Differences in hepatic drug accumulation and enzyme induction after chronic amiodarone feeding of two rat strains: role of the hydroxylator phenotype?

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Abstract
1. It has previously been shown that the extent of hepatic phospholipidosis induced by chronic amiodarone treatment correlates with the degrees of drug accumulation in liver tissue. 2. To investigate a possible influence of pharmacogenetic factors, biochemical and morphological investigations were carried out in two rats strains differing in debrisoquine hydroxylation. 3. Plasma and liver tissue concentrations of amiodarone and its main metabolite, desethyl-amiodarone, were significantly higher in rats with deficient hydroxylation. Microsomal enzyme induction, drug cytochrome P-450 complex formation and typical ultrastructural features of phospholipidosis were only seen in rats with deficient hydroxylation and in a more sensitive species, the guinea-pig. 4. It remains to be seen whether defficient debrisoquine hydroxylation in man is associated with an increased susceptibility to amioadarone side effects.