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Assessment of hepatic prostaglandin E 2 level in carbamazepine induced liver injury. Endocr Regul 2022; 56:22-30. [PMID: 35180822 DOI: 10.2478/enr-2022-0003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Objective. Carbamazepine (CBZ), a widely used antiepileptic drug, is one major cause of the idiosyncratic liver injury along with immune reactions. Conversely, prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) demonstrates a hepatoprotective effect by regulating immune reactions and promoting liver repair in various types of liver injury. However, the amount of hepatic PGE2 during CBZ-induced liver injury remains elusive. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the hepatic PGE2 levels during CBZ-induced liver injury using a mouse model. Methods. Mice were orally administered with CBZ at a dose of 400 mg/kg for 4 days, and 800 mg/kg on the 5th day. Results. Plasma alanine transaminase (ALT) level increased in some of mice 24 h after the last CBZ administration. Although median value of hepatic PGE2 amount in the CBZ-treated mice showed same extent as vehicle-treated control mice, it exhibited significant elevated level in mice with severe liver injury presented by a plasma ALT level >1000 IU/L. According to these results, mice had a plasma ALT level >1000 IU/L were defined as responders and the others as non-responders in this study. Even though, the hepatic PGE2 levels increased in responders, the hepatic expression and enzyme activity related to PGE2 production were not upregulated when compared with vehicle-treated control mice. However, the hepatic 15-hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase (15-PGDH) expression and activity decreased significantly in responders when compared with control mice. Conclusions. These results indicate that elevated hepatic PGE2 levels can be attributed to the downregulation of 15-PGDH expression under CBZ-induced liver injury.
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Ozawa S, Miura T, Terashima J, Habano W, Ishida S. Recent Progress in Prediction Systems for Drug-induced Liver Injury Using in vitro Cell Culture. Drug Metab Lett 2020; 14:25-40. [PMID: 33267768 DOI: 10.2174/1872312814666201202112610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2020] [Revised: 11/26/2020] [Accepted: 11/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND In order to avoid drug-induced liver injury (DILI), in vitro assays, which enable the assessment of both metabolic activation and immune reaction processes that ultimately result in DILI, are needed. OBJECTIVE In this study, the recent progress in the application of in vitro assays using cell culture systems is reviewed for potential DILI-causing drugs/xenobiotics and a mechanistic study on DILI, as well as for the limitations of in vitro cell culture systems for DILI research. METHODS Information related to DILI was collected through a literature search of the PubMed database. RESULTS The initial biological event for the onset of DILI is the formation of cellular protein adducts after drugs have been metabolically activated by drug metabolizing enzymes. The damaged peptides derived from protein adducts lead to the activation of CD4+ helper T lymphocytes and recognition by CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocytes, which destroy hepatocytes through immunological reactions. Because DILI is a major cause of drug attrition and drug withdrawal, numerous in vitro systems consisting of hepatocytes and immune/inflammatory cells, or spheroids of human primary hepatocytes containing non-parenchymal cells have been developed. These cellular-based systems have identified DILIinducing drugs with approximately 50% sensitivity and 90% specificity. CONCLUSION Different co-culture systems consisting of human hepatocyte-derived cells and other immune/inflammatory cells have enabled the identification of DILI-causing drugs and of the actual mechanisms of action.
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- Shogo Ozawa
- Department of Clinical Pharmaceutical Sciences, Division of Pharmacodynamics and Molecular Genetics, School of Pharmacy, Iwate Medical University, Yahaba. Japan
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- Department of Clinical Pharmaceutical Sciences, Division of Pharmacodynamics and Molecular Genetics, School of Pharmacy, Iwate Medical University, Yahaba. Japan
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- Department of Clinical Pharmaceutical Sciences, Division of Pharmacodynamics and Molecular Genetics, School of Pharmacy, Iwate Medical University, Yahaba. Japan
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- Department of Clinical Pharmaceutical Sciences, Division of Pharmacodynamics and Molecular Genetics, School of Pharmacy, Iwate Medical University, Yahaba. Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, National Institute of Health Sciences, Kawasaki. Japan
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Fricke-Galindo I, LLerena A, Jung-Cook H, López-López M. Carbamazepine adverse drug reactions. Expert Rev Clin Pharmacol 2018; 11:705-718. [PMID: 29898616 DOI: 10.1080/17512433.2018.1486707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Carbamazepine (CBZ) is used for the treatment of epilepsy and other neurological and psychiatric disorders. The occurrence of adverse reactions (ADRs) to CBZ can negatively impact the quality of life of patients, as well as increase health-care costs. Thus, knowledge of CBZ-induced ADRs is important to achieve safer treatment outcomes. Areas covered: This review describes the clinical features, known mechanisms, and clinical management of the main CBZ-induced ADRs. In addition, pharmacogenetic studies focused on ADRs induced by CBZ are cited. Expert commentary: CBZ-induced ADRs are well known in the literature. The metabolite CBZ-10,11-epoxide plays an important role in the mechanism that underlies the ADRs induced by CBZ. Several factors should be considered for a safer use of CBZ, such as monotherapy prescription when possible, an adequate dose titration, knowledge of previous ADRs in the patient, and routine monitoring of CBZ plasma concentrations in symptomatic patients. Pharmacogenetics is a potential tool for CBZ therapy improvement, and the design of multicenter studies focused on the identification of biomarkers for CBZ-induced ADRs could provide useful information for a safer CBZ therapy.
