Publications by authors named "Marie-Emilie Willemin"

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  • Cytokine release syndrome, often linked to T-cell therapies like talquetamab, causes an increase in interleukin-6 (IL-6), which might inhibit certain liver enzymes (cytochrome P450).
  • The study aimed to assess how elevated IL-6 affects the metabolism of other drugs by looking at both standard and extreme IL-6 levels after talquetamab treatment.
  • Results showed that while normal IL-6 levels had no significant impact on drug interactions, elevated IL-6 could moderately affect specific liver enzymes, with potential effects peaking 7 to 9 days after the start of treatment.
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Cytokine release syndrome (CRS) was associated with teclistamab treatment in the phase I/II MajesTEC-1 study. Cytokines, especially interleukin (IL)-6, are known suppressors of cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes' activity. A physiologically based pharmacokinetic model evaluated the impact of IL-6 serum levels on exposure of substrates of various CYP enzymes (1A2, 2C9, 2C19, 3A4, 3A5).

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Drug-drug interactions (DDIs) involving hepatic organic anion transporting polypeptides 1B1/1B3 (OATP1B) can be substantial, however, challenges remain for predicting interaction risk. Emerging evidence suggests that endogenous biomarkers, particularly coproporphyrin-I (CP-I), can be used to assess in vivo OATP1B activity. The present work under the International Consortium for Innovation and Quality in Pharmaceutical Development was aimed primarily at assessing CP-I as a biomarker for informing OATP1B DDI risk.

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Monitoring endogenous biomarkers is increasingly used to evaluate transporter-mediated drug-drug interactions (DDIs) in early drug development and may be applied to elucidate changes in transporter activity in disease. 4-pyridoxic acid (PDA) has been identified as the most sensitive plasma endogenous biomarker of renal organic anion transporters (OAT1/3). Increase in PDA baseline concentrations was observed after administration of probenecid, a strong clinical inhibitor of OAT1/3 and also in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD).

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Background And Objective: A physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling approach for esketamine and its metabolite noresketamine after esketamine intranasal administration was developed to aid the prediction of drug-drug interactions (DDIs) during the clinical development of esketamine nasal spray (SPRAVATO). This article describes the development of the PBPK model to predict esketamine and noresketamine kinetics after intranasal administration of esketamine and its verification and application in the prediction of prospective DDIs with esketamine using models of index perpetrator and victim drugs.

Methods: The intranasal PBPK (IN-PBPK) models for esketamine/noresketamine were constructed in Simcyp v14.

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Background: Endogenous biomarkers are promising tools to assess transporter-mediated drug-drug interactions early in humans.

Methods: We evaluated on a common and validated in vitro system the selectivity of 4-pyridoxic acid (PDA), homovanillic acid (HVA), glycochenodeoxycholate-3-sulphate (GCDCA-S) and taurine towards different renal transporters, including multidrug resistance-associated protein, and assessed the in vivo biomarker sensitivity towards the strong organic anion transporter (OAT) inhibitor probenecid at 500 mg every 6 h to reach close to complete OAT inhibition.

Results: PDA and HVA were substrates of the OAT1/2/3, OAT4 (PDA only) and multidrug resistance-associated protein 4; GCDCA-S was more selective, having affinity only towards OAT3 and multidrug resistance-associated protein 2.

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  • Current risk evaluation practices for thyroid-active chemical mixtures emphasize iodide uptake inhibition via NIS, but this may not fully account for the effects of thiocyanate.
  • Research tested whether solely relying on NIS inhibition could explain the dose-response relationship of thiocyanate and its impact on serum thyroxine levels.
  • Findings indicate that considering only NIS inhibition is insufficient for chronic exposure scenarios, highlighting the need for more comprehensive mechanistic data to accurately assess the risks posed by thiocyanate.
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Exposure of the population to thiocyanate is predominantly through the diet and cigarette smoke. Thiocyanate is a potential thyroid disruptor due to its capacity to inhibit the uptake of iodide by the thyroid. Thiocyanate also interacts with the enzymatic reactions associated with iodide organification and thyroid hormone synthesis.

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Thyroid homeostasis can be disturbed due to thiocyanate exposure from the diet or tobacco smoke. Thiocyanate inhibits both thyroidal uptake of iodide, via the sodium-iodide symporter (NIS), and thyroid hormone (TH) synthesis in the thyroid, via thyroid peroxidase (TPO), but the mode of action of thiocyanate is poorly quantified in the literature. The characterization of the link between intra-thyroidal thiocyanate concentrations and dose of exposure is crucial for assessing the risk of thyroid perturbations due to thiocyanate exposure.

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Permethrin, a pyrethroid insecticide, is suspected to induce neuronal and hormonal disturbances in humans. The widespread exposure of the populations has been confirmed by the detection of the urinary metabolites of permethrin in biomonitoring studies. Permethrin is a chiral molecule presenting two forms, the cis and the trans isomers.

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