title: Pharmacokinetics of 2',3'-dideoxycytidine in rats: application to interspecies scale-up.
abstract: The effects of dose on the pharmacokinetics of 2',3'-dideoxycytidine (DDC), a potent inhibitor of HIV replication, have been studied in rats. DDC was administered intravenously at doses of 10, 50, 100 and 200 mg kg-1. Plasma and urine drug concentrations were determined by HPLC. Non-compartmental pharmacokinetic parameters were calculated by area/moment analysis. DDC plasma concentrations declined rapidly with a terminal half-life of 0.98 +/- 0.18 h (mean +/- s.d.). No statistically significant differences were observed in pharmacokinetic parameters between the four doses. Total, renal and non-renal clearance values were independent of dose and averaged 1.67 +/- 0.24, 0.78 +/- 0.11, and 0.89 +/- 0.27 L h-1 kg-1, respectively. Approximately 50% of the dose was excreted unchanged in urine. Steady state volume of distribution was also independent of dose and averaged 1.2 +/- 0.21 L kg-1. Protein binding of DDC to rat serum proteins was independent of drug concentration with the fraction of drug bound averaging 0.45 +/- 0.12. Thus, the disposition pattern of DDC in the rat is independent of the administered dose even at high doses. Significant interspecies correlations were found for total, renal and non-renal clearance and steady state volume of distribution. Interspecies scaling resulted in superimposable plasma DDC concentration-time profiles from four laboratory animal species and man. Thus, plasma DDC concentrations in humans can be predicted from pharmacokinetic parameters obtained in laboratory animals.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Georgia, Athens 30602.
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Ibrahim
authors.forename: F D
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: Boudinot
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D011485:Protein Binding; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013045:Species Specificity; D016047:Zalcitabine / Q000493:pharmacokinetics* / Q000652:urine
chemical_list: D016047:Zalcitabine