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BACKGROUND: Injectable artesunate (AS) can cause fetal death and teratogenic effects in animals at levels below the human therapeutic dose. Similar toxicity has also been found for oral artemisinins in various animal species, but has not been found in humans.
METHODS: Studies on tissue distribution (5 mg/kg) and toxicokinetics TK, 30 mg/kg x 3) were conducted in pregnant (GD11-13) and non-pregnant rats.
RESULTS: TK, profiles of AS showed that the two groups of rats were similar after a single AS dose but were significantly different after multiple doses. Following a daily dose for 3 days, no change in AS concentration was found in the pregnant animals, but a significant concentration decline was seen in the non-pregnant rats on day 3. In addition, a higher conversion rate of AS to diliydroartemisinin (DHA) was detected in the pregnant rats after either single or multiple doses compared to non-pregnant controls. The ratios of AUC(DHA)/AUC(AS) were 0.99-1.02 for the pregnant rats and 0.42-0.48 for non-pregnant animals, resulting in a total AUC(DHA) (D1-3) that was about 3.7-fold higher in pregnant rats 05,049 ng.h/ml) than in non-pregnant rats (4,015ng-h/ml). Furthermore, the tissue/blood partition coefficients demonstrated that the level of radiolabeled AS that was distributed into uteri-is, placenta, and ovary was 2-4-fold higher than in blood.
CONCLUSIONS: TK data showed that unchanged AS and DHA in the blood of pregnant rats were 1.53- and 3.74-fold, respectively, higher than those of non-pregnant animals, which all likely relate to the severe embryotoxicity of AS, even with a low-dosage regimen in pregnant animals.
- 出版日期2008-8
