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Wiśniowska B, Bielecka ZM, Polak S. How circadian variability of the heart rate and plasma electrolytes concentration influence the cardiac electrophysiology - model-based case study. J Pharmacokinet Pharmacodyn 2021; 48:387-399. [PMID: 33666801 PMCID: PMC8144092 DOI: 10.1007/s10928-021-09744-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2020] [Accepted: 02/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The circadian rhythm of cardiac electrophysiology is dependent on many physiological and biochemical factors. Provided, that models describing the circadian patterns of cardiac activity and/or electrophysiology which have been verified to the acceptable level, modeling and simulation can give answers to many of heart chronotherapy questions. The aim of the study was to assess the performance of the circadian models implemented in Cardiac Safety Simulator v 2.2 (Certara, Sheffield, UK) (CSS), as well as investigate the influence ofcircadian rhythms on the simulation results in terms of cardiac safety. The simulations which were run in CSS accounted for inter-individual and intra-individual variability. Firstly, the diurnal variations in QT interval length in a healthy population were simulated accounting for heart rate (HR) circadian changes alone, or with concomitant diurnal variations of plasma ion concentrations. Next, tolterodine was chosen as an exemplary drug for PKPD modelling exercise to assess the role of circadian rhythmicity in the prediction of drug effects on QT interval. The results of the simulations were in line with clinical observations, what can serve as a verification of the circadian models implemented in CSS. Moreover, the results have suggested that the circadian variability of the electrolytes balance is the main factor influencing QT circadian pattern. The fluctuation of ion concentration increases the intra-subject variability of predicted drug-triggered QT corrected for HR (QTc) prolongation effect and, in case of modest drug effect on QTc interval length, allows to capture this effect.
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- Barbara Wiśniowska
- Faculty of Pharmacy, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Medyczna 9 Street, 30-688, Kraków, Poland.
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Medyczna 9 Street, 30-688, Kraków, Poland
- Simcyp Division, Certara UK Limited, Level 2-Acero, 1 Concourse Way, Sheffield, S1 2BJ, UK
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Medyczna 9 Street, 30-688, Kraków, Poland
- Simcyp Division, Certara UK Limited, Level 2-Acero, 1 Concourse Way, Sheffield, S1 2BJ, UK
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Cui Y, Huang H, Ren W, Xu Y, Zha X, Zeng M, Gao Z, Tang S, Yang G, Huang Y, Xu F, Qian H, Zhou W, Ouyang C, Zhang L, Gao X, Zhang J, Wang J, Guo J, Xing C, Wei Y, Wang N. Parathyroidectomy Is Associated with Reversed Nondipping Heart Rate That Impacts Mortality in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients. Endocr Pract 2021; 28:148-158. [PMID: 33610808 DOI: 10.1016/j.eprac.2021.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2020] [Revised: 02/03/2021] [Accepted: 02/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Nondipping heart rate (HR), defined as a night/day HR ratio >0.90, has been associated with increased mortality in epidemiologic studies. However, its prognostic value in stage 5 chronic kidney disease (CKD5) patients and the effects of parathyroidectomy (PTX) on nondipping HR remain unknown. METHODS This case-control study of 162 healthy controls and 502 CKD5 patients was performed between 2011 and 2018, in which CKD5 patients were further divided into non-PTX (n = 186) and severe secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) with PTX (n = 316) subgroups. Each participant underwent 24-hour Holter monitoring for HR ratio. Mortality was followed up in CKD5 patients (median time: 46.0 months). RESULTS The HR ratio in CKD5 patients was higher than in controls (0.92 ± 0.08 vs 0.81 ± 0.08, P <.001), associated with a 44% increase in mortality risk per 0.1 increment (hazard ratio, 1.44; 95% CI: 1.02-2.03; P =.04), and was positively related to serum intact parathyroid hormone levels (P <.001). PTX reversed nondipping HR in SHPT patients (n = 50, median time: 6.3 months, P <.001). Survival probabilities for PTX (n = 294) were better than non-PTX (n = 47) (hazard ratio, 0.31; 95% CI: 0.14-0.67; P <.01) in SHPT patients (serum intact parathyroid hormone >500.0 pg/mL). CONCLUSION CKD5 patients displayed a nondipping HR pattern, which is a prognostic marker of all-cause mortality. PTX for SHPT patients was associated with a reversal in nondipping HR ratio, which may mediate a better outcome.