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- Ingrid Fricke-Galindo
- a Doctorate in Biological and Health Sciences , Metropolitan Autonomous University , Coyoacán, Mexico City , Mexico
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- b CICAB Clinical Research Centre , Extremadura University Hospital and Medical School , Badajoz , Spain
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- c Department of Pharmacy, Chemistry Faculty , National Autonomous University of Mexico , Mexico City , Mexico.,d Department of Neuropharmacology , National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery Manuel Velasco Suárez , Mexico City , Mexico
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- e Department of Biological Systems , Metropolitan Autonomous University , Coyoacán, Mexico City , Mexico
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Iida A, Sasaki E, Yano A, Tsuneyama K, Fukami T, Nakajima M, Yokoi T. Carbamazepine-Induced Liver Injury Requires CYP3A-Mediated Metabolism and Glutathione Depletion in Rats. Drug Metab Dispos 2015; 43:958-968. [DOI: 10.1124/dmd.115.063370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/30/2023] Open
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Błaszczyk B, Szpringer M, Czuczwar SJ, Lasoń W. Single centre 20 year survey of antiepileptic drug-induced hypersensitivity reactions. Pharmacol Rep 2014; 65:399-409. [PMID: 23744424 DOI: 10.1016/s1734-1140(13)71015-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2011] [Revised: 11/26/2012] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Epilepsy is a chronic neurological disease which affects about 1% of the human population. There are 50 million patients in the world suffering from this disease and 2 million new cases per year are observed. The necessary treatment with antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) increases the risk of adverse reactions. In case of 15% of people receiving AEDs, cutaneous reactions, like maculopapular or erythematous pruritic rash, may appear within four weeks of initiating therapy with AEDs. METHODS This study involved 300 epileptic patients in the period between September 1989 and September 2009. A cutaneous adverse reaction was defined as a diffuse rash, which had no other obvious reason than a drug effect, and resulted in contacting a physician. RESULTS Among 300 epileptic patients of Neurological Practice in Kielce (132 males and 168 females), a skin reaction to at least one AED was found in 30 patients. As much as 95% of the reactions occurred during therapies with carbamazepine, phenytoin, lamotrigine or oxcarbazepine. One of the patients developed Stevens-Johnson syndrome. CONCLUSION Some hypersensitivity problems of epileptic patients were obviously related to antiepileptic treatment. Among AEDs, gabapentin, topiramate, levetiracetam, vigabatrin, and phenobarbital were not associated with skin lesions, although the number of patients in the case of the latter was small.
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- Barbara Błaszczyk
- Faculty of Health Sciences, High School of Economics and Law, Jagiellońska 109 A, PL 25-734 Kielce, Poland.
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Higuchi S, Yano A, Takai S, Tsuneyama K, Fukami T, Nakajima M, Yokoi T. Metabolic activation and inflammation reactions involved in carbamazepine-induced liver injury. Toxicol Sci 2012; 130:4-16. [PMID: 22790970 DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfs222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Drug-induced liver injury is a major safety concern in drug development and clinical pharmacotherapy; however, advances in the understanding of the mechanisms of drug-induced liver injury are hampered by the lack of animal models. Carbamazepine (CBZ) is a widely used antiepileptic agent. Although the drug is generally well tolerated, only a small number of patients prescribed CBZ develop severe hepatitis. In the present study, we developed a mouse model of CBZ-induced liver injury and elucidated the mechanisms accounting for the hepatotoxicity of CBZ. Male BALB/c mice were orally administered CBZ for 5 days. The plasma levels of alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase were prominently increased, and severe liver damage was observed via histological evaluation. The analysis of the plasma concentration of CBZ and its metabolites demonstrated that 3-hydroxy CBZ may be relevant in CBZ-induced liver injury. The hepatic glutathione levels were significantly decreased, and oxidative stress markers were significantly altered. Mechanistic investigations found that hepatic mRNA levels of toll-like receptor 4, receptor for advanced glycation end products, and their ligands were significantly increased. Moreover, the plasma concentrations of proinflammatory cytokines were also increased. Prostaglandin E(1) administration ameliorated the hepatic injury caused by CBZ. In conclusion, metabolic activation followed by the stimulation of immune responses was demonstrated to be involved in CBZ-induced liver injury in mice.
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- Satonori Higuchi
- Drug Metabolism and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan
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Gökçe S, Durmaz O, Celtik C, Aydogan A, Güllüoglu M, Sökücü S. Valproic acid-associated vanishing bile duct syndrome. J Child Neurol 2010; 25:909-11. [PMID: 20388938 DOI: 10.1177/0883073809343474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Hepatotoxicity as a result of valproic acid therapy is well documented. Elevation in aminotransferase activities is rarely associated with symptoms. It sometimes manifests as acute liver failure. Here, we report a 8-year-old girl who was referred for unresolving jaundice and itching for 3 months. Past history revealed afebrile convulsion 5 months previously and beginning of valproic acid treatment. Valproic acid was discontinued after the development of jaundice. Physical examination revealed ichterus, xanthomas on extensor surfaces of extremities, and hepatomegaly without any sign of chronic liver disease. Total and direct bilirubin levels were 20.2 and 12.9 mg/dL, respectively. Enzyme activities indicating cholestasis were increased together with blood cholesterol. Tests for infectious and autoimmune, metabolic, and genetic disorders were not informative. Liver biopsy revealed portal inflammation, severe bile duct loss, and cholestasis. The patient was considered to have valproic acid-associated vanishing bile duct syndrome, which has not been reported previously.
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- Selim Gökçe
- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Istanbul University, Istanbul Medical School, Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey.
