Posted by SLS on July 29, 2000, at 14:04:01
In reply to Re: ziprasidone- Chris, posted by Sunnely on July 29, 2000, at 12:56:21
According to Pfizer, ziprasidone is metabolized primarily by the CYP 3A4 enzyme, but it is not expected to produce major interactions with other drugs.
Sunnely and Cam - Is this an example of a substrate for an enzyme not being an inhibitor of it? Is the lack of enzyme inhibition a function of binding affinity? I don't know what Ki, Km, or Vmax represent.
- Scott
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1: Br J Clin Pharmacol 2000;49 Suppl 1:35S-42S Related Articles, Books
Identification of the major human liver cytochrome P450 isoform(s) responsible for the formation of the primary metabolites of ziprasidone and prediction of possible drug interactions.Prakash C, Kamel A, Cui D, Whalen RD, Miceli JJ, Tweedie D
Department of Drug Metabolism, Pfizer Central Research, Groton, CT 06340, USA.
AIMS: To identify the cytochrome P450 (CYP) isoform(s) responsible for the formation of the primary metabolite of ziprasidone (ziprasidone sulphoxide), to determine the kinetics of its formation and to predict possible drug interactions by investigating CYP isoform inhibition in an in vitro study. METHODS: In vitro metabolism of [14C]-ziprasidone was studied using human liver microsomes. The metabolites were identified using mass spectrometry. The kinetics of metabolite formation were determined using [14C]-ziprasidone (10-200 microM) over 5 min, and Km and Vmax were estimated from Lineweaver-Burk plots. IC50 values for the inhibition of specific probe substrates for CYP1A2, CYP2C9, CYP2C19, CYP2D6 and CYP3A4, by ziprasidone, risperidone and 9-hydroxyrisperidone were also determined using human liver microsomes from three subjects. Mean Ki values were calculated. RESULTS: Three CYP-mediated metabolites - ziprasidone sulphoxide, ziprasidone sulphone and oxindole acetic acid - were identified. The apparent Km and Vmax values for the formation of the major metabolite, ziprasidone sulphoxide (measured as the sum of sulphoxide and sulphone) were 235 microM and 1.14 nmol mg(-1) protein min(-1), respectively. Isoform-selective inhibitors and recombinant enzymes indicated that CYP3A4 is responsible for the formation of ziprasidone metabolites. Ziprasidone was not a substrate for the other isoforms studied. Similar in vitro inhibition of CYP2D6 (Ki 6.9-16 microM) and CYP3A4 (Ki 64-80 microM) was obtained with ziprasidone, risperidone and 9-hydroxyrisperidone. The in vivo free drug concentrations associated with clinically effective doses of ziprasidone are at least 1500-fold lower than the mean Ki for either CYP2D6 inhibition or CYP3A4 inhibition. CONCLUSIONS: Ziprasidone is predominantly metabolized by CYP3A4 in human liver microsomes and is not expected to mediate drug interactions with coadministered CYP substrates, at clinically effective doses.
PMID: 10771452, UI: 20235226
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