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- Ying Cui
- Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing, China; Department of Nephrology, Northern Jiangsu People's Hospital Affiliated to Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing, China
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- CAM-SU Genomic Resource Center, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Nephrology, BenQ Medical Center, The Affiliated BenQ Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing, China
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- Department of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing, China; Department of Nephrology, Liyang Branch, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Liyang People's Hospital, Liyang, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Henan Provincial Key Laboratory of Kidney Disease and Immunology, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, People's Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of General Medicine, Geriatric Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China; China International Cooperation Center for Environment and Human Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
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- Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing, China.
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van Kraaij AWJ, Schiavone G, Lutin E, Claes S, Van Hoof C. Relationship Between Chronic Stress and Heart Rate Over Time Modulated by Gender in a Cohort of Office Workers: Cross-Sectional Study Using Wearable Technologies. J Med Internet Res 2020; 22:e18253. [PMID: 32902392 PMCID: PMC7511872 DOI: 10.2196/18253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2020] [Revised: 06/12/2020] [Accepted: 07/07/2020] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Background Chronic stress is increasing in prevalence and is associated with several physical and mental disorders. Although it is proven that acute stress changes physiology, much less is known about the relationship between physiology and long-term stress. Continuous measurement of vital signs in daily life and chronic stress detection algorithms could serve this purpose. For this, it is paramount to model the effects of chronic stress on human physiology and include other cofounders, such as demographics, enabling the enrichment of a population-wide approach with individual variations. Objective The main objectives of this study were to investigate the effect of chronic stress on heart rate (HR) over time while correcting for weekdays versus weekends and to test a possible modulation effect by gender and age in a healthy cohort. Methods Throughout 2016 and 2017, healthy employees of technology companies were asked to participate in a 5-day observation stress study. They were required to wear two wearables, of which one included an electrocardiogram sensor. The derived HR was averaged per hour and served as an output for a mixed design model including a trigonometric fit over time with four harmonics (periods of 24, 12, 8, and 6 hours), gender, age, whether it was a workday or weekend day, and a chronic stress score derived from the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) as predictors. Results The study included 328 subjects, of which 142 were female and 186 were male participants, with a mean age of 38.9 (SD 10.2) years and a mean PSS score of 13.7 (SD 6.0). As main effects, gender (χ21=24.02, P<.001); the hour of the day (χ21=73.22, P<.001); the circadian harmonic (χ22=284.4, P<.001); and the harmonic over 12 hours (χ22=242.1, P<.001), over 8 hours (χ22=23.78, P<.001), and over 6 hours (χ22=82.96, P<.001) had a significant effect on HR. Two three-way interaction effects were found. The interaction of age, whether it was a workday or weekend day, and the circadian harmonic over time were significantly correlated with HR (χ22=7.13, P=.03), as well as the interaction of gender, PSS score, and the circadian harmonic over time (χ22=7.59, P=.02). Conclusions The results show a relationship between HR and the three-way interaction of chronic stress, gender, and the circadian harmonic. The modulation by gender might be related to evolution-based energy utilization strategies, as suggested in related literature studies. More research, including daily cortisol assessment, longer recordings, and a wider population, should be performed to confirm this interpretation. This would enable the development of more complete and personalized models of chronic stress.
