Tacrolimus (Tacro) strongly inhibits intestinal UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (UGT) 1A8

Tacrolimus (Brand name: Prograf), a kind of immunosuppressants, has been reported to induce drug-drug interaction with many clinical drugs. Tacrolimus-mycophenolic acid (MPA) interaction has been widely and frequently reported. Intestinal UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (UGT) 1A8-mediated metabolism pla...

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Autores principales: Yu, Jian, Wang, Chuan-Qiang, Fang, Long-Hao, Li, Meng, Wang, Xiangyang, Dai, Lu-Lu, Gao, Ya-Jie
Formato: Articulo Comunicacion
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2012
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/20208
http://www.latamjpharm.org/resumenes/31/4/LAJOP_31_4_2_3.pdf
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language Inglés
topic Farmacia
Drug-Drug Interaction (DDI)
Mycophenolic Acid (MPA)
Tacrolimus
UDP-Glucuronosyltransferase (UGT) 1A8
Glucuronosiltransferasa
Ácido Micofenólico
spellingShingle Farmacia
Drug-Drug Interaction (DDI)
Mycophenolic Acid (MPA)
Tacrolimus
UDP-Glucuronosyltransferase (UGT) 1A8
Glucuronosiltransferasa
Ácido Micofenólico
Yu, Jian
Wang, Chuan-Qiang
Fang, Long-Hao
Li, Meng
Wang, Xiangyang
Dai, Lu-Lu
Gao, Ya-Jie
Tacrolimus (Tacro) strongly inhibits intestinal UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (UGT) 1A8
topic_facet Farmacia
Drug-Drug Interaction (DDI)
Mycophenolic Acid (MPA)
Tacrolimus
UDP-Glucuronosyltransferase (UGT) 1A8
Glucuronosiltransferasa
Ácido Micofenólico
description Tacrolimus (Brand name: Prograf), a kind of immunosuppressants, has been reported to induce drug-drug interaction with many clinical drugs. Tacrolimus-mycophenolic acid (MPA) interaction has been widely and frequently reported. Intestinal UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (UGT) 1A8-mediated metabolism plays a key role in the elimination of MPA, and alteration of the activity of UGT1A8 resulting from gene polymorphisms could significantly influence the catalyzing activity of MPA glucuronidation. The aim of the present study is to investigate the inhibitory potential of tacrolimus towards UGT1A8, which was speculated to be a potential cause for tacrolimus-MPA interaction. The recombinant UGT1A8 was used as enzyme source, and a nonspecific substrate 4-methylumbelliferone (4-MU) was utilized as substrate. The results showed that 100 μM of tacrolimus inhibited UGT1A8-mediated 4-MU glucuronidation activity by 82.3%. Further inhibition kinetic investigation showed that the inhibition of UGT1A8 by tacrolimus was best fit to competitive inhibition type, and the inhibition kinetic parameter (Ki) was determined to be 6.1 μM. All these results indicated that tacrolimus could exhibit strong inhibition towards UGT1A8, which should be paid more attention when explaining clinical tacrolimus-MPA interaction.
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Comunicacion
author Yu, Jian
Wang, Chuan-Qiang
Fang, Long-Hao
Li, Meng
Wang, Xiangyang
Dai, Lu-Lu
Gao, Ya-Jie
author_facet Yu, Jian
Wang, Chuan-Qiang
Fang, Long-Hao
Li, Meng
Wang, Xiangyang
Dai, Lu-Lu
Gao, Ya-Jie
author_sort Yu, Jian
title Tacrolimus (Tacro) strongly inhibits intestinal UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (UGT) 1A8
title_short Tacrolimus (Tacro) strongly inhibits intestinal UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (UGT) 1A8
title_full Tacrolimus (Tacro) strongly inhibits intestinal UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (UGT) 1A8
title_fullStr Tacrolimus (Tacro) strongly inhibits intestinal UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (UGT) 1A8
title_full_unstemmed Tacrolimus (Tacro) strongly inhibits intestinal UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (UGT) 1A8
title_sort tacrolimus (tacro) strongly inhibits intestinal udp-glucuronosyltransferase (ugt) 1a8
publishDate 2012
url http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/20208
http://www.latamjpharm.org/resumenes/31/4/LAJOP_31_4_2_3.pdf
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