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Diss. (sammanfattning) Uppsala : Uppsala universitet, 2006. / Härtill 4 uppsatser.

Modelos microbiológicos tem sido usado na biotransformação de fármacos para a obtenção de metabólitos. Fungos de diversos gêneros têm sido amplamente utilizados para mimetizar o metabolismo hepático de mamíferos. O uso de fungos é vantajoso uma vez que apresentam um crescimento rápido e de fácil formação do sistema multienzimático. Além disso, hoje, a biotransformação é considerada como uma tecnologia econômica e competitiva, na busca de novas rotas de produção farmacêutica e de compostos agrotóxicos. Em muitos casos a transformação biológica é enantiosseletiva, permitindo a produção de enantiômeros puros a partir de misturas racêmicas. Devido à ausência de um método de extração com baixo consumo de solventes orgânicos para a determinação enantiosseletiva da hidroxizina (HZ) e cetirizina (CTZ), foi desenvolvido um método que combina a microextração liquido-liquido dispersiva (DLLME) e eletroforese capilar (CE) para estudar a biotransformação enantiosseletiva da HZ pelos fungos Penicillium crustosum, Mucor rouxii, Cunnonghamella echinulata var. elegans ATCC 8688, Cunnonghamella echinulata var. elegans ATCC 10028, Nigrospora sphaerica e Fusarium oxysporum. Um método por CE foi desenvolvido para a análise enanatiosseletiva da hidroxizina e cetirizina em meio de cultura Czapek. As análises por CE foram realizadas utilizando um capilar de sílica fundida não revestida, 50 mmol L-1 de borato de sódio como solução tampão de análise (pH 9,0) contendo 0,8% p/v de ciclodextrina--sulfatada como seletor quiral. A tensão aplicada e temperatura foram de +6 kV e 15 ºC, respectivamente. O detector UV foi ajustado no comprimento de onda 214 nm. As condições da DLLME envolvidas foram: clorofórmio (300 µL) como solvente extrator, etanol (400 µL) como solvente dispersante. Após a formação da solução turva, as amostras foram submetidas a agitação por vórtex durante 30 segundos a 2000 rpm e centrifugação durante 5 minutos a 3000 rpm. As recuperações foram na faixa de 87,4 91,7%. O método se mostrou linear na faixa de concentração 250 12500 ng mL-1 para cada enantiômero da HZ (r > 0.998) e de 125 6250 ng mL-1 para cada enantiômero da CTZ (r > 0.998). Os limites de quantificação foram 125 e 250 ng mL-1 para CTZ e HZ, respectivamente. Dentre os seis fungos estudados, três foram capazes de converter a HZ em CTZ enantiosseletivamente, especialmente o fungo Cunninghamella elegans ATCC 10028 que converteu 19% de (E1)-HZ em (S)-CTZ com excesso enantiomérico de 65%. / Microbial models have been used in biotransformation studies of many drugs aiming their metabolite production. Fungi of various genera have been extensively used to mimic the mammals hepatic metabolism. The use of fungi is advantageous because they present fast growth and easy formation of the multienzymatic system. Moreover, the biotransformation is, nowadays, considered an economically and competitive technology, in the search of new production routes for fine chemical, pharmaceutical and agrochemical compounds. In many cases, the biological transformation is enantioselective, allowing the production of pure enantiomers from racemic mixtures. In light of the above considerations and due to the absence of a low consuming organic solvent extraction method for the enantioselective determination of hydroxyzine (HZ) and cetirizine (CTZ), it was developed a method combining dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction (DLLME) and capillary electrophoresis (CE) to study the enantioselective biotransformation of HZ through the fungi Penicillium crustosum, Mucor rouxii, Cunnonghamella echinulata var. elegans ATCC 8688, Cunnonghamella echinulata var. elegans ATCC 10028, Nigrospora sphaerica e Fusarium oxysporum. A CE method was developed for the enantioselective analysis of hydroxyzine (HZ) and cetirizine (CTZ) in Czapek liquid culture medium. The CE analyses were performed using an uncoated fused-silica capillary and 50 mmol/L sodium borate buffer (pH 9.0) containing 0.8% (w/v) sulfated--cyclodextrin. The applied voltage and temperature used were +6 kV and 15 °C, respectively. The UV detector was set at 214 nm. The DLLME conditions involved: chloroform (300 µL) as extraction solvent and ethanol (400 µL) as dispersive solvent. After the formation of the cloudy solution, the samples were subjected to vortex agitation during 30 s at 2000 rpm and centrifugation for 5 min at 3000 rpm. The recoveries were in the range of 87.4 91.7%. The method was linear over the concentration range of 250 12500 ng/mL for each enantiomer of HZ (r > 0.998) and of 125 6250 ng/mL for each enantiomer of CTZ (r > 0.998). The quantification limits were 125 and 250 ng/mL for CTZ and HZ, respectively. Among the six studied fungi three were able to convert HZ to CTZ enantioselectively, especially the fungus Cunninghamella elegans ATCC 10028B that converted 19% of (E1)-HZ to (S)-CTZ with an enantiomeric excess of 65%.

