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Clinical determinants of calcineurin inhibitor disposition: a mechanistic review
Authors:Thomas Vanhove  Pieter Annaert
Affiliation:1. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, KU Leuven – University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium;2. Department of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium;3. Drug Delivery and Disposition Unit, Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, KU Leuven – University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Abstract:The calcineurin inhibitors (CNIs) tacrolimus and cyclosporine are widely used immunosuppressive drugs characterized by high pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic variability, both between and within patients. CNIs are highly lipophilic, poorly soluble, undergo extensive first-pass metabolism and are cleared by the liver. In both gut and liver, CNIs are substrates for the cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes 3A4 and 3A5 as well as the P-glycoprotein (P-gp) transporter, whose functions are determined by a complex interplay between genetic polymorphisms, the inductive or inhibitory effects of many drugs, herbs, food constituents and endogenous substances such as uremic toxins in case of end-stage renal disease. The current literature is reviewed for all common clinical determinants of variability in CNI disposition such as food intake, diarrhea and other intestinal pathology, anemia, hypoalbuminemia, hyperlipidemia, liver and kidney disease, aging, ethnicity, formulation and time post-transplant, focusing on the underlying mechanisms. Drugs and herb- and food constituents mainly interact with CNIs at the gut level by affecting bioavailability, with interactions generally being much more pronounced in case of oral compared with intravenous co-administration. Cyclosporine disposition is less susceptible to these interactions compared with tacrolimus, possibly because cyclosporine is itself a moderately strong CYP3A4- and strong P-gp inhibitor, blunting the effect of additional inhibitors. P-gp also has a major role in limiting distribution of CNI to tissues such as the brain, placenta, lymphocytes and kidney. Inactivating polymorphisms and inhibition of P-gp have the potential to significantly increase CNI exposure in these tissues with possible implications for toxicity and efficacy.
Keywords:Calcineurin inhibitor  tacrolimus  cyclosporine  transplantation  CYP3A4  CYP3A5  CYP3A5*1  P-glycoprotein  ABCB1  pharmacokinetics
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