Analysis of Zidovudine Distribution to Specific Regions in Rabbit Brain Using Microdialysis
- 1 January 1992
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Pharmaceutical Research
- Vol. 9 (3), 332-338
- https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1015834701136
Abstract
The distribution of zidovudine (3′-azido-3′-deoxythymidine; AZT) into two regions of rabbit brain was investigated in crossover using microdialysis. Six rabbits had guide cannulas surgically implanted in the lateral ventricle and thalamus by stereotaxic placement. After recovery, microdialysis probes were positioned and i.v. bolus doses of 5, 10, 20, and 30 mg/kg were administered to each animal over a period of 2 weeks. Blood was drawn via a marginal ear vein catheter for 8 hr. Brain dialysate was collected at 3 µl/min from ventricle and thalamus dialysis probes every 10 min. Simulated cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), to which 3′-azido-2′,3′-dideoxyuridine (AZdU) was added, was used as perfusate. AZdU loss, which was measured during simultaneous retrodialysis, served as a marker for in vivo recovery of AZT. AZT concentrations in plasma, as well as in ventricle and thalamus dialysate, were determined using a sensitive HPLC assay, and AZdU was simultaneously analyzed in the dialysates. Calculation of in vivo recovery of AZT was based on loss of AZdU from the perfusate during retrodialysis and was used to estimate the concentration of drug at both sites in the brain. In vitro loss of AZdU and recovery of AZT showed good agreement, demonstrating a bivariate regression slope of 0.99. The half-lives and AUCs (normalized to dose) achieved in the plasma, ventricle, or thalamus were not significantly different for the four doses. The AUC ratios, which represent the ratio of clearances into and from the CNS, were not significantly different among the doses studied (AUCv/AUCp range, 0.16–0.19; AUCt/AUCp range, 0.05–0.09), providing further evidence that the kinetics of distribution into the thalamus and CSF are linear. The results also demonstrate that the time-averaged concentrations of AZT in thalamus ECF are about half of those in the CSF.Keywords
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