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Progestogens Are Metabolized by the Gut Microbiota: Implications for Colonic Drug Delivery

Following oral administration, the bioavailability of progestogens is very low and highly variable, in part due to metabolism by cytochrome P450 enzymes found in the mucosa of the small intestine. Conversely, the mucosa in the colon contains much lower levels of cytochrome P450 enzymes, thus, coloni...

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Autores principales: Coombes, Zoe, Yadav, Vipul, E. McCoubrey, Laura, Freire, Cristina, W. Basit, Abdul, Conlan, R. Steven, Gonzalez, Deyarina
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7464400/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32806503
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics12080760
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author Coombes, Zoe
Yadav, Vipul
E. McCoubrey, Laura
Freire, Cristina
W. Basit, Abdul
Conlan, R. Steven
Gonzalez, Deyarina
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Yadav, Vipul
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Freire, Cristina
W. Basit, Abdul
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description Following oral administration, the bioavailability of progestogens is very low and highly variable, in part due to metabolism by cytochrome P450 enzymes found in the mucosa of the small intestine. Conversely, the mucosa in the colon contains much lower levels of cytochrome P450 enzymes, thus, colonic delivery of progestogens may be beneficial. Microbiota in the colon are known to metabolize a great number of drugs, therefore, it is important to understand the stability of these hormones in the presence of colonic flora before developing formulations. The aim of this study was to investigate the stability of three progestogens: progesterone, and its two synthetic analogues, medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) and levonorgestrel (LNG), in the presence of human colonic microbiota. Progesterone, MPA, and LNG were incubated in mixed fecal inoculum (simulated human colonic fluid) under anerobic conditions. Progesterone was completely degraded after 2 h, whereas levels of MPA and LNG were still detectable after 24 h. The half-lives of progesterone, MPA, and LNG in fecal inoculum were 28, 644, and 240 min, respectively. This study describes the kinetics of colonic microbial metabolism of these hormones for the first time. MPA and LNG show promise for delivery to the colon, potentially improving pharmacokinetics over current oral delivery methods.
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spelling pubmed-74644002020-09-04 Progestogens Are Metabolized by the Gut Microbiota: Implications for Colonic Drug Delivery Coombes, Zoe Yadav, Vipul E. McCoubrey, Laura Freire, Cristina W. Basit, Abdul Conlan, R. Steven Gonzalez, Deyarina Pharmaceutics Article Following oral administration, the bioavailability of progestogens is very low and highly variable, in part due to metabolism by cytochrome P450 enzymes found in the mucosa of the small intestine. Conversely, the mucosa in the colon contains much lower levels of cytochrome P450 enzymes, thus, colonic delivery of progestogens may be beneficial. Microbiota in the colon are known to metabolize a great number of drugs, therefore, it is important to understand the stability of these hormones in the presence of colonic flora before developing formulations. The aim of this study was to investigate the stability of three progestogens: progesterone, and its two synthetic analogues, medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) and levonorgestrel (LNG), in the presence of human colonic microbiota. Progesterone, MPA, and LNG were incubated in mixed fecal inoculum (simulated human colonic fluid) under anerobic conditions. Progesterone was completely degraded after 2 h, whereas levels of MPA and LNG were still detectable after 24 h. The half-lives of progesterone, MPA, and LNG in fecal inoculum were 28, 644, and 240 min, respectively. This study describes the kinetics of colonic microbial metabolism of these hormones for the first time. MPA and LNG show promise for delivery to the colon, potentially improving pharmacokinetics over current oral delivery methods. MDPI 2020-08-12 /pmc/articles/PMC7464400/ /pubmed/32806503 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics12080760 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Progestogens Are Metabolized by the Gut Microbiota: Implications for Colonic Drug Delivery
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title_fullStr Progestogens Are Metabolized by the Gut Microbiota: Implications for Colonic Drug Delivery
title_full_unstemmed Progestogens Are Metabolized by the Gut Microbiota: Implications for Colonic Drug Delivery
title_short Progestogens Are Metabolized by the Gut Microbiota: Implications for Colonic Drug Delivery
title_sort progestogens are metabolized by the gut microbiota: implications for colonic drug delivery
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7464400/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32806503
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics12080760
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