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. 2023 Feb 2;14:1111433. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2023.1111433

TABLE 3.

Physiological and kinetic default values used in PBPK model and probability distributions applied for uncertainty and sensitivity analyses.

Physiological parameters Abbreviation Default value Distribution
Body weight (kg) BW 72.3 N a (72.3, 9.05)
% BW
 Total vascularised tissues VT 0.95 -
 Liver VLiC 3.09 N(3.09, 0.8)
 Kidney VKic 0.58 N(0.58, 0.15)
 Fat VFaC 19.5 LN(3.42, 0.43)
 Gut VGuC 1.50 N(1.5, 0.2)
 Stomach VStC 0.22 N(0.22, 0.07)
 Slowly perfused tissue VSpdC 60.7 N(60.7, 9.4)
 Rapidly perfused tissue VRpdC 3.71 N(3.7, 0.26)
 Blood VBldC 5.0 N(5.0, 1.0)
Cardiac output (L h-1 kg-1 BW) QCC 14 N(13.8, 2.5)
% Cardiac output
 Liver QHepartC 6.9 N(6.9, 0.5)
 Kidney QKiC 20 N(20.0, 3.0)
 Fat QFaC 5.0 N(5.3, 0.3)
 Gut QGuC 14.9 N(14.9, 3.0)
 Stomach QStC 1.1 N(1.1, 0.1)
 Slowly perfused tissue QSpdC 28.7 N(28.7, 1.9)
 Rapidly perfused tissue QRpdC 23.0 N(23.0, 2.8)
Metabolic Clearance (minutes)
 In vitro half-life DPHP T½DPHP 3 b HN(10)
 In vitro half-life MPHP T½MPHP 8.05 N(8.05, 4.0)
 In vivo DPHP gut half-life T½DPHP_gut 60 c N(30, 10)
Protein Binding (%)
 DPHP FB_DPHP 99.75 U(0.95, 1.00)
 MPHP FB_MPHP 98.54 U(0.90, 1.00)
Elimination (liver to bile) (h-1)
 DPHP k1_DPHP_liver 10 HN(10)
Microsomal protein yield (mg g-1)
 Hepatic MPY 34 d N(34, 10)
 Gut MPYgut 3.9 e N(3.9, 2.0)
Parameters Abbreviation Default value Distribution
Blood:tissue partition coefficients
DPHP
 Plasma Pbab 15.5 U(1, 30)
 Adipose Pfab 63.4 U(32, 125)
 Liver Plib 5.89 U(1, 50)
 Kidney Pkib 5.89 U(3, 12)
 Red blood cells Prbcb 3.29 U(3, 12)
 Gut Pgub 7.4 U(1, 50)
 Stomach Pstb 3.7 U(2, 8)
 Rapidly Perfused Prpdb 3.7 U(2, 8)
 Slowly Perfused Pspdb 3.29 U(2, 8)
MPHP
 Plasma PbaM 25.23 U(1, 50)
 Adipose PfaM 29.10 U(15, 60)
 Liver PliM 54.8 U(1, 30)
 Kidney PkiM 15.5 U(1, 30)
 Red blood cells PrbcM 6.67 U(3, 12)
 Gut PguM 25.2 U(1, 30)
 Stomach PstM 25.2 U(12, 50)
 Rapidly Perfused PrpdM 12.20 U(6, 24)
 Slowly Perfused PspdM 7.51 U(4, 15)
Gastric emptying (h-1) f
 Maximum k(max) 10.2 U(5.1, 20.4)
 Minimum k(min) 0.005 U(0.0025, 0.01)
Absorption (fraction of dose)
 Fraction of dose taken up into liver FRACDOSEHep 0.1 U(0.001, 0.4)
 Fraction of dose taken up into lymph FRACDOSELymph 0.5 U(0.001, 0.15)
Absorption (h-1)
 Gut kGa 25.1 U(12.55, 50.2)
 Absorption in Stomach BELLYPERM 0.685 U(0.05, 7.5)
 Absorption in first GI Tract compartment GIPERM1 5.1 U(0.05, 10)
 Absorption in first GI Tract compartment GIPERM2 5.1 U(0.05, 30)
 Absorption in Lymph via stomach BELLYPERMLymph 0.685 U(0.34, 0.99)
 Absorption in Lymph via GI Tract GIPERMLymph 5.1 U(2.6, 7.6)
 Absorption into blood from lymph K1Lymph 0.2 U(0.05, 3)
Delays (h-1)
 Transportation delay in gut Gutlag 1 U(0.01, 5)
 Delay associated with lymphatic uptake LymphLag 1 (0.01, 7)
Fraction unavailable for first pass metabolism (fraction of dose)
 MPHP in gut EscapeFracgut 0.5 U(0, 1)
 MPHP in liver EscapeFracliver 0.5 U(0, 1)
Metabolism of MPHP (fractions)
 Fraction of MPHP to OH-MPHP FracMetabOH 0.3 U(0.2, 0.5)
 Fraction of MPHP to cx-MPHP FracMetabcx 0.02 U(0.01, 0.05)
Urinary elimination rate (h-1)
 5OH-MEHA K1_MOH 1 U(0.01, 5)
 5cx-MEPA K1_5cx 1 U(0.01, 5)
a

Distributions, N, normal; LN, Lognormal; HN, Half normal; U, uniform.

b

Estimated.

c

Estimated.

d

Barter et al. (2007), Howgate et al. (2006)

e

Pacifici, et al. (1988), Soars, et al. (2002)

f

Loizou and Spendiff (2004)