Recommended Daily Dose of Sesame Lignans Has No Influence on Oral Absorption of P-Glycoprotein Substrates in Rats

Biol Pharm Bull. 2015;38(12):1960-3. doi: 10.1248/bpb.b15-00392.

Abstract

Sesamin (SM) and episesamin (ESM) are constituents of sesame seeds, which are used in health foods and considered to have various beneficial effects in the prevention of lifestyle-related diseases. P-Glycoprotein (P-gp) is an ATP-binding cassette transporter involved in drug absorption in the human gastrointestinal tract. A recent report indicated that SM influences P-gp-mediated drug transport. In the present study, we investigated whether SM and ESM inhibit P-gp in vitro, using Caco-2 cells and the typical P-gp substrates rhodamine123 (Rho123) and fexofenadine. SM and ESM showed no effect on accumulation of these compounds, indicating that SM and ESM do not influence P-gp function. In addition, an in vivo study using Rho123 indicated that SM and ESM do not affect absorption of P-gp substrates. Overall, these results suggest that health foods containing SM and ESM are unlikely to interact with P-gp substrates.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1 / metabolism*
  • Animals
  • Biological Transport
  • Caco-2 Cells
  • Dioxoles / pharmacology*
  • Drug Interactions*
  • Food-Drug Interactions
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Absorption / drug effects
  • Lignans / pharmacology*
  • Male
  • Plant Extracts / pharmacology
  • Rats, Wistar
  • Rhodamine 123 / pharmacokinetics*
  • Seeds / chemistry*
  • Sesamum / chemistry*
  • Terfenadine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Terfenadine / pharmacokinetics

Substances

  • ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1
  • Dioxoles
  • Lignans
  • Plant Extracts
  • Rhodamine 123
  • Terfenadine
  • fexofenadine
  • sesamin