title: [Effect of metyrapone on bile flow and bile acid excretion in Wistar rats].
abstract: The influence of metyrapone on bile flow and excretion of mono-(MBA), di-(DBA) and trihydroxy-(TBA)-bile acids was investigated in adult male Wistar rats after single and repeated pretreatment. MBA were not found in the rat bile. Metyrapone administration (200 mg/kg b.w. i.p.) 1 h before onset of a 3-hour bile collection period diminished bile flow and excretion of DBA and TBA. The relation TBA/DBA was changed towards DBA. Similar results were found after repeated administration 12 h after the last metyrapone injection (4 x 50 mg/kg b.w. i.p. per day for 4 consecutive days). But 60 h after the last metyrapone administration bile flow and the excretion of TBA were enhanced and the TBA/DBA ratio was changed towards TBA. The possible influence of metyrapone on bile acid hydroxylation is discussed and compared with metyrapone action on hydroxylation of foreign compounds.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001646:Bile / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D001647:Bile Acids and Salts / Q000378:metabolism*; D006900:Hydroxylation; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D008797:Metyrapone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D001647:Bile Acids and Salts; D008797:Metyrapone
vernacular_title: Einfluss von Metyrapon auf Gallenfluss und Gallensäurenausscheidung bei Wistar-Ratten.