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Published in final edited form as: Pharm Res. 2023 Aug 17;40(11):2731–2746. doi: 10.1007/s11095-023-03574-1

Table II.

Brain Distribution and Efflux Transporter Liability of some Molecular-targeted Therapeutic Agents for the Treatment of Brain Tumors

Molecular target Compound Species Kp fu,plasma fu,brain Kp,uu P-gp substrate BCRP substrate Ref.
DNA alkylation TMZ mouse 0.56 NR NR NR Yes Yes [99]
ATR Berzosertib mouse 0.64 0.081 0.0014 0.011 Yes Yes [73]
ATM AZD1390 mouse 0.29 0.203 0.075 0.1 Yes No [100]
ATM AZD1390 mouse NR NR NR 0.04 Yes or no# Yes or no# [50]
ATM AZD1390 Cynomolgus monkey 5.8* 0.175 0.01 0.33 NR NR [50]
ATM WSD-0628 mouse NR 0.0285 0.0269 0.3 No No [101]
DNA-PK Peposertib mouse 0.09 0.114 0.041 0.03 Yes Yes [49]
PARP Pamiparib rat 0.18 NR NR 0.158 No No [102]
p53/MDM2 SAR405838 mouse 0.0275 0.00059 0.00015 0.007 Yes No [103]
p53/MDM2 BI-907828 mouse 0.009 0.0015 0.0003 0.002 Yes No [104]
EGFR AEE788 mouse 0.066 0.068 0.029 0.029 Yes or no# Yes or no# [105]
EGFR Afatinib mouse 0.254 0.08 0.014 0.046 Yes Yes [105]
EGFR AZD3759 mouse 1.7 0.058 0.101 2.96 No No [105]
EGFR Dacomitinib mouse 0.612 0.008 0.007 0.493 Yes or no# Yes or no# [105]
EGFR Erlotinib mouse 0.062 0.045 0.096 0.134 Yes Yes [105]
EGFR Gefitinib mouse 0.358 0.041 0.012 0.103 Yes Yes [105]
EGFR Osimertinib mouse 0.988 0.005 0.001 0.289 Yes Yes [105]
EGFR Vandetanib mouse 0.635 0.055 0.012 0.138 Yes Yes [105]
PDGFR-α Ponatinib mouse 0.82 0.0023 0.0003 0.11 Yes Yes [106]
PI3K GNE-317 mouse 1.1 NR NR 0.398 NR NR [107]
PI3K Pictilisib mouse 0.0127 NR NR 0.0035 Yes Yes [107]
PI3K GDC-0084 mouse 1.37 0.29 0.067 0.41 No No [108]
panRAF CCT196969 mouse 0.006 0.001 0.005 0.03 Yes or no# Yes or no# [109]
panRAF LY3009120 mouse 0.05 0.0182 0.0093 0.02 Yes or no# Yes or no# [109]
panRAF MLN2480 mouse 0.2 0.0421 0.0098 0.05 Yes or no# Yes or no# [109]
MEK E6201 mouse 2.66 0.026 0.0014 0.14 No No [75]
MEK Trametinib mouse 0.15 0.0021 0.0021 0.15 Yes or no# Yes or no# [75]
MEK Cobimetinib mouse 0.32 0.014 0.0012 0.027 Yes or no# Yes or no# [75]
KIF11 Ispinesib mouse 0.23 0.06 0.005 0.02 Yes Yes
Aurora A kinase Alisertib mouse 0.03 0.042 0.063 0.0044 Yes No [110]
CDK4/6 Abemaciclib mouse 1.2 0.054 0.0079 0.17 Yes Yes [111]
CDK4/6 Palbociclib mouse 0.1 0.23 0.02 0.01 Yes Yes [111]
*

yielded by PET data

#

substrate of P-gp and/or BCRP; NR, not reported

Kp: drug partition coefficient in the brain; fu,plasma: drug unbound fraction in plasma; fu,brain: drug unbound fraction in brain; Kp,uu: unbound drug partition coefficient in the brain