title: H2-receptor antagonists and hepatic drug disposition.
abstract: The effect of four H2-receptor antagonists (cimetidine, burimamide, oxmetidine, and ranitidine) on antipyrine elimination was studied in the isolated perfused rat liver. The first three drugs are substituted imidazoles, whereas ranitidine contains a furanyl nucleus. Isolated livers were perfused using a 100-ml, recycling, constant flow circuit for 4 hr. Antipyrine elimination was studied with or without an H2-receptor antagonist present. In all experiments, antipyrine concentrations declined monoexponentially. In control experiments (no other drug present), antipyrine clearance was 32.5 +/- 0.9 ml per hr. This was greatly reduced in the presence of cimetidine (clearance = 10.1 +/- 0.8 and 5.8 +/- 1.5 ml per hr after 1 and 5 mg doses, p less than 0.01) and burimamide (4.5 +/- 0.6 and 3.0 +/- 1.7 ml per hr, p less than 0.001). By contrast, neither oxmetidine nor ranitidine significantly altered antipyrine pharmacokinetics. These results indicate that the inhibitory effect on hepatic mixed-function oxidases is rapid in onset, independent of H2-receptor antagonist activity, and is not an inevitable consequence of the presence of an imidazole nucleus.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000983:Antipyrine / Q000378:metabolism*; D002049:Burimamide / Q000494:pharmacology; D002927:Cimetidine / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D005663:Furans / Q000494:pharmacology; D006635:Histamine H2 Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007093:Imidazoles / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D010477:Perfusion; D011899:Ranitidine; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D005663:Furans; D006635:Histamine H2 Antagonists; D007093:Imidazoles; D002927:Cimetidine; D011899:Ranitidine; D000983:Antipyrine; D002049:Burimamide; C027703:oxmetidine