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- B H Gordon
- San Jose State University, CA 95192-0058, USA
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The effect of pencil lead diameter on the completion time of a multiple-choice response sheet was examined. Participants used three pencil lead diameters (.5 mm, .9 mm, and a standard No. 2 pencil) to fill in "bubbles" on response sheets in one experiment; a .7-mm pencil was substituted for the No. 2 pencil in Exp. 2. Participants using a .5-mm pencil completed response sheets more slowly than when using a .7-mm, .9-mm, or a No. 2 pencil.
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Mackie CE, English HE, Lelievre E, Gordon BH, Génissel P, Robinson BV. Radioimmunoassay for the measurement of S9788 in serum and microdialysis samples. J Pharm Biomed Anal 1997; 15:917-28. [PMID: 9160258 DOI: 10.1016/s0731-7085(96)01924-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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S9788, 6-[4-(2,2-di-(fluorophenyl)-ethylaminol-1-piperdinyl]-N,N'-d i-2-propenyl-1, 3,5-triazine- 2, 4-diamine, is a novel compound designed to reverse tumour multidrug resistance associated with cancer chemotherapy. A specific and sensitive radioimmunoassay has been developed for the analysis of S9788 in serum samples and adapted for samples obtained by microdialysis. The limit of quantitation is 0.2 ng ml-1 in perfusion medium and there is no cross reactivity of the antibody with known metabolites of the parent compound or with certain cytotoxic compounds likely to be coadministered with S9788. Maximum probe recovery during microdialysis was 66% at a flow of 1 microliter min-1, using Ringer/BSA (70 mg ml-1) as the perfusion medium. The assay has sufficient sensitivity, precision, accuracy and specificity for the analysis of rat and human serum and microdialysis perfusate samples. The assay has been successfully applied to the determination of S9788 in rat plasma (total concentration) and the microdialysate of the same samples.
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- C E Mackie
- Department of Pharmacology, UMDS, Medical School, St., Thomas Hospital, London, UK
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To elucidate some of the mechanisms underlying the neuroendocrine and neurochemical changes associated with age in female rats, we administered the serotonin (5-HT) releaser and reuptake inhibitor, d-fenfluramine (d-FEN; 0.0 or 0.6 mg/kg/day, PO) for 30-38 days to young (4 month) and old (21 month) F-344 female rats. Animals were placed into a novel open field (OF) for 20 min before sacrifice. Control animals were sacrificed immediately upon removal from their home cage (HC). Old rats exhibited significantly (p < 0.05) less exploratory behavior and a smaller CORT response to OF than young animals. d-FEN treatment had no effect on plasma ACTH and CORT levels or exploratory behavior. The old HC rats had significantly (p < 0.05) higher plasma levels of prolactin (PRL) than the young HC rats. A stress induced increase in PRL secretion was observed in the old rats only, which was attenuated by d-FEN treatment. In the OF groups, both the young and old rats showed elevated medial frontal cortex (MFC) dopamine turnover (DOPAC/DA ratio), but only the young rats exhibited an elevation in norepinephrine (NE) turnover (MHPG/NE ratio). d-FEN treatment blocked the stress-induced increase in NE turnover in the young rats and the increase in DA turnover in the old rats. These data suggest that 5-HT activity could be involved in the age-related changes in the MFC catecholamine and PRL responses to stress in female rats.
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- R J Handa
- Department of Cell Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
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Gordon BH, Bakes DM, Bennett P, LeBras B, Walther B, Lucas C, Marc S, Gouyette A. Methods for the analysis of the new vinca alkaloid derivative, S 12363, in plasma by high-performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection. J Chromatogr B Biomed Appl 1994; 657:163-71. [PMID: 7952064 DOI: 10.1016/0378-4347(94)80083-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Two sensitive analytical methods for the analysis of S 12363 in plasma are described. A highly sensitive procedure for human and dog plasma using cyanopropyl solid-phase extraction with ion pairing chromatography and fluorescence detection, has a limit of quantification of 0.1 ng ml-1. The technique has an overall precision and accuracy of 4.8 and 5.4% respectively over the concentration range 0.1-20 ng ml-1. A second, less sensitive, assay specifically adapted for rodent plasma, uses benzene sulphonyl cation-exchange solid-phase extraction followed by reversed-phase chromatography, with post-column fluorescence enhancement. This method has a limit of quantitation of 1.0 ng ml-1, with overall accuracy and precision of 7.2 and 11.6% respectively, over the concentration range 1.0-20.0 ng ml-1. Both assays have been successfully applied to dog and mouse toxicokinetic studies.
