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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-3-22
pubmed:abstractText
In patients taking haloperidol (HP), circulating concentrations of reduced haloperidol (RHP increase disproportionately to the dose or concentration of the parent drug. In the current study, we tested the hypothesis that the nonlinearity is due to preferential saturation of the reoxidation of RHP to HP, and two factors that could amplify the nonlinearity-concentration-dependent binding of RHP by plasma proteins, or by red blood cells. In 25 patients with schizophrenia who were taking HP, the unbound fraction of HP (0.085 +/- 0.016) and RHP (0.244 +/- 0.026) in plasma, and the blood:plasma ratio for each compound were independent of their concentration. Thus, saturable binding of RHP to plasma proteins or red blood cells can be excluded. HP reductase and RHP oxidase activity were measured in human liver cytosol and microsomal fractions, respectively. Because ketone reductase-catalysed formation of RHP is stereospecific, we examined each enantiomer of RHP separately. The Vmax for the oxidation of the S(-) and R(+) RHP enantiomers in four livers was 0.23 +/- 0.15 and 0.60 +/- 0.32 mumol/g protein per min (mean +/- SD), respectively. The Km was 110 +/- 40 and 70 +/- 10 microM, respectively. In contrast, HP reductase activity displayed greater capacity and was not saturable. The rate of production of RHP at a HP concentration of 122 microM (the limit of HP solubility) in the same livers was 2.6 +/- 0.7 mumol/g protein per min. Despite the observed nonlinearity between the enzymatic pathways in vitro, RHP concentrations in vivo are 2-3 orders of magnitude lower than the Km for oxidation of each enantiomer of RHP.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0033-3158
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
116
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
161-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Nonlinear relationship between circulating concentrations of reduced haloperidol and haloperidol: evaluation of possible mechanisms.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, University of Queensland, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, Australia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't