1. Inhibition of Monocarboxylate Transporter-Mediated Absorption of Valproic Acid by Gegen-Qinlian-Tang.
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Liu, Hsueh-Jung, Yu, Chung-Ping, Hsieh, Yow-Wen, Tsai, Shang-Yuan, and Hou, Yu-Chi
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CHINESE medicine ,ANALYSIS of variance ,ANIMAL experimentation ,ANISOTROPY ,CELL lines ,CROSSOVER trials ,FLUORIMETRY ,HIGH performance liquid chromatography ,DRUG-herb interactions ,MEDICINAL plants ,MOLECULAR structure ,RATS ,RESEARCH funding ,STATISTICS ,T-test (Statistics) ,VALPROIC acid ,DATA analysis ,DATA analysis software ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,FLUORESCENT dyes - Abstract
Valproic acid (VPA), an anti-epileptic drug with a narrow therapeutic index, is a substrate of the monocarboxylate transporter (MCT). In this study, we investigated the effect of Gegen-Qinlian-Tang (GQT), a Chinese Medicine prescription containing Puerariae Radix (PR), Scutellariae Radix (SR), Coptidis Rhizoma (CR) and Glycyrrhizae Radix (GR), on the pharmacokinetics of VPA, as a probe drug of MCT, in rats and the underlying mechanism. Sprague-Dawley rats were orally administered VPA with and without GQT in crossover design. The serum concentrations of VPA were determined by a fluorescence polarization immunoassay. The results showed that coadministration with 2.0 and 4.0 g/kg of GQT remarkably decreased the C
max of VPA by 72% and 74% and reduced the0-t by 63% and 53%, respectively. The mechanism study using Caco-2 cells revealed that the uptake function of MCT was inhibited by GQT and each component herb. In conclusion, the MCT-mediated absorption of VPA was significantly decreased by GQT and its component herbs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2013
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