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- B H Gordon
- Servier Research and Development, Fulmer, Slough, UK
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Handa RJ, Cross MK, George M, Gordon BH, Burgess LH, Cabrera TM, Hata N, Campbell DB, Lorens SA. Neuroendocrine and neurochemical responses to novelty stress in young and old male F344 rats: effects of d-fenfluramine treatment. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 1993; 46:101-9. [PMID: 8255900 DOI: 10.1016/0091-3057(93)90324-m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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To understand some of the mechanisms underlying the neuroendocrine and neurochemical changes associated with aging, we administered the serotonin [5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)] releaser and reuptake inhibitor d-fenfluramine (d-FEN; 0.0, 0.2, or 0.6 mg/kg/day, p.o) for 30-38 days to young (4 months) and old (22 months) F344 male rats. Rats were stressed by placement into a novel open field (OF) for 20 min before sacrifice. Control animals were sacrificed immediately upon removal from their home cage (HC). Old rats exhibited less (p < 0.05) exploratory behavior than young rats, which was not altered by treatment with d-FEN. Old HC rats also had higher (p < 0.05) basal plasma levels of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) and prolactin (PRL) than young HC rats. Old OF rats showed higher (p < 0.05) levels of ACTH and corticosterone (CORT) than young OF animals. A stress-induced increase in PRL secretion was not observed in old rats. Subchronic low-dose d-FEN normalized the enhanced ACTH and CORT responses of old animals to novelty. In addition to these endocrine changes, stress-induced increases in medial frontal cortex (MFC) dopamine (DA) and norepinephrine (NE) turnover also were observed. The increase in NE turnover was greater (p < 0.01) in old than in young rats. d-FEN treatment blocked the stress-induced increase in MFC NE but not MFC DA turnover in both young and old rats. These data support a role for 5-HT and/or NE in some age-related neuroendocrine perturbations and suggest that increased 5-HT neurotransmission can normalize the hyperactivation of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis of old male rats.
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- R J Handa
- Department of Cell Biology, Loyola University, Chicago, IL
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Bakes DM, Turner ND, Gordon BH, Hiley MP, Walther B, Lucas C. Method for the analysis of S9788, a drug to reverse resistance to anticancer agents, in animal plasma and human plasma and serum by high-performance liquid chromatography with ultraviolet detection. J Chromatogr 1993; 615:117-26. [PMID: 8340450 DOI: 10.1016/0378-4347(93)80297-h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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An extraction method has been developed using benzene sulphonyl cation-exchange sample preparation cartridges and reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography with ultraviolet detection for the measurement of S9788, a drug to reverse resistance to anticancer agents, in plasma and serum. This includes a toxicokinetic assay which has a mean precision and accuracy of 11.7% and 7.9%, respectively, over the range 10-1000 ng ml-1 and a quantification limit of 10 ng ml-1 and a more sensitive pharmacokinetic procedure with a mean precision and accuracy of 5.0% and 7.9%, respectively, over the range 1-500 ng ml-1 and a quantification limit of 1 ng ml-1. The specificity of the procedure has been demonstrated by mass and ultraviolet spectrometry, and linearity, precision, accuracy, recovery and sensitivity have been established. The assays have been successfully applied to toxicokinetic and pharmacokinetic studies.
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- D M Bakes
- Servier Research and Development Ltd., Fulmer, Slough, UK
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Taste preferences for saccharin in concentrations ranging from 0.16 mM to 50 mM were determined in rats made hypothyroid with radioactive iodine and in their littermate controls. Hypothyroid rats demonstrated taste preferences for saccharin which were similar to those of controls only at very low (0.016 mM) or very high (49.0 mM) saccharin concentrations. At these concentrations of tastant, the preferences for tastant and water were similar to one another. At a concentration of 5.1 mM, preferences were also very similar in both groups but were very high. At intermediate saccharin concentrations of 1.1 and 3.0 mM, hypothyroid animals showed significantly lower percent preferences for the sweet tastant than did controls, mean +/- SEM (62.48 +/- 5.97 vs. 82.92 +/- 4.60, p = 0.0002) for the 1.1 mM concentration and (74.98 +/- 5.12 vs. 89.40 +/- 2.54, p = 0.0029) for the 3.0 mM concentration. These changes in taste preference for saccharin in hypothyroid rats were similar in direction and magnitude to those previously published by this laboratory using sucrose as the tastant. Thus, hypothyroid rats demonstrate abnormalities in taste preference for both the nonnutritive sweetener, sodium saccharin, as well as for the nutritive sweetener, sucrose.
