Disposition of 1-naphthol in the channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus).
The pharmacokinetics, tissue distribution, and metabolism of 1-naphthol were examined in the channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus). Catfish were administered [1-14C]1-naphthol intravascularly at 1, 5, or 25 mg/kg or orally at 1 mg/kg. Plasma data for 1-naphthol were fitted by a three-compartment pharmacokinetic model. There were dose-related changes in the area under the plasma concentration vs. time curve, apparent volume of distribution, and total body clearance after intravascular dosing. After oral dosing, peak plasma concentrations of 1-naphthol occurred at 1 hr; parent compound made up less than 15% of the total radioactivity, and the bioavailability was 32%. Plasma protein binding was 92% and was independent of concentration. 1-Naphthol and metabolites were rapidly eliminated from the tissues after oral dosing; less than 1% of the administered dose remained at 24 hr. Renal excretion was the primary route of elimination of total 14C. Approximately 60% of the oral dose was excreted in the urine within 48 hr. Parent 1-naphthol made up 1% of the urinary 14C. Major metabolites in the urine were sulfate and glucuronide conjugates, which composed 65 and 28% of the total 14C, respectively. Biliary excretion accounted for 7% of the oral dose. The glucuronide conjugate and an unidentified polar metabolite made up the majority of the biliary 14C. The high capacity of channel catfish for conjugative metabolism of 1-naphthol was demonstrated. The dose dependency of pharmacokinetic values could not be explained by saturable metabolism or plasma protein binding.
U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Fishery Research Branch, Dauphin Island, AL 36528.
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D000284:Administration, Oral; D000818:Animals; D001682:Biological Availability; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D007059:Ictaluridae; D008657:Metabolic Clearance Rate; D009284:Naphthols / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000097:blood / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D014018:Tissue Distribution / Q000187:drug effects
D009284:Naphthols; C029350:1-naphthol