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- Alex Wilhelmus Jacobus van Kraaij
- Holst Centre, imec-the Netherlands, Eindhoven, Netherlands.,OnePlanet Research Center, imec-the Netherlands, Wageningen, Netherlands.,Faculty of Natural Sciences, Math and Informatics (FNWI), Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Holst Centre, imec-the Netherlands, Eindhoven, Netherlands.,OnePlanet Research Center, imec-the Netherlands, Wageningen, Netherlands
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- Electrical Engineering-ESAT, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.,imec-Belgium, Heverlee, Belgium
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- University Psychiatric Center & Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Holst Centre, imec-the Netherlands, Eindhoven, Netherlands.,OnePlanet Research Center, imec-the Netherlands, Wageningen, Netherlands.,Electrical Engineering-ESAT, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.,imec-Belgium, Heverlee, Belgium
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Tylutki Z, Mendyk A, Polak S. Physiologically based pharmacokinetic-quantitative systems toxicology and safety (PBPK-QSTS) modeling approach applied to predict the variability of amitriptyline pharmacokinetics and cardiac safety in populations and in individuals. J Pharmacokinet Pharmacodyn 2018; 45:663-677. [PMID: 29943290 PMCID: PMC6182726 DOI: 10.1007/s10928-018-9597-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2018] [Accepted: 06/22/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) models allow for predictive assessment of variability in population of interest. One of the future application of PBPK modeling is in the field of precision dosing and personalized medicine. The aim of the study was to develop PBPK model for amitriptyline given orally, predict the variability of cardiac concentrations of amitriptyline and its main metabolite-nortriptyline in populations as well as individuals, and simulate the influence of those xenobiotics in therapeutic and supratherapeutic concentrations on human electrophysiology. The cardiac effect with regard to QT and RR interval lengths was assessed. The Emax model to describe the relationship between amitriptyline concentration and heart rate (RR) length was proposed. The developed PBPK model was used to mimic 29 clinical trials and 19 cases of amitriptyline intoxication. Three clinical trials and 18 cases were simulated with the use of PBPK-QSTS approach, confirming lack of cardiotoxic effect of amitriptyline in therapeutic doses and the increase in heart rate along with potential for arrhythmia development in case of amitriptyline overdose. The results of our study support the validity and feasibility of the PBPK-QSTS modeling development for personalized medicine.
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- Zofia Tylutki
- Unit of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Department of Social Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Medyczna 9 Str., 30-688, Krakow, Poland.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmaceutics, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Medyczna 9 St, 30-688, Krakow, Poland
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- Unit of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Department of Social Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Medyczna 9 Str., 30-688, Krakow, Poland
- Certara-Simcyp, Level 2-Acero, 1 Concourse Way, Sheffield, S1 2BJ, UK
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Patel N, Wisniowska B, Polak S. Virtual Thorough QT (TQT) Trial-Extrapolation of In Vitro Cardiac Safety Data to In Vivo Situation Using Multi-Scale Physiologically Based Ventricular Cell-wall Model Exemplified with Tolterodine and Fesoterodine. AAPS JOURNAL 2018; 20:83. [PMID: 29995258 DOI: 10.1208/s12248-018-0244-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2018] [Accepted: 06/20/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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QT interval prolongation typically assessed with dedicated clinical trials called thorough QT/QTc (TQT) studies is used as surrogate to identify the proarrhythmic risk of drugs albeit with criticism in terms of cost-effectiveness in establishing the actual risk of torsade de pointes (TdP). Quantitative systems toxicology and safety (QSTS) models have potential to quantitatively translate the in vitro cardiac safety data to clinical level including simulation of TQT trials. Virtual TQT simulations have been exemplified with use of two related drugs tolterodine and fesoterodine. The impact of bio-relevant concentration in plasma versus estimated heart tissue exposure on predictions was also assessed. Tolterodine and its therapeutically equipotent metabolite formed via CYP2D6 pathway, 5-HMT, inhibit multiple cardiac ion currents (IKr, INa, ICaL). The QSTS model was able to accurately simulate the QT prolongation at therapeutic and supra-therapeutic dose levels of tolterodine well within 95% confidence interval limits of observed data. The model was able to predict the QT prolongation difference between CYP2D6 extensive and poor metaboliser subject groups at both dose levels thus confirming the ability of the model to account for electrophysiologically active metabolite. The QSTS model was able to simulate the negligible QT prolongation observed with fesoterodine establishing that the 5-HMT does not prolong QT interval even though it is a blocker of hERG channel. With examples of TOL and FESO, we demonstrated the utility of the QSTS approaches to simulate virtual TQT trials, which in turn could complement and reduce the clinical studies or help optimise clinical trial designs.
