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Effect of inhalation exposure to toluene on the activity of organic anion transporting polypeptide (Oatp) using pravastatin as a probe drug in rats.
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Xenobiotica; the fate of foreign compounds in biological systems [Xenobiotica] 2018 Jul; Vol. 48 (7), pp. 734-738. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Jul 25. - Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- 1. Toluene, used as a pure substance or in solvent mixtures, is the cause of occupational exposures of large numbers of workers in the world. The organic anion transporting polypeptides (OATP: human; Oatp: rodents) are drug carriers which have been frequently associated to drug-drug interactions. The objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of inhalation exposure to toluene in Oatp in vivo activity using pravastatin as a probe drug in rats. 2. Male Wistar rats ((n = 6 per sampling time) were exposed to 85 mg/m <superscript>3</superscript> toluene by inhalation or air in a nose only exposure system for 6 h/d, 5 d/week during 4 weeks, in order to simulate the occupational exposure to toluene at level slightly above the occupational exposure limit proposed by the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH). After 4 weeks of exposure, animals received a single dose of 20 mg/kg pravastatin orally. 3. Areas under concentration × time curves extrapolated to infinite (AUC <superscript>0-∞</superscript> ) were calculated by Gauss Laguerre quadrature. Non-exposed animals showed AUC <superscript>0-∞</superscript> of 726.0 (261.8) ng h/mL for pravastatin and rats exposed to toluene 85 mg/m3 showed AUC <superscript>0-∞</superscript> of 681.8 (80.1) ng h/mL [data presented as mean (standard error of the mean)]. No significant difference was observed in pravastatin kinetic disposition between groups in terms of 95% confidence interval for the difference between means. 4. Toluene exposure by inhalation did not change the in vivo activity of Oatp evaluated by pravastatin kinetic disposition in rats.
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1366-5928
- Volume :
- 48
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Xenobiotica; the fate of foreign compounds in biological systems
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 28686078
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00498254.2017.1353717