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352<br />

Comparative k<strong>in</strong>etics between species<br />

To further <strong>in</strong>vestigate the species differences <strong>in</strong> f<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>gs <strong>in</strong> studies of developmental and<br />

reproductive toxicity, the k<strong>in</strong>etics and metabolism of procymidone were <strong>in</strong>vestigated <strong>in</strong> female rats,<br />

rabbits and monkeys, after s<strong>in</strong>gle and repeated doses given to non-pregnant animals and to pregnant<br />

animals.<br />

S<strong>in</strong>gle doses<br />

Groups of four female Sprague-Dawley Crj:CD(SD)IGS rats were given a s<strong>in</strong>gle oral dose of<br />

[phenyl- 14 C]procymidone (specific activity, 13.7 MBq/mg; purity, > 97.8%) at 37.5, 62.5, 125, 250 or<br />

500 mg/kg bw. Groups of three, female New Zealand White rabbits and female cynomolgus monkeys<br />

were given [phenyl- 14 C]procymidone at a dose of 62.5, 125, 250 or 500 mg/kg bw. Corn oil was the<br />

vehicle <strong>in</strong> the studies <strong>in</strong> rats, while <strong>in</strong> studesi <strong>in</strong> rabbits and monkeys the vehicle was 0.5% methylcellulose.<br />

It is uncerta<strong>in</strong> what effect the use of different vehicles would have had on the results. Each<br />

dose was given to two groups, blood was collected from one group at 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 24, 48 and<br />

72 h after dos<strong>in</strong>g and excreta were collected from the other group at 6 (ur<strong>in</strong>e only), 24, 48, 72 and<br />

120 h after dos<strong>in</strong>g. The concentration of radioactivity was determ<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong> excreta and plasma. Ur<strong>in</strong>e,<br />

faeces and plasma were analysed by th<strong>in</strong>-layer chromatography (TLC) either directly or after solvent<br />

extraction and metabolites were identified by co-chromatography with reference compounds.<br />

The results (Table 1) showed marked species differences. Absorption <strong>in</strong> the rabbit was much<br />

more rapid than <strong>in</strong> rats and monkeys. Monkeys had much lower maximum concentration (C ) values<br />

were much lower <strong>in</strong> monkeys than <strong>in</strong> rabbits and rats, but area under the curve of concentration–<br />

max<br />

time (AUC) values were relatively low <strong>in</strong> rabbits given doses of up to 125 mg/kg bw ow<strong>in</strong>g to rapid<br />

elim<strong>in</strong>ation. In monkeys, the predom<strong>in</strong>ant compound <strong>in</strong> plasma was procymidone; <strong>in</strong> rabbits, acid<br />

metabolites and glucuronides of alcohol metabolites were the major components <strong>in</strong> plasma; <strong>in</strong> rats,<br />

free alcohol metabolites predom<strong>in</strong>ated. These results led to a hypothesis that the species differences<br />

<strong>in</strong> developmental effects observed were due to the high concentrations of free alcohol metabolites <strong>in</strong><br />

rats, which lead to hypospadias (Sugimoto, 2005a, 2005b; Mogi, 2005a).<br />

Repeated dos<strong>in</strong>g<br />

Groups of four female Sprague-Dawley Crj:CD(SD)IGS rats or groups of three female<br />

cynomolgus monkeys received 14 daily doses of [phenyl- 14 C]procymidone (specific activity,<br />

13.7 MBq/mg; purity, > 98.1%) at 37.5 (rats only), 62.5, 125, 250 or 500 (monkeys only) mg/kg bw<br />

per day. Corn oil was the vehicle <strong>in</strong> the studies <strong>in</strong> rats, for monkeys the vehicle was 0.5% methylcellulose.<br />

Blood was collected 2, 4, 8 and 24 h after the 1st, 3rd, 7th, 10th and 14th dose and additionally<br />

48 and 72 h after the 14th dose. Ur<strong>in</strong>e and faeces were collected over a 24-h period after the 1st and<br />

14th dose, at 2-day <strong>in</strong>tervals at other times dur<strong>in</strong>g the dos<strong>in</strong>g period and at 24–72 h and 72–120 h<br />

after the f<strong>in</strong>al dose. Plasma, ur<strong>in</strong>e and faeces were analysed for radioactivity and for metabolites. The<br />

results are summarized <strong>in</strong> Table 2.<br />

These results suggest that a steady state was reached after adm<strong>in</strong>istration of repeated doses for<br />

approximately 3 days <strong>in</strong> rats, but only after 14 days or longer <strong>in</strong> monkeys. Although C max<br />

and AUC<br />

were significantly higher <strong>in</strong> rats after a s<strong>in</strong>gle dose, after 14 doses values were similar for rats and<br />

monkeys. These f<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>gs show that the doses used <strong>in</strong> the studies of developmental toxicity <strong>in</strong> cynomolgus<br />

monkeys would have produced plasma concentrations of total radioactivity that were similar<br />

to those produced <strong>in</strong> rats at doses result<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> hypospadias, but with different metabolite profiles.<br />

In monkeys, most of the radiolabel was unextractable and was not identified. On the data available,<br />

the metabolite patterns were similar to those seen with s<strong>in</strong>gle doses, with unchanged procymidone<br />

beng the major component <strong>in</strong> plasma <strong>in</strong> monkeys, and alcohol metabolites predom<strong>in</strong>at<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> rats<br />

(Sugimoto, 2005c; Mogi, 2005b).<br />

PROCYMIDONE 349–401 JMPR <strong>2007</strong>

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