Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-10-2022
Abstract
Purpose
To evaluate a three-compartmental semi-physiological model for analysis of uptake clearance and efflux from brain tissue of the hydrophilic markers sucrose and mannitol, compared to non-compartmental techniques presuming unidirectional uptake.
Methods
Stable isotope-labeled [13C]sucrose and [13C]mannitol (10 mg/kg each) were injected as IV bolus into the tail vein of awake young adult mice. Blood and brain samples were taken after different time intervals up to 8 h. Plasma and brain concentrations were quantified by UPLC-MS/MS. Brain uptake clearance (Kin) was analyzed using either the single-time point analysis, the multiple time point graphical method, or by fitting the parameters of a three-compartmental model that allows for symmetrical exchange across the blood-brain barrier and an additional brain efflux clearance.
Results
The three-compartment model was able to describe the experimental data well, yielding estimates for Kin of sucrose and mannitol of 0.068 ± 0.005 and 0.146 ± 0.020 μl.min−1.g−1, respectively, which were significantly different (p < 0.01). The separate brain efflux clearance had values of 0.693 ± 0.106 (sucrose) and 0.881 ± 0.20 (mannitol) μl.min−1.g−1, which were not statistically different. Kin values obtained by single time point and multiple time point analyses were dependent on the terminal sampling time and showed declining values for later time points.
Conclusions
Using the three-compartment model allows determination of Kin for small molecule hydrophilic markers with low blood-brain barrier permeability. It also provides, for the first time, an estimate of brain efflux after systemic administration of a marker, which likely represents bulk flow clearance from brain tissue.
Recommended Citation
Noorani B, Chowdhury EA, Alqahtani F, et al. A semi-physiological three-compartment model describes brain uptake clearance and efflux of sucrose and mannitol after IV injection in awake mice. Pharm Res. 2022;39:251–261. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11095-022-03175-4
Copyright
Springer
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Comments
This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Pharmaceutical Research, volume 39, in 2022 following peer review. The final publication may differ and is available at Springer via https://doi.org/10.1007/s11095-022-03175-4.
A free-to-read copy of the final published article is available here.