<p>Cetirizine, an H₁-antihistamine, is prescribed for allergic disorders. It exists as a racemic mixture, with levocetirizine being the active enantiomer. The central nervous system side-effects of H₁-antihistamines are caused by their penetration into the brain. In this thesis the plasma pharmacokinetics, transport across the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and H₁ receptor occupancy of cetirizine enantiomers was investigated <i>in vivo</i> in guinea pigs. The transport across the BBB was quantified using the microdialysis technique. Stereoselective brain distribution was investigated by measuring both unbound and total concentrations in plasma and brain. The time aspects of the H₁ receptor occupancy of levocetirizine was studied in the brain and the periphery.</p><p>The plasma pharmacokinetics of cetirizine was stereoselective with clearance and volume of distribution of levocetirizine being approximately half that of dextrocetirizine. This was mainly due to the differences in plasma protein binding of the enantiomers. The stereoselectivity in brain distribution indicated by the partition coefficient K_p (total AUC ratio brain to plasma) was caused by stereoselective plasma protein binding. The transport across the BBB measured in this thesis by the unbound partition coefficient K_p,uu (unbound AUC ratio brain to plasma) was the same for the two enantiomers. Binding within the brain was also not significantly different. The H₁ receptor occupancy of levocetirizine in brain lagged behind the plasma concentrations whereas it was not delayed with respect to the brain concentrations. This indicates that the delayed brain H₁ receptor occupancy of levocetirizine is caused by a slow transport across the BBB.</p><p>In summary, the results of this thesis emphasize the importance of measuring both the unbound and total concentrations in blood and brain to characterize stereoselective brain distribution. The thesis also emphasize the importance of taking local brain pharmacokinetics into consideration in understanding pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic relationships of drugs with central activity.</p>

Cetirizine, an H1-antihistamine, is prescribed for allergic disorders. It exists as a racemic mixture, with levocetirizine being the active enantiomer. The central nervous system side-effects of H1-antihistamines are caused by their penetration into the brain. In this thesis the plasma pharmacokinetics, transport across the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and H1 receptor occupancy of cetirizine enantiomers was investigated in vivo in guinea pigs. The transport across the BBB was quantified using the microdialysis technique. Stereoselective brain distribution was investigated by measuring both unbound and total concentrations in plasma and brain. The time aspects of the H1 receptor occupancy of levocetirizine was studied in the brain and the periphery. The plasma pharmacokinetics of cetirizine was stereoselective with clearance and volume of distribution of levocetirizine being approximately half that of dextrocetirizine. This was mainly due to the differences in plasma protein binding of the enantiomers. The stereoselectivity in brain distribution indicated by the partition coefficient Kp (total AUC ratio brain to plasma) was caused by stereoselective plasma protein binding. The transport across the BBB measured in this thesis by the unbound partition coefficient Kp,uu (unbound AUC ratio brain to plasma) was the same for the two enantiomers. Binding within the brain was also not significantly different. The H1 receptor occupancy of levocetirizine in brain lagged behind the plasma concentrations whereas it was not delayed with respect to the brain concentrations. This indicates that the delayed brain H1 receptor occupancy of levocetirizine is caused by a slow transport across the BBB. In summary, the results of this thesis emphasize the importance of measuring both the unbound and total concentrations in blood and brain to characterize stereoselective brain distribution. The thesis also emphasize the importance of taking local brain pharmacokinetics into consideration in understanding pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic relationships of drugs with central activity.

