Characterization of the hepatic disposition of lanoteplase, a rationally designed variant of tissue plasminogen activator in rodents.

Lanoteplase is a recombinant mutant of tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA) that was developed with an aim to overcome the drawback of rapid systemic elimination of t-PA. In this study, we examined the disposition profile of lanoteplase in vivo and the kinetics of receptor-mediated endocytosis (RME) of this recombinant t-PA in vitro to kinetically characterize the mechanism(s) underlying its tissue distribution and elimination. Integration plot analysis of the initial-phase tissue distribution in rats revealed a much lower uptake clearance (CL(uptake)) of lanoteplase in the liver than that of t-PA.