Al Nebaihi Hamdah M, Davies Neal M, Brocks Dion R
Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Alverta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Alverta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Eur J Pharm Biopharm. 2024 Sep;202:114392. doi: 10.1016/j.ejpb.2024.114392. Epub 2024 Jul 6.
Colchicine (COL) is known for its ability to inhibit the formation of intestinal chylomicrons and has been utilized as a non-surgical tool to explore drug absorption via the intestinal lymphatics. However, there is limited understanding of its pharmacokinetics and its relationship to effect and toxicity with the doses used. This study aimed to provide comprehensive COL pharmacokinetic data and correlate it with the lymphatic-blocking and toxicological effects of low-doses. Male Sprague-Dawley rats with jugular-vein cannulation (JVC) received 0.1 to 0.5 mg/kg COL via oral, 0.25 mg/kg intraperitoneal, and 0.1 mg/kg intravenous routes, followed by blood and urine sampling for LC-MS/MS analysis. Effects on lipid absorption were assessed in another eight JVC rats receiving peanut oil with and without COL, followed by blood pharmacokinetic and plasma biochemistry analysis. The results revealed that COL exhibited moderate extraction ratio and high volume of distribution, with low oral bioavailability (<8%). About 20 % was recovered in the urine after parenteral dosing. Modest but significant reductions in cholesterol absorption was observed after oral doses of 0.5 mg/kg, accompanied by signs of inflammation and increased liver enzymes persisting for a week. The effect of COL on triglycerides formation was not significant. Despite its use as a non-surgical tool in rats to investigate drug absorption via the lymphatic pathway, COL demonstrated increased levels of liver function enzymes, emphasizing the need for caution and dose optimization in its utilization.
秋水仙碱(COL)以其抑制肠道乳糜微粒形成的能力而闻名,并且已被用作一种非手术工具来探索药物通过肠道淋巴管的吸收。然而,人们对其药代动力学以及其与所用剂量的效应和毒性之间的关系了解有限。本研究旨在提供全面的COL药代动力学数据,并将其与低剂量的淋巴阻断和毒理学效应相关联。将行颈静脉插管(JVC)的雄性Sprague-Dawley大鼠通过口服给予0.1至0.5mg/kg COL、腹腔注射给予0.25mg/kg以及静脉注射给予0.1mg/kg,随后采集血液和尿液用于液相色谱-串联质谱(LC-MS/MS)分析。在另外八只接受了含和不含COL的花生油的JVC大鼠中评估对脂质吸收的影响,随后进行血液药代动力学和血浆生物化学分析。结果显示,COL表现出中等的提取率和高分布容积,口服生物利用度低(<8%)。肠胃外给药后约20%在尿液中回收。口服0.5mg/kg剂量后观察到胆固醇吸收有适度但显著的降低,伴有炎症迹象和肝酶升高持续一周。COL对甘油三酯形成的影响不显著。尽管它在大鼠中被用作研究药物通过淋巴途径吸收的非手术工具,但COL显示出肝功能酶水平升高,强调在其使用中需要谨慎并优化剂量。