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腸内細菌によるO-脱メチル化は,経口エトポシドに対する全身的曝露を調節する
Ashutosh Tripathi1, Toe Ein Kyawt2, Jongoh Shin3
1Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Center for Biomolecular Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
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まとめ
腸内微生物は,薬剤をO-デメチル化し,薬剤の効果を変えることができる. この研究では,エトポシドを含む64の薬物のうち35の薬物のO-脱メチル化活性が,その有効性と毒性に影響することを発見しました.
科学分野:
- 微生物学 微生物学とは
- 薬理学 薬理学とは
- 薬物の代謝について
背景:
- 腸内微生物によるO-脱メチル化は,食中の化合物で知られているが,薬物の代謝におけるその役割は不明である.
- 臨床的に使用される多くの薬剤は,微生物の作用に敏感なO-メチル化された芳香構造を含んでいます.
研究 の 目的:
- 口服薬の代謝と消去における腸内微生物O-脱メチル化の有病率と重要性を調査する.
- 腸内細菌によるエトポシドのO-脱メチル化と,薬物毒性および薬理動力学への影響を特徴づける.
主な方法:
- 高解像度質量スペクトロメトリー (HRMS) を使用して,腸内微生物O-脱メチル化のための64の口服薬のスクリーニングを行いました.
- HRMSとNMRスペクトロスコピーを用いてO-デメチル化代謝物を特定し,特徴づけました.
- エトポシドに対するO-デメチル化活性について,腸内細菌の56種を試験した.
- エトポシド代謝産物の遺伝子毒性と細胞毒性を評価した.
- コントロールマウスと抗生物質を投与したマウスで比較薬動学研究を行った.
主要な成果:
- エトポシドを含む64の試験薬のうち35の薬でO-脱メチル化が検出されました.
- エトポシドのO-デメチル化代謝産物 (M1) としてエトポシドカテキホルを特定した.
- エトポシドO-デメチル化活性を持つ7種の細菌が特定されました.
- M1は,ミエロイド細胞に対する遺伝毒性の増加を vivo で示したが,エトポシドと比較して,癌細胞に対する細胞毒性の減少を in vitro で示した.
- 抗生物質の治療は,エトポシドの曝露を1.9倍,M1の曝露を3.7倍に増加させ,微生物の影響を有意に示した.
結論:
- 腸内細菌はO-脱メチル化活性が広く存在し,薬物の代謝と投与に影響を及ぼします.
- エトポシドの腸内微生物によるO-脱メチル化は,その二次性遺伝子毒性に貢献し,その薬理学プロファイルに影響を与える.
- この研究は,腸内微生物群が薬剤の有効性と毒性にどのように影響するかを理解するための基礎を提供します.
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