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Rao M, Nassiri V, Alhambra C, Snoeys J, Van Goethem F, Irrechukwu O, Aleo MD, Geys H, Mitra K, Will Y. AI/ML Models to Predict the Severity of Drug-Induced Liver Injury for Small Molecules. Chem Res Toxicol 2023. [PMID: 37294641 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.3c00098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
Drug-induced liver injury (DILI), believed to be a multifactorial toxicity, has been a leading cause of attrition of small molecules during discovery, clinical development, and postmarketing. Identification of DILI risk early reduces the costs and cycle times associated with drug development. In recent years, several groups have reported predictive models that use physicochemical properties or in vitro and in vivo assay endpoints; however, these approaches have not accounted for liver-expressed proteins and drug molecules. To address this gap, we have developed an integrated artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) model to predict DILI severity for small molecules using a combination of physicochemical properties and off-target interactions predicted in silico. We compiled a data set of 603 diverse compounds from public databases. Among them, 164 were categorized as Most DILI (M-DILI), 245 as Less DILI (L-DILI), and 194 as No DILI (N-DILI) by the FDA. Six machine learning methods were used to create a consensus model for predicting the DILI potential. These methods include k-nearest neighbor (k-NN), support vector machine (SVM), random forest (RF), Naïve Bayes (NB), artificial neural network (ANN), logistic regression (LR), weighted average ensemble learning (WA) and penalized logistic regression (PLR). Among the analyzed ML methods, SVM, RF, LR, WA, and PLR identified M-DILI and N-DILI compounds, achieving a receiver operating characteristic area under the curve of 0.88, sensitivity of 0.73, and specificity of 0.9. Approximately 43 off-targets, along with physicochemical properties (fsp3, log S, basicity, reactive functional groups, and predicted metabolites), were identified as significant factors in distinguishing between M-DILI and N-DILI compounds. The key off-targets that we identified include: PTGS1, PTGS2, SLC22A12, PPARγ, RXRA, CYP2C9, AKR1C3, MGLL, RET, AR, and ABCC4. The present AI/ML computational approach therefore demonstrates that the integration of physicochemical properties and predicted on- and off-target biological interactions can significantly improve DILI predictivity compared to chemical properties alone.
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- Mohan Rao
- Discovery, Product Development and Supply (DPDS), Preclinical Sciences and Translational Safety (PSTS), Predictive Investigative and Translational Toxicology (PITT), Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson and Johnson, La Jolla, California 92121, United States
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- Open Analytics, Jupiterstraat 20, 2600 Antwerpen, Belgium
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- Discovery, Product Development and Supply (DPDS), Preclinical Sciences and Translational Safety (PSTS), Predictive Investigative and Translational Toxicology (PITT), Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson and Johnson, La Jolla, California 92121, United States
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- Discovery, Product Development and Supply (DPDS), Preclinical Sciences and Translational Safety (PSTS), Predictive Investigative and Translational Toxicology (PITT), Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson and Johnson, La Jolla, California 92121, United States
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- Discovery, Product Development and Supply (DPDS), Preclinical Sciences and Translational Safety (PSTS), Predictive Investigative and Translational Toxicology (PITT), Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson and Johnson, La Jolla, California 92121, United States
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- Discovery, Product Development and Supply (DPDS), Preclinical Sciences and Translational Safety (PSTS), Predictive Investigative and Translational Toxicology (PITT), Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson and Johnson, La Jolla, California 92121, United States
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- TOXinsights LLC, Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania 17007, United States
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- Discovery, Product Development and Supply (DPDS), Preclinical Sciences and Translational Safety (PSTS), Predictive Investigative and Translational Toxicology (PITT), Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson and Johnson, La Jolla, California 92121, United States
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- Discovery, Product Development and Supply (DPDS), Preclinical Sciences and Translational Safety (PSTS), Predictive Investigative and Translational Toxicology (PITT), Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson and Johnson, La Jolla, California 92121, United States
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- Discovery, Product Development and Supply (DPDS), Preclinical Sciences and Translational Safety (PSTS), Predictive Investigative and Translational Toxicology (PITT), Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson and Johnson, La Jolla, California 92121, United States
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Rana P, Aleo MD, Wen X, Kogut S. Hepatotoxicity reports in the FDA adverse event reporting system database: A comparison of drugs that cause injury via mitochondrial or other mechanisms. Acta Pharm Sin B 2021; 11:3857-3868. [PMID: 35024312 PMCID: PMC8727782 DOI: 10.1016/j.apsb.2021.05.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2020] [Revised: 03/02/2021] [Accepted: 05/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
Abstract
Drug-induced liver injury (DILI) is a leading reason for preclinical safety attrition and post-market drug withdrawals. Drug-induced mitochondrial toxicity has been shown to play an essential role in various forms of DILI, especially in idiosyncratic liver injury. This study examined liver injury reports submitted to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) for drugs associated with hepatotoxicity via mitochondrial mechanisms compared with non-mitochondrial mechanisms of toxicity. The frequency of hepatotoxicity was determined at a group level and individual drug level. A reporting odds ratio (ROR) was calculated as the measure of effect. Between the two DILI groups, reports for DILI involving mitochondrial mechanisms of toxicity had a 1.43 (95% CI 1.42-1.45; P < 0.0001) times higher odds compared to drugs associated with non-mitochondrial mechanisms of toxicity. Antineoplastic, antiviral, analgesic, antibiotic, and antimycobacterial drugs were the top five drug classes with the highest ROR values. Although the top 20 drugs with the highest ROR values included drugs with both mitochondrial and non-mitochondrial injury mechanisms, the top four drugs (ROR values > 18: benzbromarone, troglitazone, isoniazid, rifampin) were associated with mitochondrial mechanisms of toxicity. The major demographic influence for DILI risk was also examined. There was a higher mean patient age among reports for drugs that were associated with mitochondrial mechanisms of toxicity [56.1 ± 18.33 (SD)] compared to non-mitochondrial mechanisms [48 ± 19.53 (SD)] (P < 0.0001), suggesting that age may play a role in susceptibility to DILI via mitochondrial mechanisms of toxicity. Univariate logistic regression analysis showed that reports of liver injury were 2.2 (odds ratio: 2.2, 95% CI 2.12-2.26) times more likely to be associated with older patient age, as compared with reports involving patients less than 65 years of age. Compared to males, female patients were 37% less likely (odds ratio: 0.63, 95% CI 0.61-0.64) to be subjects of liver injury reports for drugs associated with mitochondrial toxicity mechanisms. Given the higher proportion of severe liver injury reports among drugs associated with mitochondrial mechanisms of toxicity, it is essential to understand if a drug causes mitochondrial toxicity during preclinical drug development when drug design alternatives, more clinically relevant animal models, and better clinical biomarkers may provide a better translation of drug-induced mitochondrial toxicity risk assessment from animals to humans. Our findings from this study align with mitochondrial mechanisms of toxicity being an important cause of DILI, and this should be further investigated in real-world studies with robust designs.
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Key Words
- AE, adverse event
- Adverse event reporting
- CI, confidence interval
- CNS, center nervous system
- DILI, drug-induced liver injury
- DNA, deoxyribonucleic acid
- Drug-induced liver injury
- FAERS database
- FAERS, FDA's Adverse Event Reporting System
- FDA, US Food and Drug Administration
- Hepatotoxicity
- MedDRA, Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities
- Mitochondrial toxicity
- NCTR-LTKB, National Center for Toxicological Research-Liver Toxicity Knowledge Base
- NSAID, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
- ROR, Reporting Odds Ratio
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- Payal Rana
- Drug Safety Research & Development, Pfizer, Groton, CT 06340, USA
- Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 0 715 6154.
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- Drug Safety Research & Development, Pfizer, Groton, CT 06340, USA
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- University of Rhode Island, College of Pharmacy, Kingston, RI 02881, USA
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- University of Rhode Island, College of Pharmacy, Kingston, RI 02881, USA
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Oda S, Uchida Y, Aleo MD, Koza-Taylor PH, Matsui Y, Hizue M, Marroquin LD, Whritenour J, Uchida E, Yokoi T. An in vitro coculture system of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells with hepatocellular carcinoma-derived cells for predicting drug-induced liver injury. Arch Toxicol 2020; 95:149-168. [PMID: 32816093 DOI: 10.1007/s00204-020-02882-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2020] [Accepted: 08/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Preventing clinical drug-induced liver injury (DILI) remains a major challenge, because DILI develops via multifactorial mechanisms. Immune and inflammatory reactions are considered important mechanisms of DILI; however, biomarkers from in vitro systems using immune cells have not been comprehensively studied. The aims of this study were (1) to identify promising biomarker genes for predicting DILI in an in vitro coculture model of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) with a human liver cell line, and (2) to evaluate these genes as predictors of DILI using a panel of drugs with different clinical DILI risk. Transcriptome-wide analysis of PBMCs cocultured with HepG2 or differentiated HepaRG cells that were treated with several drugs revealed an appropriate separation of DILI-positive and DILI-negative drugs, from which 12 putative biomarker genes were selected. To evaluate the predictive performance of these genes, PBMCs cocultured with HepG2 cells were exposed to 77 different drugs, and gene expression levels in PBMCs were determined. The MET proto-oncogene receptor tyrosine kinase (MET) showed the highest area under the receiver-operating characteristic curve (AUC) value of 0.81 among the 12 genes with a high sensitivity/specificity (85/66%). However, a stepwise logistic regression model using the 12 identified genes showed the highest AUC value of 0.94 with a high sensitivity/specificity (93/86%). Taken together, we established a coculture system using PBMCs and HepG2 cells and selected biomarkers that can predict DILI risk. The established model would be useful in detecting the DILI potential of compounds, in particular those that involve an immune mechanism.
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- Shingo Oda
- Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Drug Safety Sciences, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, 466-8550, Japan.
