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Research ArticleABSORPTION, DISTRIBUTION, METABOLISM, AND EXCRETION

Transport Is Not Rate-Limiting in Morphine Glucuronidation in the Single-Pass Perfused Rat Liver Preparation

Margaret M. Doherty, Karen Poon, Carol Tsang and K. Sandy Pang
Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics May 2006, 317 (2) 890-900; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1124/jpet.105.100446
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Binding, transport, and metabolism are factors that influence morphine (M) removal in the rat liver. For M and the morphine 3β-glucuronide metabolite (M3G), modest binding existed with 4% bovine serum albumin (unbound fractions of 0.89 ± 0.07 and 0.98 ± 0.09, respectively), and there was partitioning of M into red blood cells. Transport studies of M (<750 μM) showed similar, concentration-independent uptake clearances (CLs) of 1.5 ml min-1 g-1 among zonal and homogeneous, isolated rat hepatocytes. Transport of M3G, ascertained in multiple indicator dilution studies at various steady-state M3G concentrations (10-262 μM), uncovered a low and concentration-independent influx clearance (<10% of flow rate). The outflow dilution curve of [3H]M3G was superimposable onto that of [14C]sucrose, the extracellular reference, displaying similarity in transit times (23.5 and 22.2 s), negligible biliary excretion, and almost complete dose recovery from perfusate. In contrast, M3G occurred abundantly in both perfusate and bile in single-pass perfusion studies of the precursor, M, and revealed a biliary clearance of formed M3G that was 12.3-fold that of preformed M3G, suggesting a sinusoidal, diffusional barrier for M3G. With increasing concentrations of M (9-474 μM), clearance decreased, and metabolism and biliary excretion displayed concentration-dependent kinetics. Fitting of the data to a physiologically based liver model revealed that M removal mechanisms were saturable, with a Km,met of 52.2 μM and Vmax,met of 58.8 nmol min-1 g-1 for metabolism, and a Km,ex of 41.2 μM and Vmax,ex of 8.1 nmol min-1 g-1 for excretion. Sinusoidal transport was not rate-limiting for M removal.

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  • This study was supported by the Medical Research Council of Canada Grant MOP64350.

  • Article, publication date, and citation information can be found at http://jpet.aspetjournals.org.

  • doi:10.1124/jpet.105.100446.

  • ABBREVIATIONS: M, morphine; M6G, morphine 6β-glucuronide; M3G, morphine 3β-glucuronide; (-)M, (-)-morphine; MDR, multidrug resistant; P-gp, P-glycoprotein; Mrp, multidrug resistance-associated protein; PSC833, valspodar; MID, multiple indicator dilution; HPLC, high-performance liquid chromatography; BSA, bovine serum albumin; PP, periportal; PV, perivenous; LSC, liquid scintillation counting; RBC, red blood cell; Hct, hematocrit; CL, clearance; {mi}, metabolite.

  • ↵1 Current affiliation: Victoria College of Pharmacy, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.

    • Received December 27, 2005.
    • Accepted February 2, 2006.
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Transport Is Not Rate-Limiting in Morphine Glucuronidation in the Single-Pass Perfused Rat Liver Preparation

Margaret M. Doherty, Karen Poon, Carol Tsang and K. Sandy Pang
Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics May 1, 2006, 317 (2) 890-900; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1124/jpet.105.100446

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Transport Is Not Rate-Limiting in Morphine Glucuronidation in the Single-Pass Perfused Rat Liver Preparation

Margaret M. Doherty, Karen Poon, Carol Tsang and K. Sandy Pang
Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics May 1, 2006, 317 (2) 890-900; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1124/jpet.105.100446
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