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Cetirizine is an antihistamine of second-generation used to relieve physical symptoms of allergic rhinitis. The benefits of possessing initial fast action, delayed effect and less cholinergic and sedative activity, comparing with other compounds of the same class are highlighted. The drug is commercially available as tablets, oral solution and compounded capsules. There are no official monographs, up to this moment, to control the quality of this drug in its pharmaceutical forms. In the present work, methods for the quantification and dissolution evaluation of the drug in tablets and capsules were developed and validated. Comparative studies among some commercially formulations and a preliminary stability study of tablets were also conducted. UV spectrophotometry, liquid chromatography, and capillary electrophoresis methods were developed and validated for quantitative determination, and showed linearity, precision and accuracy. The selected conditions for the dissolution test were 900 mL of 0.1 N HCl as medium, using paddles for tablets and basket for capsules, with rotation speed of 50 rpm. The comparative study presented that some products showed quality deviations. Moreover, we observed that important characteristics for solid oral pharmaceutical formulations were modified after three months storage at 40ºC ± 2ºC and 75% ± 5% relative humidity. / A cetirizina é um anti-histamínico de segunda geração utilizado no alívio dos sintomas físicos da rinite alérgica, apresentando a vantagem de possuir rápido início de ação, efeito prolongado e menor atividade colinérgica e sedativa, quando comparada com os demais compostos da mesma classe. Encontra-se comercialmente disponível na forma de comprimidos, solução oral e cápsulas manipuladas. Não existem, até o momento, monografias em códigos oficiais para controlar a qualidade desse fármaco em suas formas farmacêuticas. Neste trabalho foram desenvolvidos e validados métodos de quantificação e de avaliação da dissolução do fármaco em comprimidos e cápsulas. Estudo comparativo entre algumas formulações disponíveis comercialmente, bem como estudo preliminar da estabilidade dos comprimidos, foram também realizados. Os métodos desenvolvidos e validados para determinação quantitativa foram: espectrofotometria na região do ultravioleta, cromatografia líquida e eletroforese capilar, os quais apresentaram linearidade, precisão e exatidão. As condições selecionadas para o teste de dissolução foram 900 mL de HCl 0,1N como meio, utilizando pá para comprimidos e cesta para cápsulas, com velocidade de rotação de 50 rpm. O estudo comparativo realizado demonstrou que alguns produtos apresentaram desvios da qualidade. Verificou-se, também, que características importantes para formas farmacêuticas sólidas de uso oral foram alteradas após três meses de armazenamento a 40ºC ± 2ºC e 75% ± 5% de umidade relativa.

