title: Evaluation of the excretion and metabolism of the new analgesic agent RWJ-22757 in male and female CR Wistar rats.
abstract: The excretion and metabolism of (+/-)-trans-3-(2-bromophenyl)octahydroindolizine hydrochloride (RWJ-22757) have been investigated in male and female CR Wistar rats. Radiolabeled [14C] RWJ-22757 was administered orally to each of the rats as a single 60 mg/kg suspension dose. Plasma (0-48 h), urine (0-168 h) and fecal (0-168 h) samples were collected and analyzed. There were no significant gender differences observed in the data. The estimated elimination half-life of the total radioactivity from plasma was 19 h while the estimated elimination half-life of RWJ-22757 was 15 h. Recoveries of total radioactivity in urine and feces were 58.4+/-5.8 and 42.4+/-6.3%, respectively. RWJ-22757 and a total of 11 metabolites were isolated in rat plasma, urine, and fecal extracts. The structures of four of these metabolites were tentatively identified. Unchanged RWJ-22757 accounted for < 4% of the dose in plasma and urine and 28% in feces; thus, indicating the drug was extensively metabolized and either not absorbed well or biliary excreted. Identified metabolites accounted for > 80% of the total radioactivity contained in the samples. The following pathways were used to describe the formation of the metabolites identified in rats: octahydroindolizine ring oxidation, phenyl hydroxylation, octahydroindolizine ring oxidation followed by ring opening to a carboxylic acid function and octahydroindolizine ring oxidation followed by ring opening and N-methylation.
authors: Division of Preclinical Development, The R.W. Johnson Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Welsh & McKean Roads, Spring House, PA 19477, USA.
authors: W N
authors: WN
authors: Wu
authors: G W
authors: GW
authors: Caldwell
authors: J A
authors: JA
authors: Masucci
mesh_terms: D018712:Analgesics, Non-Narcotic / Q000032:analysis / Q000493:pharmacokinetics* / Q000652:urine; D000818:Animals; D019540:Area Under Curve; D001711:Biotransformation; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D005243:Feces / Q000737:chemistry; D005260:Female; D007212:Indolizines / Q000032:analysis / Q000493:pharmacokinetics* / Q000652:urine; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008297:Male; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar
chemical_list: D018712:Analgesics, Non-Narcotic; D007212:Indolizines; C058653:3-(2-bromophenyl)octahydroindolizine