Evaluation of the impact of 16-dehydropregnenolone on the activity and expression of rat hepatic cytochrome P450 enzymes. Issue 163 (October 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ramakrishna, Rachumallu; Bhateria, Manisha; Singh, Rajbir; Bhatta, Rabi Sankar
• Is Part Of: Journal of steroid biochemistry and molecular biology. Issue 163(2016)
• Page Start: 183
• Page End: 192
• Publication Date: 2016-10
• Subjects: 16-dehydropregnenolone -- CYP450 -- Cocktail -- Pharmacokinetics -- Microsomes -- Real time RT-PCR; Steroid hormones -- Periodicals; Biochemistry -- Periodicals; Hormones -- Periodicals; Molecular Biology -- Periodicals; Hormones stéroïdes -- Périodiques; Steroid hormones; Periodicals; 572.579
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2016.05.018
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0960-0760

Abstract

Graphical abstract: Highlights: DHP decreases AUC, Cmax and increases CL of CYP1A2, 2C11, 2D2 and 2E1 substrates. DHP has no significant effect on pharmacokinetic parameters of CYP3A1 substrate. DHP increases enzyme activity of CYP1A2, 2C11, 2D2 and 2E1. DHP induces CYP1A2, 2C11, 2D2 and 2E1 mRNA levels with no influence on CYP3A1. Care should be taken when DHP is co-administered with CYP substrate drugs. Abstract: 16-dehydropregnenolone (DHP) is a promising novel antihyperlipidemic agent developed and patented by Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI), India. The purpose of the present study was to investigate whether DHP influences the activities and mRNA expression of hepatic drug-metabolizing cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes (CYP1A2, CYP2C11, CYP2D2, CYP2E1 and CYP3A1) in Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats. A cocktail suspension of CYP probe substrates which contained caffeine (CYP1A2), tolbutamide (CYP2C11), dextromethorphan (CYP2D2), chlorzoxazone (CYP2E1) and dapsone (CYP3A1) was administered orally on eighth- or fifteenth-day to rats pre-treated with DHP intragastrically at a dose of 36 and 72 mg/kg for one week and two weeks. The concentrations of probe drugs in plasma were estimated by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC–MS/MS). Alongside, the effect of DHP on CYPs activity and mRNA expression levels were assayed in isolated rat liver microsomes and by real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), respectively. DHP had significant inducing effects on CYP1A2, 2C11, 2D2 and 2E1 with no effect on CYP3A1 in dose- and time-dependent manner, as revealed from the pharmacokinetic profiles of the probe drugs in rats. In-vitro microsomal activities and mRNA expression results were in good agreement with the in-vivo pharmacokinetic results. Collectively, the results unveiled that DHP is an inducer of rat hepatic CYP enzymes. Hence, intense attention should be paid when DHP is co-administered with drugs metabolized by CYP1A2, 2C11, 2D2 and 2E1, which might result in drug-drug interactions and therapeutic failure.