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  • Title: Ototoxicity of kanamycin in albino and pigmented guinea pigs. I. A morphologic and electrophysiologic study.
    Author: Wästerström SA, Bredberg G, Lindquist NG, Lyttkens L, Rask-Anderson H.
    Journal: Am J Otol; 1986 Jan; 7(1):11-8. PubMed ID: 3946575.
    Abstract:
    Ototoxic drugs of the aminoglycoside type have been shown to accumulate to melanin, suggesting a possible mechanism for their ototoxicity. The present study was undertaken by combining electrophysiologic and morphologic methods to investigate whether the ototoxicity of kanamycin is different in pigmented and albino guinea pigs. In pigmented animals a kanamycin dose of 200 mg per kilogram of body weight per day resulted in hearing loss together with loss of both inner and outer hair cells. The albino animals in the same dose group showed significantly less hearing loss and hair cell degeneration. With daily doses of 20 and 60 mg/kg/day, no difference in ototoxicity was found between the pigmented and albino animals. The results support the hypothesis that affinity of kanamycin to inner ear melanin might be responsible for the difference in ototoxicity between albino and pigmented guinea pigs.
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