title: The pharmacokinetics of gamma-glutamyl-L-dopa in normal and anephric rats and rats with glycerol-induced acute renal failure.
abstract: 1. The pharmacokinetics of gamma-glutamyl-L-dopa (gludopa) and its metabolite, L-dopa, have been studied in normal rats at three dose levels of gludopa: 2 mg kg-1, 5 mg kg-1 and 7.5 mg kg-1. The extent of metabolism in normal rats, and the pharmacokinetics in anephric rats and rats with glycerol-induced acute renal failure (ARF) were also studied at a gludopa dose of 2 mg kg-1. 2. Gludopa was extensively metabolised to L-dopa with only about 10% of an injected dose being excreted unchanged. Normal rats had a rapid gludopa clearance of 50.9 +/- 9.6 ml min-1 kg-1 and elimination rate constant of 2.99 +/- 0.27 h-1. The mean residence time and half-life were 20.9 +/- 1.4 and 14.4 +/- 1.0 min, respectively. The apparent volume of distribution at steady state was 1.05 +/- 0.18 l kg-1. 3. No statistically significant differences were found in the main pharmacokinetic parameters between ARF and controls for either gludopa or its metabolite L-dopa. 4. In anephric rats and controls the kidneys were found to contribute about 68.5% and 67.2% to the elimination of gludopa and the metabolite L-dopa, respectively. 5. These results confirm that gludopa is an efficient pro-drug for L-dopa, and that the kidneys are the major site of gludopa metabolism. It seems likely that the renal specificity of gludopa persists in ARF.
authors: Clinical Pharmacology Unit, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill.
authors: Y A
authors: YA
authors: Boateng
authors: H E
authors: HE
authors: Barber
authors: T M
authors: TM
authors: MacDonald
authors: J C
authors: JC
authors: Petrie
authors: M R
authors: MR
authors: Lee
authors: P H
authors: PH
authors: Whiting
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D004295:Dihydroxyphenylalanine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D005990:Glycerol; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D009392:Nephrectomy; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: C017342:gamma-glutamyl DOPA; D004295:Dihydroxyphenylalanine; D005990:Glycerol