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J Toxicol Pathol ; 35(4): 355-360, 2022 Oct.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36406168

ABSTRACT

To develop safe subcutaneous formulations and minimize the risk of local irritation, it is essential to optimize the composition of active pharmaceutical ingredients and excipients. Depending on the physicochemical properties of the active pharmaceutical ingredient, additional excipients may be required to improve the stability and solubility of the active pharmaceutical ingredient. However, some of these excipients may not have been previously used in injectable drugs. Owing to the lack of safety data for such excipients, especially those used in subcutaneous dosing, it is important to evaluate their potential for local irritation during the early stages of formulation development. We evaluated the tolerability of 44 formulations with 24 candidate novel excipients, such as surfactants, polymers, and lipids, in a single subcutaneous dose in rats. Excipient formulations were administered as single bolus subcutaneous injections with an injection volume of 1 mL. The injection sites were observed for 2 days, and macroscopic and microscopic examinations were conducted. Local tolerability was evaluated on the basis of severity, incidence, and pathophysiology of each finding. Formulations that caused tissue degeneration or necrosis, which is indicative of tissue injury, were determined to be irritative and poorly tolerated. A single-dose subcutaneous screening study in rats was considered effective in ranking the safety of candidate excipients during the formulation optimization phase.

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Sci Rep ; 11(1): 14532, 2021 07 15.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34267258

ABSTRACT

Agonistic profiles of AMPA receptor (AMPA-R) potentiators may be associated with seizure risk and bell-shaped dose-response effects. Here, we report the pharmacological characteristics of a novel AMPA-R potentiator, TAK-653, which exhibits minimal agonistic properties. TAK-653 bound to the ligand binding domain of recombinant AMPA-R in a glutamate-dependent manner. TAK-653 strictly potentiated a glutamate-induced Ca2+ influx in hGluA1i-expressing CHO cells through structural interference at Ser743 in GluA1. In primary neurons, TAK-653 augmented AMPA-induced Ca2+ influx and AMPA-elicited currents via physiological AMPA-R with little agonistic effects. Interestingly, TAK-653 enhanced electrically evoked AMPA-R-mediated EPSPs more potently than AMPA (agonist) or LY451646 (AMPA-R potentiator with a prominent agonistic effect) in brain slices. Moreover, TAK-653 improved cognition for both working memory and recognition memory, while LY451646 did so only for recognition memory, and AMPA did not improve either. These data suggest that the facilitation of phasic AMPA-R activation by physiologically-released glutamate is the key to enhancing synaptic and cognitive functions, and nonselective activation of resting AMPA-Rs may negatively affect this process. Importantly, TAK-653 had a wide safety margin against convulsion; TAK-653 showed a 419-fold (plasma Cmax) and 1017-fold (AUC plasma) margin in rats. These findings provide insight into a therapeutically important aspect of AMPA-R potentiation.


Subject(s)
Cognition/drug effects , Neurons/drug effects , Receptors, AMPA/agonists , Animals , Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/metabolism , CHO Cells , Calcium/metabolism , Cognition/physiology , Cricetulus , Female , Humans , Macaca fascicularis , Male , Mice, Inbred C57BL , Mice, Inbred ICR , Neurons/metabolism , Patch-Clamp Techniques , Rats, Sprague-Dawley , Receptors, AMPA/genetics , Receptors, AMPA/metabolism , Sulfonamides/pharmacology , alpha-Amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic Acid/metabolism , alpha-Amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic Acid/pharmacology
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Neuropsychopharmacology ; 44(5): 961-970, 2019 04.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30209408

ABSTRACT

Activation of α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole-propionic acid receptor (AMPA-R) is a promising strategy to treat psychiatric and neurological diseases if issues of bell-shaped response and narrow safety margin against seizure can be overcome. Here, we show that structural interference at Ser743 in AMPA-R is a key to lower the agonistic effect of AMPA-R potentiators containing dihydropyridothiadiazine 2,2-dioxides skeleton. With this structural insight, TAK-137, 9-(4-phenoxyphenyl)-3,4-dihydropyrido[2,1-c][1,2,4]thiadiazine 2,2-dioxide, was discovered as a novel AMPA-R potentiator with a lower agonistic effect than an AMPA-R potentiator LY451646 ((R)-N-(2-(4'-cyanobiphenyl-4-yl)propyl)propane-2-sulfonamide) in rat primary neurons. TAK-137 induced brain-derived neurotrophic factor in neurons in rodents and potently improved cognition in both rats and monkeys. Compared to LY451646, TAK-137 had a wider safety margin against seizure in rats. TAK-137 enhanced neural progenitor proliferation over a broader range of doses in rodents. Thus, TAK-137 is a promising AMPA-R potentiator with potent procognitive effects and lower risks of bell-shaped response and seizure. These data may open the door for the development of AMPA-R potentiators as therapeutic drugs for psychiatric and neurological diseases.


