Eun-Jung Kim

Seoul National University, Seoul, Seoul, South Korea

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Publications (15)30.36 Total impact

  • Article: Quantification of a novel PPARγ partial agonist (S)-2-ethoxy-3-(4-{3-methyl-5-[4-(3-methyl-isoxazol-5-yl)-phenyl]thiophen-2-ylmethoxy}-phenyl)-propionic acid (PAM-1616) in rat plasma using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry.
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    ABSTRACT: (S)-2-Ethoxy-3-(4-{3-methyl-5-[4-(3-methyl-isoxazol-5-yl)-phenyl]thiophen-2-ylmethoxy}-phenyl)-propionic acid (PAM-1616) is a novel peroxisome proliferators-activated receptor γ (PPARγ) partial agonist with excellent antihyperglycemic activity. It is a promising new drug candidate for the treatment of type-2 diabetes with reduced possibility of edema in vitro/in vivo. In order to evaluate the pharmacokinetics of PAM-1616, a reliable, selective and sensitive highperformance liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry was developed for the quantification of PAM-1616 in rat plasma. The analytes were extracted from rat plasma with ethyl acetate, separated on an Atlantis dC(18) column with a mobile phase of 75% acetonitrile in 10 mM ammonium formate (pH 4.5), and detected by tandem mass spectrometry in the selective reaction monitoring mode. The calibration curve was linear (r (2) = 0.999) over the concentration range of 0.05-20.0 μg/mL and the lower limit of quantification was 0.05 μg/mL. The coefficient of variation and relative error at four QC levels were 1.8% to 14.3% and -10.0% to 6.5%, respectively. The present method was successfully applied to the pharmacokinetic study of PAM-1616 after intravenous administration of PAM-1616 potassium at a dose of 1 mg/kg in rats.
    Archives of Pharmacal Research 09/2010; 33(9):1389-94. · 1.59 Impact Factor
  • Article: Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry of a new PPARalpha/gamma dual agonist PAR-5359 in rat plasma.
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    ABSTRACT: PAR-5359, 3-(4-{2-[4-(4-Chloro-phenyl)-3,6-dihydro-2H-pyridin-1-yl]-ethoxy}-phenyl)-2-ethoxypropionic acid, is a well-balanced PPARalpha/gamma dual agonist with the excellent antihyperglycemic and hypolipidemic activities. A reliable, selective and sensitive high-performance liquid chromatography with electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry was developed for the determination of PAR-5359 in rat plasma. PAR-5359 was twice extracted from rat plasma using methyl tert-butyl ether at neutral pH. The analytes were separated on an Allure Biphenyl column with the mobile phase of 78% methanol in 10 mM ammonium formate (pH 3.0) and detected by tandem mass spectrometry in the selective reaction monitoring mode. The calibration curve was linear (r = 0.9993) over the concentration range of 2.00-1000.0 ng/mL and the lower limit of quantification was 2.00 ng/mL using 50 microL plasma sample. The coefficient of variation and relative error at four QC levels were 1.2 to 12.3% and -2.5 to 6.3%, respectively. The present method was successfully applied to the pharmacokinetic study of PAR-5359 after oral dose of PAR-5359 at a dose of 1 mg/kg to male SD rats.
    Archives of Pharmacal Research 12/2009; 32(12):1743-8. · 1.59 Impact Factor
  • Article: Design, synthesis, and evaluation of novel aryl-tetrahydropyridine PPARalpha/gamma dual agonists.
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    ABSTRACT: Aryl-tetrahydropyridine derivatives were prepared and their PPARalpha/gamma dual agonistic activities were evaluated. Among them, compound (S)-5b was identified as a potent PPARalpha/gamma dual agonist with an EC(50) of 1.73 and 0.64 microM in hPPARalpha and gamma, respectively. In diabetic (db/db) mice, compound (S)-5b showed good glucose lowering efficacy and favorable pharmacokinetic properties.
    Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters 09/2008; 18(18):4993-6. · 2.65 Impact Factor
  • Article: HPLC ANALYSIS OF A NEW NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT FOR ISCHEMIA-REPERFUSION DAMAGE, A BENZOPYRAN DERIVATIVE, IN PLASMA AND URINE
    02/2007;
  • Article: HPLC ANALYSIS OF A NEW REVERSIBLE PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR, A DIHYDROPYRROLOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE, IN PLASMA, URINE, AND TISSUE HOMOGENATES
    02/2007;
  • Article: High-performance liquid chromatographic analysis of DA-7867, a new oxazolidinone, in human plasma and urine and in rat tissue homogenates.