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Obach RS, Kalgutkar AS, Soglia JR, Zhao SX. Can in vitro metabolism-dependent covalent binding data in liver microsomes distinguish hepatotoxic from nonhepatotoxic drugs? An analysis of 18 drugs with consideration of intrinsic clearance and daily dose. Chem Res Toxicol 2008; 21:1814-22. [PMID: 18690722 DOI: 10.1021/tx800161s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 167] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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In vitro covalent binding assessments of drugs have been useful in providing retrospective insights into the association between drug metabolism and a resulting toxicological response. On the basis of these studies, it has been advocated that in vitro covalent binding to liver microsomal proteins in the presence and the absence of NADPH be used routinely to screen drug candidates. However, the utility of this approach in predicting toxicities of drug candidates accurately remains an unanswered question. Importantly, the years of research that have been invested in understanding metabolic bioactivation and covalent binding and its potential role in toxicity have focused only on those compounds that demonstrate toxicity. Investigations have not frequently queried whether in vitro covalent binding could be observed with drugs with good safety records. Eighteen drugs (nine hepatotoxins and nine nonhepatotoxins in humans) were assessed for in vitro covalent binding in NADPH-supplemented human liver microsomes. Of the two sets of nine drugs, seven in each set were shown to undergo some degree of covalent binding. Among hepatotoxic drugs, acetaminophen, carbamazepine, diclofenac, indomethacin, nefazodone, sudoxicam, and tienilic acid demonstrated covalent binding, while benoxaprofen and felbamate did not. Of the nonhepatotoxic drugs evaluated, buspirone, diphenhydramine, meloxicam, paroxetine, propranolol, raloxifene, and simvastatin demonstrated covalent binding, while ibuprofen and theophylline did not. A quantitative comparison of covalent binding in vitro intrinsic clearance did not separate the two groups of compounds, and in fact, paroxetine, a nonhepatotoxin, showed the greatest amount of covalent binding in microsomes. Including factors such as the fraction of total metabolism comprised by covalent binding and the total daily dose of each drug improved the discrimination between hepatotoxic and nontoxic drugs based on in vitro covalent binding data; however, the approach still would falsely identify some agents as potentially hepatotoxic.
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- R Scott Obach
- Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism Department, Pfizer Global Research and Development, Groton, Connecticut 06340, USA.
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Okan G, Yaylaci S, Peker O, Kaymakoglu S, Saruc M. Vanishing bile duct and Stevens-Johnson syndrome associated with ciprofloxacin treated with tacrolimus. World J Gastroenterol 2008; 14:4697-700. [PMID: 18698687 PMCID: PMC2738797 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.14.4697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) is a serious and potentially life-threatening disease. Vanishing bile duct syndrome (VBDS) is a rare cause of progressive cholestasis. Both syndromes are mostly related with drugs. We report a case of a patient with ciprofloxacin-induced SJS and acute onset of VBDS, and reviewed the related literature. It is the first case of ciprofloxacin-induced VBDS successfully treated with tacrolimus. This case reminds physicians of the importance of drug reactions, their severity, techniques for diagnosis and methods of management.
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The roles of drug metabolism in the pathogenesis of T-cell-mediated drug hypersensitivity. Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol 2008; 8:299-307. [DOI: 10.1097/aci.0b013e3283079c64] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Peyrière H, Dereure O, Breton H, Demoly P, Cociglio M, Blayac JP, Hillaire-Buys D. Variability in the clinical pattern of cutaneous side-effects of drugs with systemic symptoms: does a DRESS syndrome really exist? Br J Dermatol 2006; 155:422-8. [PMID: 16882184 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2006.07284.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 197] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To improve the definition of the various clinical patterns of patients with drug-induced cutaneous side-effects with systemic symptoms, and their possible relationships with the triggering medication, with the ultimate goal of helping in the identification of the causal drug in difficult situations when the patient is taking several drugs. METHODS Cases of drug-induced cutaneous side-effects associated with various systemic syndromes related to anticonvulsants (carbamazepine, phenytoin and phenobarbitone), minocycline, allopurinol, abacavir and nevirapine were collected retrospectively from the French Pharmacovigilance database (FPD) over a period of 15 years (1985-2000). The clinical patterns typical of the causative drugs were described and compared with data from the literature. RESULTS Two hundred and sixteen patients with symptoms and signs consistent with cutaneous drug reactions with systemic symptoms were reported to the FPD during this period of time. Their pattern was similar to published data for these drugs, with fever, cutaneous eruption, hepatic abnormalities and eosinophilia being the most prominent but inconstant symptoms. There are clues suggesting that some particular lesional patterns may exist for some drugs. CONCLUSIONS Although some trends emerge from these retrospective data, they suggest that no clear, unified outline can currently be defined for these multi-organ drug-induced reactions. Instead, a constellation of various symptoms and signs were recorded, that might be sorted in different patterns according to the causal drug, a finding that might indeed improve accurate identification of the causative drug in patients receiving several principal medications at a time. A national prospective study systematically collecting standardized data is required better to define the outlines of these severe adverse drug reactions and to evaluate prognostic data.
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- H Peyrière
- Department of Medical Pharmacology, University Hospital of Montpellier, Hôpital Lapeyronie, 971 avenue du doyen Gaston Giraud, 34295 Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
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Gogtay NJ, Bavdekar SB, Kshirsagar NA. Anticonvulsant hypersensitivity syndrome: a review. Expert Opin Drug Saf 2006; 4:571-81. [PMID: 15934861 DOI: 10.1517/14740338.4.3.571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Anticonvulsant hypersensitivity syndrome (AHS), characterised by fever, rash and internal organ involvement, is a rare, but potentially fatal adverse event that occurs most commonly with first-line aromatic anticonvulsants, but can also occur with non-aromatic anticonvulsants such as lamotrigine and valproic acid. AHS can begin anywhere from 1 to 12 weeks after commencement of therapy and has been estimated to occur at a frequency of 1/1000 to 1/10,000 exposures. Its true incidence, however, remains unknown due to under-reporting. The disease has protean manifestations mimicking several other conditions, and the diagnosis is thus difficult. Several hypotheses have been put forward to explain the pathogenesis of AHS. These include accumulation of toxic metabolites, graft versus host disease, antibody production and viral infections. The one based on toxic metabolites has found the greatest acceptance, perhaps due to the fact that it can be proven by an in vitro test; the lymphocyte toxicity assay. Discontinuation of the offending agent with supportive, symptomatic therapy forms the mainstay of management of AHS. In addition, counselling of both the patient and first degree relatives for susceptibility to AHS is an important aspect of management. In the last decade, several new anticonvulsants have been introduced for epilepsy. In addition, for resource-poor countries, inexpensive and effective first-line drugs such as phenytoin and phenobarbitone will continue to remain important treatment options. Thus, the problem of AHS will continue, and attempts should be made to further understand the molecular basis of and individual susceptibility to AHS. Adverse event monitoring programs must also actively seek AHS reports to estimate its true incidence.
