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Abstract:

Endothelins are potent endogenous vasoactive substances. We have found that intravenous administration of endothelin (ET)_B receptor agonist, IRL 1620 (N-suc-[Glu⁹, Ala^11,15]ET-1 (8–21)) to tumour bearing rats increases blood perfusion and enhances delivery of chemotherapeutic agents to the tumour tissue. This study was conducted to determine whether IRL 1620, an ET_B receptor selective agonist, alters pharmacokinetics of paclitaxel in breast tumour bearing rats. Breast tumours were induced in female Sprague-Dawley rats by N-methyl-n-nitrosourea (50 mg kg^-1, i.p). Saline (0.3 mL kg^-1, i.v.) or IRL 1620 (3 nmol kg^-1, i.v.), was administered to the tumour bearing rats via the tail vein. Paclitaxel (3 mg kg^-1, i.v.) was administered 15 min after saline or IRL 1620 injection. Serial plasma samples were collected up to 10 h after paclitaxel administration and analysed using an HPLC-UV assay. In a similar study [³H]-paclitaxel (40 Ci, i.v.) was administered after saline or IRL 1620 injection as described above and serial plasma samples were collected until 24 h. Data was fitted to a three-compartment model and pharmacokinetic parameters were generated using WinNonlin software. The AUC_0- (9.42 ± 3.18

g h mL^-1), clearance (0.69 ± 0.17 L h^-1 kg^-1), volume of distribution (10.31 ± 4.54 L kg^-1) and half life (1.00 ± 0.32 h) of [³H]-paclitaxel in tumour rats were similar in rats treated with IRL 1620 or vehicle. Tumour concentration of [³H]-paclitaxel was determined in rats treated with IRL 1620 or vehicle and there was a significant increase in tumour paclitaxel concentration (308.59 ± 24.42%) in rats treated with IRL 1620 compared with vehicle. It is concluded that IRL 1620, an ET_B receptor agonist, does not alter paclitaxel pharmacokinetics and can selectively augment the delivery of paclitaxel to the tumour tissue.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1211/0022357056488

Affiliations: 1: Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Illinois at Chicago, 833 South Wood Street, Chicago, IL 60612, USA 2: Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Illinois at Chicago, 833 South Wood Street, Chicago, IL 60612, USA; Departments of Bioengineering and Neurology & Rehabilitation Medicine, The University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA

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ETB receptor agonist, IRL 1620, does not affect paclitaxel plasma pharmacokinetics in breast tumour bearing rats

ET_B receptor agonist, IRL 1620, does not affect paclitaxel plasma pharmacokinetics in breast tumour bearing rats