title: Kinetics of metabolism and degradation of mometasone furoate in rat biological fluids and tissues.
abstract: Mometasone furoate (MF) is a potent glucocorticoid developed for the treatment of glucocorticoid-responsive inflammatory disorders. The in-vitro and ex-vivo kinetics of the degradation and metabolism of MF were studied in selected biological fluids of rat and subcellular fractions of different rat tissues. In-vitro, MF was found to degrade slowly into four products in serum and urine, and metabolized rapidly and extensively in rat liver, minimally in extrahepatic tissues, including intestine, stomach, lung and kidney. Further investigation found that the microsomal fraction was the major intracellular site of MF 6 beta-hydroxylation in rat liver. Using chemical inhibitors, CYP3A was found to be the major enzyme involved in the in-vitro MF 6 beta-hydroxylation in rat liver microsomes. Enzyme kinetic studies in rat liver microsomes showed that the overall metabolic process of MF followed biphasic Michaelis-Menten kinetics, while 6 beta-hydroxylation obeyed monophasic Michaelis-Menten kinetics. The kinetic parameters derived from the kinetic models along with the enzyme inhibition studies suggest that MF is mainly metabolized via 6 beta-hydroxylation mediated by CYP3A primarily, and also biotransformed via other pathway(s) catalysed by other enzymes in rat liver in-vitro.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Center for Integrated Biotechnology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA.
authors.forename: X W
authors.initials: XW
authors.lastname: Teng
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Cutler
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Davies
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D008297:Male; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D000068656:Mometasone Furoate; D011244:Pregnadienediols / Q000097:blood* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000652:urine*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D014018:Tissue Distribution / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D011244:Pregnadienediols; D000068656:Mometasone Furoate