title: Studies on reproductive toxicity of iloprost in rats, rabbits and monkeys.
abstract: A reproduction toxicological test program was performed with the carbaprostacyclin derivative iloprost, an analogue to the endogenous prostacyclin PGI2, in order to detect possible effects on fertility and reproductive performance, on preimplantational, embryonal and fetal development, on delivery as well as on lactation and postpartum development. While in humans iloprost is administered as an i.v. infusion for 6 h/day, it was administered i.v. to rats, rabbits and monkeys by continuous infusion with a subcutaneously implanted pump. No influence on mating or reproductive parameters was found after treatment of male or female rats during the premating phase up to day 7 post coitum (p.c.). Embryonal and fetal development were not remarkably impaired in rabbits or monkeys after treatment throughout the period of organogenesis. The only remarkable observations in the embryotoxicity and peri-/postnatal studies in the rat were defects on the digits (reductions of phalangeal structures) in single individuals. These malformations were interpreted as resulting from a compound-related hypotonia with subsequent change in the regional blood flow and the consequence of temporary impairments of placental blood supply leading to hypoxia in the affected structures.
authors.affiliation: Research Laboratories, Schering AG, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Battenfeld
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Schuh
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schöbel
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D005298:Fertility / Q000187:drug effects*; D000882:Haplorhini; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000139:chemically induced; D016285:Iloprost / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000633:toxicity*; D015918:Infusion Pumps, Implantable; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D007279:Injections, Subcutaneous; D007774:Lactation / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011297:Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D012039:Regional Blood Flow / Q000187:drug effects; D012098:Reproduction / Q000187:drug effects*; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D016285:Iloprost