用Caco-2细胞单层模型比较两种具类胰岛素效应的氧钒配合物的小肠吸收能力

应用Caco-2细胞单层肠吸收模型比较了两种结构相似但降糖效应显著不同的重要氧钒配合物双乙酰丙酮氧钒（VO（acac）2）和双麦芽酚氧钒（VO（ma）2）经肠道的吸收能力.实验发现,两种钒化合物都通过被动扩散的途径转运,其表观渗透系数（顶端→底端）分别为（82.0±6.7）×10-7和（14.6± 0.7）×10-7cm·s-1;表明VO（acac）2的吸收能力远远大于VO（ma）2.这可能与化合物及其配体在转运过程中的代谢有关.吸收的差异可能导致两种化合物生物利用度的巨大差别,这可能是VO（acac）2降糖效应优于VO（ma）2的主要原因.     

Comparison of intestinal absorption of two insulinmimic vanadyl complexes using Caco-2 monolayers as model system

Intestinal absorption of two oxovanadium complexes, vanadyl acetylacetonate (VO(acac)2) and bis-(maltolato)-oxovanadium (VO(ma)2), has been compared using Caco-2 monolayers as a model system. The two compounds are similar in chemical structures but different in glucose-lowering effects. Our experimental results show that they are both transported via passive diffusion with apparent permeabilty coefficients (apical→basolateral) of (82.0 ± 6.7) ×10-7 and (14.6 ± 0.7) ×10-7 cm·s-1, respectively. This suggests that absorptivity of VO(acac)2 is much higher than that of VO(ma)2. This difference may be related to the metabolism of either compound, or its ligand, or both in the course of the transport. However, This difference in absorption will cause the great difference in bioavailability, which might account for better efficacy of VO(acac)2 than VO(ma)2 as the insulin-mimic agent.