PMID- 37596705 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20231204 LR - 20231217 IS - 1099-081X (Electronic) IS - 0142-2782 (Linking) VI - 44 IP - 6 DP - 2023 Dec TI - Influence of Gegenqinlian decoction on pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of saxagliptin in type 2 diabetes mellitus rats. PG - 396-405 LID - 10.1002/bdd.2374 [doi] AB - Gegenqinlian decoction (GQD) is a classic prescription of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), which originated from Shanghanlun. The combination of GQD and hypoglycemic drugs (saxagliptin, Sax, metformin) is often used to treat Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in TCM clinics. However, the herb-drug interactions (HDIs) between GQD and hypoglycemic drugs are still unclear. In order to determine the safety of the combination, we assessed the influences of GQD on the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of Sax in T2DM rats. The plasma concentration of Sax (5 mg/kg) pretreated with GQD (freeze-dried powder, 1.35 g/kg) or not was determined by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), and pharmacokinetics parameters were calculated. The influence of GQD on the pharmacodynamics of Sax was investigated by detecting the levels of weight, (see abbreviations list) OGTT, TC, TG, LDL-C, HDL-C, FBG, FINS, HOMA-IR, QUICKI, AST, ALT, and the liver coefficient. The C(max) , AUC(0-t) ,and AUC(0-infinity) of Sax increased significantly in the combination group whether in normal or T2DM rats. The results of pharmacodynamics showed that the weight of rats in each treatment group increased. FBG, TC, TG, LDL-C, and HOMA-IR decreased, HDL-C, FINS, and QUICKI increased significantly (p < 0.05) compared with the model control group. The result showed that the combination of GQD and Sax could not only improve the hypoglycemic effect but also increase the plasma exposure of Sax. The potential HDIs between GQD and Sax should be taken into consideration in clinics. Moreover, for the complexity of the human compared with experimental animals, as well as genetic differences, the in-depth study should be carried out to assess the uniformity of the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics between rats and humans. CI - (c) 2023 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. FAU - Yu, Chao AU - Yu C AD - College of Pharmacy, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin, China. FAU - Cui, Mingyu AU - Cui M AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5480-3357 AD - College of Pharmacy, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin, China. FAU - Yin, Yifeng AU - Yin Y AD - College of Pharmacy, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin, China. FAU - Zhu, Fengmei AU - Zhu F AD - College of Pharmacy, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin, China. FAU - Sui, Yue AU - Sui Y AD - College of Pharmacy, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin, China. FAU - Yan, Xueying AU - Yan X AD - College of Pharmacy, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin, China. FAU - Gai, Yingli AU - Gai Y AD - College of Pharmacy, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin, China. LA - eng GR - H2015044/National Science Foundation of Heilongjiang Province/ GR - LH2021H102/National Science Foundation of Heilongjiang Province/ GR - LH2020H096/National Science Foundation of Heilongjiang Province/ GR - ZHY2022-117/Heilongjiang provincial administration of traditional Chinese Medicine/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20230818 PL - England TA - Biopharm Drug Dispos JT - Biopharmaceutics & drug disposition JID - 7911226 RN - 0 (gegenqinlian) RN - 9GB927LAJW (saxagliptin) RN - 0 (Cholesterol, LDL) RN - 0 (Drugs, Chinese Herbal) RN - 0 (Hypoglycemic Agents) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - Rats MH - Animals MH - *Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/drug therapy MH - Cholesterol, LDL/therapeutic use MH - *Drugs, Chinese Herbal/pharmacokinetics MH - Hypoglycemic Agents/pharmacology/therapeutic use OTO - NOTNLM OT - Gegenqinlian decoction OT - T2DM OT - herb-drug interaction OT - pharmacokinetics OT - saxagliptin EDAT- 2023/08/19 11:42 MHDA- 2023/12/04 12:42 CRDT- 2023/08/18 23:45 PHST- 2023/06/30 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/12/07 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/07/23 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/12/04 12:42 [medline] PHST- 2023/08/19 11:42 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/08/18 23:45 [entrez] AID - 10.1002/bdd.2374 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biopharm Drug Dispos. 2023 Dec;44(6):396-405. doi: 10.1002/bdd.2374. Epub 2023 Aug 18.