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JOURNAL OF DRUG TARGETING
Volume 15, Issue 1, Pages 67-74Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/10611860601141606
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buprenorphine; blood-brain barrier; p-glycoprotein; brain efflux index method; brain uptake index method
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The involvement of P-glycoprotein (P-gp) in buprenorphine (BNP) transport at the blood-brain barrier (BBB) in rats was investigated in vivo by means of both the brain uptake index technique and the brain efflux index technique. P-gp inhibitors, such as cyclosporin A, quinidine and verapamil, enhanced the apparent brain uptake of [H-3] BNP by 1.5-fold. The increment of the BNP uptake by the brain suggests the involvement of a P-gp efflux mechanism of BNP transport at the BBB. [H-3]BNP was eliminated with an apparent elimination half-life of 27.5 min after microinjection into the parietal cortex area 2 regions of the rat brain. The apparent efflux clearance of [H-3]BNP across the BBB was 0. 154 ml/min/g brain, which was calculated from the elimination rate constant (2.52 x 10(-2) min(-1)) and the distribution volume in the brain (6.11 ml/g brain). The efflux transport of [H-3]BNP was inhibited by range from 32 to 64% in the presence of P-gp inhibitors. The present results suggest that BNP is transported from the brain across the BBB via a P-gp-mediated efflux transport system, at least in part.
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