Investigation of drug-drug interaction potential of bortezomib in vivo in female Sprague-Dawley rats and in vitro in human liver microsomes.

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Lu C, Gallegos R, Li P, Xia CQ, Pusalkar S, Uttamsingh V, Nix D, Miwa GT, Gan LS

Investigation of drug-drug interaction potential of bortezomib in vivo in female Sprague-Dawley rats and in vitro in human liver microsomes.

Drug Metab Dispos. 2006 Apr;34(4):702-8. doi: 10.1124/dmd.105.008060. Epub 2006 Jan 27.

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Bortezomib (Velcade, PS-341), a dipeptidyl boronic acid, is a first-in-class proteasome inhibitor approved in 2003 for the treatment of multiple myeloma. In a preclinical toxicology study, bortezomib-treated rats resulted in liver enlargement (35%). Ex vivo analyses of the liver samples showed an 18% decrease in cytochrome P450 (P450) content, a 60% increase in palmitoyl coenzyme A beta-oxidation activity, and a 41 and 23% decrease in CYP3A protein expression and activity, respectively. Furthermore, liver samples of bortezomib-treated rats had little change in CYP2B and CYP4A protein levels and activities. To address the likelihood of clinical drug-drug interactions, the P450 inhibition potential of bortezomib and its major deboronated metabolites M1 and M2 and their dealkylated metabolites M3 and M4 was evaluated in human liver microsomes for the major P450 isoforms 1A2, 2C9, 2C19, 2D6, and 3A4/5. Bortezomib, M1, and M2 were found to be mild inhibitors of CYP2C19 (IC(50) approximately 18.0, 10.0, and 13.2 microM, respectively), and M1 was also a mild inhibitor of CYP2C9 (IC(50) approximately 11.5 microM). However, bortezomib, M1, M2, M3, and M4 did not inhibit other P450s (IC(50) values > 30 microM). There also was no time-dependent inhibition of CYP3A4/5 by bortezomib or its major metabolites. Based on these results, no major P450-mediated clinical drug-drug interactions are anticipated for bortezomib or its major metabolites. To our knowledge, this is the first report on P450-mediated drug-drug interaction potential of proteasome inhibitors or boronic acid containing therapeutics.

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Drug Enzymes

Drug	Enzyme	Kind	Organism	Pharmacological Action	Actions
Bortezomib	Cytochrome P450 2C19	Protein	Humans	No	Substrate Inhibitor	Details
Bortezomib	Cytochrome P450 2C9	Protein	Humans	No	Substrate Inhibitor	Details
Bortezomib	Cytochrome P450 3A4	Protein	Humans	No	Substrate	Details