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- Nikunjkumar Patel
- Simcyp Division, Certara UK Limited, Level 2-Acero, 1 Concourse Way, Sheffield, S1 2BJ, UK. .,Unit of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland.
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- Unit of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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- Simcyp Division, Certara UK Limited, Level 2-Acero, 1 Concourse Way, Sheffield, S1 2BJ, UK.,Unit of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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Wiśniowska B, Polak S. Drug-physiology interaction and its influence on the QT prolongation-mechanistic modeling study. J Pharmacokinet Pharmacodyn 2018; 45:483-490. [PMID: 29546612 DOI: 10.1007/s10928-018-9583-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2017] [Accepted: 03/13/2018] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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The current study is an example of drug-disease interaction modeling where a drug induces a condition which can affect the pharmacodynamics of other concomitantly taken drugs. The electrophysiological effects of hypokaliemia and heart rate changes induced by the antiasthmatic drugs were simulated with the use of the cardiac safety simulator. Biophysically detailed model of the human cardiac physiology-ten Tusscher ventricular cardiomyocyte cell model-was employed to generate pseudo-ECG signals and QTc intervals for 44 patients from four clinical studies. Simulated and observed mean QTc values with standard deviation (SD) for each reported study point were compared and differences were analyzed with Student's t test (α = 0.05). The simulated results reflected the QTc interval changes measured in patients, as well as their clinically observed interindividual variability. The QTc interval changes were highly correlated with the change in plasma potassium both in clinical studies and in the simulations (Pearson's correlation coefficient > 0.55). The results suggest that the modeling and simulation approach could provide valuable quantitative insight into the cardiological effect of the potassium and heart rate changes caused by electrophysiologically inactive, non-cardiological drugs. This allows to simulate and predict the joint effect of several risk factors for QT prolongation, e.g., drug-dependent QT prolongation due to the ion channels inhibition and the current patient physiological conditions.
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- Barbara Wiśniowska
- Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics Unit, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Medyczna 9, Str., 30-688, Krakow, Poland.
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- Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics Unit, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Medyczna 9, Str., 30-688, Krakow, Poland.,Simcyp (Part of Certara), Sheffield, S2 4SU, UK
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Polak S, Romero K, Berg A, Patel N, Jamei M, Hermann D, Hanna D. Quantitative approach for cardiac risk assessment and interpretation in tuberculosis drug development. J Pharmacokinet Pharmacodyn 2018. [PMID: 29520534 PMCID: PMC5953981 DOI: 10.1007/s10928-018-9580-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Cardiotoxicity is among the top drug safety concerns, and is of specific interest in tuberculosis, where this is a known or potential adverse event of current and emerging treatment regimens. As there is a need for a tool, beyond the QT interval, to quantify cardiotoxicity early in drug development, an empirical decision tree based classifier was developed to predict the risk of Torsades de pointes (TdP). The cardiac risk algorithm was developed using pseudo-electrocardiogram (ECG) outputs derived from cardiac myocyte electromechanical model simulations of increasing concentrations of 96 reference compounds which represented a range of clinical TdP risk. The algorithm correctly classified 89% of reference compounds with moderate sensitivity and high specificity (71 and 96%, respectively) as well as 10 out of 12 external validation compounds and the anti-TB drugs moxifloxacin and bedaquiline. The cardiac risk algorithm is suitable to help inform early drug development decisions in TB and will evolve with the addition of emerging data.
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- Sebastian Polak
- Certara-Simcyp, Level 2-Acero, 1 Concourse Way, Sheffield, S1 2BJ, UK.,Unit of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Department of Social Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Medyczna 9, Kraków, 30-217, Poland
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- Critical Path Institute, 1730 E. River Road, Tucson, AZ, 85705, USA.
