PMID- 18670166 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20081028 LR - 20190911 IS - 1880-3989 (Electronic) IS - 0388-1350 (Linking) VI - 33 IP - 3 DP - 2008 Aug TI - Toxicokintic and toxicodynamic analysis of clofibrate based on free drug concentrations in nagase analbuminemia rats (NAR). PG - 349-61 AB - Toxicokinetics (TK) is usually performed by measurement of the total drug concentrations in plasma. However, free drug concentrations in plasma are considered to correlate directly with toxicodynamics (TD). In the present study, to evaluate the applicability of TK/TD analysis based on free drug concentrations, we investigated the TK/TD of clofibrate, which binds to albumin with a higher ratio, using an albumin-deficient mutant strain, Nagase analbuminemia rats (NAR). TK, blood chemistry, histopathology, drug and fatty acid metabolizing enzymes and microarray analysis in the liver were examined after a 4-day oral administration of clofibrate. Compared to Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats, the parent strain of NAR, 4.1-fold higher AUC(0-24hr) based on free drug concentrations (3445 versus 844 microg.hr/ml) was observed in NAR when both rats showed the same level of AUC(0-24hr) based on the total drug concentrations (4436 versus 4237microg.hr/ml). Additionally, more severe hepatocellular hypertrophy, increase in aspartate transaminase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), decrease in total cholesterol (T.CHO), phospholipid (PL), triglyceride (TG), and non-esterified fatty acid (NEFA), and increase in the mRNA levels of fatty acid metabolizing enzymes (FAOS, CAT, and CPT) were observed in NAR at the same dose. These results demonstrated that NAR developed more severe toxicities and pharmacological effects than SD rats correlating with the higher AUC of the free drug concentrations. The results also suggested that TK/TD analysis based on the free drug concentration is appropriate to interpret the relationship between exposure and toxicity in cases of protein binding saturation including protein decrease or species differences on protein binding, especially when drugs showing a higher protein binding ratio are dosed. FAU - Miida, Hiroaki AU - Miida H AD - Department of Geriatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, Chiba. miida.hiroaki.vg@daiichisankyo.co.jp FAU - Arakawa, Shingo AU - Arakawa S FAU - Shibaya, Yukari AU - Shibaya Y FAU - Honda, Kumi AU - Honda K FAU - Kiyosawa, Naoki AU - Kiyosawa N FAU - Watanabe, Kyoko AU - Watanabe K FAU - Manabe, Sunao AU - Manabe S FAU - Takasaki, Wataru AU - Takasaki W FAU - Ueno, Koichi AU - Ueno K LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - Japan TA - J Toxicol Sci JT - The Journal of toxicological sciences JID - 7805798 RN - 0 (Fatty Acids) RN - 0 (Serum Albumin) RN - 9035-51-2 (Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System) RN - HPN91K7FU3 (Clofibrate) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Clofibrate/*pharmacokinetics/*toxicity MH - Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System/analysis MH - Fatty Acids/metabolism MH - Male MH - Protein Binding MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Serum Albumin/analysis/*deficiency EDAT- 2008/08/02 09:00 MHDA- 2008/10/29 09:00 CRDT- 2008/08/02 09:00 PHST- 2008/08/02 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2008/10/29 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2008/08/02 09:00 [entrez] AID - JST.JSTAGE/jts/33.349 [pii] AID - 10.2131/jts.33.349 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Toxicol Sci. 2008 Aug;33(3):349-61. doi: 10.2131/jts.33.349.