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Journal of Chinese Pharmaceutical Sciences ›› 2017, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (8): 566-573.DOI: 10.5246/jcps.2017.08.063

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The blood-brain barrier permeability of 20(S) and 20(R)-protopanaxatriol epimers and dammar-20(22)E,24-diene-3β,6α,12β-triol in MDCK-pHaMDR cell monolayer model

Yiran Zheng, Xiuwen Wu, Xiuwei Yang*   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs; Department of Natural Medicines, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China
  • Received:2017-06-20 Revised:2017-07-10 Online:2017-08-31 Published:2017-07-18
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  • Supported by:
    The National New Drug R & D Program (Grant No. 2011BAI07B08; 2009ZX09301-010) of China.

Abstract:

The blood-brain barrier permeability of 20(S) and 20(R)-protopanaxatriol epimers and dammar-20(22)E,24-diene-3β,6α,12β-triol were investigated using the MDCK-pHaMDR cell monolayer model. The bidirectional permeability tests were carried out, and the apparent permeability coefficients (Papp) were calculated. The two protopanaxatriol epimers showed good permeability with Papp values of ~10–5 cm/s, whereas dammar-20(22)E,24-diene-3β,6α,12β-triol showed poor permeability with Papp of <1×10–7 cm/s. The three compounds showed differences in intracellular accumulations due to their different structures. Inhibition of P-gp with verapamil showed that the transport mechanisms in MDCK-pHaMDR cell monolayer for compounds 1and 2 epimers were not only simple passive diffusion but also involving an efflux way mediated by P-gp. These findings provided new basis for the further study of compounds 1 and 2 acting on the brain.

Key words: 20(S)-Protopanaxatriol, 20(R)-Protopanaxatriol, Dammar-20(22)E,24-diene-3β,6α,12β-triol, MDCK-pHaMDR, Permeability, Blood-brain barrier

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