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Recovery of rat nasal mucosa from the effects of aminopeptidase inhibitors.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  2352157     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Aminopeptidase inhibitors may be useful for improving the systemic bioavailability of peptide drugs administered nasally or by other routes. Preferably, their effects would be rapidly reversible. The recovery of peptide hydrolytic activity after exposure of the rat nasal cavity to various aminopeptidase inhibitors was evaluated. Leucine enkephalin (0.1 mM) was used as a model peptide which is predominantly metabolized by aminopeptidases nasally. All experiments involved in situ perfusion of the rat nasal cavity with leucine enkephalin and the inhibitor for 90 min, followed by a washout with saline, and finally a second experimental phase of perfusion with leucine enkephalin but no inhibitor. Boroleucine (0.1 microM) was a potent inhibitor of leucine enkephalin metabolism, and, after its removal, the leucine enkephalin metabolism rate returned to control levels. Much higher concentrations of bestatin (0.1 mM) and puromycin (1 mM) did not inhibit leucine enkephalin metabolism as much as did boroleucine. Furthermore, when these inhibitors were washed out, the rates of leucine enkephalin disappearance rebounded to higher than control levels. With bestatin this could have been partially due to membrane disruption, as evidenced by significantly increased protein concentrations in the perfusates. However, protein release was much lower than that caused by sodium glycocholate, a nasal membrane permeation enhancer. In considering the use of peptidase inhibitors as pharmaceutical adjuvants for peptide drugs, the aminoboronic acid derivatives, including boroleucine, have the advantages of efficacy at very low concentrations and reversibility of effects.
Authors:
M A Hussain; C A Koval; A B Shenvi; B J Aungst
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of pharmaceutical sciences     Volume:  79     ISSN:  0022-3549     ISO Abbreviation:  J Pharm Sci     Publication Date:  1990 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1990-07-16     Completed Date:  1990-07-16     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  2985195R     Medline TA:  J Pharm Sci     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  398-400     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
DuPont Company, Medical Products Department, Wilmington, DE 19880-0400.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Aminopeptidases / antagonists & inhibitors*
Animals
Boron / pharmacology
Boron Compounds*
Enkephalin, Leucine / metabolism*
Leucine / analogs & derivatives,  pharmacology
Nasal Mucosa / drug effects,  metabolism*
Puromycin / pharmacology
Rats
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Boron Compounds; 100208-04-6/boroleucine; 53-79-2/Puromycin; 58822-25-6/Enkephalin, Leucine; 58970-76-6/bestatin; 61-90-5/Leucine; 7440-42-8/Boron; EC 3.4.11.-/Aminopeptidases

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