Modelos microbiológicos tem sido usado na biotransformação de fármacos para a obtenção de metabólitos. Fungos de diversos gêneros têm sido amplamente utilizados para mimetizar o metabolismo hepático de mamíferos. O uso de fungos é vantajoso uma vez que apresentam um crescimento rápido e de fácil formação do sistema multienzimático. Além disso, hoje, a biotransformação é considerada como uma tecnologia econômica e competitiva, na busca de novas rotas de produção farmacêutica e de compostos agrotóxicos. Em muitos casos a transformação biológica é enantiosseletiva, permitindo a produção de enantiômeros puros a partir de misturas racêmicas. Devido à ausência de um método de extração com baixo consumo de solventes orgânicos para a determinação enantiosseletiva da hidroxizina (HZ) e cetirizina (CTZ), foi desenvolvido um método que combina a microextração liquido-liquido dispersiva (DLLME) e eletroforese capilar (CE) para estudar a biotransformação enantiosseletiva da HZ pelos fungos Penicillium crustosum, Mucor rouxii, Cunnonghamella echinulata var. elegans ATCC 8688, Cunnonghamella echinulata var. elegans ATCC 10028, Nigrospora sphaerica e Fusarium oxysporum. Um método por CE foi desenvolvido para a análise enanatiosseletiva da hidroxizina e cetirizina em meio de cultura Czapek. As análises por CE foram realizadas utilizando um capilar de sílica fundida não revestida, 50 mmol L-1 de borato de sódio como solução tampão de análise (pH 9,0) contendo 0,8% p/v de ciclodextrina--sulfatada como seletor quiral. A tensão aplicada e temperatura foram de +6 kV e 15 ºC, respectivamente. O detector UV foi ajustado no comprimento de onda 214 nm. As condições da DLLME envolvidas foram: clorofórmio (300 µL) como solvente extrator, etanol (400 µL) como solvente dispersante. Após a formação da solução turva, as amostras foram submetidas a agitação por vórtex durante 30 segundos a 2000 rpm e centrifugação durante 5 minutos a 3000 rpm. As recuperações foram na faixa de 87,4 91,7%. O método se mostrou linear na faixa de concentração 250 12500 ng mL-1 para cada enantiômero da HZ (r > 0.998) e de 125 6250 ng mL-1 para cada enantiômero da CTZ (r > 0.998). Os limites de quantificação foram 125 e 250 ng mL-1 para CTZ e HZ, respectivamente. Dentre os seis fungos estudados, três foram capazes de converter a HZ em CTZ enantiosseletivamente, especialmente o fungo Cunninghamella elegans ATCC 10028 que converteu 19% de (E1)-HZ em (S)-CTZ com excesso enantiomérico de 65%. / Microbial models have been used in biotransformation studies of many drugs aiming their metabolite production. Fungi of various genera have been extensively used to mimic the mammals hepatic metabolism. The use of fungi is advantageous because they present fast growth and easy formation of the multienzymatic system. Moreover, the biotransformation is, nowadays, considered an economically and competitive technology, in the search of new production routes for fine chemical, pharmaceutical and agrochemical compounds. In many cases, the biological transformation is enantioselective, allowing the production of pure enantiomers from racemic mixtures. In light of the above considerations and due to the absence of a low consuming organic solvent extraction method for the enantioselective determination of hydroxyzine (HZ) and cetirizine (CTZ), it was developed a method combining dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction (DLLME) and capillary electrophoresis (CE) to study the enantioselective biotransformation of HZ through the fungi Penicillium crustosum, Mucor rouxii, Cunnonghamella echinulata var. elegans ATCC 8688, Cunnonghamella echinulata var. elegans ATCC 10028, Nigrospora sphaerica e Fusarium oxysporum. A CE method was developed for the enantioselective analysis of hydroxyzine (HZ) and cetirizine (CTZ) in Czapek liquid culture medium. The CE analyses were performed using an uncoated fused-silica capillary and 50 mmol/L sodium borate buffer (pH 9.0) containing 0.8% (w/v) sulfated--cyclodextrin. The applied voltage and temperature used were +6 kV and 15 °C, respectively. The UV detector was set at 214 nm. The DLLME conditions involved: chloroform (300 µL) as extraction solvent and ethanol (400 µL) as dispersive solvent. After the formation of the cloudy solution, the samples were subjected to vortex agitation during 30 s at 2000 rpm and centrifugation for 5 min at 3000 rpm. The recoveries were in the range of 87.4 91.7%. The method was linear over the concentration range of 250 12500 ng/mL for each enantiomer of HZ (r > 0.998) and of 125 6250 ng/mL for each enantiomer of CTZ (r > 0.998). The quantification limits were 125 and 250 ng/mL for CTZ and HZ, respectively. Among the six studied fungi three were able to convert HZ to CTZ enantioselectively, especially the fungus Cunninghamella elegans ATCC 10028B that converted 19% of (E1)-HZ to (S)-CTZ with an enantiomeric excess of 65%.

