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ABSTRACT:Olopatadine, a new histamine H 1 receptor-selective antagonist, is a tricyclic drug containing an alkylamino moiety. Some compounds containing a similar alkylamino group form a cytochrome P450 (P450) -iron (II)-nitrosoalkane metabolite complex [metabolic intermediate complex (MIC)], thereby causing quasi-irreversible inhibition of the P450. There was concern that olopatadine might also form MICs, therefore, the present investigation was undertaken to explore this possibility. We identified the enzymes catalyzing olopatadine metabolism and investigated the effect of olopatadine on human P450 activities. During incubation with human liver microsomes in the presence of a NADPH-generating system, olopatadine was metabolized to two metabolites, M1 (N-monodemethylolopatadine) and M3 (olopatadine N-oxide) at rates of 0.330 and 2.50 pmol/min/mg protein, respectively. Troleandomycin and ketoconazole, which are both selective inhibitors of CYP3A, significantly reduced M1 formation but specific inhibitors of other P450 isozymes did not decrease M1 formation. Incubation of olopatadine with cDNA-expressed human P450 isozymes confirmed that M1 formation was almost exclusively catalyzed by CYP3A4. The formation of M3 was enhanced by N-octylamine and was inhibited by thiourea. High specific activity of M3 formation was exhibited by cDNA-expressed flavin-containing monooxygenase (FMO)1 and FMO3. Olopatadine did not inhibit P450 activities when it was simultaneously incubated with substrates for different P450 isozymes. Also, P450 activities in human liver microsomes were unaffected by pretreatment with olopatadine or M1. Furthermore, spectral analysis revealed that neither olopatadine nor M1 formed an MIC. Therefore, it is unlikely that olopatadine will cause drugdrug interactions involving P450 isozymes.Olopatadine, (Z)-11-[3-(dimethylamino)propylidene]-6,11-dihydrodibenz[b,e]oxepin-2-acetic acid, is a new histamine H 1 receptorselective antagonist (Ohshima et al., 1992) that is used in the clinic for the treatment of allergic rhinitis, chronic urticaria, eczema, dermatitis, and conjunctivitis. After oral administration of [ 14 C]olopatadine to rats and dogs, the main metabolic pathways were 1) N-demethylation to M1 and M2, the N-monodemethyl and N-didemethyl analogs, respectively; 2) hydroxylation of dihydrodibenz [b,e]oxepin ring (M5); and 3) sulfoconjugation of M5 (M4) and N-oxidation (M3) (Ohishi et al., 1995; Fig. 1). After oral administration of olopatadine to human subjects, the metabolites detected in plasma were M1 and M3, but the areas under the plasma concentration-time curve of both M1 and M3 were lower than that of unchanged drug (Fujita et al., 1999). The main elimination pathway of olopatadine in human subjects and animals was via excretion of unchanged drug in urine. Urinary metabolites were mainly M1 and M3, but the amounts of these metabolites were much lower than that of unchanged drug in rat, dog (Ohishi et al., 1995), and human (Tsuno...