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    ABSTRACT: An HPLC method was developed for the determination of a new oxazolidinone, DA-7867 (I), in human plasma and urine and in rat tissue homogenates. To 100 microl of biological sample, 300 microl acetonitrile and 50 microl methanol containing 10 microg/ml DA-7858 (the internal standard) were added. After vortex-mixing and centrifugation, the supernatant was evaporated under a gentle stream of nitrogen. The residue was reconstituted in 100 microl of the mobile phase and a 50-microl aliquot was injected directly onto the reversed-phase (C(18)) column. The mobile phase, 20 mM KH2PO4:acetonitrile (75:25, v/v) was run at a flow rate of 1.5 ml/min and the column effluent was monitored by a UV detector set at 300 nm. The retention times of I and DA-7858 were approximately 6.5 and 8.7 min, respectively. The detection limits of I in human plasma and urine and in rat tissue homogenates were 20, 20, and 50 ng/ml, respectively.
    Journal of Chromatography B 10/2003; 794(2):397-403. · 2.89 Impact Factor
  • Article: Pharmacokinetic interaction between oltipraz and dimethyl-4,4'-dimethoxy-5,6,5',6'-dimethylene dioxybiphenyl-2,2'-dicarboxylate (DDB) after single intravenous and oral administration to rats.
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    ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to report the pharmacokinetic interaction between oltipraz (50 mg kg(-1)) and dimethyl-4,4'-dimethoxy-5,6,5',6'-dimethylene dioxybiphenyl-2,2'-dicarboxylate (DDB, 10 mg kg(-1)) after single intravenous and oral administration to rats. After intravenous administration of oltipraz plus DDB, the area under the plasma concentration-time curve from time zero to time infinity (AUC) of oltipraz was significantly greater (1440 vs 1740 microg min mL(-1)) than that after oltipraz alone. This was not due to slower clearances of oltipraz after oltipraz plus DDB since the total body, renal and nonrenal clearances were comparable between the two groups of rats. It could be due to a decrease in tissue binding of oltipraz by DDB. The apparent volume of distribution at steady state (Vd(ss)) of DDB was significantly smaller (7060 vs 4650 mL kg(-1)) than after oltipraz alone. After oral administration of oltipraz plus DDB, the AUC of olitpraz was also significantly greater (479 vs 583 microg min mL(-1)) than that after oltipraz alone. This was not due to increased absorption of oltipraz from the rat gastrointestinal tract after oltipraz plus DDB but again could be due to a decrease in Vd(ss) of oltipraz by DDB. However, after both intravenous and oral administration, the pharmacokinetic parameters of DDB were comparable between DDB alone and DDB plus oltipraz, indicating that oltipraz did not greatly affect the pharmacokinetics of DDB in rats.
    Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology 10/2003; 55(9):1241-9. · 2.17 Impact Factor
  • Article: Dose-independent pharmacokinetics of a new reversible proton pump inhibitor, KR-60436, after intravenous and oral administration to rats: gastrointestinal first-pass effect.
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    ABSTRACT: Dose-independent pharmacokinetic parameters of KR-60436, a new proton pump inhibitor, were evaluated after intravenous (i.v.; 5, 10, and 20 mg/kg) and oral (20, 50, and 100 mg/kg) administration to rats. The hepatic, gastric, and intestinal first-pass effects were also measured after iv, intraportal (i.p.), intragastric (i.g.), and intraduodenal (id) administrations to rats of a dose of 20 mg/kg. The areas under the plasma concentration-time curve from time to zero to time infinity (AUCs) were independent of iv and oral dose ranges studied; the dose-normalized AUCs were 83.0-104 microg. min/mL (based on 5 mg/kg) and 78.4-96.8 microg. min/mL (based on 20 mg/kg) for iv and oral administration, respectively. After an oral administration at a dose of 20 mg/kg, approximately 3% of the oral dose was not absorbed, and the extent of absolute oral bioavaliability (F) was estimated to be 18.8%. The AUCs of KR-60436 after i.g. and i.d. administration at a dose of 20 mg/kg were significantly smaller (82.4 and 57.5% decrease, respectively) than that after an i.p. administration at a dose of 20 mg/kg, suggesting that gastrointestinal first-pass effect of KR-60436 was approximately 80% of oral dose in rats (the gastric first-pass effect was approximately 25%). After an i.p. administration at a dose of 20 mg/kg, the AUC was 77.6% of an iv administration, suggesting that hepatic first-pass effect was approximately 22% of KR-60436 absorbed into the portal vein. Note that the value of 22% was equivalent to approximately 4% of the oral dose. Because only 17% of oral dose was absorbed into the portal vein, the low F of KR-60436 in rats was mainly due to considerable gastrointestinal first-pass effect, which was approximately 80% (the gastric first-pass effect was approximately 25%) of oral dose.
    Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 09/2003; 92(8):1592-603. · 3.06 Impact Factor
  • Article: Effects of acute renal failure on the pharmacokinetics of chlorzoxazone in rats.
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    ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study is to report the changes of CYP2E1, CYP1A2, CYP2B1/2, CYP2C11, CYP3A23, and CYP3A2 expression and pharmacokinetics and tissue distribution of chlorzoxazone (CZX) and 6-hydroxychlorzoxazone (OH-CZX) in rats with acute renal failure induced by uranyl nitrate (U-ARF), and the role of CYP3A23 and CYP3A2 in the formation of OH-CZX in rats with U-ARF. In rats with U-ARF, CYP2C11 decreased to 20% of control, whereas CYP2E1 and CYP3A23 increased 2.3 and 4 times, respectively, compared with control. But expression of CYP1A2 and CYP2B1/2 was not changed by U-ARF. After i.v. administration of CZX at a dose of 20 mg/kg to rats with U-ARF, the areas under the plasma concentration-time curve from time 0 to time infinity (AUCs) of CZX and OH-CZX were significantly smaller and greater, respectively, than those in control rats. In rats with U-ARF, CZX was below the detection limit at 120 min in all rat tissues studied, whereas it was detected in all tissues of control rats at both 30 and 120 min. However, in control rats, OH-CZX was below the detection limit at both 30 and 120 min in all rat tissues except kidney, whereas it was detected in all tissues of rats with U-ARF at both 30 and 120 min. Based on results from supporting experiments with DDT and 2,2-bis(4-chlorophenyl)1,1-dichloroethylene treatment of rats, the contribution of CYP3A23 and CYP3A2 to the enhanced formation of OH-CZX in rats with U-ARF is likely to be negligible.
    Drug Metabolism and Disposition 07/2003; 31(6):776-84. · 3.73 Impact Factor
  • Article: Effects of recombinant human growth hormone on the pharmacokinetics of intravenous chlorzoxazone in rats with acute renal failure induced by uranyl nitrate.
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    ABSTRACT: It has been reported from our laboratories that expression of CYP2E1 significantly increased and decreased in rats with acute renal failure induced by uranyl nitrate (U-ARF) treated with recombinant human growth hormone (rGH) for one day (U-ARF1) compared with those in control rats and rats with U-ARF, respectively. Chlorzoxazone (CZX) primarily undergoes hydroxylation to form 6-hydroxychlorzoxazone (OH-CZX) catalyzed mainly by CYP2E1 in rats. Hence, the effects of rGH on the pharmacokinetics of intravenous CZX (20 mg/kg) were investigated in rats with U-ARF. Based on CYP2E1 expression, it could be expected that in rats with U-ARF1, the formation of OH-CZX significantly increased and decreased compared with those in control rats and rats with U-ARF, respectively. This was proven in the following results. First, the total area under the plasma concentration-time curve from time zero to 8 hr (AUC(0-->8 hr)) of OH-CZX in rats with U-ARF1 (36,100 microg min/ml) was significantly greater and smaller than those in control rats (1040 microg min/ml) and rats with U-ARF (50,300 microg min/ml), respectively. Second, the AUC(0-->8 hr, OH-CZX)/AUC(CZX) ratio in rats with U-ARF1 (28.9) was significantly greater and smaller than those in control rats (0.468) and rats with U-ARF (72.6), respectively.
    Life Sciences 07/2003; 73(3):253-63. · 2.53 Impact Factor
  • Article: Pharmacokinetics of intravenous theophylline in mutant Nagase analbuminemic rats.
