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Chronic Toxicity, Metabolism, and Pharmacokinetics of the 5-HT3 Receptor Antagonist Zatosetron (LY277359) in Fischer 344 Rats

Chronic Toxicity, Metabolism, and Pharmacokinetics of the 5-HT3 Receptor Antagonist Zatosetron... Abstract Studies were done to characterize the chronic toxicity, metabolism, and pharmacokinetics of a 5-HT3 receptor antagonist in Fischer 344 rats. Animals were given daily gavage doses of 10, 30, or 90 (females only were increased from 90 to 120 mg/kg for months 7–12) mg/kg of zatosetron for 1 year. Treatment-related histologic changes occurred primarily in the liver and kidney of rats given 30 or 90/120 mg/kg and consisted of hepato-cellular fatty change (males only), hepatic granuloma formation, and histiocytosis (females only), and renal pigment deposition (both sexes), lesions not previously described in animals treated with 5-HT3 receptor antagonists. Decreased eryth-rocyte parameters, increased total leukocyte, lymphocyte, and neutrophil counts, and increased serum alkaline phosphatase, gamma glutamyltransferase, alanine transaminase, and liver weights in females were most likely related to the chronic inflammatory process in the liver. Increased alanine transaminase and transiently increased alkaline phosphatase with increased liver weights in males were likely related to the hepatocellular fatty change. Increased renal tubular epithelial pigment deposition (lipofuscin and hemosiderin) was observed in males and females in the high-dose group and in females in the middle-dose group. Both had increased kidney weights and increased serum inorganic phosphorus. Females in the high-dose group had increased urine volume, decreased pH, and increased total excretion of sodium, potassium, chloride, and creatinine. These changes may have been a reflection of tubular dysfunction associated with excessive pigment deposition. No toxicologically significant effects occurred in rats treated with 10 mg/kg/day for 1 year. Plasma concentrations of zatosetron and its 3-hydroxy metabolite increased with increasing dose and duration of dosing in both males and females during the first 6 months of dosing. Subsequent values measured at 12 months showed no substantive increases except in males given the highest dose. At comparable doses, consistent sex differences (F > M) in mean 1-hr plasma content of parent compound were evident across dose and time. Zatosetron-induced hepato- and nephrotoxicity seems to be peculiar to the rat and is observed only at very high doses relative to the proposed human clinical dose This content is only available as a PDF. © 1994 by the Society of Toxicology http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Toxicological Sciences Oxford University Press

Chronic Toxicity, Metabolism, and Pharmacokinetics of the 5-HT3 Receptor Antagonist Zatosetron (LY277359) in Fischer 344 Rats

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© 1994 by the Society of Toxicology
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Abstract Studies were done to characterize the chronic toxicity, metabolism, and pharmacokinetics of a 5-HT3 receptor antagonist in Fischer 344 rats. Animals were given daily gavage doses of 10, 30, or 90 (females only were increased from 90 to 120 mg/kg for months 7–12) mg/kg of zatosetron for 1 year. Treatment-related histologic changes occurred primarily in the liver and kidney of rats given 30 or 90/120 mg/kg and consisted of hepato-cellular fatty change (males only), hepatic granuloma formation, and histiocytosis (females only), and renal pigment deposition (both sexes), lesions not previously described in animals treated with 5-HT3 receptor antagonists. Decreased eryth-rocyte parameters, increased total leukocyte, lymphocyte, and neutrophil counts, and increased serum alkaline phosphatase, gamma glutamyltransferase, alanine transaminase, and liver weights in females were most likely related to the chronic inflammatory process in the liver. Increased alanine transaminase and transiently increased alkaline phosphatase with increased liver weights in males were likely related to the hepatocellular fatty change. Increased renal tubular epithelial pigment deposition (lipofuscin and hemosiderin) was observed in males and females in the high-dose group and in females in the middle-dose group. Both had increased kidney weights and increased serum inorganic phosphorus. Females in the high-dose group had increased urine volume, decreased pH, and increased total excretion of sodium, potassium, chloride, and creatinine. These changes may have been a reflection of tubular dysfunction associated with excessive pigment deposition. No toxicologically significant effects occurred in rats treated with 10 mg/kg/day for 1 year. Plasma concentrations of zatosetron and its 3-hydroxy metabolite increased with increasing dose and duration of dosing in both males and females during the first 6 months of dosing. Subsequent values measured at 12 months showed no substantive increases except in males given the highest dose. At comparable doses, consistent sex differences (F > M) in mean 1-hr plasma content of parent compound were evident across dose and time. Zatosetron-induced hepato- and nephrotoxicity seems to be peculiar to the rat and is observed only at very high doses relative to the proposed human clinical dose This content is only available as a PDF. © 1994 by the Society of Toxicology

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Published: May 1, 1994

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