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- Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Drug Safety Sciences, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, 466-8550, Japan
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- Drug Safety Research and Development, Pfizer Inc, Groton, CT, USA
- TOXinsights LLC, East Lyme, CT, USA
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- Laboratory of Intelligence Healthcare, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Drug Safety Research and Development, Pfizer Inc, Tokyo, Japan
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- Drug Safety Research and Development, Pfizer Inc, Groton, CT, USA
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- Drug Safety Research and Development, Pfizer Inc, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Drug Safety Sciences, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, 466-8550, Japan
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Rana P, Kogut S, Wen X, Akhlaghi F, Aleo MD. Most Influential Physicochemical and In Vitro Assay Descriptors for Hepatotoxicity and Nephrotoxicity Prediction. Chem Res Toxicol 2020; 33:1780-1790. [PMID: 32338883 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.0c00040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Drug-induced organ injury is a major reason for drug candidate attrition in preclinical and clinical drug development. The liver, kidneys, and heart have been recognized as the most common organ systems affected in safety-related attrition or the subject of black box warnings and postmarket drug withdrawals. In silico physicochemical property calculations and in vitro assays have been utilized separately in the early stages of the drug discovery and development process to predict drug safety. In this study, we combined physicochemical properties and in vitro cytotoxicity assays including mitochondrial dysfunction to build organ-specific univariate and multivariable logistic regression models to achieve odds ratios for the prediction of clinical hepatotoxicity, nephrotoxicity, and cardiotoxicity using 215 marketed drugs. The multivariable hepatotoxic predictive model showed an odds ratio of 6.2 (95% confidence interval (CI) 1.7-22.8) or 7.5 (95% CI 3.2-17.8) for mitochondrial inhibition or drug plasma Cmax >1 μM for drugs associated with liver injury, respectively. The multivariable nephrotoxicity predictive model showed an odds ratio of 5.8 (95% CI 2.0-16.9), 6.4 (95% CI 1.1-39.3), or 15.9 (95% CI 2.8-89.0) for drug plasma Cmax >1 μM, mitochondrial inhibition, or hydrogen-bond-acceptor atoms >7 for drugs associated with kidney injury, respectively. Conversely, drugs with a total polar surface area ≥75 Å were 79% (odds ratio 0.21, 95% CI 0.061-0.74) less likely to be associated with kidney injury. Drugs belonging to the extended clearance classification system (ECCS) class 4, where renal secretion is the primary clearance mechanism (low permeability drugs that are bases/neutrals), were 4 (95% CI 1.8-9.5) times more likely to to be associated with kidney injury with this data set. Alternatively, ECCS class 2 drugs, where hepatic metabolism is the primary clearance (high permeability drugs that are bases/neutrals) were 77% less likely (odds ratio 0.23 95% CI 0.095-0.54) to to be associated with kidney injury. A cardiotoxicity model was poorly defined using any of these drug physicochemical attributes. Combining in silico physicochemical properties descriptors along with in vitro toxicity assays can be used to build predictive toxicity models to select small molecule therapeutics with less potential to cause liver and kidney organ toxicity.
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- Payal Rana
- Drug Safety Research and Development, Pfizer, Inc., Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- College of Pharmacy, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island 02881, United States
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- College of Pharmacy, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island 02881, United States
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- College of Pharmacy, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island 02881, United States
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- Drug Safety Research and Development, Pfizer, Inc., Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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Goracci L, Valeri A, Sciabola S, Aleo MD, Moritz W, Lichtenberg J, Cruciani G. A Novel Lipidomics-Based Approach to Evaluating the Risk of Clinical Hepatotoxicity Potential of Drugs in 3D Human Microtissues. Chem Res Toxicol 2019; 33:258-270. [PMID: 31820940 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.9b00364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
The importance of adsorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion, and toxicity (ADMET) analysis is expected to grow substantially due to recent failures in detecting severe toxicity issues of new chemical entities during preclinical/clinical development. Traditionally, safety risk assessment studies for humans have been conducted in animals during advanced preclinical or clinical phase of drug development. However, potential drug toxicity in humans now needs to be detected in the drug discovery process as soon as possible without reliance on animal studies. The "omics", such as genomics, proteomics, and metabolomics, have recently entered pharmaceutical research in both drug discovery and drug development, but to the best of our knowledge, no applications in high-throughput safety risk assessment have been attempted so far. This paper reports an innovative method to anticipate adverse drug effects in an early discovery phase based on lipid fingerprints using human three-dimensional microtissues. The risk of clinical hepatotoxicity potential was evaluated for a data set of 22 drugs belonging to five different therapeutic chemical classes and with various drug-induced liver injury effect. The treatment of microtissues with repeated doses of each drug allowed collecting lipid fingerprints for five time points (2, 4, 7, 9, and 11 days), and multivariate statistical analysis was applied to search for correlations with the hepatotoxic effect. The method allowed clustering of the drugs based on their hepatotoxic effect, and the observed lipid impairments for a number of drugs was confirmed by literature sources. Compared to traditional screening methods, here multiple interconnected variables (lipids) are measured simultaneously, providing a snapshot of the cellular status from the lipid perspective at a molecular level. Applied here to hepatotoxicity, the proposed workflow can be applied to several tissues, being tridimensional microtissues from various origins.
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- Laura Goracci
- Department of Chemistry, Biology, and Biotechnology , University of Perugia , Perugia 06123 , Italy
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- Medicinal Chemistry , Biogen , 115 Broadway Street , Cambridge , Massachusetts 02139 , United States
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- Drug Safety R&D , Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development , Groton , Connecticut 06340 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Biology, and Biotechnology , University of Perugia , Perugia 06123 , Italy
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Generaux G, Lakhani VV, Yang Y, Nadanaciva S, Qiu L, Riccardi K, Di L, Howell BA, Siler SQ, Watkins PB, Barton HA, Aleo MD, Shoda LKM. Quantitative systems toxicology (QST) reproduces species differences in PF-04895162 liver safety due to combined mitochondrial and bile acid toxicity. Pharmacol Res Perspect 2019; 7:e00523. [PMID: 31624633 PMCID: PMC6785660 DOI: 10.1002/prp2.523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2019] [Revised: 08/17/2019] [Accepted: 08/19/2019] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
Abstract
Many compounds that appear promising in preclinical species, fail in human clinical trials due to safety concerns. The FDA has strongly encouraged the application of modeling in drug development to improve product safety. This study illustrates how DILIsym, a computational representation of liver injury, was able to reproduce species differences in liver toxicity due to PF-04895162 (ICA-105665). PF-04895162, a drug in development for the treatment of epilepsy, was terminated after transaminase elevations were observed in healthy volunteers (NCT01691274). Liver safety concerns had not been raised in preclinical safety studies. DILIsym, which integrates in vitro data on mechanisms of hepatotoxicity with predicted in vivo liver exposure, reproduced clinical hepatotoxicity and the absence of hepatotoxicity observed in the rat. Simulated differences were multifactorial. Simulated liver exposure was greater in humans than rats. The simulated human hepatotoxicity was demonstrated to be due to the interaction between mitochondrial toxicity and bile acid transporter inhibition; elimination of either mechanism from the simulations abrogated injury. The bile acid contribution occurred despite the fact that the IC50 for bile salt export pump (BSEP) inhibition by PF-04895162 was higher (311 µmol/L) than that has been generally thought to contribute to hepatotoxicity. Modeling even higher PF-04895162 liver exposures than were measured in the rat safety studies aggravated mitochondrial toxicity but did not result in rat hepatotoxicity due to insufficient accumulation of cytotoxic bile acid species. This investigative study highlights the potential for combined in vitro and computational screening methods to identify latent hepatotoxic risks and paves the way for similar and prospective studies.
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- Grant Generaux
- DILIsym Services Inc.Research Triangle ParkNorth Carolina
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- DILIsym Services Inc.Research Triangle ParkNorth Carolina
- Present address:
Division of PharmacometricsOffice of Clinical PharmacologyOffice of Translational SciencesCenter for Drug Evaluation and ResearchFood and Drug Administration Food and Drug AdministrationSilver SpringMaryland
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- Compound Safety PredictionWorldwide Medicinal ChemistryPfizer Inc.GrotonConnecticut
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- Investigative ToxicologyDrug Safety Research and DevelopmentPfizer Inc.GrotonConnecticut
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- Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and MetabolismMedicinal SciencesPfizer Inc.GrotonConnecticut
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- Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and MetabolismMedicinal SciencesPfizer Inc.GrotonConnecticut
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- DILIsym Services Inc.Research Triangle ParkNorth Carolina
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- UNC Eshelman School of PharmacyUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel HillNorth Carolina
- UNC Institute for Drug Safety SciencesUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel HillNorth Carolina
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- Translational Modeling and SimulationBiomedicine DesignPfizer, Inc.GrotonConnecticut
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- Investigative ToxicologyDrug Safety Research and DevelopmentPfizer Inc.GrotonConnecticut
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Aleo MD, Shah F, Allen S, Barton HA, Costales C, Lazzaro S, Leung L, Nilson A, Obach RS, Rodrigues AD, Will Y. Moving beyond Binary Predictions of Human Drug-Induced Liver Injury (DILI) toward Contrasting Relative Risk Potential. Chem Res Toxicol 2019; 33:223-238. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.9b00262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Drug Safety Research and Development, Investigative Toxicology, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, One Burtt Road, Andover, Massachusetts 01810, United States
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Aleo MD, Doshna CM, Baltrukonis D, Fortner JH, Drupa CA, Navetta KA, Fritz CA, Potter DM, Verdugo ME, Beierschmitt WP. Cover Image, Volume 39, Issue 9. J Appl Toxicol 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/jat.3684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Aleo MD, Doshna CM, Baltrukonis D, Fortner JH, Drupa CA, Navetta KA, Fritz CA, Potter DM, Verdugo ME, Beierschmitt WP. Lens cholesterol biosynthesis inhibition: A common mechanism of cataract formation in laboratory animals by pharmaceutical products. J Appl Toxicol 2019; 39:1348-1361. [DOI: 10.1002/jat.3822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2019] [Revised: 04/17/2019] [Accepted: 04/26/2019] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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- Comparative Medicine, Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development Groton Connecticut
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Aleo MD, Ukairo O, Moore A, Irrechukwu O, Potter DM, Schneider RP. Liver safety evaluation of endothelin receptor antagonists using HepatoPac
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: A single model impact assessment on hepatocellular health, function and bile acid disposition. J Appl Toxicol 2019; 39:1192-1207. [DOI: 10.1002/jat.3805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2019] [Revised: 03/11/2019] [Accepted: 03/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Michael D. Aleo
- Drug Safety Research and Development, Worldwide Research & DevelopmentPfizer Inc. Groton Connecticut
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- BioIVT, formerly Hepregen Corporation Medford Massachusetts
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- Drug Safety Research and Development, Worldwide Research & DevelopmentPfizer Inc. Groton Connecticut
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- Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, Worldwide Research & DevelopmentPfizer Inc. Groton Connecticut
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Aleo MD, Aubrecht J, D Bonin P, Burt DA, Colangelo J, Luo L, Schomaker S, Swiss R, Kirby S, C Rigdon G, Dua P. Phase I study of PF‐04895162, a Kv7 channel opener, reveals unexpected hepatotoxicity in healthy subjects, but not rats or monkeys: clinical evidence of disrupted bile acid homeostasis. Pharmacol Res Perspect 2019; 7:e00467. [PMID: 30784208 PMCID: PMC6370995 DOI: 10.1002/prp2.467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2018] [Revised: 01/11/2019] [Accepted: 01/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
Abstract
During a randomized Phase 1 clinical trial the drug candidate, PF‐04895162 (ICA‐105665), caused transaminase elevations (≥grade 1) in six of eight healthy subjects treated at 300 mg twice daily for 2‐weeks (NCT01691274). This was unexpected since studies in rats (<6 months) and cynomolgus monkeys (<9 months) treated up to 100 mg/kg/day did not identify the liver as a target organ. Mechanistic studies showed PF‐04895162 had low cytotoxic potential in human hepatocytes, but inhibited liver mitochondrial function and bile salt export protein (BSEP) transport. Clinical relevance of these postulated mechanisms of liver injury was explored in three treated subjects that consented to analysis of residual pharmacokinetic plasma samples. Compared to a nonresponder, two subjects with transaminase elevations displayed higher levels of miRNA122 and total/conjugated bile acid species, whereas one demonstrated impaired postprandial clearance of systemic bile acids. Elevated taurine and glycine conjugated to unconjugated bile acid ratios were observed in two subjects, one before the onset of elevated transaminases. Based on the affinity of conjugated bile acid species for transport by BSEP, the profile of plasma conjugated/unconjugated bile acid species was consistent with inhibition of BSEP. These data collectively suggest that the human liver injury by PF‐04895162 was due to alterations in bile acid handling driven by dual BSEP/mitochondrial inhibition, two important risk factors associated with drug‐induced liver injury in humans. Alterations in systemic bile acid composition were more important than total bile acids in the manifestation of clinical liver injury and may be a very early biomarker of BSEP inhibition.
