PMID- 27648490 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170517 LR - 20211204 IS - 1532-6535 (Electronic) IS - 0009-9236 (Linking) VI - 101 IP - 3 DP - 2017 Mar TI - Transporter-Mediated Hepatic Uptake Plays an Important Role in the Pharmacokinetics and Drug-Drug Interactions of Montelukast. PG - 406-415 LID - 10.1002/cpt.520 [doi] AB - Montelukast, a leukotriene receptor antagonist commonly prescribed for treatment of asthma, is primarily metabolized by cytochrome P450 (CYP)2C8, and has been suggested as a probe substrate for investigating CYP2C8 activity in vivo. We evaluated the quantitative role of hepatic uptake transport in its pharmacokinetics and drug-drug interactions (DDIs). Montelukast was characterized with significant active uptake in human hepatocytes, and showed affinity towards organic anion transporting polypeptides (OATPs) in transfected cell systems. Single-dose rifampicin, an OATP inhibitor, decreased montelukast clearance in rats and monkeys. Clinical DDIs of montelukast were evaluated using physiologically based pharmacokinetic modeling; and simulation of the interactions with gemfibrozil-CYP2C8 and OATP1B1/1B3 inhibitor, clarithromycin-CYP3A and OATP1B1/1B3 inhibitor, and itraconazole-CYP3A inhibitor, implicated OATPs-CYP2C8-CYP2C8 interplay as the primary determinant of montelukast pharmacokinetics. In conclusion, hepatic uptake plays a key role in the pharmacokinetics of montelukast, which should be taken into account when interpreting clinical interactions. CI - (c) 2016 American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics. FAU - Varma, M V AU - Varma MV AD - Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, Pfizer Inc, Groton, Connecticut, USA. FAU - Kimoto, E AU - Kimoto E AD - Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, Pfizer Inc, Groton, Connecticut, USA. FAU - Scialis, R AU - Scialis R AD - Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, Pfizer Inc, Groton, Connecticut, USA. FAU - Bi, Y AU - Bi Y AD - Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, Pfizer Inc, Groton, Connecticut, USA. FAU - Lin, J AU - Lin J AD - Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, Pfizer Inc, Groton, Connecticut, USA. FAU - Eng, H AU - Eng H AD - Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, Pfizer Inc, Groton, Connecticut, USA. FAU - Kalgutkar, A S AU - Kalgutkar AS AD - Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, Pfizer Inc, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. FAU - El-Kattan, A F AU - El-Kattan AF AD - Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, Pfizer Inc, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. FAU - Rodrigues, A D AU - Rodrigues AD AD - Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, Pfizer Inc, Groton, Connecticut, USA. FAU - Tremaine, L M AU - Tremaine LM AD - Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, Pfizer Inc, Groton, Connecticut, USA. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20161118 PL - United States TA - Clin Pharmacol Ther JT - Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics JID - 0372741 RN - 0 (Acetates) RN - 0 (Cyclopropanes) RN - 0 (Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Liver-Specific Organic Anion Transporter 1) RN - 0 (Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Organic Anion Transporters) RN - 0 (Quinolines) RN - 0 (Sulfides) RN - EC 1.14.14.1 (Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C8) RN - H1250JIK0A (Clarithromycin) RN - MHM278SD3E (montelukast) RN - Q8X02027X3 (Gemfibrozil) RN - VJT6J7R4TR (Rifampin) SB - IM MH - Acetates/pharmacokinetics/*pharmacology MH - Animals MH - Clarithromycin/pharmacokinetics MH - Cyclopropanes MH - Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C8/*drug effects/*metabolism MH - Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A Inhibitors/metabolism MH - Dose-Response Relationship, Drug MH - Gemfibrozil/pharmacology MH - Haplorhini MH - Hepatocytes/metabolism MH - Liver/*metabolism MH - Liver-Specific Organic Anion Transporter 1/antagonists & inhibitors MH - Models, Biological MH - Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors MH - Organic Anion Transporters/*antagonists & inhibitors/metabolism MH - Quinolines/pharmacokinetics/*pharmacology MH - Rats MH - Rifampin/pharmacology MH - Sulfides EDAT- 2016/09/21 06:00 MHDA- 2017/05/18 06:00 CRDT- 2016/09/21 06:00 PHST- 2016/07/06 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/08/25 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2016/09/14 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/09/21 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/05/18 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/09/21 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1002/cpt.520 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2017 Mar;101(3):406-415. doi: 10.1002/cpt.520. Epub 2016 Nov 18.