TABLE 2

Pharmacokinetic parameters of TEA in control and PYR-treated mice

Each value was determined from the data shown in Fig. 4 and the equations described under Materials and Methods. Each value represents the mean ± S.E. (n = 4–5).

ParameterPYR Dose
00.20.52
μmol/kg
Cp,ss (μM)1.73 ± 0.071.72 ± 0.091.92 ± 0.091.64 ± 0.12
Ckidney (nmol/g kidney)10.6 ± 0.815.4 ± 2.520.8 ± 1.7*27.8 ± 3.5**
Cliver (nmol/g liver)20.9 ± 2.125.3 ± 2.335.1 ± 4.5*22.1 ± 2.8
Vurine (nmol/min/kg)109 ± 796 ± 589 ± 6106 ± 11
Furine (%)85 ± 375 ± 569 ± 483 ± 2
CLtot,plasma (ml/min/kg)76 ± 776 ± 768 ± 579 ± 5
CLrenal, plasma (ml/min/kg)65 ± 857 ± 747 ± 666 ± 5
CLrenal, kidney (ml/min/kg)7.8 ± 1.15.1 ± 0.93.1 ± 0.3**3.0 ± 0.4**
GFR (ml/min/kg)17 ± 114 ± 214 ± 117 ± 1
Kp,kidney (ml/g kidney)6.2 ± 0.39.0 ± 1.311 ± 1*17 ± 1**
Kp,liver (ml/g liver)12 ± 115 ± 118 ± 114 ± 2
  • Cp, ss, steady-state concentration; Ckidney, drug concentration in the kidney at 90 min; Cliver, drug concentration in the liver at 90 min; Vurine, urinary excretion rate; Furine, fractional urinary excretion ratio; CLtot,plasma, total body clearance; CLrenal, plasma, renal clearance with respect to the concentration in circulating plasma; CLrenal, kidney, renal clearance with respect to the kidney concentration; Kp,kidney, kidney-to-plasma concentration ratio; Kp,liver, liver-to-plasma concentration ratio.

  • * p < 0.05.

  • ** p < 0.01.