Human hepatocytes in primary culture predict lack of cytochrome P-450 3A4 induction by eletriptan in vivo.

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Pichard-Garcia L, Hyland R, Baulieu J, Fabre JM, Milton A, Maurel P

Human hepatocytes in primary culture predict lack of cytochrome P-450 3A4 induction by eletriptan in vivo.

Drug Metab Dispos. 2000 Jan;28(1):51-7.

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Eletriptan (Relpax) is a novel 5-hydroxytryptamine (serotonin)(1D/1B) agonist currently in development for the acute treatment of migraine. The aim of this work was to evaluate the relative induction potency of eletriptan in vitro compared with well characterized cytochrome P-450 (CYP) inducers with primary cultures of human hepatocytes and to relate this to the situation in vivo. Eletriptan was a weak inducer of CYP3A4 protein and cyclosporin A oxidation in four of the six cultures used, whereas rifampicin was a potent inducer in all cultures. Induction was concentration dependent and not detectable at eletriptan concentrations of 5 microM and lower. The amplitude of the increase in CYP3A4 protein and activity by 25 microM eletriptan was significantly lower, with a mean of 19 (P =.0015) and 26% (P =.0002), respectively, of that observed in response to 25 microM rifampicin. CYP2A6, a protein with minor pharmacological implication, also was induced by eletriptan and rifampicin in two cultures but was not detected in the others. The levels of other CYP proteins, including CYP1A2, CYP2C9, CYP2C19, CYP2D6, and CYP2E1, were not affected by eletriptan. Because the maximum blood concentration of eletriptan in humans after a therapeutic dose (maximum 80 mg) is 0.5 microM, the in vitro model would predict no clinically significant induction of CYP3A4 protein in vivo. This has been confirmed subsequently in a clinical study, with 6beta-hydroxycortisol/cortisol ratios as marker of CYP3A4 activity. Eletriptan is therefore not an inducer of CYP3A4 at clinical doses.

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Drug Enzymes

Drug	Enzyme	Kind	Organism	Pharmacological Action	Actions
Eletriptan	Cytochrome P450 2A6	Protein	Humans	Unknown	Inducer	Details