title: Steady state pharmacokinetics of oral treatment with 13-cis-retinoic acid or all-trans-retinoic acid in male and female adult rats.
abstract: Male and female Sprague-Dawley rats were orally gavaged with 13-cis-retinoic acid (7.5 or 15 mg/kg) or all-trans-retinoic acid (10 or 15 mg/kg) for 7 consecutive days. Blood was collected out to 8 hr after the last gavage on day 7. HPLC serum concentrations of 13-cis-retinoic acid, all-trans-retinoic acid, and 13-cis-4-oxo-retinoic acid were subjected to model independent pharmacokinetic analyses. Peak serum levels of 563 to 1640 ng/ml were observed for rats treated with 13-cis-retinoic acid at 1.5-2 hr after gavage. Peak serum levels of 183 to 267 ng/ml at 1.5 hr after gavage were observed for all-trans-retinoic acids. The elimination half-life of 13-cis-retinoic acid was about 1.5 hr while the elimination half-life of all-trans-retinoic acid was slightly longer. There were no sex differences for any parameter. Serum levels resulting from the 7.5 mg/kg 13-cis-retinoic acid were similar to those of human Accutane users.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurotoxicology, National Center for Toxicological Research/FDA, 3900 NCTR Road, Jefferson, AR 72079-9502, USA. sferguson@nctr.fda.gov
authors.forename: Sherry A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Ferguson
authors.forename: Paul H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Siitonen
authors.forename: F Javier
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Cisneros
authors.forename: Bobby
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gough
authors.forename: John F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Young
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000818:Animals; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015474:Isotretinoin / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000097:blood / Q000737:chemistry / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D014212:Tretinoin / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000097:blood / Q000737:chemistry / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*
chemical_list: D014212:Tretinoin; D015474:Isotretinoin