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Ein kompetitiver ELISA (Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay) für den Nachweis von Carbamazepin (CBZ) mit einer Bestimmungsgrenze von ca. 30 ng/L wurde entwickelt und validiert. Dieser in Gewässern häufig auftretende anthropogene Marker wurde anschließend in einer Vielzahl an Proben aus Abwässern, Oberflächengewässern und Trinkwässern nachgewiesen. Der ELISA zeigte eine exzellente Präzision und erbrachte in allen Matrizes geringfügig höhere Analysenergebnisse als die Referenzmethode HPLC-MS/MS. Die beständige Überbestimmung der CBZ-Konzentration in Höhe von ca. 7 % konnte auf die Präsenz von Cetirizin und geringen Mengen des persistenten Metaboliten 10,11 Epoxy¬carbamazepin (EP-CBZ) zurückgeführt werden. Die Bindungseigenschaften des verwendeten Antikörpers wurden anhand der Kreuz¬reaktivi¬täten von 37 Substanzen eingehend untersucht. Nach Kopplung von Flüssig¬chromato¬graphie und ELISA konnte das strukturell nicht mit CBZ verwandte Anti¬histaminikum Cetirizin als Kreuzreaktand identifiziert werden. Der störende Einfluss dieses Kreuz¬reaktanden auf den CBZ-ELISA konnte nach einer Änderung des pH-Wertes im Proben¬puffer minimiert werden. Die pH-abhängige Selektivitätssteuerung ermöglichte überdies die Entwicklung eines Dual-Analyt-Immunoassays für die parallele Bestimmung von CBZ und Cetirizin. Darüber hinaus wurden die Metaboliten EP-CBZ, DiOH-CBZ, 2-OH-CBZ, 3-OH-CBZ und 10 OH-CBZ in Abwasser, Oberflächenwasser und Trinkwasser quantifiziert. DiOH-CBZ erwies sich als ähnlich persistent wie CBZ und wurde in besonders hohen Konzentrationen gefunden. Außerdem wurden mehrere weitere bislang nicht identifizierte Abbauprodukte von CBZ gefunden. Da weder Probenvorbereitung noch Probenanreicherung erforderlich sind, ist der Test schnell und kostengünstig durchführbar. Die für den Test nötigen Probenvolumen sind mit weniger als 1 mL sehr gering. Diese Eigenschaften erlauben ein Hochdurchsatzscreening und machen die Methode interessant für den Einsatz im Gewässermonitoring. / A competitive ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) for the quantitation of carbamazepine (CBZ) was developed and validated. A limit of quantitation (LOQ) of ca. 30 ng/L allowed for the quantitation of CBZ in many samples from wastewater, surface water and drinking water. The method was found to be excellently precise, but it displayed slightly higher results than obtained by the reference method liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). The nearly constant overestimation of 7 % could be attributed to the presence of small amounts of cetirizine and the persistent metabolite 10,11 epoxy¬carbamazepine (EP-CBZ). The binding properties of the antibody were studied by determining the cross-reactivities of 37 compounds. Hyphenating liquid chromatography to ELISA led to the discovery of the cross-reactive antihistamine cetirizine that shares no obvious structural similarity with CBZ. The bias caused by cetirizine was eliminated by changing the pH value of the sample buffer. Moreover, the antibody’s pH-dependent selectivity enabled a dual-analyte immunoassay for the parallel determination of CBZ and cetirizine. Furthermore, the metabolites EP-CBZ, DiOH-CBZ, 2-OH-CBZ, 3-OH-CBZ and 10-OH-CBZ were quantified in wastewater, surface water and drinking water. DiOH-CBZ showed the highest concentrations of all analaytes investigated and was found to be equally persistent as CBZ. In addition, several further degradation products of CBZ were found that could not be identified. The ELISA allowed the detection of diurnal and seasonal fluctuations of analyte concentrations in wastewater and surface water. The anthropogenic marker CBZ enabled to trace wastewater from the source to the receiving waters. Since neither sample pretreatment nor enrichment is necessary, the method is very fast and cost-effective. Only a small sample volume (less than 1 mL) is needed making this ELISA an appropriate high-throughput screening tool for environmental monitoring.