    Eun Jung Kim, Ok Kyung Suh, Myung Gull Lee
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    ABSTRACT: It was obtained from our laboratories that the expression of hepatic microsomal cytochrome P450 (CYP) 1A2 increased approximately 3.5 times in mutant Nagase analbuminemic rats (NARs, an animal model for human familial analbuminemia), and theophylline was reported to be metabolized to 1,3-dimethyluric acid (1,3-DMU) and 1-methylxanthine (which was further metabolized to 1-methyluric acid, 1-MU, via xanthine oxidase) via CYP1A2 in rats. Hence, the pharmacokinetic parameters of theophylline, 1,3-DMU and 1-MU were compared after intravenous administration of aminophylline, 5 mg/kg as theophylline, to control Sprague-Dawley rats and NARs. In NARs, the total area under the plasma concentration-time curve from time zero to time infinity (AUC) of theophylline was significantly smaller (1,040 versus 1,750 microg min/ml) than that in control rats and this could be due to significantly faster renal clearance (CL(R), 1.39 versus 0.571 ml/min/kg, due to inhibition of renal reabsorption of unchanged theophylline) and nonrenal clearance (CL(NR), 3.36 versus 2.25 ml/min/kg, due to 3.5-fold increase in CYP1A2) than those in control rats. Based on in vitro hepatic microsomal studies, the intrinsic 1,3-DMU formation clearance was significantly faster in NARs than that in control rats (267 versus 180 x 10(-6) ml/min). After intravenous administration of 1,3-DMU, the renal secretion of 1,3-DMU was inhibited in NARs. Inhibition of renal secretion or reabsorption of various compounds in NARs was also discussed.
    Life Sciences 02/2003; 72(11):1231-45. · 2.53 Impact Factor
  • Article: Effects of acute renal failure induced by uranyl nitrate on the pharmacokinetics of intravenous theophylline in rats: the role of CYP2E1 induction in 1,3-dimethyluric acid formation.
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    ABSTRACT: In rats with acute renal failure induced by uranyl nitrate, the hepatic microsomal cytochrome P450 (CYP) 2E1 and CYP3A23 increased 2-4- and 4-times, respectively, CYP2C11 decreased to 80% of control, but the levels of CYP1A2 and CYP2B1/2 were not changed. It has been reported that theophylline was metabolized to 1,3-dimethyluric acid by CYP1A2 and CYP2E1 and 1-methylxanthine via CYP1A2, which was metabolized further to 1-methyluric acid via xanthine oxidase in rats. Hence, it was expected that the formation of 1,3-dimethyluric acid would show an increase in rats with renal failure as a result of induction of CYP2E1. The pharmacokinetics of theophylline were compared in control rats and rats with renal failure after intravenous administration of aminophylline, 5 mg kg(-1) as theophylline. In rats with renal failure, the plasma concentrations of theophylline were considerably lower and the resultant total area under the plasma concentration-time curve from time zero to time infinity (AUC(0- infinity )) of theophylline was significantly smaller (2,200 vs 1,550 microg min mL(-1)) compared with control rats. In rats with renal failure, the plasma concentrations of 1,3-dimethyluric acid were considerably higher and the resultant AUC(0-6 h) of 1,3-dimethyluric acid was significantly greater (44.4 vs 456 microg min mL(-1)) compared with control rats. Moreover, the AUC(0-6 h, 1,3-dimethyluric acid)/AUC(0- infinity, theophylline) ratio increased from 2.02% in control rats to 29.4% in rats with renal failure. The in-vitro intrinsic 1,3-dimethyluric acid formation clearance was significantly faster in rats with renal failure (734 vs 529 10(-6) mL min(-1)) compared with control rats using hepatic microsomal fraction. The results led us to conclude that in rats with uranyl nitrate-induced renal failure after the administration of aminophylline, 5 mg kg(-1) as theophylline, there was an increase in the formation of 1,3-dimethyluric acid as a result of an increase in CYP2E1 expression.
    Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology 01/2003; 54(12):1687-92. · 2.17 Impact Factor
  • Article: Determination of a new reversible proton pump inhibitor, DBM-819, in human plasma and urine, and rat tissue homogenates by high-performance liquid chromatography.
