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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-7-2
pubmed:abstractText
Liver dysfunction affects the pharmacokinetics of drugs. The liver plays an important role in drug excretion as well as drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics. In the present study, the relationship between changes in the cefmetazole (CMZ) excretory pathway and the degree of liver dysfunction induced by CCl(4) treatment was investigated. CMZ is mainly excreted as an unchanged form in feces in control rats. Depending on the serum levels of aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT), urinary CMZ excretion was increased, whereas fecal CMZ excretion was decreased in rat with liver dysfunction. The AUC of CMZ in rats with severe liver dysfunction was approximately 2-fold higher than that in control rats. Since drug transporters could be involved in drug excretion, changes in the expression of representative hepatic drug transporters in liver dysfunction were investigated by rat DNA microarray. Basolateral solute carrier transporters such as Ntcp, Oct1, and Oatp2 were decreased and basolateral ATP-binding cassette transporters such as Mrp3 and Mrp4 were increased by the CCl(4) treatment. On the other hand, canalicular Mrp2 and Bsep were decreased, but Mdr1 was increased. However, the transporter system for CMZ has not been identified yet. In conclusion, we clarified that the fecal and urinary excretory profiles of CMZ were changed clearly depending on the serum AST and ALT levels in liver dysfunction. The changes in the CMZ excretory pathway might be responsible for the changes in the expression of drug transporters.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0006-2952
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
74
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
488-95
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Change of drug excretory pathway by CCl4-induced liver dysfunction in rat.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't