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- Nithya J Gogtay
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Seth GS Medical College & KEM Hospital, Parel, Mumbai 400 012, India.
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Yang XX, Hu ZP, Chan SY, Zhou SF. Monitoring drug-protein interaction. Clin Chim Acta 2005; 365:9-29. [PMID: 16199025 DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2005.08.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2005] [Revised: 08/16/2005] [Accepted: 08/23/2005] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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A variety of therapeutic drugs can undergo biotransformation via Phase I and Phase II enzymes to reactive metabolites that have intrinsic chemical reactivity toward proteins and cause potential organ toxicity. A drug-protein adduct is a protein complex that forms when electrophilic drugs or their reactive metabolite(s) covalently bind to a protein molecule. Formation of such drug-protein adducts eliciting cellular damages and immune responses has been a major hypothesis for the mechanism of toxicity caused by numerous drugs. The monitoring of protein-drug adducts is important in the kinetic and mechanistic studies of drug-protein adducts and establishment of dose-toxicity relationships. The determination of drug-protein adducts can also provide supportive evidence for diagnosis of drug-induced diseases associated with protein-drug adduct formation in patients. The plasma is the most commonly used matrix for monitoring drug-protein adducts due to its convenience and safety. Measurement of circulating antibodies against drug-protein adducts may be used as a useful surrogate marker in the monitoring of drug-protein adducts. The determination of plasma protein adducts and/or relevant antibodies following administration of several drugs including acetaminophen, dapsone, diclofenac and halothane has been conducted in clinical settings for characterizing drug toxicity associated with drug-protein adduct formation. The monitoring of drug-protein adducts often involves multi-step laboratory procedure including sample collection and preliminary preparation, separation to isolate or extract the target compound from a mixture, identification and determination. However, the monitoring of drug-protein adducts is often difficult because of short half-lives of the protein adducts, sampling problem and lack of sensitive analytical techniques for the protein adducts. Currently, chromatographic (e.g. high performance liquid chromatography) and immunological methods (e.g. enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) are two major techniques used to determine protein adducts of drugs in patients. The present review highlights the importance for clinical monitoring of drug-protein adducts, with an emphasis on methodology and with a further discussion of the application of these techniques to individual drugs and their target proteins.
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- Xiao-Xia Yang
- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, Science Drive 4, Singapore 117543, Singapore
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Valencak J, Ortiz-Urda S, Heere-Ress E, Kunstfeld R, Base W. Carbamazepine-induced DRESS syndrome with recurrent fever and exanthema. Int J Dermatol 2004; 43:51-4. [PMID: 14693022 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2004.01832.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Julia Valencak
- Department of Dermatology, Division of General Dermatology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
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Zhou S. Separation and detection methods for covalent drug–protein adducts. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2003; 797:63-90. [PMID: 14630144 DOI: 10.1016/s1570-0232(03)00399-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Covalent binding of reactive metabolites of drugs to proteins has been a predominant hypothesis for the mechanism of toxicity caused by numerous drugs. The development of efficient and sensitive analytical methods for the separation, identification, quantification of drug-protein adducts have important clinical and toxicological implications. In the last few decades, continuous progress in analytical methodology has been achieved with substantial increase in the number of new, more specific and more sensitive methods for drug-protein adducts. The methods used for drug-protein adduct studies include those for separation and for subsequent detection and identification. Various chromatographic (e.g., affinity chromatography, ion-exchange chromatography, and high-performance liquid chromatography) and electrophoretic techniques [e.g., sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE), two-dimensional SDS-PAGE, and capillary electrophoresis], used alone or in combination, offer an opportunity to purify proteins adducted by reactive drug metabolites. Conventionally, mass spectrometric (MS), nuclear magnetic resonance, and immunological and radioisotope methods are used to detect and identify protein targets for reactive drug metabolites. However, these methods are labor-intensive, and have provided very limited sequence information on the target proteins adducted, and thus the identities of the protein targets are usually unknown. Moreover, the antibody-based methods are limited by the availability, quality, and specificity of antibodies to protein adducts, which greatly hindered the identification of specific protein targets of drugs and their clinical applications. Recently, the use of powerful MS technologies (e.g., matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight) together with analytical proteomics have enabled one to separate, identify unknown protein adducts, and establish the sequence context of specific adducts by offering the opportunity to search for adducts in proteomes containing a large number of proteins with protein adducts and unmodified proteins. The present review highlights the separation and detection technologies for drug-protein adducts, with an emphasis on methodology, advantages and limitations to these techniques. Furthermore, a brief discussion of the application of these techniques to individual drugs and their target proteins will be outlined.
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- Shufeng Zhou
- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, Science Drive 4, Singapore 117543, Singapore.