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- Critical Path Institute, 1730 E. River Road, Tucson, AZ, 85705, USA
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- Certara-Simcyp, Level 2-Acero, 1 Concourse Way, Sheffield, S1 2BJ, UK
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- Certara-Simcyp, Level 2-Acero, 1 Concourse Way, Sheffield, S1 2BJ, UK
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- Critical Path Institute, 1730 E. River Road, Tucson, AZ, 85705, USA
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Patel N, Wiśniowska B, Jamei M, Polak S. Real Patient and its Virtual Twin: Application of Quantitative Systems Toxicology Modelling in the Cardiac Safety Assessment of Citalopram. AAPS JOURNAL 2017; 20:6. [PMID: 29181593 DOI: 10.1208/s12248-017-0155-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2017] [Accepted: 10/16/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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A quantitative systems toxicology (QST) model for citalopram was established to simulate, in silico, a 'virtual twin' of a real patient to predict the occurrence of cardiotoxic events previously reported in patients under various clinical conditions. The QST model considers the effects of citalopram and its most notable electrophysiologically active primary (desmethylcitalopram) and secondary (didesmethylcitalopram) metabolites, on cardiac electrophysiology. The in vitro cardiac ion channel current inhibition data was coupled with the biophysically detailed model of human cardiac electrophysiology to investigate the impact of (i) the inhibition of multiple ion currents (IKr, IKs, ICaL); (ii) the inclusion of metabolites in the QST model; and (iii) unbound or total plasma as the operating drug concentration, in predicting clinically observed QT prolongation. The inclusion of multiple ion channel current inhibition and metabolites in the simulation with unbound plasma citalopram concentration provided the lowest prediction error. The predictive performance of the model was verified with three additional therapeutic and supra-therapeutic drug exposure clinical cases. The results indicate that considering only the hERG ion channel inhibition of only the parent drug is potentially misleading, and the inclusion of active metabolite data and the influence of other ion channel currents should be considered to improve the prediction of potential cardiac toxicity. Mechanistic modelling can help bridge the gaps existing in the quantitative translation from preclinical cardiac safety assessment to clinical toxicology. Moreover, this study shows that the QST models, in combination with appropriate drug and systems parameters, can pave the way towards personalised safety assessment.
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- Nikunjkumar Patel
- Simcyp Limited, a Certara Company, Blades Enterprise Centre, John Street, Sheffield, S2 4SU, UK.,Faculty of Pharmacy, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland
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- Simcyp Limited, a Certara Company, Blades Enterprise Centre, John Street, Sheffield, S2 4SU, UK
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- Simcyp Limited, a Certara Company, Blades Enterprise Centre, John Street, Sheffield, S2 4SU, UK. .,Faculty of Pharmacy, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland.
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Wiśniowska B, Tylutki Z, Polak S. Humans Vary, So Cardiac Models Should Account for That Too! Front Physiol 2017; 8:700. [PMID: 28983251 PMCID: PMC5613127 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2017.00700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2017] [Accepted: 08/30/2017] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
Abstract
The utilization of mathematical modeling and simulation in drug development encompasses multiple mathematical techniques and the location of a drug candidate in the development pipeline. Historically speaking they have been used to analyze experimental data (i.e., Hill equation) and clarify the involved physical and chemical processes (i.e., Fick laws and drug molecule diffusion). In recent years the advanced utilization of mathematical modeling has been an important part of the regulatory review process. Physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) models identify the need to conduct specific clinical studies, suggest specific study designs and propose appropriate labeling language. Their application allows the evaluation of the influence of intrinsic (e.g., age, gender, genetics, disease) and extrinsic [e.g., dosing schedule, drug-drug interactions (DDIs)] factors, alone or in combinations, on drug exposure and therefore provides accurate population assessment. A similar pathway has been taken for the assessment of drug safety with cardiac safety being one the most advanced examples. Mechanistic mathematical model-informed safety evaluation, with a focus on drug potential for causing arrhythmias, is now discussed as an element of the Comprehensive in vitro Proarrhythmia Assay. One of the pillars of this paradigm is the use of an in silico model of the adult human ventricular cardiomyocyte to integrate in vitro measured data. Existing examples (in vitro—in vivo extrapolation with the use of PBPK models) suggest that deterministic, epidemiological and clinical data based variability models can be merged with the mechanistic models describing human physiology. There are other methods available, based on the stochastic approach and on population of models generated by randomly assigning specific parameter values (ionic current conductance and kinetic) and further pruning. Both approaches are briefly characterized in this manuscript, in parallel with the drug-specific variability.
