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Thiobenzamide-induced hepatotoxicity: effects of substituents and route of administration on the nature and extent of liver injury.

Abstract
Differences in the nature and extent of hepatic injury were examined after administration of para-substituted thiobenzamides to rats. In accordance with previous studies, the extent of hepatotoxicity varied with the electron-donating ability of the substituent. There was also a good correlation between the extent of hepatic necrosis and the amount of substituted thiobenzamide sulfoxide found in the plasma after intraperitoneal dosing. The nature of the hepatic lesion, characterized as a combination of hepatic necrosis, ballooning degeneration, and biliary dysfunction, varied qualitatively with each thiobenzamide analog. When the hepatotoxicity of thiobenzamide was compared after either intraperitoneal or oral dosing, differences in the extent of hepatic necrosis, ballooning degeneration, transaminase elevation, and biliary dysfunction were observed. Intraperitoneal dosing with thiobenzamide gave less severe necrosis and more pronounced elevations in bile acids, while oral dosing led to more severe necrosis along with impaired biliary function. The route of administration was shown to dramatically affect the pharmacokinetics of thiobenzamide and thiobenzamide sulfoxide. Intraperitoneal administration of thiobenzamide gave high plasma and liver levels of both thiobenzamide and thiobenzamide sulfoxide, whereas oral administration gave slightly lower levels of the sulfoxide but much lower levels of thiobenzamide. The reason for greater hepatic necrosis after oral administration may be due to a greater ability to further metabolize the sulfoxide to a reactive metabolite in the absence of high levels of thiobenzamide.
AuthorsS J Grossman, D H Patrick, D Kornbrust, P F Smith, E G Herold, J G DeLuca, A G Zacchei
JournalToxicology and applied pharmacology (Toxicol Appl Pharmacol) Vol. 111 Issue 3 Pg. 388-408 (Dec 1991) ISSN: 0041-008X [Print] United States
PMID1746022 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Bile Acids and Salts
  • Thioamides
  • thiobenzamide-S-oxide
  • thiobenzamide
  • Transaminases
  • Aspartate Aminotransferases
  • Alanine Transaminase
  • Bilirubin
Topics
  • Administration, Oral
  • Alanine Transaminase (blood)
  • Animals
  • Aspartate Aminotransferases (blood)
  • Bile Acids and Salts (blood)
  • Bilirubin (blood)
  • Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury
  • Female
  • Injections, Intraperitoneal
  • Liver (drug effects, metabolism, pathology)
  • Liver Diseases (metabolism, pathology)
  • Male
  • Microsomes, Liver (metabolism)
  • Necrosis (chemically induced)
  • Rats
  • Rats, Inbred Strains
  • Thioamides (administration & dosage, pharmacokinetics, toxicity)
  • Transaminases (blood)

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