TABLE 2

Influence of P-glycoprotein inhibitors/modulators CsA and PSC833 on both materno-fetal and fetomaternal transplacental clearances (ml · min-1 · g-1) of Rho123 across the perfused rat-term placenta under nonsteady-state and steady-state conditions

Values are expressed as the means ± S.D. of at least four experiments.


Direction

Non-Steady-State Experimentsa

Steady-State Experimentsb
Control (1.3 μM Rho123)
(1.3 μM Rho123) + CsA (40 μM)
Control (0.65 μM Rho123)
(0.65 μM Rho123) + CsA (10 μM)
(0.65 μM Rho123) + PSC833 (10 μM)
Materno-fetal clearance (M → F) 0.05 ± 0.02 0.08 ± 0.01 0.06 ± 0.01 0.07 ± 0.01 0.10 ± 0.05
Feto-maternal clearance (F → M) 0.70 ± 0.07 0.51 ± 0.08 0.54 ± 0.08 0.39 ± 0.03 0.46 ± 0.05
Ratio (F → M/M → F)
12.94
6.32**
8.56
5.22*
4.47*
  • a Mean of transplacental clearances in 20 to 25 min intervals

  • b Mean of transplacental clearances in 33 to 36 min intervals

  • * p < 0.05

  • ** p < 0.01; statistically significant difference from control experiments