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Clancy J, Petrovic LM, Gordon BH, Handa RJ, Campbell DB, Lorens SA. Effects of subchronic d-fenfluramine on splenic immune functions in young and old male and female Fischer 344 rats. Int J Immunopharmacol 1991; 13:1203-12. [PMID: 1814854 DOI: 10.1016/0192-0561(91)90171-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The present study was designed to demonstrate age- and sex-related differences in immune functions, and to determine whether subchronic elevations in serotonin (5-HT) availability in vivo would alter immune functions assessed subsequently in vitro. Male and female F344 rats (5 and 21 months of age) were administered the 5-HT releaser and reuptake inhibitor, d-fenfluramine (d-Fen), in their drinking water for 30-38 days then killed. The young animals received a higher dose (1.8 mg/kg/day) of d-Fen than the old rats (0.6 mg/kg/day) in order to compensate for age-related decreases in drug biotransformation and clearance. Brain and spleen d-Fen and metabolite concentrations, however, were considerably higher in the young than in the old rats. d-Fen treatment did not affect body weight or fluid intake. Although substantial sex differences in immune function were not discerned, age-related decreases were observed in absolute splenic cellularity, recombinant interleukin-2 (rIL-2) stimulated natural killer (NK) cytotoxicity, LPS stimulated B-cell mitogenesis, and in the level of Ox19 (CD5) positive cells. d-Fen caused an increase in absolute spleen weight and a decrease in absolute splenic cellularity only in the old rats of both sexes. Spleen cells from young male and old female rats receiving d-Fen had relatively more large granular lymphocytes and enhanced baseline and rIL-2 activated killing of YAC-1 cells than their vehicle matched or opposite sex counterparts. The drug also increased Con A-induced T-cell proliferation in young males and LPS induced B-cell proliferation in old females. d-Fen decreased Ox39 (CD25) levels by 19%, but did not affect any of the other phenotypes examined. The results suggest that 5-HT has a selective stimulatory effect on young male and old female NK activity, and that old female rats are more sensitive to the immunological effects of d-Fen than old male rats.
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- J Clancy
- Department of Cell Biology, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL 60153
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Ings RM, Gray AJ, Taylor AR, Gordon BH, Breen M, Hiley M, Brownsill R, Marchant N, Richards R, Wallace D. Disposition, pharmacokinetics, and metabolism of 14C-fotemustine in cancer patients. Eur J Cancer 1990; 26:838-42. [PMID: 2145908 DOI: 10.1016/0277-5379(90)90166-q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The pharmacokinetics and metabolism of intravenously infused 14C-fotemustine (about 100 mg/m2) were examined in 2 cancer patients. Plasma levels of radioactivity increased to a maximum of 4.1 and 5.5 micrograms equivalents per g when the infusion stopped then declined triexponentially with mean half-lives of about 1/2, 10 and 80 h for the initial, mid and terminal phases, respectively. Plasma levels of intact drug were lower, with maximum levels of 1.1 and 2.8 micrograms/ml, and declined monophasically with a half-life of about 24 min. Plasma clearance was high (1426 and 764 ml/min) with the volume of distribution based on areas of 47.7 and 26.4 l. Most of the radioactivity was eliminated in urine (50.1 and 61.3%) over 7 days with smaller amounts in the feces (6.8 and 0.3%) and only minimal quantities (under 0.1%) as expired carbon dioxide. Metabolites of fotemustine were identified as chloroethanol and N-nitroso-1-imidazolone-ethyl-diethylphosphonate in plasma and as 1-hydantoin-ethyl-diethyl-phosphonate and acetic acid in urine.
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- R M Ings
- Servier Research and Development Ltd., Fulmer, Slough, Bucks
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McQueen DS, Evrard Y, Gordon BH, Campbell DB. Ganglioglomerular nerves influence responsiveness of cat carotid body chemoreceptors to almitrine. J Auton Nerv Syst 1989; 27:57-66. [PMID: 2529305 DOI: 10.1016/0165-1838(89)90129-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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A bolus injection of almitrine bismesylate (0.5 mg.kg-1 i.v.) in anaesthetised artificially ventilated cats caused a significantly greater increase in carotid chemosensory discharge in animals with sectioned ipsilateral ganglioglomerular sympathetic nerves in comparison with a group in which these nerves were intact. Plasma levels of almitrine were similar in both groups. Responses to hypoxia and hypercapnia post-almitrine were also bigger if the ganglioglomerular nerves were cut. Domperidone (10-50 micrograms.kg-1 i.a), a dopamine D2 receptor antagonist, greatly increaed the responsiveness of chemoreceptors to almitrine in ganglioglomerular nerve-intact preparations. Almitrine-induced chemosensory activity was unaffected by illuminating the carotid bifurcation with light from a fibre optic lamp, regardless of whether or not the ganglioglomerular nerves were cut. It is concluded that almitrine may directly or indirectly activate an efferent pathway in the ganglioglomerular nerves to cause depression of chemoreceptor activity, possibly by releasing dopamine to act at D2 dopamine receptors in the carotid body.
