Cardiac drug-drug interaction between HCV-NS5B pronucleotide inhibitors and amiodarone is determined by their specific diastereochemistry

Sci Rep. 2017 Mar 22:7:44820. doi: 10.1038/srep44820.

Abstract

Severe bradycardia/bradyarrhythmia following coadministration of the HCV-NS5B prodrug sofosbuvir with amiodarone was recently reported. Our previous preclinical in vivo experiments demonstrated that only certain HCV-NS5B prodrugs elicit bradycardia when combined with amiodarone. In this study, we evaluate the impact of HCV-NS5B prodrug phosphoramidate diastereochemistry (D-/L-alanine, R-/S-phosphoryl) in vitro and in vivo. Co-applied with amiodarone, L-ala,SP prodrugs increased beating rate and decreased beat amplitude in human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (hiPSC-CMs), but D-ala,RP produgs, including MK-3682, did not. Stereochemical selectivity on emerging bradycardia was confirmed in vivo. Diastereomer pairs entered cells equally well, and there was no difference in intracellular accumulation of L-ala,SP metabolites ± amiodarone, but no D-ala,RP metabolites were detected. Cathepsin A (CatA) inhibitors attenuated L-ala,SP prodrug metabolite formation, yet exacerbated L-ala,SP + amiodarone effects, implicating the prodrugs in these effects. Experiments indicate that pharmacological effects and metabolic conversion to UTP analog are L-ala,SP prodrug-dependent in cardiomyocytes.

MeSH terms

  • Amiodarone / chemistry*
  • Amiodarone / pharmacokinetics
  • Amiodarone / pharmacology*
  • Animals
  • Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / chemistry*
  • Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / pharmacokinetics
  • Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / pharmacology*
  • Antiviral Agents / chemistry*
  • Antiviral Agents / pharmacokinetics
  • Antiviral Agents / pharmacology*
  • Calcium Channels, L-Type / metabolism
  • Calcium Signaling / drug effects
  • Cell Line
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Drug Interactions*
  • Guinea Pigs
  • Humans
  • Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells / drug effects
  • Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells / metabolism
  • Molecular Structure
  • Myocytes, Cardiac / drug effects
  • Myocytes, Cardiac / metabolism
  • Prodrugs / chemistry
  • Prodrugs / pharmacology
  • Structure-Activity Relationship
  • Viral Nonstructural Proteins / antagonists & inhibitors

Substances

  • Anti-Arrhythmia Agents
  • Antiviral Agents
  • Calcium Channels, L-Type
  • L-type calcium channel alpha(1C)
  • Prodrugs
  • Viral Nonstructural Proteins
  • NS-5 protein, hepatitis C virus
  • Amiodarone