ABSTRACT:In a previous study, it was shown that the novel canine single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) CYP1A2 1117C>T yields an inactive enzyme. In this study, the effect that this SNP has on the pharmacokinetics of 4-cyclohexyl-1-ethyl-7-methylpyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidine-2-(1H)-one (YM-64227) was investigated. Plasma concentrations of the unchanged drug and five of its metabolites (MM-1 to MM-5) were determined after either intravenous or oral administration of YM-64227 to genotyped dogs (C/C, C/T, and T/T groups). Liver microsomes were prepared from these dogs to determine the in vitro metabolic clearance of YM-64227. After a single oral administration, the maximum plasma concentration and absolute bioavailability of YM-64227 in the T/T group were 17.1 times and 27.2 times higher than those in the C/C group, respectively, whereas the pharmacokinetics of YM-64227 after intravenous administration were not affected by genotype. The metabolic profiles in the T/T group were quite distinct from the others; i.e., the main metabolite was MM-2 in the C/C group, whereas MM-1 and MM-5 were the main metabolites in the T/T group. The formation clearances of MM-2 and MM-3 in the microsomes derived from T/T type dogs were significantly lower, whereas those of MM-1, MM-4, and MM-5 were not affected. A statistically significant correlation was observed between the in vivo and in vitro metabolic intrinsic clearances (r ؍ 0.82, p < 0.001). The canine CYP1A2 1117C>T SNP proved to be responsible for a substantial portion of the interindividual variability in the pharmacokinetics of YM-64227.Cytochrome P450 (P450) is a superfamily of enzymes that plays an important role in the oxidative metabolism of a wide variety of xenobiotics as well as endogenous compounds (Nelson et al., 1996). The metabolic activity of P450 is affected by several factors such as inhibition by concomitant drugs, induction, and genetic polymorphism (Pelkonen et al., 1998). The P450 polymorphisms have been investigated extensively in clinical settings, and it is well known that mutated alleles of CYP2C9, CYP2C19, and CYP2D6 cause altered plasma concentrations, which might in turn cause unforeseeable adverse reactions (Kagimoto et al., 1990;Sullivan-Klose et al., 1996;Furuta et al., 1999).A large number of P450 cDNA clones have been isolated, sequenced, and extensively studied in humans, mice, and rats (http:// drnelson.utmem.edu/CytochromeP450.html). On the other hand, only a few studies on canine P450 cDNAs have been conducted, although dogs are used extensively in pharmacological research and drug safety assessment studies. At present, a variety of canine P450 enzymes such et al., 1991;Fraser et al., 1997) have been cloned and sequenced. Although gene analysis has revealed that some of these P450s have variants, no obvious change in the plasma concentration of drug associated with single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) has been reported for dogs. In fact, only a few studies have shown the possibility that interindividual variations in the pharmacokinetics of so...