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In silico and in vitro evaluation of the potential genotoxic impurities of vildagliptin.

Muhammed Hamitoğlu, Gulcin Tugcu, Ayşe Gökçen Kılıç, Gülşah Esen, Ahmet Aydin

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Article in Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Muhammed HamitoğluDepartment of Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Yeditepe University, 34755, Ataşehir, Istanbul, Turkey. mohammad.saz@yeditepe.edu.tr.
Gulcin TugcuDepartment of Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Yeditepe University, 34755, Ataşehir, Istanbul, Turkey.
Ayşe Gökçen KılıçDepartment of Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Yeditepe University, 34755, Ataşehir, Istanbul, Turkey.
Gülşah EsenDepartment of Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Yeditepe University, 34755, Ataşehir, Istanbul, Turkey.
Ahmet AydinDepartment of Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Yeditepe University, 34755, Ataşehir, Istanbul, Turkey.

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Abstract

Establishing the safety of impurities in drug substances or products is crucial. The assessment of genotoxicity for these impurities and determining the acceptable limits pose considerable challenges, as recognized in recent guidelines. While the genotoxicity profile of vildagliptin-an oral hypoglycemic drug-is well established, there is limited knowledge about the genotoxic potential of its impurities. In this study, vildagliptin cyclic amidine, vildagliptin diketopiperazine, and vildagliptin amide were assessed in silico and in vitro for mutagenic and clastogenic/aneugenic potential using Ames and micronucleus tests. None of the investigated impurities showed mutagenic or clastogenic potential, thus, are considered non-mutagenic and non-clastogenic/aneugenic in vitro. These findings are consistent with negative in silico predictions for mutagenicity and clastogenicity/aneugenicity in vitro, indicating a good correlation between in silico and in vitro data. In conclusion, this study provides valuable information for the safety assessment of vildagliptin, confirming that its impurities are neither clastogenic/aneugenic nor mutagenic.

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AdamantaneDipeptidyl-Peptidase IV InhibitorsDrug ContaminationHypoglycemic AgentsMutagensNitrilesPyrrolidinesVildagliptinAnimalsComputer SimulationHumansMicronucleus TestsMutagenicity TestsAdamantaneDipeptidyl-Peptidase IV InhibitorsHypoglycemic AgentsMutagensNitrilesPyrrolidinesVildagliptinBacterial reverse mutation assayClastogenicityICHIn silicoMicronucleus testMutagenicity

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PMCPMC12263708

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