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- D S McQueen
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Edinburgh Medical School, U.K
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Richards RP, Gordon BH, Ings RM, Campbell DB, King LJ. The measurement of d-fenfluramine and its metabolite, d-norfenfluramine in plasma and urine with an application of the method to pharmacokinetic studies. Xenobiotica 1989; 19:547-53. [PMID: 2750211 DOI: 10.3109/00498258909042294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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1. A specific and sensitive gas chromatographic assay is described for the measurement of d-fenfluramine and its de-ethylated metabolite, d-norfenfluramine, in biological fluids, together with some data on its application to the oral pharmacokinetics of the drug. 2. The analytical method developed has advantages over the previously described methods since it uses nitrogen specific detection and, when applied routinely, enables smaller sample volumes to be used (typically 1 ml of plasma) with a shorter chromatography time and an improved sensitivity (minimum quantifiable level of 2.5 ng ml-1). 3. Peak plasma concentrations of 22 and 24 ng ml-1 of intact drug were reached at 4 h after an oral dose of 14C-d-fenfluramine hydrochloride (30 mg) given to two volunteers as part of a metabolism and disposition study. Subsequently, concentrations of intact drug declined monoexponentially with a half-life of approximately 13 h. Peak concentrations of 10 and 8 ng ml-1 of the metabolite, d-norfenfluramine, were reached after 4 and 6 h and were maintained as a plateau for a further 4-6 h. Assessment of the half-life of the metabolite could not be made because of lack of data on the terminal portion of the curves. 4. The urinary excretion of d-fenfluramine (6.0 and 10.6% of the dose) and d-norfenfluramine (5.8 and 8.8% of the dose) was low, indicating extensive metabolism of the parent drug.
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- R P Richards
- Department of Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Servier Research and Development Ltd., Fulmer, Slough, UK
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Gordon BH, Richards RP, Hiley MP, Gray AJ, Ings RM, Campbell DB. A new method for the measurement of nitrosoureas in plasma: an h.p.l.c. procedure for the measurement of fotemustine kinetics. Xenobiotica 1989; 19:329-39. [PMID: 2665327 DOI: 10.3109/00498258909042277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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1. An analytical method for a novel nitrosourea, fotemustine, has been developed using solid-phase extraction and h.p.l.c. with u.v. detection. As part of the development, different methods for stabilising fotemustine after sample collection have been investigated. The method has been successfully applied to pharmacokinetic studies in monkeys and man. 2. Providing plasma was separated immediately from blood and frozen within 3 min of collection, negligible degradation of fotemustine occurred. The samples could then be stored at -20 degrees C in the dark for up to six days particularly if thawing prior to analysis was accelerated using a 50 degrees C water-bath so that it was complete within 3 min. Equivalent results were also obtained with samples stabilised with 0.1 M citric acid immediately after the preparation of plasma. 3. The analytical method showed good precision with a within-day variation ranging between +/- 10.7% at the lowest concentration investigated (0.1 micrograms ml-1) to 2.0% at 50.0 micrograms ml-1. The accuracy of measurement was from 108.9% to 97.6% at 0.1 and 50.0 micrograms ml-1 respectively and the response was linear up to 50 micrograms ml-1. The minimum level of quantitation was 20 ng ml-1. 4. After a single intravenous bolus dose of [14C]fotemustine (100 mg m-2) to Cynomolgus monkeys, intact drug levels rapidly declined (t1/2 12.6 +/- 0.5 min) although the half-life of radioactivity (approx 100 h) was much longer. The plasma clearance of fotemustine was 225 +/- 63 ml min-1 with a volume of distribution based on area of 4.1 +/- 1.2 litres. 5. As with monkey, plasma levels of intact fotemustine in a patient given [14C]-drug as a 1 h constant rate intravenous infusion (approx. 100 mg m-2), declined rapidly but with a half-life of 23.2 min. Again, the half-life for total radioactivity was considerably longer (30.8 h). The plasma clearance was 1426 ml min-1 and the volume of distribution based on area was 47.71.