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- Michael D Aleo
- Investigative Toxicology, Drug Safety Research and Development, Pfizer Inc., Groton, Connecticut
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- Safety Biomarkers, Drug Safety Research and Development, Pfizer Inc., Groton, Connecticut
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- Medicine Design, Primary Pharmacology Group, Pfizer Inc., Groton, Connecticut
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- Safety Biomarkers, Drug Safety Research and Development, Pfizer Inc., Groton, Connecticut
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- Safety Biomarkers, Drug Safety Research and Development, Pfizer Inc., Groton, Connecticut
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- Safety Biomarkers, Drug Safety Research and Development, Pfizer Inc., Groton, Connecticut
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- Safety Biomarkers, Drug Safety Research and Development, Pfizer Inc., Groton, Connecticut
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- Compound Safety Prediction, Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, Pfizer Inc., Groton, Connecticut
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- Global Biometrics and Data Management, Pfizer Inc., Cambridge, UK
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- Neusentis Research Unit, Pfizer Inc., Durham, North Carolina
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- Clinical Pharmacology, Early Clinical Development, Pfizer Inc., Cambridge, UK
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Rana P, Aleo MD, Gosink M, Will Y. Evaluation of in Vitro Mitochondrial Toxicity Assays and Physicochemical Properties for Prediction of Organ Toxicity Using 228 Pharmaceutical Drugs. Chem Res Toxicol 2018; 32:156-167. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.8b00246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- Payal Rana
- Drug Safety Research & Development, Pfizer, Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Drug Safety Research & Development, Pfizer, Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Drug Safety Research & Development, Pfizer, Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Drug Safety Research & Development, Pfizer, Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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Precision medicine is an approach to developing drugs that focuses on employing biomarkers to stratify patients in clinical trials with the goal of improving efficacy and/or safety outcomes, ultimately increasing the odds of clinical success and drug approval. Precision medicine is an important tool for toxicologists to utilize, because its principles can be used to decide whether to pursue a drug target, to understand interindividual differences in response to drugs in both nonclinical and clinical settings, to aid in selecting doses that optimize efficacy or reduce adverse events, and to facilitate understanding of a drug's mode-of-action. Nonclinical models such as the mouse and non-human primate can be used to understand genetic variation and its potential translation to humans, and are available for toxicologists to employ in advance of drugs moving into clinical development. Understanding interindividual differences in response to drugs and how these differences can influence the drug's risk-benefit profile and lead to the identification of biomarkers that enhance patient efficacy and safety is of critical importance for toxicologists today, and in the future, as the fields of pharmacogenomics and genetics continue to advance.
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- Jon C Cook
- Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Groton, CT 06340
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- Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Groton, CT 06340
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- Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Groton, CT 06340
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- Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Groton, CT 06340
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Light DS, Aleo MD, Kenna JG. Interpretation, Integration, and Implementation of In Vitro Assay Data: The Predictive Toxicity Challenge. Methods in Pharmacology and Toxicology 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7677-5_17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Aleo MD, Shah F, He K, Bonin PD, Rodrigues AD. Correction to Evaluating the Role of Multidrug Resistance Protein 3 (MDR3) Inhibition in Predicting Drug-Induced Liver Injury Using 125 Pharmaceuticals. Chem Res Toxicol 2017; 30:1365. [PMID: 28520417 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.7b00124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Aleo MD, Shah F, He K, Bonin PD, Rodrigues AD. Evaluating the Role of Multidrug Resistance Protein 3 (MDR3) Inhibition in Predicting Drug-Induced Liver Injury Using 125 Pharmaceuticals. Chem Res Toxicol 2017; 30:1219-1229. [PMID: 28437613 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.7b00048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
The role of bile salt export protein (BSEP) inhibition in drug-induced liver injury (DILI) has been investigated widely, while inhibition of the canalicular multidrug resistant protein 3 (MDR3) has received less attention. This transporter plays a pivotal role in secretion of phospholipids into bile and functions coordinately with BSEP to mediate the formation of bile acid-containing biliary micelles. Therefore, inhibition of MDR3 in human hepatocytes was examined across 125 drugs (70 of Most-DILI-concern and 55 of No-DILI-concern). Of these tested, 41% of Most-DILI-concern and 47% of No-DILI-concern drugs had MDR3 IC50 values of <50 μM. A better distinction across DILI classifications occurred when systemic exposure was considered where safety margins of 50-fold had low sensitivity (0.29), but high specificity (0.96). Analysis of physical chemical property space showed that basic compounds were twice as likely to be MDR3 inhibitors as acids, neutrals, and zwitterions and that inhibitors were more likely to have polar surface area (PSA) values of <100 Å2 and cPFLogD values between 1.5 and 5. These descriptors, with different cutoffs, also highlighted a group of compounds that shared dual potency as MDR3 and BSEP inhibitors. Nine drugs classified as Most-DILI-concern compounds (four withdrawn, four boxed warning, and one liver injury warning in their approved label) had intrinsic potency features of <20 μM in both assays, thereby reinforcing the notion that multiple inhibitory mechanisms governing bile formation (bile acid and phospholipid efflux) may confer additional risk factors that play into more severe forms of DILI as shown by others for BSEP inhibitors combined with multidrug resistance-associated protein (MRP2, MRP3, MRP4) inhibitory properties. Avoiding physical property descriptors that highlight dual BSEP and MDR3 inhibition or testing drug candidates for inhibition of multiple efflux transporters (e.g., BSEP, MDR3, and MRPs) may be an effective strategy for prioritizing drug candidates with less likelihood of causing clinical DILI.
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- Michael D Aleo
- Drug Safety Research and Development, Pfizer Inc. , Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Computational Sciences, Pfizer Inc. , Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Biotranex LLC , Monmouth Junction, New Jersey 08852, United States
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- Medicinal Sciences, Discovery Sciences, Pfizer Inc. , Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Medicinal Sciences, ADME CoE, Pfizer Inc. , Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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Lapham K, Novak J, Marroquin LD, Swiss R, Qin S, Strock CJ, Scialis R, Aleo MD, Schroeter T, Eng H, Rodrigues AD, Kalgutkar AS. Inhibition of Hepatobiliary Transport Activity by the Antibacterial Agent Fusidic Acid: Insights into Factors Contributing to Conjugated Hyperbilirubinemia/Cholestasis. Chem Res Toxicol 2016; 29:1778-1788. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.6b00262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Biological
Screening and Assay Development, Cyprotex, Watertown, Massachusetts 02472, United States
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- Biological
Screening and Assay Development, Cyprotex, Watertown, Massachusetts 02472, United States
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- Pharmacokinetics,
Dynamics, and Metabolism Department, Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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Qiu L, Finley J, Taimi M, Aleo MD, Strock C, Gilbert J, Qin S, Will Y. High-Content Imaging in Human and Rat Hepatocytes Using the Fluorescent Dyes CLF and CMFDA Is Not Specific Enough to Assess BSEP/Bsep and/or MRP2/Mrp2 Inhibition by Cholestatic Drugs. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015. [DOI: 10.1089/aivt.2015.0014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Luping Qiu
- Center for Therapeutic Innovation, Pfizer Global R&D, New York, New York
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- Drug Safety Research and Development, Global Pfizer R&D, Groton, Connecticut
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- Drug Safety Research and Development, Global Pfizer R&D, Groton, Connecticut
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- Drug Safety Research and Development, Global Pfizer R&D, Groton, Connecticut
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- Drug Safety Research and Development, Global Pfizer R&D, Groton, Connecticut
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Goldring C, Norris A, Kitteringham N, Aleo MD, Antoine DJ, Heslop J, Howell BA, Ingelman-Sundberg M, Kia R, Kamalian L, Koerber S, Martinou JC, Mercer A, Moggs J, Naisbitt DJ, Powell C, Sidaway J, Sison-Young R, Snoeys J, van de Water B, Watkins PB, Weaver RJ, Wolf A, Zhang F, Park BK. Mechanism-Based Markers of Drug-Induced Liver Injury to Improve the Physiological Relevance and Predictivity of In Vitro Models. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015. [DOI: 10.1089/aivt.2015.0001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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- Chris Goldring
- MRC Centre for Drug Safety Science, Department of Clinical and Molecular Pharmacology, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- MRC Centre for Drug Safety Science, Department of Clinical and Molecular Pharmacology, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- MRC Centre for Drug Safety Science, Department of Clinical and Molecular Pharmacology, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Drug Safety Research & Development, Pfizer R&D, Groton, Connecticut
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- MRC Centre for Drug Safety Science, Department of Clinical and Molecular Pharmacology, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- MRC Centre for Drug Safety Science, Department of Clinical and Molecular Pharmacology, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- The Hamner-UNC Institute for Drug Safety Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
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- MRC Centre for Drug Safety Science, Department of Clinical and Molecular Pharmacology, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- MRC Centre for Drug Safety Science, Department of Clinical and Molecular Pharmacology, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- MRC Centre for Drug Safety Science, Department of Clinical and Molecular Pharmacology, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- MRC Centre for Drug Safety Science, Department of Clinical and Molecular Pharmacology, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Discovery and Investigative Safety, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland
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- MRC Centre for Drug Safety Science, Department of Clinical and Molecular Pharmacology, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Safety Assessment, GSK David Jack Research Centre, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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- Molecular Toxicology and Safety Pharmacology, Global Safety Assessment UK, Innovative Medicines, AstraZeneca R&D, Macclesfield, United Kingdom
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- MRC Centre for Drug Safety Science, Department of Clinical and Molecular Pharmacology, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Pharmacokinetics Dynamics and Metabolism, Janssen Research and Development, Beerse, Belgium
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- Division of Toxicology, Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- The Hamner-UNC Institute for Drug Safety Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
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- Discovery and Investigative Safety, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland
