HIV Antiretroviral
PK Simulator

Mechanistic modelling of pH-dependent ionisation, membrane partitioning, and pharmacokinetics for HIV antiretrovirals, from Henderson-Hasselbalch speciation to INSTI Mg²⁺ chelation and prodrug evolution.

Henderson-Hasselbalch Shore Model INSTI Chelation Prodrug Trilogy Peptide pI mAb Electrostatics
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Total Drugs
in database
Drug Classes
pharmacological
INSTIs
chelation modelled
NRTIs / NRTTIs
reverse transcriptase
Drug Database
Abbr Drug Name Class pKa(s) logP MW
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Class Distribution
logP Distribution

Drug Speciation Explorer

Henderson-Hasselbalch ionisation fractions across pH 0–14

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Compartment lines
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Species Fractions at Key pH Values
DrugSpecies Stomach (1.88)Jejunum (6.51) Plasma (7.40)Intracell. (7.10)

Shore Membrane Partitioning

log₁₀(Cm/Cw) — membrane vs aqueous concentration across the GI tract

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TAF Shore Failure
TAF is an OATP1B1/B3 transporter substrate. Shore predicts poor absorption (log Cm/Cw ≈ −4 at pH 7.4), yet clinical F = 80%. Transporter-mediated uptake overrides passive diffusion entirely.

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INSTI Three-Layer Mg²⁺ Chelation Model

pH-dependent ionisation × Mg²⁺ Langmuir binding × keto-enol tautomerism

INSTIs
Intracellular [Mg²⁺] free
0.80 mM
Three-Layer Model
Layer 1: Henderson-Hasselbalch α_HH
Layer 2: Mg²⁺ Langmuir θ = [Mg²⁺]/(Kd+[Mg²⁺])
Layer 3: Keto-enol f_enol (RAL & EVG only)

α_eff = α_HH × θ × f_enol
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Quantitative Summary at pH 7.1
INSTIpKaKd (μM) Keto-Enolα_HHθ_Mg f_enolα_effFold vs H-H
DTG, CAB, BIC Dominate
Pre-organised chelation pharmacophores (no keto-enol penalty) combined with lower Kd values give DTG, CAB and BIC ~60–70% binding efficiency at intracellular pH 7.1. RAL and EVG suffer an additional keto-enol tautomerism penalty (f_enol < 1), reducing effective fraction by 24–37%.

Prodrug Trilogy: TFV → TDF → TAF

Ionisation · Shore partitioning · Clinical bioavailability — the evolution of Tenofovir

DrugSpecies Stomach (1.88)Jejunum (6.51)Plasma (7.40)
Shore Model Failure in TAF
The Shore model is a passive diffusion model. It predicts membrane partitioning based purely on neutral fraction × logP. TAF's OATP1B1/B3 hepatic uptake transporter bypasses this entirely, achieving 10 mg TAF ≡ 300 mg TDF in clinical practice. This is a landmark case of pharmacogenomics overriding physicochemical prediction.

Peptide & Monoclonal Antibody Electrostatics

Net charge Z(pH) and isoelectric point — T-20 & Ibalizumab

Why Subcutaneous Only?
At plasma pH 7.4, T-20 carries a large negative charge combined with MW 4,492 g/mol and logP ≈ −14.7. Passive membrane crossing is essentially zero → must be administered SC twice daily (90 mg).
Ionisable Residues
ResidueCountpKaType
Shore Applicability
mAbs are large biologics (~150 kDa) with complex quaternary structure. The Shore model (designed for small-molecule passive diffusion) is not applicable. Ibalizumab is administered IV every 2 weeks (2,000 mg loading, then 800 mg maintenance).