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- B H Gordon
- Servier Research and Development Ltd., Fulmer Hall, Slough, UK
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Fetal injury associated with maternal ethanol ingestion is a major cause of congenital anomalies and mental retardation. Studies with animals suggest that acetaldehyde, the primary hepatic oxidative metabolite of ethanol, may contribute to fetal damage. It is not known, however, whether acetaldehyde reaches the human fetus, either by placental production or transfer. Studies utilizing the perfused human placental cotyledon show that the human placenta oxidizes ethanol to acetaldehyde, releasing it into the fetal perfusate. Moreover, when acetaldehyde is present in the maternal perfusate, it is transferred to the fetal side, reaching approximately 50 percent of the maternal level. These findings suggest that the human placenta may play a pivotal role in the pathophysiology of ethanol-associated fetal injury.
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- P I Karl
- Department of Pediatrics, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY 11030
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Acetaldehyde could mediate a number of the toxic effects of alcohol both in females and their offspring. Thus, we assessed the blood acetaldehyde response to ethanol (3 g/kg) at various stages of the female reproductive cycle. Blood levels were low throughout the various phases of the estrous cycle and during most of pregnancy. By contrast, a 4-fold rise in maternal blood acetaldehyde occurred at the end of pregnancy (day 20), continued to increase during lactation (17-fold at day 14) and returned to non-pregnant values after weaning or after pup removal at birth. Both enhanced rate of ethanol oxidation and decreased activity of the low Km aldehyde dehydrogenase in liver mitochondria contributed to the increased acetaldehyde levels. Acetaldehyde was detectable in fetal blood, but only a small fraction of the high maternal values in pregnancy reached the fetus through the umbilical vein. Chronic alcohol administration resulted in decreased fetal size and striking enlargement of the placenta with possible implications for abnormal fetal development. Thus, the high maternal acetaldehyde levels at the end of pregnancy may exert deleterious effects on many maternal organs, including those (such as placenta) which are required for normal fetal development.
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Gordon BH, Baraona E, Miyakawa H, Finkelman F, Lieber CS. Exaggerated acetaldehyde response after ethanol administration during pregnancy and lactation in rats. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 1985; 9:17-22. [PMID: 3887962 DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1985.tb05041.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The exaggerated blood acetaldehyde response that has been reported after ethanol administration to pregnant rats was found to be the beginning of a much larger alteration occurring during lactation. Indeed, at the end of pregnancy, we confirmed a 4-fold increase in the acetaldehyde values above nonpregnant values after an intragastric dose of 3 g/kg ethanol. During gestational days 1 to 17, the levels did not differ. After delivery, the exaggerated acetaldehyde response to ethanol was increased, producing acetaldehyde concentrations 15-fold greater than in nonlactating controls. This response returned to nonpregnant levels with weaning and could be abolished by removing the pups at birth. The intensified response was associated with both an enhanced rate of ethanol oxidation and a decreased low Km aldehyde dehydrogenase activity in liver mitochondria. At the end of pregnancy, measurable concentrations of acetaldehyde were found in umbilical venous blood and fetal blood. However, they amounted to only one-quarter of maternal values whereas ethanol levels were similar. Thus, during late pregnancy and lactation, there is a marked increase in maternal blood acetaldehyde after ethanol intake. In the presence of a normal placenta, however, an acetaldehyde concentration gradient exists between the mother and the fetus.
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Gordon BH, Streeter ML, Rosso P, Winick M. Prenatal alcohol exposure: abnormalities in placental growth and fetal amino acid uptake in the rat. Biol Neonate 1985; 47:113-9. [PMID: 3978155 DOI: 10.1159/000242099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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On day 20 of gestation, after ethanol feeding (27% ethanol calories, 25% protein), placental weights, DNA, RNA and water content were greater than in controls pair-fed an isocaloric diet without ethanol or those ad lib fed a pellet diet of similar composition. Rat litter size and fetal body, liver and brain weights were similar in all groups. In vivo fetal amino acid accumulation was significantly lower after alcohol exposure despite similar placental uptake. These results indicate that both placental hyperplasia and abnormal fetal amino acid uptake occur at a low alcohol dose when fetal body weight is unaffected.
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Grahame R, Billings R, Reeback J, Gibson T, Burry HC, Gordon BH, Houghton GW, Lewellen OR, Templeton R. Blood level studies on ketoprofen. Rheumatol Rehabil 1978; Suppl:64-70. [PMID: 364614 DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/xvii.suppl.64] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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