Title:Expression and Regulation of Drug Transporters and Metabolizing Enzymes in the Human Gastrointestinal Tract
Volume: 23
Issue: 39
Author(s): M. Drozdzik, S. Oswald
Affiliation:
关键词:
药物代谢酶,药物转运蛋白,胃肠道。
摘要: Orally administered drugs must pass through the intestinal wall and then through
the liver before reaching systemic circulation. During this process drugs are subjected to different
processes that may determine the therapeutic value. The intestinal barrier with active
drug metabolizing enzymes and drug transporters in enterocytes plays an important role in the
determination of drug bioavailability. Accumulating information demonstrates variable distribution
of drug metabolizing enzymes and transporters along the human gastrointestinal tract
(GI), that creates specific barrier characteristics in different segments of the GI. In this review,
expression of drug metabolizing enzymes and transporters in the healthy and diseased human
GI as well as their regulatory aspects: genetic, miRNA, DNA methylation are outlined. The
knowledge of unique interplay between drug metabolizing enzymes and transporters in specific
segments of the GI tract allows more precise definition of drug release sites within the
GI in order to assure more complete bioavailability and prediction of drug interactions.