Amplifying the impact of kidney microphysiological systems: Predicting renal clearance using mechanistic modelling based on reconstructed drug secretion
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Accurate prediction of pharmacokinetic parameters, such as renal clearance, is fundamental to the development of effective and safe new treatments for patients. However, conventional renal models have a limited ability to predict renal drug secretion, a process that is dependent on transporters in the proximal tubule. Improvements in microphysiological systems (MPS) have extended our in vitro capabilities to predict pharmacokinetic parameters. In this study a kidney-MPS model was developed that successfully recreated renal drug secretion. Human proximal tubule cells grown in the kidney-MPS, resembling an in vivo phenotype, actively secreted the organic cation drug metformin and organic anion drug cidofovir, in contrast to cells cultured in conventional culture formats. Metformin and cidofovir renal secretory clearance were predicted from kidney-MPS data within 3.3- and 1.3-fold, respectively, of clinically reported values by employing a semi-mechanistic drug distribution model using kidney-MPS drug transport parameters together with in vitro to in vivo extrapolation. This approach introduces an effective application of a kidney-MPS model coupled with pharmacokinetic modelling tools to evaluate and predict renal drug clearance in humans. Kidney-MPS renal clearance predictions can potentially complement pharma-cokinetic animal studies and contribute to the reduction of pre-clinical species use during drug development.
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