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    ABSTRACT: A high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method was developed for the determination of a new proton pump inhibitor, DBM-819, in human plasma and urine and rat tissue homogenates using KR-60461 as an internal standard. A 100-microl aliquot of acetonitrile (containing 0.5 microg/ml of the internal standard) and a 200-microl aliquot of 0.1 M Na(2)HPO(4) (adjusted pH 11 with 1 N NaOH) were added to a 100-microl aliquot of biological sample. After vortex-mixing, the mixture was extracted with 1 ml of ethylacetate. After centrifugation at 12000 x g for 3 min, the organic layer was collected and evaporated under nitrogen gas. The residue was then reconstituted with a 100-microl aliquot of mobile phase, and a 40-microl aliquot was injected onto the HPLC column. The mobile phase, 0.02 M phosphate buffer (pH 5): acetonitrile: methanol (46:44:10, v/v/v), was run at a flow rate of 0.5 ml/min and the column effluent was monitored by the fluorescence detector set at an excitation wavelength of 340 nm and an emission wavelength of 470 nm. The retention times for DBM-819 and the internal standard were approximately 10.5 and 12 min, respectively. The detection limits of DBM-819 in human plasma and urine, and rat tissue homogenates were 0.01, 0.02 and 0.02 (or 0.05) microg/ml. respectively. The coefficients of variation (CV) of the assay were below 11% for human plasma and urine, and rat tissue homogenates. No interferences from endogenous substances were found.
    Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis 11/2002; 30(3):511-8. · 2.97 Impact Factor
  • Article: Expression of cytochrome p‐450s and glutathione s‐transferases in the rat liver during water deprivation: effects of glucose supplementation
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    ABSTRACT: Pharmacokinetic profiles of therapeutic agents change in dehydrated animals. The present study was designed to determine the expression of xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes in the rat liver and the effect of glucose supplementation during water deprivation.Deprivation of water intake, which reduced food intake, resulted in no significant change in the cytochrome P-450 1A2, 2B1/2, 2C11 and 3A1/2 expression. Cytochrome P-450 2E1, however, was three-fold induced with an increase in the mRNA. Rehydration of 48-h water-deprived rats for the next 24 h with free access to foods restored the P-450 2E1 level to that of the control, although rehydration with 20% food supply failed to normalize the P-450 2E1 expression. Water deprivation caused a reduction in the plasma insulin level, which was prevented by rehydration with a sufficient food supply. The plasma insulin level was inversely related to the P-450 2E1 expression. Glucose feeding instead of foods during dehydration prevented P-450 2E1 induction in the absence of recovering the plasma insulin level. Western blot analysis revealed that the hepatic rGSTA2 level was 30% decreased in dehydrated rats, whereas the rGSTA3, M1 and M2 expression was not affected. Suppression of rGSTA2 accompanied a reduction in the mRNA. Glucose feeding further reduced rGSTA2 expression.The data indicated that expression of major P-450s and glutathione S-transferases, except P-450 2E1, was not greatly affected by water deprivation and that the P-450 2E1 induction and a decrease in plasma insulin resulted from the reduction in food intake but not from dehydration per se. Glucose supplementation restored P-450 2E1 expression but further suppressed rGSTA2 expression during water deprivation. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
    Journal of Applied Toxicology 02/2001; 21(2):123 - 129. · 2.48 Impact Factor
  • Article: Gastrointestinal First‐pass Effect of Furosemide in Rats
    EUN JUNG KIM, KYE SOO HAN, MYUNG GULL LEE
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    ABSTRACT: The first-pass effect of furosemide was investigated in rats. Furosemide intravenous solution (20 mgkg−1 Lasix), was administered via the jugular vein and the portal vein, orally, and instilled directly into the duodenum of rats. The first-pass effects of furosemide by lung, heart, and liver seemed to be negligible in rats. The absolute bioavailability of furosemide was 28.9 and 48.3% after oral and intraduodenal administration, respectively. Based on the gastrointestinal (GI) recovery study, 68.3 and 69.5% of furosemide were found to have disappeared mainly due to absorption and/or metabolism from rat GI tract after oral and intraduodenal administration, respectively.The results indicate that gastrointestinal and intestinal first-pass effects of furosemide were approximately 40% (68.3–28.9%) and 20% (69.5–48.3%) of the dose, respectively.
    Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology. 10/2000; 52(11):1337 - 1343.