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- Barbara Wiśniowska
- Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics Unit, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jagiellonian University Medical CollegeKrakow, Poland
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- Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics Unit, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jagiellonian University Medical CollegeKrakow, Poland
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- Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics Unit, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jagiellonian University Medical CollegeKrakow, Poland.,SimcypCertara, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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Wu F, Heimbach T, Hatsis P, Tang HM, Dugyala R, Yue Q, Wang T, He H. Integrated TK-TD modeling for drug-induced concurrent tachycardia and QT changes in beagle dogs. J Pharmacokinet Pharmacodyn 2017. [PMID: 28643108 DOI: 10.1007/s10928-017-9532-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Drug-induced cardiotoxicity, including tachycardia and QT prolongation, remains a major safety concern that needs to be identified and its risk mitigated in early stages of drug development. In the present study, an integrated toxicokinetic-toxicodynamic (TK-TD) modeling approach within a nonlinear mixed-effect modeling framework is applied to investigate concurrent abnormal heart rate and QT changes in three beagle dogs, using a Novartis internal compound (NVS001) as the case example. By accounting for saturable drug absorption, circadian rhythms, drug-effect tolerance, and nonlinear rate-dependency of QT interval, the dynamic TK-TD model captures the experimentally observed drug effects on heart rate and QT interval across a wide dosing range of NVS001 in beagle dogs. Further analyses reveal that the NVS001-induced QT prolongation observed in the low-dose groups is potentially caused by direct drug inhibition on the hERG channel, while the apparent QT shortening in the high-dose groups may be due to strong rate-dependency of QT at high heart rates. This study also suggests that the TK-TD model can be used to identify direct drug effects on the non-rate-dependent QT component by dissociating QT changes from tachycardia and deriving a new QT correction method. The integrated TK-TD model presented here may serve as a novel quantitative framework for evaluating drug-induced concurrent changes in heart rate and QT to potentially facilitate preclinical and clinical safety studies.
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- Fan Wu
- Department of PK Sciences, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, 1 Health Plaza, East Hanover, NJ, USA.
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- Department of PK Sciences, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, 1 Health Plaza, East Hanover, NJ, USA
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- Department of PK Sciences, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, 1 Health Plaza, East Hanover, NJ, USA
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- Department of Preclinical Safety, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, 1 Health Plaza, East Hanover, NJ, USA
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- Department of Preclinical Safety, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, 1 Health Plaza, East Hanover, NJ, USA
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- Department of PK Sciences, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, 5300 Chiron Way, Emeryville, CA, USA
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- Department of Preclinical Safety, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, 5300 Chiron Way, Emeryville, CA, USA
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- Department of PK Sciences, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, 1 Health Plaza, East Hanover, NJ, USA
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Wiśniowska B, Tylutki Z, Polak S. Thorough QT (TQT) studies: concordance with torsadogenesis and an evolving cardiac safety testing paradigm. Drug Discov Today 2017; 22:1460-1465. [PMID: 28511997 DOI: 10.1016/j.drudis.2017.04.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2016] [Revised: 03/30/2017] [Accepted: 04/26/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Since 2005, when the International Conference on Harmonisation (ICH) E14 guideline was adopted, no drug has been withdrawn because of QTc prolongation or torsade de pointes arrhythmia. There are, however, costs associated with this success. In addition to the time and money invested, thorough QT (TQT) studies have limited the efficiency of the drug development pipeline. In this paper, we discuss the relevance of TQT trials as a tool for proarrhythmic risk prediction as a part of the debate regarding their usefulness.
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- Barbara Wiśniowska
- Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics Unit, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Medyczna 9, Str., 30-688 Krakow, Poland.
