Pharmacokinetic Interaction between Sorafenib and Atorvastatin, and Sorafenib and Metformin in Rats

Autor: Edyta Szałek, Marta Karaźniewicz-Łada, Danuta Szkutnik-Fiedler, Agnieszka Karbownik, Franciszek K. Główka, Edmund Grześkowiak, Andrzej Czyrski, Małgorzata Bekier, Joanna Stanisławiak-Rudowicz, Paulina Kaczmarska, Anna Wolc, Natalia Kostewicz
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Pharmaceutics
Volume 12
Issue 7
Pharmaceutics, Vol 12, Iss 600, p 600 (2020)
ISSN: 1999-4923
DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12070600
Popis: The tyrosine kinase inhibitor sorafenib is the first-line treatment for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), in which hyperlipidemia and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) may often coexist. Protein transporters like organic cation (OCT) and multidrug and toxin extrusion (MATE) are involved in the response to sorafenib, as well as in that to the anti-diabetic drug metformin or atorvastatin, used in hyperlipidemia. Changes in the activity of these transporters may lead to pharmacokinetic interactions, which are of clinical significance. The study aimed to assess the sorafenib&minus
metformin and sorafenib&minus
atorvastatin interactions in rats. The rats were divided into five groups (eight animals in each) that received sorafenib and atorvastatin (ISOR+AT), sorafenib and metformin (IISOR+MET), sorafenib (IIISOR), atorvastatin (IVAT), and metformin (VMET). Atorvastatin significantly increased the maximum plasma concentration (Cmax) and the area under the plasma concentration&ndash
time curve (AUC) of sorafenib by 134.4% (p <
0.0001) and 66.6% (p <
0.0001), respectively. Sorafenib, in turn, caused a significant increase in the AUC of atorvastatin by 94.0% (p = 0.0038) and its metabolites 2&minus
hydroxy atorvastatin (p = 0.0239) and 4&minus
hydroxy atorvastatin (p = 0.0002) by 55.3% and 209.4%, respectively. Metformin significantly decreased the AUC of sorafenib (p = 0.0065). The AUC ratio (IISOR+MET group/IIISOR group) for sorafenib was equal to 0.6. Sorafenib did not statistically significantly influence the exposure to metformin. The pharmacokinetic interactions observed in this study may be of clinical relevance in HCC patients with coexistent hyperlipidemia or T2DM.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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