論文

査読有り 国際誌
2007年6月

Humanization of excretory pathway in chimeric mice with humanized liver.

Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology
  • Hirotoshi Okumura
  • ,
  • Miki Katoh
  • ,
  • Toshiro Sawada
  • ,
  • Miki Nakajima
  • ,
  • Yoshinori Soeno
  • ,
  • Hikaru Yabuuchi
  • ,
  • Toshihiko Ikeda
  • ,
  • Chise Tateno
  • ,
  • Katsutoshi Yoshizato
  • ,
  • Tsuyoshi Yokoi

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開始ページ
533
終了ページ
538
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)

The liver of a chimeric urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA)(+/+)/severe combined immunodeficient (SCID) mouse line recently established in Japan could be replaced by more than 80% with human hepatocytes. We previously reported that the chimeric mice with humanized liver could be useful as a human model in studies on drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics. In the present study, the humanization of an excretory pathway was investigated in the chimeric mice. Cefmetazole (CMZ) was used as a probe drug. The CMZ excretions in urine and feces were 81.0 and 5.9% of the dose, respectively, in chimeric mice and were 23.7 and 59.4% of the dose, respectively, in control uPA(-/-)/SCID mice. Because CMZ is mainly excreted in urine in humans, the excretory profile of chimeric mice was demonstrated to be similar to that of humans. In the chimeric mice, the hepatic mRNA expression of human drug transporters could be quantified. On the other hand, the hepatic mRNA expression of mouse drug transporters in the chimeric mice was significantly lower than in the control uPA(-/-)/SCID mice. In conclusion, chimeric mice exhibited a humanized profile of drug excretion, suggesting that this chimeric mouse line would be a useful animal model in excretory studies.

リンク情報
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17341479
ID情報
  • ISSN : 1096-6080
  • PubMed ID : 17341479

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