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- Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics Unit, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Medyczna 9, Str., 30-688 Krakow, Poland
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- Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics Unit, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Medyczna 9, Str., 30-688 Krakow, Poland; Simcyp (part of Certara), Sheffield S2 4SU, UK
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Glinka A, Polak S. QTc modification after risperidone administration – insight into the mechanism of action with use of the modeling and simulation at the population level approach. Toxicol Mech Methods 2015; 25:279-86. [DOI: 10.3109/15376516.2015.1025346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Mishra H, Polak S, Jamei M, Rostami-Hodjegan A. Interaction Between Domperidone and Ketoconazole: Toward Prediction of Consequent QTc Prolongation Using Purely In Vitro Information. CPT Pharmacometrics Syst Pharmacol 2014; 3:e130. [PMID: 25116274 PMCID: PMC4150924 DOI: 10.1038/psp.2014.26] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2013] [Accepted: 05/09/2014] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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We aimed to investigate the application of combined mechanistic pharmacokinetic (PK) and pharmacodynamic (PD) modeling and simulation in predicting the domperidone (DOM) triggered pseudo-electrocardiogram modification in the presence of a CYP3A inhibitor, ketoconazole (KETO), using in vitro-in vivo extrapolation. In vitro metabolic and inhibitory data were incorporated into physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) models within Simcyp to simulate time course of plasma DOM and KETO concentrations when administered alone or in combination with KETO (DOM+KETO). Simulated DOM concentrations in plasma were used to predict changes in gender-specific QTcF (Fridericia correction) intervals within the Cardiac Safety Simulator platform taking into consideration DOM, KETO, and DOM+KETO triggered inhibition of multiple ionic currents in population. Combination of in vitro-in vivo extrapolation, PBPK, and systems pharmacology of electric currents in the heart was able to predict the direction and magnitude of PK and PD changes under coadministration of the two drugs although some disparities were detected.
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- H Mishra
- Simcyp Limited (a Certara Company), Blades Enterprise Centre, Sheffield, UK
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- Simcyp Limited (a Certara Company), Blades Enterprise Centre, Sheffield, UK
- Unit of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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- Simcyp Limited (a Certara Company), Blades Enterprise Centre, Sheffield, UK
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- Simcyp Limited (a Certara Company), Blades Enterprise Centre, Sheffield, UK
- Manchester Pharmacy School, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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Fijorek K, Tanner FC, Stähli BE, Gielerak G, Krzesinski P, Uzieblo-Zyczkowska B, Smurzynski P, Stanczyk A, Stolarz-Skrzypek K, Kawecka-Jaszcz K, Jastrzebski M, Podolec M, Kopec G, Stanula B, Kocowska M, Tylutki Z, Polak S. Model of the distribution of diastolic left ventricular posterior wall thickness in healthy adults and its impact on the behavior of a string of virtual cardiomyocytes. J Cardiovasc Transl Res 2014; 7:507-17. [PMID: 24676501 PMCID: PMC4098050 DOI: 10.1007/s12265-014-9558-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2014] [Accepted: 03/05/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Correlation of the thickness of the left ventricular posterior wall (LVPWd) with various parameters, including age, gender, weight and height, was investigated in this study using regression models. Multicenter derived database comprised over 4,000 healthy individuals. The developed models were further utilized in the in vitro-in vivo (IVIV) translation of the drug cardiac safety data with use of the mathematical model of human cardiomyocytes operating at the virtual healthy population level. LVPWd was assumed to be equivalent to the length of one-dimensional string of virtual cardiomyocyte cells which was presented, as other physiological factors, to be a parameter influencing the simulated pseudo-ECG (pseudoelectrocardiogram), QTcF and ∆QTcF, both native and modified by exemplar drug (disopyramide) after I Kr current disruption. Simulation results support positive correlation between the LVPWd and QTcF/∆QTc. Developed models allow more detailed description of the virtual population and thus inter-individual variability influence on the drug cardiac safety.
