期刊
ACS CHEMICAL NEUROSCIENCE
卷 5, 期 4, 页码 305-317出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/cn4002329
关键词
P-glycoprotein; blood-brain barrier; quetiapine; inhibitor; ABC transporter; antipsychotic agent
资金
- NIH/NEI [1R21EY018481-01]
- Canadian Cancer Society [770248]
The multidrug resistance transporter P-glycoprotein (P-gp) is highly expressed in the capillary endothelial cells of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) where it functions to limit the brain penetration of many drugs, including antipsychotic agents used to treat schizophrenia. Therefore, in an effort to inhibit the transporter, we designed dimers of the antipsychotic drug and P-gp substrate quetiapine (QT), linked by variable length tethers. In P-gp overexpressing cells and in human brain capillary endothelial hCMEC/D3 cells, the dimer with the shortest tether length(QT(2)C(2)) (1) was the most potent inhibitor showing >80-fold better inhibition of P-gp-mediated transport than monomeric QT. The dimers, which are linked via ester moieties, are designed to revert to the therapeutic monomer once inside the target cells. We demonstrated that the addition of two sterically blocking methyl groups to the linker (QT(2)C(2)Me(2), 8) increased the half-life of the molecule in plasma 10-fold as compared to the dimer lacking methyl groups (QT(2)C(2), 1), while retaining inhibitory potency for P-gp transport and sensitivity to cellular esterases. Experiments with purified P-gp demonstrated that QT(2)C2 (1) and QT(2)C(2)Me(2) (8) interacted with both the H- and R-binding sites of the tra(n)sporter with binding affinities 20- to 30-fold higher than that of monomeric QT. Using isolated rat brain capillaries, QT(2)C(2)Me(2) (8) was a more potent inhibitor of P-gp transport than QT. Lastly, we showed that QT(2)C(2)Me(2) (8) increased the accumulation of the P-gp substrate verapamil in rat brain in situ three times more than QT. Together, these results indicate that the QT dimer QT(2)C(2)Me(2) (8) strongly inhibited P-gp transport activity in human brain capillary endothelial cells, in rat brain capillaries, and at the BBB in an animal model.
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