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- MRC Centre for Drug Safety Science, Department of Clinical and Molecular Pharmacology, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- MRC Centre for Drug Safety Science, Department of Clinical and Molecular Pharmacology, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Shah F, Leung L, Barton HA, Will Y, Rodrigues AD, Greene N, Aleo MD. Setting Clinical Exposure Levels of Concern for Drug-Induced Liver Injury (DILI) Using Mechanisticin vitroAssays. Toxicol Sci 2015. [DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfv152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Aleo MD, Luo Y, Swiss R, Bonin PD, Potter DM, Will Y. Human drug-induced liver injury severity is highly associated with dual inhibition of liver mitochondrial function and bile salt export pump. Hepatology 2014; 60:1015-22. [PMID: 24799086 DOI: 10.1002/hep.27206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 153] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2014] [Accepted: 05/02/2014] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
UNLABELLED Drug-induced liver injury (DILI) accounts for 20-40% of all instances of clinical hepatic failure and is a common reason for withdrawal of an approved drug or discontinuation of a potentially new drug from clinical/nonclinical development. Numerous individual risk factors contribute to the susceptibility to human DILI and its severity that are either compound- and/or patient-specific. Compound-specific primary mechanisms linked to DILI include: cytotoxicity, reactive metabolite formation, inhibition of bile salt export pump (BSEP), and mitochondrial dysfunction. Since BSEP is an energy-dependent protein responsible for the efflux of bile acids from hepatocytes, it was hypothesized that humans exposed to drugs that impair both mitochondrial energetics and BSEP functional activity are more sensitive to more severe manifestations of DILI than drugs that only have a single liability factor. As annotated in the United States National Center for Toxicological Research Liver Toxicity Knowledge Base (NCTR-LTKB), the inhibitory properties of 24 Most-DILI-, 28 Less-DILI-, and 20 No-DILI-concern drugs were investigated. Drug potency for inhibiting BSEP or mitochondrial activity was generally correlated across human DILI concern categories. However, drugs with dual potency as mitochondrial and BSEP inhibitors were highly associated with more severe human DILI, more restrictive product safety labeling related to liver injury, and appear more sensitive to the drug exposure (Cmax) where more restrictive labeling occurs. CONCLUSION These data affirm that severe manifestations of human DILI are multifactorial, highly associated with combinations of drug potency specifically related to known mechanisms of DILI (like mitochondrial and BSEP inhibition), and, along with patient-specific factors, lead to differences in the severity and exposure thresholds associated with clinical DILI.
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- Michael D Aleo
- Investigative Toxicology, Drug Safety Research and Development, Pfizer Inc, Groton, CT
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Wager TT, Kormos BL, Brady JT, Will Y, Aleo MD, Stedman DB, Kuhn M, Chandrasekaran RY. Improving the Odds of Success in Drug Discovery: Choosing the Best Compounds for in Vivo Toxicology Studies. J Med Chem 2013; 56:9771-9. [DOI: 10.1021/jm401485p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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- Travis T. Wager
- Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, 700 Main Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, 700 Main Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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Jacob RF, Aleo MD, Self-Medlin Y, Doshna CM, Mason RP. 1,2-naphthoquinone stimulates lipid peroxidation and cholesterol domain formation in model membranes. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2013; 54:7189-97. [PMID: 24130176 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.13-12793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Naphthalene induces cataract formation through the accumulation of its reactive metabolite, 1,2-naphthoquinone (1,2-NQ), in the ocular lens. 1,2-NQ increases lens protein oxidation and disrupts fiber cell membrane function; however, the association of these effects with changes in membrane structure is not understood. The goal of this study was to determine the direct effects of 1,2-NQ on membrane lipid oxidation and structural organization. METHODS Iodometric approaches were used to measure the effects of naphthalene and 1,2-NQ on lipid hydroperoxide (LOOH) formation in model membranes composed of cholesterol and dilinoleoylphosphatidylcholine. Membrane samples were prepared at various cholesterol-to-phospholipid mole ratios and subjected to autoxidation at 37°C for 48 hours in the absence or presence of either agent alone (0.1-5.0 μM) or in combination with vitamin E. Small-angle x-ray diffraction was used to measure the effects of naphthalene and 1,2-NQ on membrane structure before and after exposure to oxidative stress. RESULTS 1,2-NQ increased LOOH formation by 250% (P < 0.001) and 350% (P < 0.001) at 1.0 and 5.0 μM, respectively, whereas naphthalene decreased LOOH levels by 25% (P < 0.01) and 10% (NS). The pro-oxidant effect of 1,2-NQ was inversely affected by membrane cholesterol enrichment and completely blocked by vitamin E. 1,2-NQ also increased cholesterol domain formation by 360% in membranes exposed to oxidative stress; however, no significant changes in membrane lipid organization were observed with naphthalene under the same conditions. CONCLUSIONS These data suggest a novel mechanism for naphthalene-induced cataract, facilitated by the direct effects of 1,2-NQ on lipid peroxidation and cholesterol domain formation.
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Nadanaciva S, Aleo MD, Strock CJ, Stedman DB, Wang H, Will Y. Toxicity assessments of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in isolated mitochondria, rat hepatocytes, and zebrafish show good concordance across chemical classes. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2013; 272:272-80. [PMID: 23811329 DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2013.06.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2013] [Revised: 06/11/2013] [Accepted: 06/17/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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To reduce costly late-stage compound attrition, there has been an increased focus on assessing compounds in in vitro assays that predict attributes of human safety liabilities, before preclinical in vivo studies are done. Relevant questions when choosing a panel of assays for predicting toxicity are (a) whether there is general concordance in the data among the assays, and (b) whether, in a retrospective analysis, the rank order of toxicity of compounds in the assays correlates with the known safety profile of the drugs in humans. The aim of our study was to answer these questions using nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) as a test set since NSAIDs are generally associated with gastrointestinal injury, hepatotoxicity, and/or cardiovascular risk, with mitochondrial impairment and endoplasmic reticulum stress being possible contributing factors. Eleven NSAIDs, flufenamic acid, tolfenamic acid, mefenamic acid, diclofenac, meloxicam, sudoxicam, piroxicam, diflunisal, acetylsalicylic acid, nimesulide, and sulindac (and its two metabolites, sulindac sulfide and sulindac sulfone), were tested for their effects on (a) the respiration of rat liver mitochondria, (b) a panel of mechanistic endpoints in rat hepatocytes, and (c) the viability and organ morphology of zebrafish. We show good concordance for distinguishing among/between NSAID chemical classes in the observations among the three approaches. Furthermore, the assays were complementary and able to correctly identify "toxic" and "non-toxic" drugs in accordance with their human safety profile, with emphasis on hepatic and gastrointestinal safety. We recommend implementing our multi-assay approach in the drug discovery process to reduce compound attrition.
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- Sashi Nadanaciva
- Compound Safety Prediction, Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, Pfizer, Inc., Groton, CT 06340, USA
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Aleo MD, Taub ML, Olson JR, Kostyniak PJ. Primary cultures of rabbit renal proximal tubule cells: II. Selected phase I and phase II metabolic capacities. Toxicol In Vitro 2012; 4:727-33. [PMID: 20702158 DOI: 10.1016/0887-2333(90)90041-q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/1990] [Revised: 04/05/1990] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Specific characteristics of cells vary as a function of time in culture. We have determined the stability of selected Phase I and Phase II biotransformation capacities in rabbit renal proximal tubule cells in primary culture. When grown in hormonally-defined medium, proximal tubule cells lost Phase I metabolic capacity. Cytochrome P-450 content and associated mixed-function oxidase activities present in kidney cortex microsomes were not detectable after 14 days in culture. Phase II glutathione-dependent metabolic functions were well retained in cultured cells compared with freshly isolated proximal tubules (FIPT). Cellular total glutathione content was 2.8 mug/mg protein in FIPT compared with approximately 10 mug/mg protein in stable confluent cultures. A higher total glutathione content of 20.6 mug/mg was noted in preconfluent cultures. The glutathione redox state was initially perturbed in FIPT with 37% of the total glutathione present found in its oxidized form. Tubule cells recovered to a normal ratio (6-13% of total glutathione in the oxidized form) while in culture. The glutathione S-transferase activity in 4-day-old cells in culture was reduced to 50% of the 4 U/mg protein level found in FIPT. No appreciable further decline in glutathione S-transferase activity was detected during 15 days in culture. The level of gamma-glutamyl-transpeptidase (a brush-border enzyme necessary for glutathione uptake into proximal tubule cells) declined from 1499 mU/mg protein in homogenates of FIPT to 636 mU/mg in homogenates of 8-day-old cultured cells. A further decline in activity occurred during the next 7 days in culture. In conclusion, although Phase I metabolic functions were diminished in primary cultured rabbit proximal tubule cells, Phase II metabolic functions were retained at levels comparable with FIPT and well above those found in several established kidney cell lines.
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- M D Aleo
- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, State University of New York at Buffalo, 102 Farber Hall, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
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Hill A, Mesens N, Steemans M, Xu JJ, Aleo MD. Comparisons between in vitro whole cell imaging and in vivo zebrafish-based approaches for identifying potential human hepatotoxicants earlier in pharmaceutical development. Drug Metab Rev 2012; 44:127-40. [PMID: 22242931 DOI: 10.3109/03602532.2011.645578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
Drug-induced liver injury (DILI) is a major cause of attrition during both the early and later stages of the drug development and marketing process. Reducing or eliminating drug-induced severe liver injury, especially those that lead to liver transplants or death, would be tremendously beneficial for patients. Therefore, developing new pharmaceuticals that have the highest margins and attributes of hepatic safety would be a great accomplishment. Given the current low productivity of pharmaceutical companies and the high costs of bringing new medicines to market, any early screening assay(s) to identify and eliminate pharmaceuticals with the potential to cause severe liver injury in humans would be of economic value as well. The present review discusses the background, proof-of-concept, and validation studies associated with high-content screening (HCS) by two major pharmaceutical companies (Pfizer Inc and Jansen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson) for detecting compounds with the potential to cause human DILI. These HCS assays use fluorescent-based markers of cell injury in either human hepatocytes or HepG2 cells. In collaboration with Evotec, an independent contract lab, these two companies also independently evaluated larval zebrafish as an early-stage in vivo screen for hepatotoxicity in independently conducted, blinded assessments. Details about this model species, the need for bioanalysis, and, specifically, the outcome of the phenotypic-based zebrafish screens are presented. Comparing outcomes in zebrafish against both HCS assays suggests an enhanced detection for hepatotoxicants of most DILI concern when used in combination with each other, based on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration DILI classification list.