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Garcia M, Mhanna MJ, Chung-Park MJ, Davis PH, Srivastava MD. Efficacy of early immunosuppressive therapy in a child with carbamazepine-associated vanishing bile duct and Stevens-Johnson syndromes. Dig Dis Sci 2002; 47:177-82. [PMID: 11837721 DOI: 10.1023/a:1013296310944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/09/2022]
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- Monica Garcia
- Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio 44109, USA
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Pirmohamed M, Lin K, Chadwick D, Park BK. TNFalpha promoter region gene polymorphisms in carbamazepine-hypersensitive patients. Neurology 2001; 56:890-6. [PMID: 11294926 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.56.7.890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate whether the major histocompatibility complex contains susceptibility genes for carbamazepine hypersensitivity. Carbamazepine hypersensitivity is immune-mediated, although factors determining its occurrence and severity are unknown. METHODS Using PCR in 60 carbamazepine-hypersensitive patients, 37 with nonserious (Group I) and 23 with serious (Group II) reactions, and 313 control subjects (63 patients on carbamazepine without adverse effects and 250 healthy volunteers), the association with polymorphisms in the promoter region of the tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha) gene (positions -308 and -238), and with HLA-DR3 and -DQ2 was determined. RESULTS The frequency of the variant allele (TNF2) at the -308 position was increased in Group II but not Group I carbamazepine-hypersensitive patients compared with all control subjects (p = 0.01; OR = 2.4), as was the frequency of HLA-DR3 (p = 0.01; OR = 3.3), HLA-DQ2 (p = 0.04; OR = 2.7), and the TNF2-DR3-DQ2 haplotypes (p = 0.02; OR = 3.2). None of the alleles were independently associated with serious carbamazepine hypersensitivity. For the -238 polymorphism, there was a difference in the genotype, but not in the allelic, frequencies between Group II hypersensitive patients and all control subjects. CONCLUSIONS The TNF2 allele was associated with severe, but not nonserious, carbamazepine hypersensitivity reactions, suggesting that hypersecretion of tumor necrosis factor alpha may be a determinant of the severity of tissue damage. However, the association of the TNF2 allele with carbamazepine hypersensitivity was not independent of HLA-DR3 and -DQ2, and therefore the possibility that it constitutes a passive component of the TNF2-DR3-DQ2 haplotype cannot be excluded.
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- Department of Pharmacology, The University of Liverpool, United Kingdom.
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Liver/kidney microsome autoantibodies are detectable in different forms of chronic hepatitis, namely autoimmune, viral, and drug-induced hepatitis and in hepatitis associated with Type 1 autoimmune polyglandular syndrome. Based on the aetiology of chronic hepatitis, liver/kidney microsome autoantibodies are directed against different enzymes with very little overlap. Thus, the simple Indirect Immunofluorescence test, which is universally used as a screening test to detect autoantibodies, does not allow subtyping of liver/kidney microsome autoantibodies. This brief review stresses the need to use methods such as Western-Blotting and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay together with Indirect Immunofluorescence to characterize the liver/kidney microsome autoantibodies. Identification of the liver/kidney microsome target antigens, when possible, makes differential diagnosis easier and, at times, may help the clinician to choose the best approach to treatment.
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- M G Clemente
- Department of Biomedical Science and Biotechnologies, Cagliari University, Italy
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Knowles SR, Shapiro LE, Shear NH. Anticonvulsant hypersensitivity syndrome: incidence, prevention and management. Drug Saf 1999; 21:489-501. [PMID: 10612272 DOI: 10.2165/00002018-199921060-00005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 240] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Although the anticonvulsant hypersensitivity syndrome was first described in 1950, confusion still abounds regarding the syndrome. The triad of fever, rash and internal organ involvement occurring 1 to 8 weeks after exposure to an anticonvulsant heralds this rare (1 in 1,000 to 10,000 exposures) but serious reaction. Aromatic anticonvulsants [phenytoin, phenobarbital (phenobarbitone) and carbamazepine] are the most frequently involved drugs; however, there have also been several cases of anticonvulsant hypersensitivity syndrome associated with lamotrigine. Fever, in conjunction with malaise and pharyngitis, is often the first sign. This is followed by a rash which can range from a simple exanthem to toxic epidermal necrolysis. Internal organ involvement usually involves the liver, although other organs such as the kidney, CNS or lungs may be involved. Hypothyroidism may be a complication in these patients approximately 2 months after occurrence of symptoms. The aromatic anticonvulsants are metabolised to hydroxylated aromatic compounds, such as arene oxides. If detoxification of this toxic metabolite is insufficient, the toxic metabolite may bind to cellular macromolecules causing cell necrosis or a secondary immunological response. Cross-reactivity among the aromatic anticonvulsants may be as high as 75%. In addition, there is a familial tendency to hypersensitivity to anticonvulsants. Discontinuation of the anticonvulsant is essential in patients who develop symptoms compatible with anticonvulsant hypersensitivity syndrome. A minimum battery of laboratory tests, such as liver transaminases, complete blood count and urinalysis and serum creatinine, should be performed. Corticosteroids are usually administered if symptoms are severe. Patients with anticonvulsant hypersensitivity syndrome should avoid all aromatic anticonvulsants; benzodiazepines, valproic acid (sodium valproate) or one of the newer anticonvulsants can be used for seizure control. However, valproic acid should be used very cautiously in the presence of hepatitis. There is no evidence that lamotrigine cross-reacts with aromatic anticonvulsants. In addition, family counselling is a vital component of patient management.
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- S R Knowles
- Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook & Womens' College Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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The antiepileptic drug hypersensitivity syndrome (AHS) is an adverse drug reaction associated with the aromatic antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) phenytoin (PHT), carbamazepine (CBZ), phenobarbital (PB), and primidone. The syndrome is defined by the triad of fever, skin rash, and internal organ involvement. It can also be caused by other drugs, such as sulfonamides, dapsone, minocycline, terbinafine, azathioprine, and allopurinol. Diagnosis of AHS may be difficult because of the variety of clinical and laboratory abnormalities and manifestations and because the syndrome may mimic infectious, neoplastic, or collagen vascular disorders. The incidence is approximately 1 in 3,000 exposures. AHS starts with fever, rash, and lymphadenopathy, within the first 2-8 weeks after initiation of therapy. Internal manifestations include, among others, agranulocytosis, hepatitis, nephritis, and myostitis. AHS is associated with a relative excess of reactive oxidative metabolites of the AED. Insufficient detoxification may lead to cell death or contribute to the formation of antigen that triggers an immune reaction. Crossreactivity among PHT, CBZ, and PB is as high as 70-80%.
