnatiExperimental Oncology and Immunology, Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia, 25123 Brescia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9968-5908
Massimiliano TognoliniFood and Drug Department, University of Parma, Viale delle Scienze 27/A, 43124 Parma, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4715-0407
Federica VacondioFood and Drug Department, University of Parma, Viale delle Scienze 27/A, 43124 Parma, Italy.
Marco MorFood and Drug Department, University of Parma, Viale delle Scienze 27/A, 43124 Parma, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0199-1849
Alessio LodolaFood and Drug Department, University of Parma, Viale delle Scienze 27/A, 43124 Parma, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8675-1002
University of Parma · ITUniversity of Brescia · IT

Funding

Italian Association for Cancer Research IG15211
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

UniPR129, an L-β-homotryptophan conjugate of the secondary bile acid lithocholic acid (LCA), acts as an effective protein-protein interaction (PPI) inhibitor of the Eph-ephrin system but suffers from a poor oral bioavailability in mice. To improve UniPR129 bioavailability, a metabolic soft spot, i.e., the 3α-hydroxyl group on the LCA steroidal ring, was functionalized to 3-hydroxyimine. In vitro metabolism of UniPR129 and 3-hydroxyimine derivative UniPR500 was compared in mouse liver subcellular fractions, and main metabolites were profiled by high resolution (HR-MS) and tandem (MS/MS) mass spectrometry. In mouse liver microsomes (MLM), UniPR129 was converted into several metabolites: M1 derived from the oxidation of the 3-hydroxy group to 3-oxo, M2-M7, mono-hydroxylated metabolites, M8-M10, di-hydroxylated metabolites, and M11, a mono-hydroxylated metabolite of M1. Phase II reactions were only minor routes of in vitro biotransformation. UniPR500 shared several metabolic pathways with parent UniPR129, but it showed higher stability in MLM, with a half-life (

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Eph–ephrin systemhigh-resolution mass spectrometry (HR-MS)in vivo PKmetabolite IDUniPR129UniPR500

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PMID35056098
PMCPMC8779995
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