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- Adrian Hill
- Evotec Ltd., Abingdon, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Stepan AF, Walker DP, Bauman J, Price DA, Baillie TA, Kalgutkar AS, Aleo MD. Structural alert/reactive metabolite concept as applied in medicinal chemistry to mitigate the risk of idiosyncratic drug toxicity: a perspective based on the critical examination of trends in the top 200 drugs marketed in the United States. Chem Res Toxicol 2011; 24:1345-410. [PMID: 21702456 DOI: 10.1021/tx200168d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 479] [Impact Index Per Article: 36.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
Because of a preconceived notion that eliminating reactive metabolite (RM) formation with new drug candidates could mitigate the risk of idiosyncratic drug toxicity, the potential for RM formation is routinely examined as part of lead optimization efforts in drug discovery. Likewise, avoidance of "structural alerts" is almost a norm in drug design. However, there is a growing concern that the perceived safety hazards associated with structural alerts and/or RM screening tools as standalone predictors of toxicity risks may be over exaggerated. In addition, the multifactorial nature of idiosyncratic toxicity is now well recognized based upon observations that mechanisms other than RM formation (e.g., mitochondrial toxicity and inhibition of bile salt export pump (BSEP)) also can account for certain target organ toxicities. Hence, fundamental questions arise such as: When is a molecule that contains a structural alert (RM positive or negative) a cause for concern? Could the molecule in its parent form exert toxicity? Can a low dose drug candidate truly mitigate metabolism-dependent and -independent idiosyncratic toxicity risks? In an effort to address these questions, we have retrospectively examined 68 drugs (recalled or associated with a black box warning due to idiosyncratic toxicity) and the top 200 drugs (prescription and sales) in the United States in 2009 for trends in physiochemical characteristics, daily doses, presence of structural alerts, evidence for RM formation as well as toxicity mechanism(s) potentially mediated by parent drugs. Collectively, our analysis revealed that a significant proportion (∼78-86%) of drugs associated with toxicity contained structural alerts and evidence indicating that RM formation as a causative factor for toxicity has been presented in 62-69% of these molecules. In several cases, mitochondrial toxicity and BSEP inhibition mediated by parent drugs were also noted as potential causative factors. Most drugs were administered at daily doses exceeding several hundred milligrams. There was no obvious link between idiosyncratic toxicity and physicochemical properties such as molecular weight, lipophilicity, etc. Approximately half of the top 200 drugs for 2009 (prescription and sales) also contained one or more alerts in their chemical architecture, and many were found to be RM-positive. Several instances of BSEP and mitochondrial liabilities were also noted with agents in the top 200 category. However, with relatively few exceptions, the vast majority of these drugs are rarely associated with idiosyncratic toxicity, despite years of patient use. The major differentiating factor appeared to be the daily dose; most of the drugs in the top 200 list are administered at low daily doses. In addition, competing detoxication pathways and/or alternate nonmetabolic clearance routes provided suitable justifications for the safety records of RM-positive drugs in the top 200 category. Thus, while RM elimination may be a useful and pragmatic starting point in mitigating idiosyncratic toxicity risks, our analysis suggests a need for a more integrated screening paradigm for chemical hazard identification in drug discovery. Thus, in addition to a detailed assessment of RM formation potential (in relationship to the overall elimination mechanisms of the compound(s)) for lead compounds, effects on cellular health (e.g., cytotoxicity assays), BSEP inhibition, and mitochondrial toxicity are the recommended suite of assays to characterize compound liabilities. However, the prospective use of such data in compound selection will require further validation of the cellular assays using marketed agents. Until we gain a better understanding of the pathophysiological mechanisms associated with idiosyncratic toxicities, improving pharmacokinetics and intrinsic potency as means of decreasing the dose size and the associated "body burden" of the parent drug and its metabolites will remain an overarching goal in drug discovery.
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- Antonia F Stepan
- Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Groton, Connecticut 06340, USA
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Greene N, Aleo MD, Louise-May S, Price DA, Will Y. Using an in vitro cytotoxicity assay to aid in compound selection for in vivo safety studies. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2010; 20:5308-12. [PMID: 20655216 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2010.06.129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2010] [Revised: 06/19/2010] [Accepted: 06/24/2010] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Recent publications have demonstrated that using calculated physiochemical properties can help in the design of compounds that have a decreased risk of significant findings in rodent toxicology studies. In this Letter, we extend this concept and incorporate results from a high throughput cytotoxicity assay to help the drug discovery community select compounds for progression into in vivo studies. The results are presented in an easily interpretable odds ratio so that teams can readily compare compounds and progress potential clinical candidates to the necessary rodent in vivo studies.
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- Nigel Greene
- Pfizer Global Research and Development, Groton, CT 06340, USA
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Somps CJ, Greene N, Render JA, Aleo MD, Fortner JH, Dykens JA, Phillips G. A current practice for predicting ocular toxicity of systemically delivered drugs. Cutan Ocul Toxicol 2009; 28:1-18. [PMID: 19514919 DOI: 10.1080/15569520802618585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The ability to predict ocular side effects of systemically delivered drugs is an important issue for pharmaceutical companies. Although animal models involving standard clinical ophthalmic examinations and postmortem microscopic examinations of eyes are still used to identify ocular issues, these methods are being supplemented with additional in silico, in vitro, and in vivo techniques to identify potential safety issues and assess risk. The addition of these tests to a development plan for a potential new drug provides the opportunity to save time and money by detecting ocular issues earlier in the program. This review summarizes a current practice for minimizing the potential for systemically administered, new medicines to cause adverse effects in the eye.
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- Chris J Somps
- Drug Safety Research & Development, Pfizer Global R & D, Groton, CT 06340, USA.
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Aleo MD, Doshna CM, Navetta KA. Ciglitazone-induced lenticular opacities in rats: in vivo and whole lens explant culture evaluation. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2004; 312:1027-33. [PMID: 15523002 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.104.076950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The cataractogenic potential of the thiazolidinedione ciglitazone (CIG) was investigated in vivo and in vitro. In the rat, CIG caused a dose-dependent (30-300 mg/kg/day) increase in incidence and severity of nuclear cataract formation during a 3-month nonclinical safety assessment study. Potential mechanisms of toxicity were surveyed using whole rat lens explants exposed to CIG with or without various inhibitors of cataract formation. In vitro, CIG caused a concentration-(0.375-30 muM) and time-dependent (3-24 h) change in biochemical [ATP content or mitochondrial reduction of the tetrazolium dye 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium (MTT) and reduced glutathione (GSH) content] and morphometric (lens wet weight and clarity) markers of damage. Within 3 h of exposure, 7.5 muM CIG decreased lens ATP content 37 +/- 7% (percentage of difference from control, p < 0.05). After 24 h of exposure, lens ATP content, MTT reduction, and GSH content declined 57 +/- 5, 30 +/- 28, and 42 +/- 8%, respectively. Lens wet weight increased 17 +/- 4% with a concomitant decrement in lens clarity. Pretreating lenses with the mitochondrial calcium uniport inhibitor ruthenium red (RR) partially or fully protected lenses from toxicity. In contrast, the antioxidant dithiothreitol, aldose reductase inhibitor sorbinil, and selective cell-permeable calpain inhibitors [calpain II inhibitor and (2S,3S)-trans-epoxysuccinyl-l-leucylamido-3-methylbutane ethyl ester (E64d)] were ineffective in providing protection under the present testing conditions. Early and selective changes in lenticular ATP content and the partial or full protective effect of RR suggest that alterations in lens bioenergetics may play an important role in CIG-induced cataract formation. Lens explant cultures were successfully used to select two thiazolidinediones that lacked cataractogenic activity when evaluated in 3-month rat safety assessment studies.
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- Michael D Aleo
- Pfizer Global Research and Development, Groton Laboratories, Safety Sciences, MS 8274-1229, Eastern Point Rd., Groton, CT 06340, USA.
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Aleo MD, Lundeen GR, Blackwell DK, Smith WM, Coleman GL, Stadnicki SW, Kluwe WM. Mechanism and implications of brown adipose tissue proliferation in rats and monkeys treated with the thiazolidinedione darglitazone, a potent peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma agonist. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2003; 305:1173-82. [PMID: 12626651 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.102.042648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Thiazolidinediones represent an established class of insulin sensitizing agents for treating noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. Darglitazone, a thiazolidinedione approximately 200x more potent than ciglitazone, was evaluated in preclinical safety assessment studies using rats (1, 5, and 50 mg/kg/day) and cynomolgus monkeys (50, 75, and 100 mg/kg/day). Darglitazone was a potent adipogenic agent in rats, causing hyperplastic/hypertrophic changes and firmness of white and perirenal, dorsal thoracic (TBAT), and interscapular brown adipose tissue (BAT). Progressive changes in BAT size, morphology, firmness, and fatty acid composition preceded clinical signs of impaired respiration and the subsequent development of a dose-dependent, life-threatening hydrothorax. The characteristics of the pleural effusate were consistent with lymphatic fluid. These adverse effects were ameliorated/reversed upon drug withdrawal and were insulin-dependent since rats rendered totally insulinopenic by streptozotocin pretreatment did not develop TBAT changes or hydrothorax. Although the effects of darglitazone on BAT changes were consistent with enhanced sensitivity to endogenous glucocorticoids, adrenalectomy, and dietary dehydroepiandrosterone administration were without a protective effect. Treated monkeys also developed white and BAT hyperplasia/hypertrophy, peripheral edema, and hydrothorax-related morbidity/mortality. Both species developed reversible, dose-related reductions in red blood cell parameters and follicular atresia. Peripheral and pulmonary edema are purportedly a multifactorial process involving vasodilatation, increased endothelial permeability, and/or plasma volume expansion due to reduced renal sodium excretion. Moreover, profound alterations in TBAT hypertrophy/hyperplasia/firmness may lead to discrete hydrothorax by restricting normal thoracic lymphatic drainage. Similar effects on adipose tissue, hemodilution, and edema (peripheral and pulmonary) were observed clinically with darglitazone and/or several other structurally similar/dissimilar PPAR-gamma agonists.