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- R G Schlienger
- Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Dertinger S, Dirschmid K, Vogel W, Drexel H. Immunosuppressive therapy for carbamazepine-induced hypersensitivity syndrome and hepatitis. J Hepatol 1998; 28:356-7. [PMID: 9514552 DOI: 10.1016/0168-8278(88)80027-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Gut J. Molecular basis of halothane hepatitis. ARCHIVES OF TOXICOLOGY. SUPPLEMENT. = ARCHIV FUR TOXIKOLOGIE. SUPPLEMENT 1998; 20:3-17. [PMID: 9442277 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-46856-8_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- J Gut
- Novartis Pharma, DMPK/Biotransformation, Basel
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Anticonvulsant hypersensitivity syndrome (AHS) is an uncommon but potentially fatal adverse effect that can occur from exposure to phenytoin, carbamazepine, or phenobarbital. It has diverse clinical features and a variable presentation which results in a delay in making the diagnosis. The syndrome commonly begins within 3 weeks after initiation of an anticonvulsant. Patients typically present with a constellation of fever, usually followed by the development of a rash of variable severity and type, and lymphadenopathy. In patients presenting with these features, the clinician should have a high index of suspicion for AHS.
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- A R Morkunas
- Department of Medical Education, Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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Shapiro LE, Shear NH. Mechanisms of drug reactions: the metabolic track. SEMINARS IN CUTANEOUS MEDICINE AND SURGERY 1996; 15:217-27. [PMID: 9069589 DOI: 10.1016/s1085-5629(96)80034-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Hypersensitivity syndrome (HSR) describes a drug-induced symptom complex consisting of fever, rash, and internal organ involvement. Although these reactions are rare, they are very important because of their severity and unpredictability. The metabolic conversion of drugs to chemically-reactive products is now established as a prerequisite for many idiosyncratic drug reactions. In the setting of HSR, an imbalance in the rates of formation of reactive metabolites and of enzymatic detoxification can lead to accumulation of these byproducts. Reactive metabolites could act as haptens eliciting an immune response, covalently bind target proteins causing cell death, or interact with nucleic acids leading to mutations. The lymphocyte toxicity assay (LTA) provides an in vitro assessment of host susceptibility to reactive metabolites of a given drug. It has validated the clinical finding of increased risk of HSR in first degree relatives of patients. It is hoped that the LTA will be used to predict host susceptibility before drug exposure. Ultimately it is hoped that the genetic defects that lead to drug reactions will be identified. This would improve drug development safety and allow primary prevention of serious reactions.
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- L E Shapiro
- Divisions of Clinical Pharmacology, Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, Toronto, Canada
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Davis CD, Pirmohamed M, Kitteringham NR, Allott RL, Smith D, Park BK. Kinetic parameters of lymphocyte microsomal epoxide hydrolase in carbamazepine hypersensitive patients. Assessment by radiometric HPLC. Biochem Pharmacol 1995; 50:1361-6. [PMID: 7503784 DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(95)02008-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Idiosyncratic hypersensitivity reactions with carbamazepine have been postulated to be due to a deficiency of microsomal epoxide hydrolase (HYL1), although this is based on indirect evidence. Using 3H-cis stilbene oxide (0.5 Ci/mmol) as a substrate, we have developed a radiometric HPLC assay sensitive enough to measure the kinetic parameters of HYL1 in lymphocytes. The intra-assay coefficient of variation was 8%. Enzyme activity has been measured in lymphocytes from six carbamazepine hypersensitive patients, six patients on carbamazepine without any adverse effects, and twelve drug-naive healthy volunteers. No significant difference was observed in three kinetic parameters of the enzyme among these three groups. The values for Km, Vmax, and intrinsic clearance ranged from 6.1-89.9 microM, 3.0-23.2 pmoles diol formed/min/mg protein, and 0.147-0.493 microliter/min/mg protein. There was no difference in enzyme activity between patients currently on carbamazepine and healthy volunteers, indicating a lack of induction of lymphocyte HYL1 by carbamazepine. Co-incubation of lymphocytes with 1,1,1-trichloropropene oxide, an inhibitor of hepatic HYL1, resulted in an 82% inhibition of activity, similar to that observed with the hepatic enzyme. The healthy volunteers were genotyped as being either GSTM1 positive (n = 6) or GSTM1 negative (n = 6). This did not affect the kinetic parameters of lymphocyte microsomal epoxide hydrolase. Our results suggest that there is normal HYL1 activity in lymphocytes of hypersensitive patients using cis-stilbene oxide as a substrate.
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- C D Davis
- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Liverpool, U.K
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Kitteringham NR, Kenna JG, Park BK. Detection of autoantibodies directed against human hepatic endoplasmic reticulum in sera from patients with halothane-associated hepatitis. Br J Clin Pharmacol 1995; 40:379-86. [PMID: 8554940 PMCID: PMC1365157 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.1995.tb04560.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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1. Previous studies have demonstrated the presence of antibodies to trifluoroacetylated hepatic proteins (TFA-proteins) in sera from patients with the severe form of halothane-associated hepatitis (halothane hepatitis). The TFA-proteins are produced via cytochrome P450-mediated metabolism of halothane to the reactive species TFA-chloride. 2. To investigate the presence of autoantibodies (which recognize various non-TFA-modified human hepatic polypeptides) in patients with halothane hepatitis immunoblotting experiments were performed using microsomal fractions prepared freshly from livers of five different (halothane-free) tissue donors. Blots were developed using 15 well-characterised sera from patients with halothane hepatitis. 3. Autoantibodies to human hepatic polypeptides were detected in most, but not all, of the patients' sera. The pattern of antibody reactivity varied markedly between sera. Although no common pattern of antibody recognition was observed, polypeptides of molecular mass between 60 and 80 kDa were the predominant targets. A similar protein recognition pattern was seen when each positive serum was tested against the five individual human liver samples. 4. Such autoantibodies were not detected in sera from 16 normal human blood donors, but were detected in three of six sera from patients exposed to halothane without developing hepatitis. 5. The autoantibodies are thought to arise in patients exposed to halothane as a consequence of a halothane-induced immune response to chemically-modified proteins. Such antibodies could contribute to the complex pathological processes involved in halothane hepatitis.
