Ivermectin inhibits ovine ABCG2-mediated in vitro transport of meloxicam and reduces its secretion into milk in sheep

[EN] The ATP-binding cassette transporter G2 (ABCG2) is an efflux protein involved in the bioavailability and secretion into milk of several compounds including anti inflammatory drugs. The aim of this work was to determine the effect in sheep of an ABCG2 inhibitor, such as the macrocyclic lactone i...

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Authors: Blanco Paniagua, Esther, García Lino, Alba María, Álvarez Fernández, Laura, Álvarez de Felipe, Ana Isabel, Merino Peláez, Gracia
Format: article
Status:Versión aceptada para publicación
Publication Date:2022
Country:España
Institution:Ajuntament de Barcelona
Repository:BULERIA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de León
OAI Identifier:oai:buleria.unileon.es:10612/17562
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10612/17562
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Fisiología
ABCG2
Ivermectin
Meloxicam
Milk
Sheep
3109.09 Fisiología
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Summary:[EN] The ATP-binding cassette transporter G2 (ABCG2) is an efflux protein involved in the bioavailability and secretion into milk of several compounds including anti inflammatory drugs. The aim of this work was to determine the effect in sheep of an ABCG2 inhibitor, such as the macrocyclic lactone ivermectin, on the secretion into milk of meloxicam, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug widely used in veterinary medicine, and recently reported as an ABCG2 substrate. In vitro meloxicam transport assays in ovine ABCG2-transduced cells have shown that ivermectin is an efficient inhibitor of in vitro transport of meloxicam mediated by ovine ABCG2, with a 75% inhibition in the transport ratio (24.85 ± 4.62 in controls vs 6.31 ± 1.37 in presence of ivermectin). In addition, the role of ovine ABCG2 in secretion into milk of meloxicam was corroborated using Assaf lactating sheep coadministered with ivermectin. Animals were administered subcutaneously with meloxicam (0.5 mg/kg) with or without ivermectin (0.2 mg/kg). No difference in plasma pharmacokinetic parameters was found between treatments. In the case of milk, a significant reduction in the area under concentration-time curve (AUC) (3.92 ± 0.66 vs 2.26 ± 1.52 vs μg·h/mL) and the AUC milk-to-plasma ratio (0.17 ± 0.03 vs 0.09 ± 0.06) was reported for ivermectin-treated animals compared to controls.