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. 2024 Apr 11;6:1373325. doi: 10.3389/ftox.2024.1373325

TABLE 2.

Physiological and biochemical parameters used for the nicotine PBPK model.

Parameters Parameters description Values References
Original Fitted
BW Body weight—kg 81.2 — Scitovation database
QC Cardiac output—L/h 423.37 — Scitovation database
QLc Blood flow to the liver—Fraction of QC 0.235 — Scitovation database
QURTc Blood flow to the URT—Fraction of QC 0.00247 — Campbell et al. (2015)
QTBc Blood flow to the TB region—Fraction of QC 0.0075 — Campbell et al. (2015)
QALVc Blood flow to the pulmonary region—Fraction of QC 0.0067 — Butler (1992)
VLc Liver volume—Fraction of BW 0.0197 — Scitovation database
VArtc Arterial blood volume—Fraction of BW 0.0142 — Scitovation database
VVc Venous blood volume–Fraction of BW 0.0427 — Scitovation database
SAurt URT surface area—cm2 154.8 — MPPD
SAtb TB surface area—cm2 4440 — MPPD
SAta Transitional airway surface area—cm2 6220 — Sarangapani et al. (2002a)
SApulm Pulmonary region surface area—cm2 700146.6 — MPPD
TmucepithURT Mucus and epithelium thickness in the upper respiratory tract—cm 0.006 — Sarangapani et al. (2002a)
TmucepithTB Mucus and epithelium thickness in the tracheo-bronchial region—cm 0.0066 — Sarangapani et al. (2002a)
TmucepithTA Mucus and epithelium thickness in the transitional airway—cm 0.001 — Sarangapani et al. (2002a)
TmucepithPULM Mucus and epithelium thickness in the pulmonary region—cm 0.0005 — Sarangapani et al. (2002a)
TURT Submucosa thickness—cm 0.012 — Bogdanffy, personal communication
TTB Submucosa thickness—cm 0.0132 — Bogdanffy, personal communication
TTA Submucosa thickness—cm 0.002 — Bogdanffy, personal communication
TV Tidal volume—L 1.3 — Brown et al. (1997)
DS Dead space in the lung—L 0.15 — Brown et al. (1997)
BR Breathing rate—/h 720 — Brown et al. (1997)
DLc Nicotine diffusion—cm2/h 4.87E-9 — QSAR
PL Liver: blood partition coefficient 7.8 7 Teeguarden et al. (2013)
PURT URT: blood partition coefficient 2 1.23 Robinson et al. (1992)
PTB TB: blood partition coefficient 2 0.1 Robinson et al. (1992)
PALV ALV: blood partition coefficient 2 0.1 Robinson et al. (1992)
PRB Rest of the body: blood PC 7.8 1.48 Teeguarden et al. (2013)
Fu Plasma unbound fraction 0.95 — Robinson et al. (1992)
CLr Renal clearance—L/h 4.25 — Yamazaki et al. (2010)
CLint Intrinsic clearance—L/h 63 128.5 Robinson et al. (1992)
FURT Particle fraction deposited in the URT 0.014 — MPPD
FTB Particle fraction deposited in the TB 0.07 — MPPD
FPULM Particle fraction deposited in PULM 0.1629 — MPPD
Fvapor Vapor fraction for Cigarette 0.0247 0.20 Haghnegahdar et al. (2018)
BPR Blood plasma ratio 1 — Values range from 0.82 to 1.2 so estimation at 1