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- N R Kitteringham
- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Liverpool, London
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Furst SM, Uetrecht JP. The effect of carbamazepine and its reactive metabolite, 9-acridine carboxaldehyde, on immune cell function in vitro. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY 1995; 17:445-52. [PMID: 7591369 DOI: 10.1016/0192-0561(95)00019-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Carbamazepine, a widely used anticonvulsant, is associated with a wide range of adverse reactions including agranulocytosis, aplastic anemia and drug-induced lupus. It has also been reported to alter immune function in a variety of ways. We had previously demonstrated that carbamazepine is oxidized by activated neutrophils to several metabolites and this leads to covalent binding of the drug to the cells. It appears that the major metabolite responsible for this binding is 9-acridine carboxyaldehyde. In this study the effects on leukocyte function of carbamazepine and its leukocyte-generated metabolites were compared. Incubation of lymphocytes with 100 microM 9-acridine carboxaldehyde resulted in 40% cell death while carbamazepine at this concentration had no effect on viability. The effect on the immune cell function was investigated using the autologous mixed lymphocyte reaction (AMLR), allogeneic mixed lymphocyte reaction (MLR), lymphocyte transformation test (LTT) and mitogenesis assays. Alteration of immune cell function by the reactive metabolite, 9-acridine carboxyaldehyde, was demonstrated by an increased proliferation at low concentrations (0.08-1.0 microM) and inhibition at high concentrations (20-100 microM) in the allogeneic MLRs. Carbamazepine had no measurable effect. 9-Acridine appears to have more of an effect on B-cells since this augmentation-suppression phenomenon was also observed in mitogenesis assays with Staphylococcus aureus, a B-cell mitogen, in contrast to mostly inhibition observed in the mitogenesis assay with phytohemagglutinin, a T-cell mitogen. Again, carbamazepine had no measurable effects at comparable concentrations.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- S M Furst
- Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Canada
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Gut J, Christen U, Frey N, Koch V, Stoffler D. Molecular mimicry in halothane hepatitis: biochemical and structural characterization of lipoylated autoantigens. Toxicology 1995; 97:199-224. [PMID: 7716787 DOI: 10.1016/0300-483x(94)03010-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Exposure of human individuals to halothane causes, in about 20% of all cases, a mild transient form of hepatotoxicity. A small subset of exposed individuals, however, develops a potentially severe and life-threatening form of hepatic damage, coined halothane hepatitis. Halothane hepatitis is thought to have an immunological basis. Sera of afflicted individuals contain a wide variety of autoantibodies against hepatic proteins, in both trifluoroacetylated form (CF3CO-proteins) and, at least in part, in native form. CF3CO-proteins are elicited in the course of oxidative biotransformation of halothane, and include the trifluoroacetylated forms of protein disulfide isomerase, microsomal carboxylesterase, calreticulin, ERp72, GRP 78, and ERp99. Current evidence suggests that CF3CO-proteins arise in all halothane-exposed individuals; however, the vast majority of individuals appear to immunochemically tolerate CF3CO-proteins. The lack of immunological responsiveness of these individuals towards CF3CO-proteins might be due to tolerance, induced through the occurrence of structures in the repertoire of self-determinants, which immunochemically and structurally mimic CF3CO-proteins very closely. In fact, lipoic acid, the prosthetic group of the constitutively expressed E2 subunits of the family of mammalian 2-oxoacid dehydrogenase complexes and of protein X, was shown by immunochemical and molecular modelling analysis to be a perfect structural mimic of N6-trifluoroacetyl-L-lysine (CF3 CO-Lys), the major haptenic group of CF3CO-proteins. As a consequence of molecular mimicry, autoantibodies in patients' sera not only recognize CF3CO-proteins, but also the E2 subunit proteins of the 2-oxoacid dehydrogenase complexes and protein X, as autoantigens associated with halothane hepatitis. Furthermore, a fraction of patients with halothane hepatitis exhibit irregularities in the hepatic expression levels of these native, not trifluoroacetylated autoantigens. Collectively, these data suggest that molecular mimicry of CF3CO-Lys by lipoic acid, or the impairment thereof, might play a role in the susceptibility of individuals for the development of halothane hepatitis.
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- J Gut
- Department of Pharmacology, Biocenter of the University, Basel, Switzerland
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Park B, Pirmohamed M, Tingle M, Madden S, Kitteringham N. Bioactivation and bioinactivation of drugs and drug metabolites: Relevance to adverse drug reactions. Toxicol In Vitro 1994; 8:613-21. [DOI: 10.1016/0887-2333(94)90029-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Pirmohamed M, Allott R, Green VJ, Kitteringham NR, Chadwick D, Park BK. Lymphocyte microsomal epoxide hydrolase in patients on carbamazepine therapy. Br J Clin Pharmacol 1994; 37:577-81. [PMID: 7917777 PMCID: PMC1364818 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.1994.tb04307.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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1. In order to determine whether carbamazepine is an inducer of lymphocyte microsomal epoxide hydrolase, the activity of the enzyme has been measured in the lymphocytes of 40 patients on continuous drug therapy using [3H]-cis stilbene oxide as a substrate. 2. Induction of the cytochrome P450 isoform, CYP3A, has been assessed in the same patients by measurement of the 24 h urinary excretion of 6 beta-hydroxycortisol by radioimmunoassay. The urinary concentrations of carbamazepine and its two metabolites, the 10,11-epoxide and trans-dihydrodiol, have also been measured by h.p.l.c. 3. The 24 h urinary 6 beta-hydroxycortisol excretion in the patients increased with the dose of carbamazepine (r = 0.57, P < 0.001) indicating induction of CYP3A. 4. The total amount of trans-dihydrodiol excreted in the urine increased with the dose of carbamazepine, and it was the most abundant urinary metabolite in all patients and at all dose-levels. There was no relationship between the dose of carbamazepine and the diol to epoxide ratio (r = 0.01, NS). 5. Lymphocyte microsomal epoxide hydrolase activity was marginally, but significantly (P = 0.02) higher in the patients (28.4 pmol diol min-1 mg-1 protein) than in drug-free controls (23.4 pmol diol min-1 mg-1 protein (95% CI for difference -9 to -0.8)). 6. The results indicate that at concentrations of carbamazepine which produce marked induction of hepatic CYP3A, an enzyme involved in the metabolism and bioactivation of carbamazepine, there is only a slight increase in lymphocyte microsomal epoxide hydrolase.
