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The Uremic Toxin Indoxyl-3-Sulfate Induces CYP1A2 In Primary Human Hepatocytes

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Chronic kidney disease (CKD) generally impacts clearance of renally eliminated drugs but growing evidence shows that it can influence clearance of hepatically eliminated drugs and a complete mechanistic understanding of this phenomenon is still lacking. CKD leads to accumulation of uremic toxins, including indoxyl- 3-sulfate (3-INDS) and indole-3-acetic acid (3-IAA).

Objective: In this study, we evaluated the potential of 3-INDS and 3-IAA (10, 30 and 100 μM) to induce liver cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes CYP1A2, 2B6 and 3A4/5 using cultured primary human hepatocytes following once daily treatment for 3 days.

Results: 3-INDS potently induced CYP1A2 mRNA and enzyme activity in a dose-dependent manner but did not induce CYP2B6 or 3A4. At 100 μM, a concentration observed in humans under uremic conditions, 3-INDS increased CYP1A2 mRNA and activity by 93% and 292% respectively when compared with prototypical inducer omeprazole. However, 3-IAA did not induce CYP1A2, 2B6 or 3A4.

Conclusion: These results suggest that the uremic toxin, 3-INDS, is a potent CYP1A2 inducer and lends valuable mechanistic basis for how kidney disease can affect hepatic metabolism.

Keywords: Chronic kidney disease; chronic renal failure; cytochrome P450; high-performance liquid chromatography; indole- 3-acetic acid; indoxyl-3-sulfate; liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry

Document Type: Research Article

Publication date: 01 September 2016

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  • Drug Metabolism Letters publishes short papers on major advances in all areas of drug metabolism and disposition. The emphasis will be on publishing quality papers very rapidly. Letters will be processed rapidly by taking full advantage of the Internet technology for both the submission and review of manuscripts. The journal covers the following areas:

    In vitro systems including CYP-450; enzyme induction and inhibition; drug-drug interactions and enzyme kinetics; pharmacokinetics, toxicokinetics, species scaling and extrapolations; P-glycoprotein and transport carriers; target organ toxicity and interindividual variability; drug metabolism and disposition studies; extrahepatic metabolism; phase I and phase II metabolism; recent developments for the identification of drug metabolites, reactive intermediate and glutathione conjugates.
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