PMID- 19264104 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20090819 LR - 20161125 IS - 1873-4995 (Electronic) IS - 0168-3659 (Linking) VI - 137 IP - 1 DP - 2009 Jul 1 TI - Quasi-equilibrium analysis of the ion-pair mediated membrane transport of low-permeability drugs. PG - 31-7 LID - 10.1016/j.jconrel.2009.02.018 [doi] AB - The aim of this research was to gain a mechanistic understanding of ion-pair mediated membrane transport of low-permeability drugs. Quasi-equilibrium mass transport analyses were developed to describe the ion-pair mediated octanol-buffer partitioning and hydrophobic membrane permeation of the model basic drug phenformin. Three lipophilic counterions were employed: p-toluenesulfonic acid, 2-naphthalenesulfonic acid, and 1-hydroxy-2-naphthoic acid (HNAP). Association constants and intrinsic octanol-buffer partition coefficients (Log P(AB)) of the ion-pairs were obtained by fitting a transport model to double reciprocal plots of apparent octanol-buffer distribution coefficients versus counterion concentration. All three counterions enhanced the lipophilicity of phenformin, with HNAP providing the greatest increase in Log P(AB), 3.7 units over phenformin alone. HNAP also enhanced the apparent membrane permeability of phenformin, 27-fold in the PAMPA model, and 4.9-fold across Caco-2 cell monolayers. As predicted from a quasi-equilibrium analysis of ion-pair mediated membrane transport, an order of magnitude increase in phenformin flux was observed per log increase in counterion concentration, such that log-log plots of phenformin flux versus HNAP concentration gave linear relationships. These results provide increased understanding of the underlying mechanisms of ion-pair mediated membrane transport, emphasizing the potential of this approach to enable oral delivery of low-permeability drugs. FAU - Miller, Jonathan M AU - Miller JM AD - Center for Molecular Drug Targeting, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. FAU - Dahan, Arik AU - Dahan A FAU - Gupta, Deepak AU - Gupta D FAU - Varghese, Sheeba AU - Varghese S FAU - Amidon, Gordon L AU - Amidon GL LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20090302 PL - Netherlands TA - J Control Release JT - Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society JID - 8607908 RN - 0 (Benzenesulfonates) RN - 0 (Buffers) RN - 0 (Ions) RN - 0 (Membranes, Artificial) RN - 0 (Naphthalenesulfonates) RN - 0 (Naphthols) RN - 0 (Octanols) RN - 0 (Pharmaceutical Preparations) RN - DD5K7529CE (Phenformin) RN - O9S4K2S25E (2-naphthalenesulfonic acid) RN - QGV5ZG5741 (4-toluenesulfonic acid) RN - U8LZ3R07L8 (1-hydroxy-2-naphthoic acid) SB - IM MH - Benzenesulfonates/chemistry/metabolism MH - Biological Transport/drug effects MH - Buffers MH - Caco-2 Cells MH - Cell Membrane Permeability/*drug effects MH - Humans MH - Hydrogen-Ion Concentration MH - Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions MH - Ions/*metabolism MH - Membranes, Artificial MH - Molecular Structure MH - Naphthalenesulfonates/chemistry/metabolism MH - Naphthols/chemistry/metabolism MH - Octanols/metabolism MH - Permeability/drug effects MH - Pharmaceutical Preparations/*chemistry/*metabolism MH - Phenformin/chemistry/*metabolism EDAT- 2009/03/07 09:00 MHDA- 2009/08/20 09:00 CRDT- 2009/03/07 09:00 PHST- 2009/02/16 00:00 [received] PHST- 2009/02/20 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2009/03/07 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/03/07 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2009/08/20 09:00 [medline] AID - S0168-3659(09)00129-1 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.jconrel.2009.02.018 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Control Release. 2009 Jul 1;137(1):31-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2009.02.018. Epub 2009 Mar 2.