作者:Hisao Nemoto、Masaki Kamiya、Aki Nakamoto、Tsuyoshi Matsushita、Kosuke Matsumura、Hatsuhiko Hattori、Tomoyuki Kawamura、Chiaki Taoka、Shinji Abe、Keisuke Ishizawa、Licht Miyamoto、Koichiro Tsuchiya
DOI:10.1016/j.bmcl.2012.08.057
日期:2012.10
Three water-soluble fibrates (fenofibrate, bezafibrate and chlofibrate) conjugated with a symmetrically branched glyceryl trimer (BGL003) were synthesized, and an evaluation of the fenofibrate-BGL003 conjugate as a candidate for anti-hyperlipemia drug was carried out using rats. The water-solubility of the fenofibrate-BGL003 conjugate was several thousand times greater than that of the original fenofibrate. The lipid-lowering effects of the fenofibrate-BGL003 conjugate were as strong as those of the same grams of fenofibrate. The actual active species of fenofibrate, fenofibric acid, was detected in rats' blood, but neither the fenofibrate-BGL003 conjugate nor fenofibrate was detected, probably due to enzymatic hydrolysis of the ester bond. The plasma concentration of fenofibric acid derived from the fenofibrate-BGL003 conjugate was five times higher than that derived from fenofibrate 4 h after administration. (c) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.