TY - JOUR
T1 - The influence of pyruvic acid on the pharmacokinetics of sulphadiazine in rabbits
AU - Hsu, Kuang‐Yang ‐Y
AU - Song, Dah‐Jing ‐J
AU - Ho, Yih
PY - 1995/4
Y1 - 1995/4
N2 - During the past few years, acetylation polymorphism has been shown to be a proven, established fact, and N‐acetyltransferase, an enzyme that transfers an acetyl group to the substrate, has been recognized as the main factor in acetylation polymorphism. In a recent study, a significant difference between the acetylation phenotype and plasma pyruvic acid (PA) concentration in rabbits was found. In this report, the influence of PA on the pharmacokinetics of sulphadiazine (SDZ), a drug that has been used in pharmacogenetic studies of acetylation, was studied. By using a loading dose of 300 mg kg−1, and an infusion rate of 7.5 mg min−1 of kg−1 of PA, the concentration of PA reached a steady state (Css∽100 μg mL−1) in 30 min. During PA infusion in rapid‐acetylation rabbits, no significant changes were found in any of the pharmacokinetic parameters for SDZ. However, differences were found in the β half‐life, AUC, clearance, and k10 of SDZ in slow acetylators: the β half‐life decreased from 115.74 ± 12.47 min to 62.96 ± 4.36 min (p < 0.001); AUC decreased from 10 617.38 ± 1179.81 μg mL−1 to 6217.14 ± 391.32 μg min mL−1 (p < 0.001); clearance increased from 0.0044 ± 0.0008 L min−1 kg−1to 0.0068 ± 0.0007 L min−1 kg−1 (p < 0.001); and k10 increased from 0.0090 ± 0.0009 min−1 to 0.0193 ± 0.0028 min−1 (p < 0.005). The reason for this may be that PA influences the elimination of SDZ in slow‐acetylation rabbits.
AB - During the past few years, acetylation polymorphism has been shown to be a proven, established fact, and N‐acetyltransferase, an enzyme that transfers an acetyl group to the substrate, has been recognized as the main factor in acetylation polymorphism. In a recent study, a significant difference between the acetylation phenotype and plasma pyruvic acid (PA) concentration in rabbits was found. In this report, the influence of PA on the pharmacokinetics of sulphadiazine (SDZ), a drug that has been used in pharmacogenetic studies of acetylation, was studied. By using a loading dose of 300 mg kg−1, and an infusion rate of 7.5 mg min−1 of kg−1 of PA, the concentration of PA reached a steady state (Css∽100 μg mL−1) in 30 min. During PA infusion in rapid‐acetylation rabbits, no significant changes were found in any of the pharmacokinetic parameters for SDZ. However, differences were found in the β half‐life, AUC, clearance, and k10 of SDZ in slow acetylators: the β half‐life decreased from 115.74 ± 12.47 min to 62.96 ± 4.36 min (p < 0.001); AUC decreased from 10 617.38 ± 1179.81 μg mL−1 to 6217.14 ± 391.32 μg min mL−1 (p < 0.001); clearance increased from 0.0044 ± 0.0008 L min−1 kg−1to 0.0068 ± 0.0007 L min−1 kg−1 (p < 0.001); and k10 increased from 0.0090 ± 0.0009 min−1 to 0.0193 ± 0.0028 min−1 (p < 0.005). The reason for this may be that PA influences the elimination of SDZ in slow‐acetylation rabbits.
KW - acetylation
KW - pharmacokinetics
KW - phenotype
KW - pyruvic acid
KW - sulphadiazine
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U2 - 10.1002/bdd.2510160308
DO - 10.1002/bdd.2510160308
M3 - Article
C2 - 7787135
AN - SCOPUS:0028959614
SN - 0142-2782
VL - 16
SP - 233
EP - 244
JO - Biopharmaceutics & Drug Disposition
JF - Biopharmaceutics & Drug Disposition
IS - 3
ER -