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- Michael D Aleo
- Pfizer Global R & D, Groton Laboratories, Drug Safety Evaluation, MS 8274-1229, Eastern Point Rd., Groton, CT 06340, USA.
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Harriman JF, Liu XL, Aleo MD, Machaca K, Schnellmann RG. Endoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+) signaling and calpains mediate renal cell death. Cell Death Differ 2002; 9:734-41. [PMID: 12058278 DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4401029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2001] [Revised: 01/08/2002] [Accepted: 01/16/2002] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The goal of the current study was to determine the roles of ATP content, endoplasmic reticulum (ER) Ca(2+) stores, cytosolic free Ca(2+) (Ca(2+)(f)) and calpain activity in the signaling of rabbit renal proximal tubular (RPT) cell death (oncosis). Increasing concentrations (0.3-10 microM) of the mitochondrial inhibitor antimycin A produced rapid ATP depletion that correlated to a rapid and sustained increase in Ca(2+)(f), but not phospholipase C activation. The ER Ca(2+)-ATPase inhibitors thapsigargin (5 microM) or cyclopiazonic acid (100 microM) alone produced similar but transient increases in Ca(2+)(f). Pretreatment with thapsigargin prevented antimycin A-induced increases in Ca(2+)(f) and antimycin A pretreatment prevented thapsigargin-induced increases in Ca(2+)(f). Calpain activity increased in conjunction with ER Ca(2+) release. Pretreatment, but not post-treatment, with thapsigargin or cyclopiazonic acid prevented antimycin A-induced cell death. These data demonstrate that extensive ATP depletion signals oncosis through ER Ca(2+) release, a sustained increase in Ca(2+)(f) and calpain activation. Depletion of ER Ca(2+) stores prior to toxicant exposure prevents increases in Ca(2+)(f) and oncosis.
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- J F Harriman
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 West Markham Street, Slot 638, Little Rock, Arkansas 72205-7199, USA
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Aleo MD, Avery MJ, Beierschmitt WP, Drupa CA, Fortner JH, Kaplan AH, Navetta KA, Shepard RM, Walsh CM. The use of explant lens culture to assess cataractogenic potential. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2001; 919:171-87. [PMID: 11083107 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2000.tb06877.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Explanted cultures of crystalline lenses have been used to investigate mechanisms of xenobiotic-induced cataract formation. However, very few studies have utilized mechanistic information to predict the cataractogenic potential of structurally diverse xenobiotics. The present investigation outlines how visual assessment of lens clarity, biochemical endpoints of toxicity, and mechanisms of lenticular opacity formation can be used to select compounds with a lower probability of causing cataract formation in vivo. The rat lens explant culture system has been used to screen thiazolidinediones against ciglitazone for their direct cataractogenic potential in vitro. The two compounds that were selected as development candidates (englitazone and darglitazone) did not produce cataracts in rats exposed daily for 3 months. The culture system has also been used to illustrate that the lens is capable of metabolizing compounds to reactive intermediates. In this example, the toxicity of S-(1,2-dichlorovinyl)-L-cysteine (DCVC), a model cataractogen, was attenuated by inhibiting lenticular cysteine conjugate beta-lyase metabolism using aminooxyacetic acid. Finally, this model was used retrospectively to investigate the cataractogenic potential of CJ-12,918 and CJ-13,454 in rats. These compounds showed differences in the incidence of cataract formation in vivo based on differences in hepatic metabolism and penetration of parent drug and metabolites into the lens. The rank order of cataractogenic potential in vitro correlated better with in vivo results when an induced S9 microsomal fraction was added to the culture media. However, the model did not correctly predict the cataractogenic potential of ZD2138, a structurally similar compound. These studies illustrate the use of explant culture to assess mechanisms of cataract formation and outline its use and limitations for predicting cataractogenic potential in vivo.
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- M D Aleo
- Drug Safety Evaluation, Pfizer Central Research, Groton, Connecticut 06340, USA.
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This study investigated the recovery of renal proximal tubule cellular (RPTC) functions following oxidant-induced sublethal injury. tert-Butylhydroperoxide (TBHP) treatment resulted in 24% cell death and loss 4 h following the exposure. The remaining sublethally injured RPTC proliferated, and monolayer DNA content returned to control values on day 4 following TBHP exposure. Basal oxygen consumption (Qo2) and ATP content in sublethally injured RPTC were decreased 64 and 63%, respectively, at 4 h and returned to control values on day 6. Net lactate consumption decreased 71% at 4 h and returned to control values on day 4. In contrast, net glutamine consumption increased 2.7-fold at 4 h and returned to control values on day 6. Ouabain-sensitive Qo2, Na(+)-K(+)-adenosinetriphosphatase (Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase) activity, and Na(+)-coupled glucose transport were inhibited 77, 88, and 83%, respectively, at 4 h and recovered to control values on day 6. These data show that 1) mitochondrial function, Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase activity, active Na+ transport, and Na(+)-coupled glucose transport are decreased in sublethally injured RPTC following oxidant exposure and are repaired over time; 2) monolayer regeneration precedes the recovery of mitochondrial and transport functions, and 3) sublethal injury and subsequent regeneration are associated with alterations in metabolic substrate utilization. These results suggest that oxidant-induced sublethal injury to RPTC may contribute to renal dysfunction and that RPTC can repair and regain cellular functions following oxidant injury.
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- G Nowak
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock 72205-7199, USA
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Diverse gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABAA) receptor modulators exhibited novel cytoprotective effects and mechanisms of action in rabbit renal proximal tubules subjected to mitochondrial inhibition (antimycin A) or hypoxia. Cytoprotective potencies (50% effective concentration, EC50) were 0.3 nM allopregnanolone (AP) > 0.4 nM 17 alpha-OH-allopregnanolone (17 alpha-OH-AP) > 30 nM dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS) = 30 nM pregnenolone sulfate (PS) > 500 nM pregnenolone (PREG) > 30 microM muscimol > 10 mM GABA following antimycin A exposure. Maximal protection with AP and 17 alpha-OH-AP was 70%, whereas DHEAS, PS, PREG, and muscimol produced 100% cytoprotection. Experiments with AP, PS, and muscimol revealed the return of mitochondrial function and active Na+ transport following hypoxia/reoxygenation. Muscimol inhibited the antimycin A-induced influx of both extracellular Ca2+ and Cl- that occurs during the late phase of cell injury, whereas the neurosteroids only inhibited influx of Cl-. Radioligand binding studies with AP and PS did not reveal a specific binding site; however, structural requirements were observed for cytoprotective potency and efficacy. In conclusion, we suggest that the GABAA receptor modulators muscimol and neurosteroids are cytoprotective at different cellular sites in the late phase of cell injury; muscimol inhibits Ca2+ and subsequent Cl- influx, whereas the neurosteroids inhibit Cl- influx.
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- S L Waters
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock 72205, USA
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Chronic exposure to low concentrations of the nephrotoxic cysteine conjugate S-(1,2-dichlorovinyl)-l-cysteine (DCVC) causes cataracts in mice. This study explored mechanisms of DCVC-induced cataractogenesis using explanted lenses from male Sprague-Dawley rats. Lenses placed in organ culture were exposed to 2.5 microM-1 mM DCVC for 24 hr. DCVC caused concentration and time-dependent changes in biochemical markers of toxicity (lenticular adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP) content, mitochondrial reduction of the tetrazolium dye MTT, and glutathione (GSH) content) at concentrations >/=25 microM. Lens clarity was adversely affected at concentrations >/=50 microM. Within 24 hr, 1 mM DCVC altered lens ATP content (-77 +/- 2%), mitochondrial MTT reduction (-40 +/- 3%), and GSH content (-19 +/- 4%) (percent difference from controls, p < 0.05). ATP was the most sensitive index of DCVC exposure in this model, while lens weight was not altered. The role of lenticular DCVC metabolism was investigated using the beta-lyase inhibitor aminooxyacetic acid (AOA) and the flavin monooxygenase (FMO) inhibitor methimazole (MAZ). AOA (1 mM) provided nearly complete protection from changes in biochemical parameters and lens transparency caused by DCVC, while MAZ (1 mM) provided only partial protection. The mitochondrial Ca2+ uniport inhibitor ruthenium red (30 microM) and the poly(ADP ribosyl)transferase inhibitor 3-aminobenzamide (3 mM) were only partially protective, whereas adverse changes in lens transparency and biochemical markers were not prevented by an antioxidant (2 mM dithiothreitol) or nontoxic transport substrates (200 microM probenecid or 10 mm phenylalanine, S-benzyl-L-cysteine or para-aminohippuric acid). Calpain inhibitors E64d (100 microM) and calpain inhibitor II (1 mM) were ineffective in preventing opacity formation caused by DCVC. In a small separate study, DCVC toxicity to explanted lenses from cynomologus monkeys was also ameliorated by coincubation with AOA. These results indicate that opacity formation by DCVC in rodent and primate lenses in vitro is primarily mediated via lenticular beta-lyase metabolism of DCVC to a reactive metabolite. Metabolism of DCVC by FMO and perturbations in mitochondrial calcium (Ca2+) homeostasis and increased poly(ADP-ribosylation) of nuclear proteins may play a limited role in opacity formation in vitro. However, opacity formation does not appear to be the result of oxidative stress or calpain activation. DCVC toxicity to the lens was not blocked with competitive inhibitors of the amino acid and organic anion transporters of DCVC as is found in the kidney.
