PMID- 19801447 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20100126 LR - 20211020 IS - 1521-0103 (Electronic) IS - 0022-3565 (Print) IS - 0022-3565 (Linking) VI - 332 IP - 1 DP - 2010 Jan TI - Hepatobiliary disposition of troglitazone and metabolites in rat and human sandwich-cultured hepatocytes: use of Monte Carlo simulations to assess the impact of changes in biliary excretion on troglitazone sulfate accumulation. PG - 26-34 LID - 10.1124/jpet.109.156653 [doi] AB - This study examined the hepatobiliary disposition of troglitazone (TGZ) and metabolites [TGZ sulfate (TS), TGZ glucuronide (TG), and TGZ quinone (TQ)] over time in rat and human sandwich-cultured hepatocytes (SCH). Cells were incubated with TGZ; samples were analyzed for TGZ and metabolites by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. SCH mimicked the disposition of TGZ/metabolites in vivo in rats and humans; TGZ was metabolized primarily to TS and to a lesser extent to TG and TQ. In human SCH, the biliary excretion index (BEI) was negligible for TGZ and TQ, approximately 16% for TS, and approximately 43% for TG over the incubation period; in rat SCH, the BEI for TS and TG was approximately 13 and approximately 41%, respectively. Hepatocyte accumulation of TS was extensive, with intracellular concentrations ranging from 132 to 222 microM in rat SCH; intracellular TGZ concentrations ranged from 7.22 to 47.7 microM. In human SCH, intracellular TS and TGZ concentrations ranged from 136 to 160 microM and from 49.4 to 84.7 microM, respectively. Pharmacokinetic modeling and Monte Carlo simulations were used to evaluate the impact of modulating the biliary excretion rate constant (K(bile)) for TS on TS accumulation in hepatocytes and medium. Simulations demonstrated that intracellular concentrations of TS may increase up to 3.1- and 5.7-fold when biliary excretion of TS was decreased 2- and 10-fold, respectively. It is important to note that altered hepatobiliary transport and the extent of hepatocyte exposure may not always be evident based on medium concentrations (analogous to systemic exposure in vivo). Pharmacokinetic modeling/simulation with data from SCH is a useful approach to examine the impact of altered hepatobiliary transport on hepatocyte accumulation of drug/metabolites. FAU - Lee, Jin Kyung AU - Lee JK AD - Division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Eshelman School of Pharmacy, North Carolina 27599-7360, USA. FAU - Marion, Tracy L AU - Marion TL FAU - Abe, Koji AU - Abe K FAU - Lim, Changwon AU - Lim C FAU - Pollock, Gary M AU - Pollock GM FAU - Brouwer, Kim L R AU - Brouwer KL LA - eng GR - R56 GM041935/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 GM041935/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - T32-ES007126/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States GR - T32 ES007126/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States GR - GM41935/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20091002 PL - United States TA - J Pharmacol Exp Ther JT - The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics JID - 0376362 RN - 0 (Chromans) RN - 0 (Hypoglycemic Agents) RN - 0 (PPAR gamma) RN - 0 (Thiazolidinediones) RN - I66ZZ0ZN0E (Troglitazone) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Animals MH - Bile/*metabolism MH - Cell Culture Techniques MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Chromans/*metabolism/pharmacokinetics MH - Chromatography, Liquid MH - Computer Simulation MH - Female MH - Hepatocytes/drug effects/*metabolism MH - Humans MH - Hypoglycemic Agents/*metabolism/pharmacokinetics MH - Liver/*metabolism MH - Male MH - Metabolic Clearance Rate MH - Middle Aged MH - *Models, Biological MH - Monte Carlo Method MH - PPAR gamma/agonists MH - Rats MH - Rats, Wistar MH - Tandem Mass Spectrometry MH - Thiazolidinediones/*metabolism/pharmacokinetics MH - Tissue Distribution MH - Troglitazone PMC - PMC2802476 EDAT- 2009/10/06 06:00 MHDA- 2010/01/27 06:00 PMCR- 2011/01/01 CRDT- 2009/10/06 06:00 PHST- 2009/10/06 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/10/06 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/01/27 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2011/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - jpet.109.156653 [pii] AID - 3540910 [pii] AID - 10.1124/jpet.109.156653 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2010 Jan;332(1):26-34. doi: 10.1124/jpet.109.156653. Epub 2009 Oct 2.