title: Transport and metabolism of cyclosporine in isolated rat hepatocytes. The effects of lipids.
abstract: The effects of lipids on the uptake and metabolism of cyclosporine (CyA) were investigated in isolated rat hepatocytes. In the absence of lipids, CyA was rapidly taken up (reaching apparent steady state within 5 min) and highly associated with the cells (more than 80%). The CyA uptake was concentration independent over the concentration range studied (0.6 to 11.2 micrograms/mL). Metabolism, however, was relatively slow and saturable. Except for cholesterol (at concentrations up to 15.5 mM), all lipids tested [oleic acid; low density lipoproteins (LDL); and high density lipoproteins (HDL)] reduced CyA cell uptake as well as its metabolism in a concentration-dependent manner. The effects of LDL were much more pronounced when compared to those of HDL and oleic acid. At an LDL concentration of 1 microM, drug uptake, indicated by the cell-associated concentration at steady state, was about 49% of the control value, while CyA metabolism was inhibited completely. Drug uptake of about 82 and 91% and CyA disappearance of 75 and 68% of the relevant control values were observed with HDL and oleic acid at concentrations of 10 microM and 0.7 mM, respectively. Apparently, lipids decreased CyA metabolism by reducing the concentration of CyA available for transport into the cells. These findings further support the suggestion of an important role for plasma lipids in the disposition of CyA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacy, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0446.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Prueksaritanont
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koike
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Hoener
authors.forename: L Z
authors.initials: LZ
authors.lastname: Benet
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport; D002478:Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000494:pharmacology; D016572:Cyclosporine / Q000378:metabolism*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL / Q000494:pharmacology; D008077:Lipoproteins, LDL / Q000494:pharmacology; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D019301:Oleic Acid; D009829:Oleic Acids / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL; D008077:Lipoproteins, LDL; D009829:Oleic Acids; D019301:Oleic Acid; D016572:Cyclosporine; D002784:Cholesterol