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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 13.
Published in final edited form as: J Pharmacokinet Pharmacodyn. 2013 Apr 25;40(4):437–449. doi: 10.1007/s10928-013-9317-1

Table 2.

PBPK model parameter values

Parameter Symbol Value
Docetaxel molecular weighta MW 581.06 g/mol
Fraction of docetaxel unbound to plasma proteinsa FU 0.07
Tissue volumes % of body weight
  Blooda FV_bld 4.90
  Braina FV_brn 1.65
  Hearta FV_hrt 0.50
  Lunga FV_lng 0.73
  Kidneya FV_kid 1.67
  Intestinea FV_int 4.22
  Livera FV_liv 5.49
  Slowly perfuseda FV_sp 80.84
Tissue blood flows % of cardiac output
  Braina FQ_brn 3.3
  Hearta FQ_hrt 6.6
  Lunga FQ_lng 100
  Kidneya FQ_kid 9.1
  Intestinea FQ_int 14.1
  Livera FQ_liv 2.0
  Slowly perfuseda FQ_sp 64.9
Partition coefficients Ratio
  Brain:plasmab P_brn 58 (0.013)
  Heart:plasmab P_hrt 990 (0.231)
  Lung:plasmab P_lng 2,376 (0.546)
  Kidney:plasmab P_kid 995 (0.222)
  FVB intestine:plasmab P_int_fvb 195 (0.008)
  KO intestine:plasmab P_int_ko 397 (33.970)
  Liver:plasmab P_liv 7,088 (1.653)
  Slowly perfused:plasmab P_sp 748 (0.174)
Tubulin binding capacities nmol/kg
  Braina TB_brn 10,710
  Hearta TB_hrt 1,970
  Lunga TB_lng 2,580
  Kidneya TB_kid 1,470
  Intestinea TB_int 1,080
  Livera TB_liv 3,510
  Slowly perfusedb TB_sp 521 (0.231)
Tubulin binding affinitya KD 19 nM
Metabolism
  First-order liver metabolism rate constantb K_LMET 3,664 (1.444) h−1
  First-order FVB intestine metabolism rate constantb K_IMET_fvb 19 (0.008) h−1
  Saturable KO intestine metabolism Kma KMM_int_ko 600 nmol/kg
  Saturable KO intestine metabolism Vmaxa VMAXM_int_ko 2,654 nmol/h/kg
Glomerular filtration and tubular reabsorption
  FVB fraction kidney blood flow filtered at glomerulusa FGF_fvb 0.265
  KO fraction kidney blood flow filtered at glomerulusa FGF_ko 0.187
  FVB tubular reabsorption rate constantb K_RABS_fvb 0.02 (0.001) h−1
  KO tubular reabsorption rate constantb K_RABS_ko 1.8 (0.001) h−1
PGP transport
  Kmb KMT 28 (0.007) nmol/kg
  Brain Vmaxb VMAXT_brn 14,581 (3.232) nmol/h/kg
  Heart Vmaxb VMAXT_hrt 14,599 (3.449) nmol/h/kg
  Lung Vmaxb VMAXT_lng 340,176 (13.151) nmol/h/kg
  Kidney Vmaxb VMAXT_kid 3,003 (0.012) nmol/h/kg
  Slowly perfused Vmaxb VMAXT_sp 10 (0.002) nmol/h/kg
a

Values obtained from the literature

b

Values (SD) determined by parameter estimation