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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-2-25
pubmed:abstractText
The toxicity profile of the antidepressant drug sertraline was determined in a series of preclinical studies in mice, rats, rabbits and dogs. Acute, subchronic, reproductive, chronic and carcinogenicity studies were conducted by the oral route. The highest doses tested in these studies were the maximum tolerated doses based on clinical signs, decreased food consumption, body weight effects, organ weight changes or clinical/anatomical pathology findings. Genetic toxicity studies were also performed. The liver was identified as a target organ in the mouse, rat and dog. The observed liver findings were consistent with hepatic xenobiotic-metabolizing enzyme induction and included hepatomegaly, hepatocellular hypertrophy, slightly increased serum transaminase activity and proliferation of smooth endoplasmic reticulum. Hepatocellular fatty change, a minimal toxic effect, was seen in mice and rats. There was no teratogenicity in studies conducted at maternally toxic doses in rats and rabbits. Decreased neonatal survival and growth observed in these studies have been previously reported in reproduction studies with serotonin reuptake inhibitors. Sertraline was not genotoxic in an extensive battery of tests. Carcinogenicity tests were negative in rats, while benign liver tumors were slightly increased in drug-treated male mice. Liver tumors were considered secondary to the enzyme inducing potential of sertraline and not indicative of human risk.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0148-0545
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
21
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
521-37
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10048942-Adenoma, pubmed-meshheading:10048942-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10048942-Behavior, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:10048942-Body Weight, pubmed-meshheading:10048942-Dogs, pubmed-meshheading:10048942-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:10048942-Drug Evaluation, Preclinical, pubmed-meshheading:10048942-Embryo, Mammalian, pubmed-meshheading:10048942-Embryonic and Fetal Development, pubmed-meshheading:10048942-Female, pubmed-meshheading:10048942-Fertility, pubmed-meshheading:10048942-Lethal Dose 50, pubmed-meshheading:10048942-Liver, pubmed-meshheading:10048942-Liver Function Tests, pubmed-meshheading:10048942-Male, pubmed-meshheading:10048942-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:10048942-Muscle Weakness, pubmed-meshheading:10048942-Organ Size, pubmed-meshheading:10048942-Rabbits, pubmed-meshheading:10048942-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:10048942-Rats, Long-Evans, pubmed-meshheading:10048942-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:10048942-Sertraline, pubmed-meshheading:10048942-Toxicity Tests
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Preclinical toxicological evaluation of sertraline hydrochloride.
pubmed:affiliation
Drug Safety Evaluation, Pfizer Central Research, Groton, CT 06340, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Corrected and Republished Article