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- Kamil Fijorek
- Department of Statistics, Cracow University of Economics, Krakow, Poland
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Polak S, Wiśniowska B, Fijorek K, Glinka A, Mendyk A. In vitro-in vivo extrapolation of drug-induced proarrhythmia predictions at the population level. Drug Discov Today 2013; 19:275-81. [PMID: 24140591 DOI: 10.1016/j.drudis.2013.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2013] [Revised: 09/16/2013] [Accepted: 10/09/2013] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Drug cardiotoxicity is a serious issue for patients, regulators, pharmaceutical companies and health service payers because they are all affected by its consequences. Despite the wide range of data they generate, existing approaches for cardiac safety testing might not be adequate and sufficiently cost-effective, probably as a result of the complexity of the problem. For this reason, translational tools (based on biophysically detailed, mathematical models) allowing for in vitro-in vivo extrapolation are gaining increasing interest. This current review describes approaches that can be used for cardiac safety assessment at the population level, by accounting for various sources of variability including kinetics of the compound of interest.
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- Sebastian Polak
- Unit of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Medyczna 9 Street, 30-688 Kraków, Poland; Simcyp Limited, Blades Enterprise Centre, John Street, Sheffield, UK.
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- Unit of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Medyczna 9 Street, 30-688 Kraków, Poland
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- Department of Statistics, Faculty of Management, Cracow University of Economics, Rakowicka 27 Street, 31-510 Kraków, Poland
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- Unit of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Medyczna 9 Street, 30-688 Kraków, Poland
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Medyczna 9 Street, 30-688 Kraków, Poland
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Dallmann R, Brown SA, Gachon F. Chronopharmacology: new insights and therapeutic implications. Annu Rev Pharmacol Toxicol 2013; 54:339-61. [PMID: 24160700 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-pharmtox-011613-135923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Most facets of mammalian physiology and behavior vary according to time of day, thanks to endogenous circadian clocks. Therefore, it is not surprising that many aspects of pharmacology and toxicology also oscillate according to the same 24-h clocks. Daily oscillations in abundance of proteins necessary for either drug absorption or metabolism result in circadian pharmacokinetics, and oscillations in the physiological systems targeted by these drugs result in circadian pharmacodynamics. These clocks are present in most cells of the body, organized in a hierarchical fashion. Interestingly, some aspects of physiology and behavior are controlled directly via a "master clock" in the suprachiasmatic nuclei of the hypothalamus, whereas others are controlled by "slave" oscillators in separate brain regions or body tissues. Recent research shows that these clocks can respond to different cues and thereby show different phase relationships. Therefore, full prediction of chronopharmacology in pathological contexts will likely require a systems biology approach that considers chronointeractions among different clock-regulated systems.
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- Robert Dallmann
- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zürich, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland; ,
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Fijorek K, Puskulluoglu M, Polak S. Circadian models of serum potassium, sodium, and calcium concentrations in healthy individuals and their application to cardiac electrophysiology simulations at individual level. COMPUTATIONAL AND MATHEMATICAL METHODS IN MEDICINE 2013; 2013:429037. [PMID: 24078832 PMCID: PMC3775438 DOI: 10.1155/2013/429037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2013] [Accepted: 07/25/2013] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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In the article a brief description of the biological basis of the regulation of human biological clocks was presented in order to introduce the role of circadian rhythms in physiology and specifically in the pharmacological translational tools based on the computational physiology models to motivate the need to provide models of circadian fluctuation in plasma cations. The main aim of the study was to develop statistical models of the circadian rhythm of potassium, sodium, and calcium concentrations in plasma. The developed ion models were further tested by assessing their influence on QT duration (cardiac endpoint) as simulated by the biophysically detailed models of human left ventricular cardiomyocyte. The main results are model equations along with an electronic supplement to the article that contains a fully functional implementation of all models.
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- Kamil Fijorek
- Department of Statistics, Cracow University of Economics, 27 Rakowicka Street, 31-510 Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Oncology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 20 Grzegorzecka Street, 31-531 Krakow, Poland
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- Unit of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Medyczna 9 Street, 30-688 Krakow, Poland
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