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- C M Walsh Clang
- Pfizer Central Research, Drug Safety Evaluation, Groton, Connecticut 06340, USA
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Aleo MD, Wang T, Giebisch G, Sanders MJ, Walsh AH, Lopez-Anaya A. Model development and analysis of tenidap-induced proteinuria in the rat. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 1996; 279:1318-26. [PMID: 8968356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Tenidap is a novel antirheumatic agent that causes a mild, reversible proteinuria in human clinical trials. In order to achieve a mechanistic understanding and safety perspective of the proteinuric effects of tenidap observed in clinical trials, female Sprague-Dawley rats were treated with up to 100 mg/kg/day of tenidap in the diet for 4 to 6 weeks followed by a 1- to 6-week reversal period. Pharmacokinetics and measurements of renal function and histology were assessed during the study. Sustained high plasma concentrations of tenidap [area under the plasma concentration curve (0-24 hr) of 941-1021 micrograms. hr/ml and peak plasma concentration of 61-67 micrograms/ml] increased urinary protein, albumin and phosphate excretion (2- to 8-fold) in rats. These renal effects were reversible within 9 days after removal of the drug. These effects preceded later occurring changes in renal morphology (papillary degeneration and necrosis). There was no evidence of glomerular damage, proximal tubule degeneration or necrosis or tubulointerstitial nephritis at the light microscopic level. Other indices of overall renal function (glomerular filtration rate, electrolyte and glucose excretion) were unaffected. Examination in situ of microperfused proximal tubules from treated rats revealed a 68% decrease in the rate of proximal tubule albumin absorption compared to controls (19 +/- 4 vs. 59 +/- 7 pg/min/mm, respectively). Fluid absorption rate and bicarbonate handling by the proximal tubule, along with blood bicarbonate concentrations, pH, PCO2 and PO2, were unaffected by treatment. It was concluded that tenidap caused a rapid, stable and reversible phosphaturia, microalbuminuria and proteinuria in the rat. The proteinuric effects were due to impaired proximal tubule albumin reabsorption that were not associated with other signs of impaired renal function or histological evidence of tubulointerstitial nephritis or proximal tubule/glomerular damage.
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- M D Aleo
- Pfizer Incorporated, Central Research Division, Groton, Connecticut, USA
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Griner RD, Aleo MD, Schnellmann RG. The role of short chain fatty acid substrates in aerobic and glycolytic metabolism in primary cultures of renal proximal tubule cells. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol Anim 1993; 29A:649-55. [PMID: 8376317 DOI: 10.1007/bf02634554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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This study examined the role of odd and even short-chain fatty acid substrates on aerobic and glycolytic metabolism in well-aerated primary cultures of rabbit renal proximal tubule cells (RPTC). Increasing oxygen delivery to primary cultures of RPTC by shaking the dishes (SHAKE) reduced total lactate levels and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) activity and reduced net glucose consumption compared to RPTC cultured under standard conditions (STILL). The addition of butyrate, valerate, heptanoate, or octanoate to SHAKE RPTC produced variable effects on glycolytic metabolism. Although butyrate and heptanoate further reduced total lactate levels and net glucose consumption during short-term culture (< 24 h), no fatty acid tested further reduced total lactate levels, net glucose consumption, or LDH activity during long-term culture (7 days). During the first 12 h of culture, maintenance of aerobic metabolism in SHAKE RPTC was dependent on medium supplementation with fatty acid substrates (2 mM). However, by 24 h, SHAKE RPTC did not require fatty acid substrates to maintain levels of aerobic metabolism equivalent to freshly isolated proximal tubules and greater than STILL RPTC. This suggests that SHAKE RPTC undergo adaptive changes between 12 and 24 h of culture, which give RPTC the ability to utilize other substrates for mitochondrial oxidation, therefore allowing greater expression of mitochondrial oxidative potential in SHAKE RPTC than in STILL RPTC.
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- R D Griner
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens 30602
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Aleo MD, Taub ML, Kostyniak PJ. Primary cultures of rabbit renal proximal tubule cells. III. Comparative cytotoxicity of inorganic and organic mercury. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 1992; 112:310-7. [PMID: 1539167 DOI: 10.1016/0041-008x(92)90201-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The present study further developed primary cultures of rabbit renal proximal tubule cells (RPTC) as an in vitro model to study chemical-induced toxicity by investigating the comparative cytotoxicity of mercuric chloride (HgCl2) and methyl mercury chloride (CH3HgCl) to RPTC. Confluent monolayer cultures of RPTC exposed to HgCl2 and CH3HgCl for 24 hr exhibited a concentration-dependent loss in cell viability at culture medium concentrations greater than 25 and 2.5 microM, respectively. Vital dye exclusion was a more sensitive indicator of cytotoxicity than the amount of lactate dehydrogenase activity, alkaline phosphatase activity, N-acetylglucosaminidase activity, and protein content remaining on the culture dish. On the basis of vital dye exclusion, HgCl2 was less toxic to proximal tubule cells in culture than CH3HgCl after 24 hr of exposure, whether cytotoxicity was based on LC50 values (34.2 microM HgCl2 vs 6.1 microM CH3HgCl) or total cellular mercury uptake (4.6 nmol Hg2+/10(5) cells vs 1.25 nmol CH3Hg+/10(5) cells). Differences in the extent and rate of metal uptake were also evident. Maximum cellular uptake of Hg2+ occurred within 6-24 hr after exposure and was not concentration-dependent, whereas maximum uptake of CH3Hg+ occurred within 3 hr of exposure and was concentration-dependent. The intracellular distribution of both mercurials between acid-soluble and acid-insoluble binding sites also differed. At noncytotoxic concentrations of HgCl2 (0.04-5 microM), intracellular Hg2+ bound increasingly to acid-soluble binding sites as a function of time, from 15-30% after 6 hr of exposure to 40-60% after 72 hr of exposure. However, at subcytotoxic (25 microM) and cytotoxic (34.2 microM) concentrations, Hg2+ binding to acid-soluble binding sites remained constant at approximately 30-40% for 6, 12, 24, and 72 hr after exposure. In contrast, only 20% of total cellular CH3Hg+ was bound to acid-soluble binding sites after exposure to 0.039 to 6.1 microM CH3HgCl for 6, 12, and 24 hr. Total cellular glutathione content was unaffected after exposure to 0.04-5 microM HgCl2 and 0.039-6.1 microM CH3HgCl, but was depleted 6 hr after exposure to 25 and 34.2 microM HgCl2. These results indicate that CH3HgCl was a more potent cytotoxicant to RPTC in primary culture than HgCl2. Furthermore, compared to Hg2+, the low binding of CH3Hg+ to acid-soluble binding sites and the absence of a redistribution of CH3Hg+ from acid-insoluble to acid-soluble binding sites appeared to contribute to its more potent toxicity to cultured cells.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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- M D Aleo
- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, State University of New York, Buffalo 14214
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Glycine-induced cytoprotection of renal proximal tubules exposed to chemical- or hypoxic/anoxic-induced cell death is shared by a few amino acid agonists of the neuronal strychnine-sensitive glycine receptor. The goal of this study was to determine if antagonists of the strychnine-sensitive glycine receptor attenuated the cytoprotective effects of glycine. Strychnine did not antagonize the cytoprotective effects of glycine in proximal tubules exposed to antimycin A. In contrast, strychnine was cytoprotective, was equipotent as glycine (EC50 = 0.4 mM), and the combination of strychnine and glycine was additive. Likewise, bicuculline and norharmane were cytoprotective but 20-50% less potent than glycine. These results suggest that glycine and strychnine act as a common site to produce proximal tubule cytoprotection, but this site does not share the same potency and agonist/antagonist properties as the neuronal strychnine-sensitive glycine receptor.
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- M D Aleo
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens 30602
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Adequate oxygenation was a major factor regulating the induction of glycolytic metabolism in primary cultures of rabbit renal proximal tubule cells during short-term (less than 1 day) and long-term (1-7 day) culture. As measured by cellular lactate content, glucose consumption, and lactate dehydrogenase activity, less glycolytic metabolism was induced in cultured cells that were constantly aerated than in cells that were held stationary. When oxidative metabolism is supported by providing 2-10 mM heptanoate (HEP) as a metabolic substrate glycolytic metabolism further decreased during short-term, but not long-term culture. Cellular proliferation did not play a major role in regulating the induction of glycolytic metabolism, since glycolytic metabolism increased before cell growth had occurred, did not decline once logarithmic cell growth had ceased, and was stimulated less by cell growth than by inadequate oxygenation. Fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase and alkaline phosphatase, representative markers of gluconeogenic and brush-border membrane enzyme activities, respectively, declined during culture regardless of culture conditions or the presence of HEP. Therefore, glycolytic metabolism can be effectively minimized by constantly aerating cultured proximal tubule cells and can be further reduced by the addition of HEP during short-term culture.
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- M D Aleo
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens 30602
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Aleo MD, Wyatt RD, Schnellmann RG. The role of altered mitochondrial function in citrinin-induced toxicity to rat renal proximal tubule suspensions. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 1991; 109:455-63. [PMID: 1853344 DOI: 10.1016/0041-008x(91)90008-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Citrinin (CTN), a mycotoxin produced by several species of Penicillium and Aspergillus, causes renal proximal tubule (RPT) cell injury and death by an unknown mechanism of action. Using suspensions of rat RPT, the cellular events preceding CTN-induced cytotoxicity were investigated. Tubule viability decreased in a concentration- and time-dependent manner after CTN exposure, with cell death beginning 1, 2, and 4 hr after exposure to 500, 125-250, and 63 microM, respectively. Basal oxygen consumption (QO2) of RPT increased from 41 to 53 nmol O2.mg protein-1.min-1 30 min after exposure to 250 microM CTN and returned to control values 1 hr after exposure. A similar concentration- and time-dependent transitory rise in basal QO2 occurred at all concentrations of CTN tested (63-500 microM). Nystatin-stimulated QO2, an indirect measure of mitochondrial state 3 respiration in RPT, decreased 11% at 0.5 and 1 hr after exposure to 500 and 250 microM CTN, respectively, but was not affected after exposure to 63 and 125 microM CTN. Adenosine triphosphate content declined 22% to 48% in RPT at 0.5 and 1.5 hr after exposure to 500 and 125-250 microM CTN, respectively. Although lipid peroxidation occurred concurrently with RPT cell death, iron-mediated oxidative stress was not a causative factor in the development of toxicity since pretreatment with 1 mM deferoxamine prevented iron-mediated lipid peroxidation but did not protect RPT from CTN-induced cell death. Further studies using RPT and isolated renal cortical mitochondria (RCM) showed that CTN had multiple effects on mitochondrial function. Direct probing of mitochondrial function within RPT showed that a 1-hr exposure to 250 microM CTN increased spontaneous respiration 55% in RPT respiring on the site I respiratory substrates glutamate/malate while state 3 respiration decreased 34%. CTN also decreased succinate supported respiration but had no effect on cytochrome c-cytochrome oxidase. With isolated RCM, a 3-min exposure to 125 and 250 microM CTN increased state 4 respiration in the absence of a phosphate acceptor 27 and 67%, respectively, while 250 microM CTN decreased state 3 respiration 23%. Respiration in the presence of a known uncoupler was reduced after CTN exposure (63-250 microM) in a concentration-dependent manner. These results indicate that CTN has multiple effects on mitochondrial function in RPT and isolated RCM which may contribute to the development of cell death in rat RPT.