Subject(s)
Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/drug effects , Cognition/drug effects , Excitatory Amino Acid Agents/pharmacology , Neural Stem Cells/drug effects , Neurons/drug effects , Receptors, AMPA/drug effects , Seizures/chemically induced , Animals , Behavior, Animal/drug effects , Cell Line , Cell Proliferation/drug effects , Excitatory Amino Acid Agents/administration & dosage , Excitatory Amino Acid Agents/adverse effects , Haplorhini , Mice, Inbred C57BL , Mice, Inbred ICR , Primary Cell Culture , Rats, Long-Evans , Rats, Sprague-Dawley , Sulfonamides/pharmacology
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Drug Alcohol Depend ; 118(2-3): 288-94, 2011 Nov 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21546172

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: The conditioned taste aversion (CTA) paradigm is one of the reliable methods to evaluate the discriminative stimulus properties of drugs and is characterized by a short conditioning period and no need for special equipment. This method, however, has not yet been fully investigated for psychostimulants such as cocaine and methamphetamine. METHODS: In the present study, rats were trained to discriminate between cocaine and a vehicle using CTA and substitution tests with various psychostimulants were conducted to evaluate the usefulness of the method for assessing the discriminative stimulus properties of this pharmacological class. Male rats received an intraperitoneal (i.p.) injection of cocaine (10mg/kg) 10 min prior to access saccharin for 20-min, and immediately after the saccharin access they received an i.p. dose of LiCl (1.8 mEq; n=8, Group CL) or the vehicle (n=8, Group CW) on the day of conditioning; on the other days (2 or 3 days between the cocaine conditioning days), they were injected with saline prior to access to saccharin without the LiCl or vehicle injection after the access. RESULTS: By the fifteenth cocaine conditioning trial, all animals acquired discrimination. In the substitution test, cocaine dose dependently decreased saccharin consumption. The psychostimulants, methamphetamine, methylphenidate, bupropion and sibutramine, substituted for cocaine, whereas the opioid µ agonist morphine and the cannabinoid agonist, Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol, did not substitute for cocaine. Mazindol did not substitute for cocaine although it has CNS stimulant activities. CONCLUSION: These results suggest that discriminative stimulus properties of psychostimulants can be evaluated using the CTA paradigm.


Subject(s)
Avoidance Learning/drug effects , Central Nervous System Stimulants/administration & dosage , Cocaine/administration & dosage , Conditioning, Psychological/drug effects , Methamphetamine/administration & dosage , Animals , Discrimination Learning/drug effects , Male , Rats , Saccharin/administration & dosage , Taste/drug effects
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Toxicol Appl Pharmacol ; 251(3): 234-44, 2011 Mar 15.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21255596

ABSTRACT

Pioglitazone hydrochloride (PIO), a peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ) agonist, was administered orally for 85 weeks at 16 mg/kg/day to male rats fed either a diet containing 1.5% ammonium chloride (acid-forming diet) or a control diet to investigate the effects of urinary acidification induced by the acid-forming diet on the tumorigenic potential of PIO in the urinary bladder. The surviving animals at the end of the administration period were followed to the end of the 2-year study period without changes in the diet and were subjected to terminal necropsy on Week 104. The number of urinary microcrystals, evaluated by manual counting with light microscopy and by an objective method with a laser diffraction particle size analyzer, was increased by PIO on Weeks 12 and 25 and the increases were markedly suppressed by urinary acidification. Urinary citrate was decreased by PIO throughout the study period, but no changes were seen in urinary oxalate at any timepoint. The incidences of PIO-treated males bearing at least one of the advanced proliferative changes consisting of papillary hyperplasia, nodular hyperplasia, papilloma or carcinoma were significantly decreased from 11 of 82 males fed the control diet to 2 of 80 males fed the acid-forming diet. The acid-forming diet did not show any effects on the toxicokinetic parameters of PIO and its metabolites. Microcrystalluria appears to be involved in the development of the advanced stage proliferative lesions in bladder tumorigenesis induced by PIO in male rats.


Subject(s)
Ammonium Chloride/administration & dosage , Hypoglycemic Agents/toxicity , Thiazolidinediones/toxicity , Urinary Bladder Neoplasms/chemically induced , Urinary Bladder/drug effects , Animals , Citrates/urine , Diet , Hydrogen-Ion Concentration , Hypoglycemic Agents/pharmacokinetics , Lasers , Male , Microscopy , Oxalates/urine , PPAR gamma/agonists , Particle Size , Pioglitazone , Rats , Rats, Sprague-Dawley , Thiazolidinediones/pharmacokinetics , Urinary Bladder/metabolism , Urinary Bladder/pathology , Urinary Bladder Neoplasms/prevention & control
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