title: Effect of bile and lipids on the stereoselective metabolism of halofantrine by rat everted-intestinal sacs.
abstract: The everted rat intestinal-sac model was utilized to assess the effect of post-prandial conditions on the stereoselective intestinal metabolism of halofantrine to its active metabolite desbutylhalofantrine. Everted intestinal sacs were incubated with (+/-)-halofantrine HCl in the presence of simulated bile solution (containing lecithin, lipase and cholesterol) and lipids to mimic post-prandial conditions in the small intestine. The halofantrine enantiomer concentrations in intestinal sacs were relatively constant in the presence of bile, but decreased significantly on addition of lipids to the incubation media. Formation of desbutylhalofantrine enantiomers was inversely proportional to bile concentration whereas addition of lipids in the presence of bile caused a significant decrease in desbutylhalofantrine:halofantrine ratio of (-) enantiomers. Pre-treatment of rats with peanut oil had no significant effect on desbutylhalofantrine formation in the incubated sacs or microsomal preparations, nor did it affect the expression of intestinal cytochrome P450. Addition of extra cholesterol to the bile incubations caused a significant increase in tissue halofantrine and desbutylhalofantrine concentrations, which as for lower cholesterol, were diminished on addition of other lipids. The results were consistent with previous in vivo evaluations showing that the desbutylhalofantrine to halofantrine ratio was decreased by the ingestion of a high fat meal.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Jigar P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: Hesham M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Korashy
authors.forename: Ayman O S
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: El-Kadi
authors.forename: Dion R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Brocks
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001646:Bile / Q000378:metabolism*; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000378:metabolism; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000378:metabolism; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D008055:Lipids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000187:drug effects*; D000074241:Peanut Oil; D010616:Phenanthrenes / Q000378:metabolism*; D010938:Plant Oils; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D008055:Lipids; D000074241:Peanut Oil; D010616:Phenanthrenes; D010938:Plant Oils; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; C023768:halofantrine