title: Differential induction of antipyrine metabolism by rifampicin.
abstract: Antipyrine is oxidised to three main metabolites in man. There is evidence that the different metabolites are products of different forms of cytochrome P-450. The effect of rifampicin administration for two weeks on the rates of formation of these metabolites was investigated in healthy volunteers. Rifampicin increased antipyrine clearance and shortened its half-life. Two weeks after stopping rifampicin the induction had largely been reversed. Clearance to all three metabolites was increased by rifampicin. Clearance to 3-hydroxymethylantipyrine was increased from 7.8 +/- 0.9 ml/min to 13.3 +/- 1.3 ml/min, to norphenazone from 5.8 +/- 0.6 ml/min to 19.3 +/- 2.1 ml/min and to 4-hydroxyantipyrine from 14.3 +/- 2.2 ml/min to 21.9 +/- 3.9 ml/min. Thus clearance to norphenazone was increased to a much greater extent than to either of the other two metabolites. It is concluded that this provides evidence for the involvement of at least two different forms of cytochrome P-450 in antipyrine metabolism in man.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000983:Antipyrine / Q000378:metabolism*; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000096:biosynthesis; D004790:Enzyme Induction; D006207:Half-Life; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D008657:Metabolic Clearance Rate; D012293:Rifampin / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D000983:Antipyrine; D012293:Rifampin