PMID- 19398502 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20090928 LR - 20181201 IS - 1521-009X (Electronic) IS - 0090-9556 (Linking) VI - 37 IP - 7 DP - 2009 Jul TI - Characterization of the binding of drugs to human intestinal fatty acid binding protein (IFABP): potential role of IFABP as an alternative to albumin for in vitro-in vivo extrapolation of drug kinetic parameters. PG - 1395-403 LID - 10.1124/dmd.109.027656 [doi] AB - This work characterized for the first time the binding of acidic, neutral, and basic drugs to human intestinal fatty acid binding protein (IFABP) and, for comparison, to bovine serum albumin (BSA). In addition, the study investigated whether IFABP can substitute for BSA as a constituent in incubations of human liver microsomes (HLMs) in in vitro-in vivo extrapolation (IV-IVE) studies. Each molecule of purified IFABP bound a single molecule of the fluorescent probe 1-anilino-8-naphthalene sulfonate or arachidonic acid with K(d) values similar to those reported for rat IFABP. Basic drugs bound negligibly to IFABP. Based on fraction unbound (f(u)) at a protein concentration of 0.5% (w/v), binding of acidic and neutral drugs ranged from minor (f(u) > 0.8) to moderate (f(u) 0.5-0.8). Of the compounds screened, highest binding to IFABP was observed for sulfinpyrazone (an acid) and beta-estradiol (a neutral compound). However, binding to IFABP was lower than to BSA for all the drugs investigated. To determine the potential suitability of IFABP as an alternative to BSA for enhancing the prediction accuracy of IV-IVE based on human liver microsomal kinetic data, the kinetics of zidovudine (AZT) glucuronidation by HLM were characterized in the absence and presence of BSA and IFABP (0.5-2.5%, w/v). Each protein reduced the K(m) for AZT glucuronidation in a concentration-dependent manner, although a higher content of IFABP in incubations (2.5 versus 1-1.5% for BSA) was necessary for a 10-fold reduction in this parameter. The results indicate that IFABP is likely to have advantages over BSA in microsomal kinetic studies with drugs that bind extensively to albumin. FAU - Rowland, Andrew AU - Rowland A AD - Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Flinders University School of Medicine, Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, SA 5042, Australia. FAU - Knights, Kathleen M AU - Knights KM FAU - Mackenzie, Peter I AU - Mackenzie PI FAU - Miners, John O AU - Miners JO LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20090427 PL - United States TA - Drug Metab Dispos JT - Drug metabolism and disposition: the biological fate of chemicals JID - 9421550 RN - 0 (Albumins) RN - 0 (Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins) RN - 0 (Glucuronides) RN - 0 (Receptors, Steroid) RN - 0 (Sulfonamides) RN - 0 (oxysterol binding protein) RN - 27432CM55Q (Serum Albumin, Bovine) RN - 27YG812J1I (Arachidonic Acid) RN - 4B9XT59T7S (Zidovudine) RN - 6158TKW0C5 (Phenytoin) RN - W31X2H97FB (Torsemide) SB - IM MH - Albumins MH - Animals MH - Arachidonic Acid/metabolism MH - Binding, Competitive MH - Cattle MH - Cell Line MH - Circular Dichroism MH - Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins/*metabolism MH - Glucuronides/*metabolism MH - Humans MH - Mutagenesis, Site-Directed MH - Phenytoin/metabolism MH - Receptors, Steroid/*metabolism MH - Serum Albumin, Bovine/*metabolism MH - Sulfonamides/metabolism MH - Thermodynamics MH - Torsemide MH - Zidovudine/metabolism EDAT- 2009/04/29 09:00 MHDA- 2009/09/29 06:00 CRDT- 2009/04/29 09:00 PHST- 2009/04/29 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/04/29 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2009/09/29 06:00 [medline] AID - dmd.109.027656 [pii] AID - 10.1124/dmd.109.027656 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Drug Metab Dispos. 2009 Jul;37(7):1395-403. doi: 10.1124/dmd.109.027656. Epub 2009 Apr 27.