title: Pharmacogenetic characterization of sulfasalazine disposition based on NAT2 and ABCG2 (BCRP) gene polymorphisms in humans.
abstract: The role of breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP), an efflux ABC transporter, in the pharmacokinetics of substrate drugs in humans is unknown. We investigated the impact of genetic polymorphisms of ABCG2 (421C>A) and NAT2 on the pharmacokinetics of sulfasalazine (SASP), a dual substrate, in 37 healthy volunteers, taking 2,000 mg of conventional SASP tablets. In ABCG2, SASP AUC(0-48) of C/C, C/A, and A/A subjects was 171 +/- 85, 330 +/- 194, and 592 +/- 275 microg h/ml, respectively, with significant differences among groups. In contrast, AUC(0-48) of sulfapyridine (SP) tended to be lower in subjects with the ABCG2-A allele as homozygosity. In NAT2, AUC(AcSP)/AUC(SP) was significantly higher in rapid than in intermediate and slow acetylator (SA) genotypes. We successfully described the pharmacokinetics of SASP, SP, and N -acetylsulfapyridine (AcSP) simultaneously by nonlinear mixed-effects modeling (NONMEM) analysis with regard to both gene polymorphisms. The data indicate that SASP is a candidate probe of BCRP, particularly in its role in intestinal absorption.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Pharmacokinetics, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamasaki
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ieiri
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kusuhara
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tabuchi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ando
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Irie
authors.forename: Ja
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ware
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakai
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Higuchi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sugiyama
mesh_terms: D000070997:ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily G, Member 2; D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D000328:Adult; D001191:Arylamine N-Acetyltransferase / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D010597:Pharmacogenetics; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics*; D012460:Sulfasalazine / Q000097:blood / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*
chemical_list: C116614:ABCG2 protein, human; D000070997:ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily G, Member 2; D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D012460:Sulfasalazine; D001191:Arylamine N-Acetyltransferase; C478900:NAT2 protein, human