title: Development of dosage design of hepatic metabolizing drugs using serum albumin level in chronic hepatic failure.
abstract: We have previously reported good correlations among serum aminotransferase (AST) activity, metabolic enzyme activity of CYPs, and total clearance (CL(tot)) of probe drugs in rats with acute hepatic failure induced by CCl4. In this study, we searched for new biochemical indicators that correlate with hepatic function and tried to simulate appropriate drug dosage in chronic hepatic failure. Model rats were prepared by administration of CCl4 (1 ml/kg, s.c., 3 times/week) and used at 48 h after the last administration. Serum albumin concentration was time-dependently decreased and correlated well with 3 major biologic determinants of drug clearance, hepatic blood flow (HBF), intrinsic clearance (CL(int)), and the unbound fraction of drugs in plasma (fp) after intravenous administration of cyclophosphamide, tolbutamide, zonisamide, and chlorzoxazone (as probe drugs for low hepatic extraction) and propranolol and lidocaine (as high-hepatic extraction drugs). By calculating these parameters based on prediction equations by the level of albumin, CL(tot) was obtained. As a result of having evaluated this model using administration of cyclosporin, there was a statistically significant relationship between predicted CL(tot) and observed CL(tot). In conclusion, the value of serum albumin level is a useful parameter that correlates well with chronic hepatic function. We have shown that this quantitative administering design using serum albumin level can predict appropriate dosages of hepatic metabolizing drugs in chronic hepatic failure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, International University of Health and Welfare, Japan.
authors.forename: Yasunari
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mano
authors.forename: Hirotaka
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tsukada
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kurihara
authors.forename: Masaaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nomura
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yokogawa
authors.forename: Ken-ichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miyamoto
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002251:Carbon Tetrachloride / Q000633:toxicity; D002908:Chronic Disease; D008099:Liver / Q000098:blood supply / Q000378:metabolism*; D017093:Liver Failure / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D011485:Protein Binding; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012709:Serum Albumin / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D012709:Serum Albumin; D002251:Carbon Tetrachloride