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Sex-dependent metabolism of nevirapine in rats: impact on plasma levels, pharmacokinetics and interaction with nortriptyline.

Pablo CompañJosé Esteban PerisIris Usach

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0301 basic medicineMicrobiology (medical)Malemedicine.medical_specialtyNevirapineMetabolite030106 microbiologyCmaxNortriptylineAntidepressive Agents Tricyclic030226 pharmacology & pharmacy03 medical and health scienceschemistry.chemical_compound0302 clinical medicineSex FactorsPharmacokineticsimmune system diseasesInternal medicinemedicineAnimalsPharmacology (medical)Drug InteractionsNevirapineRats WistarIC50Chemistryvirus diseasesGeneral MedicineBioavailabilityInfectious DiseasesEndocrinologyToxicityMicrosomes LiverReverse Transcriptase InhibitorsFemaleNortriptylinemedicine.drug

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Abstract Nevirapine (NVP) is a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI) widely used in the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and is the first-choice NNRTI during pregnancy. NVP shows a sex dimorphic profile in humans with sex differences in bioavailability, biotransformation and toxicity. In this study, sex differences in NVP metabolism and inhibition of NVP metabolism by the antidepressant nortriptyline (NT) were evaluated using rats as experimental animals. NVP was administered orally to male and female rats and sex differences in plasma levels and pharmacokinetic parameters were analysed. NVP plasma levels were higher in female compared with male rats, and pharmacokinetic parameters such as maximum plasma concentration (Cmax), time to Cmax (Tmax), half-life (t1/2) and area under the plasma concentration–time curve from the time of dosing to the last measurable concentration (AUClast) showed ca. 4-, 5-, 7- and 22-fold higher values in female rats. In vitro experiments carried out with hepatic microsomes confirmed slower NVP metabolism in female rats, with a maximum velocity (Vmax) 2-fold lower than in male hepatic microsomes. The major metabolite in both sexes was 12-hydroxynevirapine (12-OH-NVP), with the Vmax for this metabolite being 15-fold lower in female compared with male rat hepatic microsomes. Inhibition of NVP metabolism by NT was similar in both sexes, with statistically non-significant differences in 50% inhibitory concentration (IC50) values. In summary, NVP is metabolised more slowly in female compared with male rats, but the inhibitory effect of NT is similar in both sexes.

10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2017.12.026https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29309900