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The contribution of the intestine to the nonlinear absorption of celiprolol in the rat was studied. After intravenous administration of 14C-celiprolol to bile duct-cannulated rats, approximately 9% of the dose was found to be associated with intestinal tissue and its contents. Microhistoautoradiography of frozen intestinal sections showed a time-dependent secretion of celiprolol from the blood into the lumen of the rat intestine. Propranolol, a lipophilic β-blocker, was also found to be secreted into the intestine in vivo and transported in epithelial cells in both a temperature- and a pH-dependent manner, although to a lesser extent than celiprolol. Consistent with the observations in rats, transport of celiprolol from the basal-lateral to the apical side was found to dominate apical-to-basal transport using human Caco-2 cell monolayers. Additionally, using isolated rat small intestinal epithelial cells, celiprolol was found also to have a time- and temperature-dependent uptake, suggesting the involvement of a carrier-mediated system in its uptake. The uptake was inhibited by 2 mM celiprolol and propranolol and was also found to be pH dependent. Saturation of the carrier-mediated secretion of celiprolol in the intestine may result in enhanced absorption of celiprolol at high doses and account for its observed nonlinear absorption.
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Kuo, SM., Whitby, B.R., Artursson, P. et al. The Contribution of Intestinal Secretion to the Dose-Dependent Absorption of Celiprolol. Pharm Res 11, 648–653 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018959809352
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