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. 2009 Oct 12;54(1):543–545. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00733-09

TABLE 1.

Permeability (Papp, 10−6 cm·s−1) for the six FQs in the absence and presence of PSC-833

Drug Log D In the absence of PSC-833 (total Papp)
In the presence of PSC-833 (passive Papp)
PSC-833-sensitive (active Papp) differenceb
% of active contribution (BL-AP secretory)
AP-BL absorptive BL-AP secretorya Efflux ratio AP-BL absorptive BL-AP secretory Efflux ratio AP-BL absorptive BL-AP secretory
CIP −0.93 0.7 ± 0.02 2.7 ± 0.07** 4 0.8 ± 0.03 0.7 ± 0.01 0.9 0.1 2.0 73
NOR −1.16 0.6 ± 0.05 2.0 ± 0.04* 3.3 0.7 ± 0.03 0.6 ± 0.01 0.8 0.1 1.4 70
LVX −0.41 2.4 ± 0.10 6.2 ± 0.12** 2.6 4.2 ± 0.05 4.3 ± 0.10 1.0 1.8 1.9 30
MXF −0.28 5.0 ± 0.20 10.4 ± 0.20** 2.1 8.3 ± 0.12 7.8 ± 0.09 0.9 3.3 2.6 25
GRX 0.03 3.1 ± 0.12 11.8 ± 0.78** 3.8 7.3 ± 0.26 7.2 ± 0.28 1.0 4.2 4.6 40
PFX 0.25 7.1 ± 0.28 9.8 ± 0.19** 1.4 8.7 ± 0.36 8.7 ± 0.20 1.0 1.6 1.1 11
a

*, P < 0.01, **, P < 0.001.

b

Calculated as the absolute difference between Papp in the presence and absence of PSC-833. Data are expressed as the means ± SEM of results of three experiments.