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- M Pirmohamed
- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Liverpool
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Beaune P, Pessayre D, Dansette P, Mansuy D, Manns M. Autoantibodies against cytochromes P450: role in human diseases. ADVANCES IN PHARMACOLOGY (SAN DIEGO, CALIF.) 1994; 30:199-245. [PMID: 7833293 DOI: 10.1016/s1054-3589(08)60175-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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- P Beaune
- INSERM U75, Université René Descartes, Paris, France
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Genetic factors represent an important source of interindividual variation in drug response. Relatively few adverse drug effects with a pharmacodynamic basis are known, and most of the well characterised inherited traits take the form of genetic polymorphisms of drug metabolism. Monogenic control of N-acetylation, S-methylation and cytochrome P450-catalysed oxidation of drugs can have important clinical consequences. Individuals who inherit an impaired ability to perform one or more of these reactions may be at an increased risk of concentration-related toxicity. There is a strong case for phenotyping before starting treatment with a small number of drugs that are polymorphically N-acetylated or S-methylated. However, the issue of clinical significance is perhaps most relevant for the debrisoquine oxidation polymorphism, which is mediated by cytochrome CYP2D6 and which determines the pharmacokinetics of many commonly used drugs. Phenotypic poor metabolisers of debrisoquine (8% of Caucasian populations) taking standard doses of some tricyclic antidepressants, neuroleptics or antiarrhythmic drugs may be particularly prone to adverse reactions. Similarly, clinically relevant drug interactions between these drugs and other substrates of cytochrome CYP2D6 may occur in the majority of the population who are extensive metabolisers. However, it is clear that in the majority of cases there is a need for controlled prospective studies to determine clinical significance. Accordingly, routine debrisoquine phenotyping or genotyping before beginning drug treatment is difficult to justify at present, although it may be helpful in individual cases. When prescribing drugs whose metabolism is polymorphic alone or in combination, careful titration of the dose in both phenotypic groups is prudent. In some cases it will be preferable to use alternative therapy to avoid the risk of adverse drug reactions.
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- M S Lennard
- Department of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Sheffield, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, England
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Pirmohamed M, Kitteringham NR, Guenthner TM, Breckenridge AM, Park BK. An investigation of the formation of cytotoxic, protein-reactive and stable metabolites from carbamazepine in vitro. Biochem Pharmacol 1992; 43:1675-82. [PMID: 1575766 DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(92)90696-g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The formation of chemically reactive metabolites from carbamazepine (CBZ) in the presence of mouse and human liver microsomes has been investigated using cytotoxicity and irreversible binding of radiolabelled compound as quantitative end-points. For comparison, the formation of the stable CBZ-10,11-epoxide (CBZ-10,11-E) has been measured. The formation of the cytotoxic, protein-reactive and stable metabolites of CBZ was increased by induction of the cytochrome P450 enzymes by phenobarbitone and reduced by co-incubation in vitro with ketoconazole (10-250 microM), suggesting that the formation of these metabolites is cytochrome P450 dependent. All human livers tested (N = 6) bioactivated CBZ to a protein-reactive metabolite, the mean covalent binding increasing from 0.08 +/- 0.01% (without NADPH) to 0.27 +/- 0.09% (with NADPH; P less than or equal to 0.05). The formation of the chemically reactive metabolites was reduced by a subphysiological concentration of reduced glutathione (GSH) (500 microM), while ascorbic acid (100 microM) had no effect. Neither compound affected the formation of CBZ-10,11-E. Microsomal epoxide hydrolase (mEH), but not cytosolic epoxide hydrolase, caused a concentration-dependent inhibition of cytotoxicity reaching a maximum of 60% at 100 U of mEH. Covalent binding was also reduced by 60% by 100 U mEH. The separated T- and B-lymphocytes showed no difference in sensitivity when incubated with CBZ and mouse microsomes. The study demonstrates that the balance between activation of CBZ by the cytochrome P450 enzymes to a chemically reactive arene oxide metabolite and its detoxification by mEH and GSH may contribute to individual susceptibility to CBZ idiosyncratic toxicity.
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- M Pirmohamed
- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Liverpool, U.K
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Pirmohamed M, Kitteringham NR, Park BK. Idiosyncratic reactions to antidepressants: a review of the possible mechanisms and predisposing factors. Pharmacol Ther 1992; 53:105-25. [PMID: 1641399 DOI: 10.1016/0163-7258(92)90046-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Antidepressants, a widely used group of drugs, are associated with a range of idiosyncratic reactions affecting in particular the liver, skin and both the hematological and central nervous systems. These reactions seem to be mediated by chemically reactive metabolites formed by the cytochrome P450 enzyme system, the toxicity occurring either directly or indirectly via an immune mechanism. Individual susceptibility is determined by factors, both genetic and environmental, which result in inadequate detoxication of the chemically reactive metabolite. Prevention of such reactions will depend on either the development of new compounds which are not converted to toxic metabolites or by prediction of individual susceptibility prior to drug administration.
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- M Pirmohamed
- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Liverpool, U.K
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