Effect of subacute methyl parathion administration on the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of nifedipine in rats

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• 作者：Ayse Gelal ; Ozlem Eminoglu ; Y.Cem Kaplan ; Sule Kalkan
• 关键词：Methyl parathion ; Organophosphate pesticides ; Nifedipine ; CYP450 ; Rats
• 刊名：Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology
• 出版年：2007
• 出版时间：July 2007
• 年：2007
• 卷：24
• 期：1
• 页码：1-4
• 全文大小：210 K

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Families living in agricultural areas may submitted to repeated exposure of methyl parathion (MP) that has been widely used as an agricultural insecticide. MP inhibits cytochrome P450 enzymes and has the potential to alter pharmacokinetic profiles of therapeutic agents that are metabolized in the liver. The aim of the present study is to investigate the possibility that the increased pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic effects of nifedipine is due to the inhibition of the metabolism after repeated administration of low doses of MP in rats. Male rats received commercial formulation of diluted MP (1/100 LD₅₀ or 1/25 LD₅₀, n = 6) or tap water (control, n = 5) via gastric gavage (0.5 ml) for 14 days. On the 15th day, the carotid artery and jugular vein were cannulated for measurement of cardiovascular parameters and blood sampling, respectively. Nifedipine was administered 3 mg/kg via the cannula inserted in the duodenum of the rat. Subacute MP administration did not change pharmacokinetic AUC_(0–240), C_max, t_max, t_1/2) and pharmacodynamic (mean arterial pressures and heart rates) parameters of nifedipine. These findings provide evidence that repeated exposure of low doses of commercial MP did not affect the elimination of nifedipine which might be due to the lack of inhibition of CYP3A in rats.