title: Miconazole influence on both cellular immune response and hepatic drug metabolism in mice.
abstract: Miconazole was found to exert a biphasic influence on both cellular immune response and hepatic drug metabolism in adult Swiss mice. Indeed, at the dose of 2.5 or 12.5 mg/kg/twice daily via intraperitoneal route, miconazole depressed delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) to sheep red blood cells and hepatic drug metabolism as determined from barbiturate sleeping time, following one-day treatment. By contrast, at the same dose level, miconazole enhanced DTH and hepatic drug metabolism after a five-day administration schedule. Primary humoral response and colloidal carbon clearance were not affected. Although the underlying mechanism remains to be fully elucidated, these findings clearly suggest a close relation between modulation of the cellular immune response and activity of liver drug metabolizing enzymes.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000917:Antibody Formation / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D007111:Immunity, Cellular / Q000187:drug effects*; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008825:Miconazole / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012157:Mononuclear Phagocyte System / Q000187:drug effects; D010424:Pentobarbital / Q000494:pharmacology; D012890:Sleep / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D008825:Miconazole; D010424:Pentobarbital