Pharmacokinetics of anti-HBV polyoxometalate in rats

PLoS One. 2014 Jun 12;9(6):e98292. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098292. eCollection 2014.

Abstract

Polyoxometalates are non-nucleoside analogs that have been proven to exhibit broad-spectrum antiviral activity. In particular, Cs2K4Na[SiW9Nb3O40].H2O 1 shows low toxicity and high activity against HBV. The preclinical pharmacokinetics of Compound 1 in rats were characterized by establishing and applying inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry method to determine the concentration of W in plasma, urine, feces, bile and organ samples. The quantitative ICP-MS method demonstrated good sensitivity and application in the pharmacokinetics study of polyoxometalates. The pharmacokinetic behavior of Compound 1 after intravenous or oral administration fit a two-compartment model. Tmax ranges from 0.1 h to 3 h and the T1/2 of Compound 1 is between 20 h and 30 h. The absolute bioavailability of Compound 1 at 45, 180 and 720 mg/kg groups were 23.68%, 14.67% and 11.93%, respectively. The rates of plasma protein binding of Compound 1 at 9, 18 and 36 mg/ml of Compound 1 are 62.13±9.41%, 71.20±24.98% and 49.00±25.59%, respectively. Compound 1 was widely distributed throughout the body, and high levels of compound 1 were found in the kidney and liver. The level of Compound 1 in excretion was lower: 30% for urine, 0.28% for feces and 0.42% for bile, respectively. For elaborate pharmacokinetic characteristics to be fully understood, the metabolism of Compound 1 needs to be studied further.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antiviral Agents / pharmacokinetics*
  • Male
  • Metabolic Clearance Rate
  • Rats
  • Rats, Wistar
  • Tissue Distribution
  • Tungsten Compounds / pharmacokinetics*

Substances

  • Antiviral Agents
  • Tungsten Compounds
  • polyoxometalate I

Grants and funding

This work was financially supported by the National S & T Major Project of China (2009ZX09103-105) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.81072337). The authors acknowledge support from The Talents Ph.D. Project of Bethune College of Medicine in Jilin University. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.