Detection of Paracetamol as substrate of the gut microbiome

Imran Mukhtar, Haseeb Anwar, Ghulam Hussain, Azhar Rasul, Syed Ali Raza Naqvi, Muhammad Naeem Faisal, Imtiaz Mustafa, Saima Malik, Arslan Shaukat, Osman Asghar Mirza, Muhammad Umar Sohail

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    Abstract

    Gut microbiome, a new organ; represent targets to alter pharmacokinetics of orally administered drugs. Recently, in vitro trials endorsed the idea that orally administered drugs interact and some of their quantity may be taken up by normal microbiome during transit through gut. Such transport mechanisms in microbiome may compete for drug with the host itself. Currently, no data confirms specific transport system for paracetamol uptake by gut microbiome. In vivo trial was conducted in normal healthy male rats (n=36). Paracetamol was administered orally in a single dose of 75mg/kg to isolate microbial mass after transit of 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 hours post drug administration. Paracetamol absorbance by microbiome was pursued by injecting extracted microbial lysate in RP-HPLC-UV with C18 column under isocratic conditions at 207nm using acetonitrile and water (25:75 v/v) pH 2.50 as mobile phase. Paracetamol absorbance (14.10±0.75μg/mg of microbial mass) and percent dose recovery (13.16±0.55%) seen at transit of 4 hours was significantly higher (P<0.05) compared to other groups. Study confirms the hypothesis of homology between membrane transporters of the gut microbiome and intestinal epithelium. Orally administered drugs can be absorbed by gut microbes competitively during transit in small intestine and it varies at various transit times.

    Original languageEnglish
    JournalPakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
    Volume32
    Issue number2 (Supplementary)
    Pages (from-to)751-757
    Number of pages7
    ISSN1011-601X
    Publication statusPublished - Mar 2019

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