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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Nemeth, Edward F
• Heaton, William H
• Miller, Michael
• Fox, John
• Balandrin, Manuel F
• Van Wagenen, Bradford C
• Colloton, Mathew
• Karbon, William
• Scherrer, Jon
• Shatzen, Edward
• Rishton, Gilbert
• Scully, Sheila
• Qi, Meiying
• Harris, Robert
• Lacey, David
• Martin, David

Titel

Pharmacodynamics of the type II calcimimetic compound cinacalcet HCl

Ist Teil von

• The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics, 2004-02, Vol.308 (2), p.627-635

Ort / Verlag

United States

Erscheinungsjahr

2004

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Calcimimetic compounds, which activate the parathyroid cell Ca(2+) receptor (CaR) and inhibit parathyroid hormone (PTH) secretion, are under experimental study as a treatment for hyperparathyroidism. This report describes the salient pharmacodynamic properties, using several test systems, of a new calcimimetic compound, cinacalcet HCl. Cinacalcet HCl increased the concentration of cytoplasmic Ca(2+) ([Ca(2+)](i)) in human embryonic kidney 293 cells expressing the human parathyroid CaR. Cinacalcet HCl (EC(50) = 51 nM) in the presence of 0.5 mM extracellular Ca(2+) elicited increases in [Ca(2+)](i) in a dose- and calcium-dependent manner. Similarly, in the presence of 0.5 mM extracellular Ca(2+), cinacalcet HCl (IC(50) = 28 nM) produced a concentration-dependent decrease in PTH secretion from cultured bovine parathyroid cells. Using rat medullary thyroid carcinoma 6-23 cells expressing the CaR, cinacalcet HCl (EC(50) = 34 nM) produced a concentration-dependent increase in calcitonin secretion. In vivo studies in rats demonstrated cinacalcet HCl is orally bioavailable and displays approximately linear pharmacokinetics over the dose range of 1 to 36 mg/kg. Furthermore, this compound suppressed serum PTH and blood-ionized Ca(2+) levels and increased serum calcitonin levels in a dose-dependent manner. Cinacalcet was about 30-fold more potent at lowering serum levels of PTH than it was at increasing serum calcitonin levels. The S-enantiomer of cinacalcet (S-AMG 073) was at least 75-fold less active in these assay systems. The present findings provide compelling evidence that cinacalcet HCl is a potent and stereoselective activator of the parathyroid CaR and, as such, might be beneficial in the treatment of hyperparathyroidism.