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Animal Pharmacokinetics and Metabolism

Absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion of peginesatide, a novel erythropoiesis-stimulating agent, in rats

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Pages 660-670 | Received 19 Oct 2011, Accepted 09 Dec 2011, Published online: 22 Dec 2011

Figures & data

Figure 1.  Chemical structure and sites of radiolabel for [14C]-peginesatide.

Figure 1.  Chemical structure and sites of radiolabel for [14C]-peginesatide.

Table 1.  Mean pharmacokinetic parameters of peginesatide in the plasma of male Sprague–Dawley rats after IV administration.

Figure 2.  The plasma concentration–time profiles of peginesatide in male Sprague–Dawley rats after a single IV administration of peginesatide at a dose of 0.1, 0.5, or 5 mg·kg−1. Plasma concentration of peginesatide was determined by ELISA. Each data point represents the mean ± SD for three rats.

Figure 2.  The plasma concentration–time profiles of peginesatide in male Sprague–Dawley rats after a single IV administration of peginesatide at a dose of 0.1, 0.5, or 5 mg·kg−1. Plasma concentration of peginesatide was determined by ELISA. Each data point represents the mean ± SD for three rats.

Table 2.  Concentrations of the radioactivity in the tissues of albino rats after a single IV administration of 5 mg·kg−1 [14C]-peginesatide.

Figure 3.  Log plasma concentration of the peginesatide-derived radioactivity in the plasma, eyes and skin of male albino (Sprague–Dawley) and pigmented (Long Evans) rats as a function of time after IV administration of 5 mg·kg−1 [14C]-peginesatide. Each value represents the mean ± SD for three animals.

Figure 3.  Log plasma concentration of the peginesatide-derived radioactivity in the plasma, eyes and skin of male albino (Sprague–Dawley) and pigmented (Long Evans) rats as a function of time after IV administration of 5 mg·kg−1 [14C]-peginesatide. Each value represents the mean ± SD for three animals.

Figure 4.  Whole-body sections and subsequent autoradiographs of male Sprague–Dawley rats 72 h, 2 and 4 weeks following IV administration of 17 mg·kg−1 [14C]-peginesatide. Dark areas represent high radioactive concentrations.

Figure 4.  Whole-body sections and subsequent autoradiographs of male Sprague–Dawley rats 72 h, 2 and 4 weeks following IV administration of 17 mg·kg−1 [14C]-peginesatide. Dark areas represent high radioactive concentrations.

Figure 5.  Biolocalization of peginesatide to hematopoietic and EMH sites compared to muscle following a single IV administration of 17 mg·kg−1 [14C]-peginesatide. Each data point represents the mean ± SD for three rats.

Figure 5.  Biolocalization of peginesatide to hematopoietic and EMH sites compared to muscle following a single IV administration of 17 mg·kg−1 [14C]-peginesatide. Each data point represents the mean ± SD for three rats.

Figure 6.  Cumulative recovery of peginesatide-related radioactivity in urine and feces of male rats following IV administration of 5 mg·kg−1 [14C]-peginesatide. At 2 weeks after dosing, the remaining approximately 50% of the radioactivity not excreted was detected in the carcass. Each value represents the mean ± SD for three animals.

Figure 6.  Cumulative recovery of peginesatide-related radioactivity in urine and feces of male rats following IV administration of 5 mg·kg−1 [14C]-peginesatide. At 2 weeks after dosing, the remaining approximately 50% of the radioactivity not excreted was detected in the carcass. Each value represents the mean ± SD for three animals.

Table 3.  Pharmacokinetic parameters of peginesatide and associated radioactivity in plasma after single IV administration of [14C]-peginesatide at a dose of 5 mg·kg−1 to rats.

Table 4.  Percent dose excretion of [14C]-peginesatide and associated radioactivity in rat urine and feces after single IV administration of 5 mg·kg−1.

Table 5.  Day 14 concentrations of peginesatide and associated radioactive compounds in rat plasma and tissues after a single IV administration of 5 mg/kg [14C]-peginesatide.