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. 2020 Apr 11;12(4):348. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12040348

Table 2.

Pharmacokinetic parameters of verapamil and furosemide for PBPK simulation in diabetic rats (DM) and control rats (CON).

Parameter Unit Furosemide Verapamil
CON rats DM rats CON rats DM rats
Vc L/kg 0.127 [148] 0.127 0.505 a 0.505
k21 h−1 0.835 [148] 0.835 11.880 a 11.88
k12 h−1 0.989 [148] 0.989 10.740 a 10.74
fu % 10.4 [105] 10.4 [89] 0.05 [93] 0.05
Kt:p Liver 0.33 [148] 0.33 8.20 b 8.20
Kt:p Intestine 0.517 [148] 0.517 319.39 b 319.39
Kt:p Kidney 1.36 [148] 1.36 / /
Papp,A-B (caco-2) cm/s × 10−6 6.90 [149] 3.45 c 13.8 13.8
Papp,B-A (caco-2) cm/s × 10−6 / / 24.84 14.90 d
CLkidney mL/min/kg 4.33 [105] /
CLliver mL/min/kg 2.20 [105] /
Fu × CLint,liver mL/min/250 g 0.60 e 0.75 f / /
Fu × CLint,kidney mL/min/250 g 1.19 e 0.48 g / /
Microsomes
Liver
Vmax nmol/(min/mg prot) / / 1.60 [27] 2.38 [27]
Km μM / / 13.21 [27] 16.09 [27]
Intestine
Vmax pmol/(min/mg prot) / / 49.04 [27] 22.70 [27]
Km μM / / 34.06 [27] 55.37 [27]

a Estimated using the reported data [150]; b estimated according to a method [151] reported by Ruark et al. and physicochemical properties of verapamil; c function of intestinal MCT6 was set to be 50% that of control rats [47]; d level of intestinal P-gp protein was 60% that of control rats [82]; e fu × Clint were estimated using equation fu*Clint = Q × CL/(Q − CL); f contribution of CYP2C11 was 61.5% of the total metabolism [152], rests (38.5%) were assumed to attributed to CYP2E1 and CYP3As. Diabetes increased the expression of CYP2E1 and CYP3As by 3-fold [28] and expression of CYP2C11 mRNA was decreased to 16% that of control rats [47]; g function of renal OATs was decreased to 40% that of control rats [115].