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- M D Aleo
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens 30602
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Aleo MD, Wyatt RD, Schnellmann RG. Mitochondrial dysfunction is an early event in ochratoxin A but not oosporein toxicity to rat renal proximal tubules. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 1991; 107:73-80. [PMID: 1987662 DOI: 10.1016/0041-008x(91)90332-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Ochratoxin A (OA) and oosporein (OSN) are two mycotoxins that may cause nephrotoxicity through either mitochondrial dysfunction or lipid peroxidation. Using isolated rat renal proximal tubules in suspension, the cellular events preceding OA- or OSN-induced cytotoxicity were investigated. OA and OSN decreased tubule viability in a concentration (0-1 mM)- and time (0-4 hr)-dependent manner, with initial decreases occurring 1 hr after exposure. Tubule basal and nystatin-stimulated oxygen consumption decreased before cell death after OA (0.5 and 1 mM) and 0.25 mM t-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP) exposure, but did not decrease after OSN exposure (0.25-1 mM). The oxidant TBHP was used as a positive control in these studies. Direct probing of mitochondrial function within proximal tubules confirmed the toxicity of OA to mitochondria. Respiration was reduced in the absence and presence of a phosphate acceptor using site I (glutamate/malate) and site II (succinate) respiratory substrates 15 and 30 min after exposure to 1 mM OA. Lipid peroxidation preceded cell death after exposure to 1 mM OA and 0.25 mM TBHP, but did not occur after exposure to 1 mM OSN. Deferoxamine (1 mM) pretreatment before the addition of 1 mM OA or OSN prevented OA-induced lipid peroxidation, but did not prevent OA- or OSN-induced cytotoxicity. In contrast, deferoxamine pretreatment prevented lipid peroxidation, mitochondrial dysfunction, and the loss of tubule viability after exposure to 0.25 mM TBHP. This study shows that mitochondrial dysfunction is an early event during the development of OA toxicity, but not in OSN-induced toxicity. Furthermore, iron-mediated lipid peroxidation does not contribute to OA- or OSN-induced proximal tubule cell death.
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- M D Aleo
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens 30602
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Aleo MD, Rankin GO, Cross TJ, Schnellmann RG. Toxicity of N-(3,5-dichlorophenyl)succinimide and metabolites to rat renal proximal tubules and mitochondria. Chem Biol Interact 1991; 78:109-21. [PMID: 2009578 DOI: 10.1016/0009-2797(91)90107-i] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The acute nephrotoxicity caused by N-(3,5-dichlorophenyl) succinimide (NDPS) has been shown to be due to a metabolite(s) of the parent compound. This study examined the toxicity of NDPS, its known metabolites N-(3,5-dichlorophenyl)-2-hydroxysuccinimide (NDHS), N-(3,5-dichlorophenyl)-2-hydroxysuccinamic acid (NDHSA), N-(3,5-dichlorophenyl)malonamic acid (DMA), N-(3,5-dichlorophenyl)succinamic acid (NDPSA), and two postulated metabolites N-(3,5-dichlorophenyl)maleamic acid (NDPMA) and N-(3,5-dichlorophenyl)maleimide (NDPM) to suspensions of renal proximal tubules (RPT) prepared from male Fischer 344 rats. Tubule viability and mitochondrial function were not adversely affected by exposure of RPT to either 1 mM NDPS, NDHS, NDHSA, DMA, NDPSA, or NDPMA for 4 h. However, NDPM caused a concentration-(25-100 microM) and time-dependent (0.25-4 h) loss in basal and nystatin stimulated oxygen consumption and tubule viability. Investigations using isolated renal cortical mitochondria (RCM) showed that NDPM was a potent inhibitor of mitochondrial function. Isolated RCM respiring on pyruvate/malate and exposed to NDPM exhibited a concentration (25-100 microM) dependent decrease in state 3 and state 4 respiration. Inhibition of mitochondrial state 3 respiration by NDPM was mediated through site 1 of the respiratory chain. NDPM did not inhibit cytochrome c-cytochrome oxidase or the electron transport chain. These results indicated that NDPS, its known metabolites, and NDPMA were not directly toxic to rat RPT. However, the postulated metabolite NDPM, was a potent tubule cytotoxicant that inhibited mitochondrial function in isolated RCM and RPT and may produce cell death through this mechanism.
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- M D Aleo
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens 30602
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Rodeheaver DP, Aleo MD, Schnellmann RG. Differences in enzymatic and mechanical isolated rabbit renal proximal tubules: comparison in long-term incubation. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol 1990; 26:898-904. [PMID: 1977732 DOI: 10.1007/bf02624615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Suspensions of renal proximal tubules (RPT) are the in vitro model for many biochemical and physiologic investigations. Inasmuch as there are numerous procedures for tubule isolation and the more commonly used enzymatic procedures may disrupt the basement membrane, there is a need for information comparing the influence of various isolation methods on RPT viability and function in long-term suspension. Rabbit RPT isolated a) enzymatically (ENZ) by in vitro collagenase digestion and Percoll size and density purification, and b) mechanically (MECH) by in vitro iron oxide perfusion and purification by sieving and magnetic removal of glomeruli were compared for viability, morphology, and functional stability during long-term suspension. RPT isolated by ENZ and MECH methods had excellent viability (less than 15% lactate dehydrogenase release), limited lipid peroxidation (less than 0.2 nmol MDA.mg protein-1), and stable nystatin-stimulated oxygen consumption (QO2) (38 and 36 nmol O2.mg protein-1.min-1) throughout 24 h of incubation. Basal QO2 was higher in ENZ than MECH tubules (27 and 19 nmol O2.mg protein-1.min-1, respectively), and was unchanged over 24 h in each preparation. The higher basal QO2 in ENZ tubules was ouabain-sensitive, suggesting an increased rate of Na+,K(+)-ATPase activity in these tubules. Total glutathione content (oxidized + reduced) in ENZ and MECH tubules increased over the 24-h incubation from 8 to 18 nmol.mg protein-1. gamma-Glutamyltranspeptidase (GGT) activity of the RPT homogenates was equivalent in both preparations and stable over time. The ratio of suspension GGT activity to homogenate GGT activity doubled (0.4 to 0.8) during the incubation period. MECH tubules retained their tubule structure during 24 h of incubation whereas the ENZ tubules had a striking loss of tubular morphology over time. These results show that ENZ- and MECH-isolated renal proximal tubule suspensions exhibit similar biochemical properties in long-term incubations but differ in ouabain-sensitive QO2 and the retention of tubular morphology. The loss of tubular morphology and the increase in the rate of Na+,K(+)-ATPase activity in ENZ tubules may be secondary to the disruption of the tubular basement membrane.
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- D P Rodeheaver
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens 30602
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Aleo MD, Taub ML, Nickerson PA, Kostyniak PJ. Primary cultures of rabbit renal proximal tubule cells: I. Growth and biochemical characteristics. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol 1989; 25:776-83. [PMID: 2793776 DOI: 10.1007/bf02623660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Before the usefulness of a new in vitro model can be ascertained, the model must be properly defined and characterized. This study presents the growth rate and biochemical characteristics of rabbit renal proximal tubule cells in primary culture over a 2-wk culture period. When grown in a hormonally defined, antibiotic-free medium these cells form confluent monolayer cultures within 7 d after plating. Multicellular dome formation, an indicator of transepithelial solute transport, was expressed after confluent cultures were formed. The activity of the cytosolic enzyme, lactate dehydrogenase, and the lysosomal enzyme, N-acetyl-glucosaminidase, increased 14- and 2-fold during the first 8 d of culture, respectively. In contrast, the activity of a brush border enzyme, alkaline phosphatase, decreased 85% within the first 8 d of culture. Release of these enzyme markers into the culture medium, which are routinely used to measure cytotoxicity, stabilized after 8 d in culture. The ratio of cellular protein to DNA changed according to the state of cellular growth. Values rose from 0.035 mg protein/micrograms DNA in preconfluent cultures to 0.059 mg protein/micrograms DNA in confluent cultures. These results document the characteristics of a primary proximal tubule cell culture system for future studies in in vitro toxicology.
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- M D Aleo
- Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, State University of New York, Buffalo 14214
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Drug-induced hypothermia was used to investigate drug tolerance and cross-tolerance. C57BL/6J mice, which were injected with a single dose of chlordiazepoxide (CDP; 30 mg/kg) one day before and reinjected with an equivalent dose of CDP the next day, did not develop tolerance to the drug. However, ethanol-pretreated (3.5 g/kg, 24 hr earlier) mice, when injected with CDP (30 mg/kg), showed cross-tolerance to CDP. The cross-tolerance was short-lived (less than 48 hr). On the other hand, CDP-pretreated mice (30 mg/kg, 24 hr earlier) did not show cross-tolerance to ethanol. The lack of a reciprocating effect of CDP-pretreatment was not likely to be due to the difference in initial dosage between ethanol and CDP. It may be due to different rates of tolerance development or different mechanisms of actions between CDP and ethanol. Mice chronically treated with ethanol also showed a similar degree of cross-tolerance to CDP compared to those exposed to an acute dose of ethanol.
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Hurst WJ, Aleo MD, Martin RA. Nonaqueous reverse phase liquid chromatographic analysis for cholesterol in milk chocolate. J Assoc Off Anal Chem 1984; 67:698-700. [PMID: 6469898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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A method using liquid chromatography was developed for the analysis of cholesterol in milk chocolate products. The method involves saponification of the sample with methanolic KOH followed by extraction with ether. Potentially interfering components are eliminated through the use of a silica Sep-Pak cleanup step before injection. The nonaqueous reverse phase LC system consists of a C18 column and an isopropanol-hexane mobile phase with direct detection at 205 nm. Recoveries of 1, 3, and 5 mg cholesterol added to 1 g sample of milk chocolate were 88.6, 102.8, and 110.1%, respectively. Studies conducted with [4-14C]-cholesterol were undertaken to further document the accuracy of the method.
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Hurst WJ, Aleo MD, Martin RA. Nonaqueous Reverse Phase Liquid Chromatographic Analysis for Cholesterol in Milk Chocolate. J AOAC Int 1984. [DOI: 10.1093/jaoac/67.4.698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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A method using liquid chromatography was developed for the analysis of cholesterol in milk chocolate products. The method involves saponification of the sample with methanolic KOH followed by extraction with ether. Potentially interfering components are eliminated through the use of a silica Sep-Pak cleanup step before injection. The nonaqueous reverse phase LC system consists of a C18 column and an isopropanol- hexane mobile phase with direct detection at 205 nm. Recoveries of 1, 3, and 5 mg cholesterol added to 1 g sample of milk chocolate were 88.6, 102.8, and 110.1%, respectively. Studies conducted with [4-14C]-cholesterol were undertaken to further document the accuracy of the method.
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