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  • Title: Studies on the metabolism and disposition of the new retinoid 4-[(5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-5,5,8,8-tetramethyl-2-naphthyl)carbamoyl]benzoic acid. 3rd communication: placental transfer and excretion into milk in rats.
    Author: Mizojiri K, Okabe H, Sugeno K, Esumi Y, Takaichi M, Harada T, Seki H, Inaba A.
    Journal: Arzneimittelforschung; 1997 Feb; 47(2):201-8. PubMed ID: 9079241.
    Abstract:
    4-[5,6,7,8-Tetrahydro-5,5,8,8-tetramethyl-2-naphthyl)carbamoyl]benzoic acid (CAS 94497-51-5, Am-80) is a new synthetic retinoid which has been shown to have a potent topical antipsoriatic activity. Placental transfer and excretion into milk after administration of 14C-Am-80 to pregnant or nursing rats were investigated in view of reproductive and developmental toxicity studies. When 14C-Am-80 was administered topically at a dose of 10 mg/kg to normal-skin pregnant rats on the 12th day of pregnancy, plasma radioactivity in the dam and fetus was detected only at low levels. However, at a dose of 1 mg/kg to the stripped-skin pregnant rats, radioactivity levels peaked at 6 h in the maternal plasma (188.7 ng eq./g) and fetus (64.6 ng eq./g) and at a dose of 10 mg/kg, the peak maternal plasma level of radioactivity and the concentration of radioactivity in the fetus up to 24 h after dosing rose about 10-fold in proportion to the increased dose. At both doses, the radioactivity level in the fetus at the peak corresponded to approximately one-third of the maternal plasma level. When 14C-Am-80 was administered subcutaneously at a dose of 1 mg/kg to pregnant rats on the 12th day of pregnancy, radioactivity in the fetus peaked at 4 h after dosing, being about one-fourth of the maternal plasma level at the same time point. Radioactivity in the fetus after subcutaneous administration of 14C-Am-80 at a dose of 1 mg/kg to pregnant rats on the 19th day of pregnancy peaked (156.4 ng eq./g) at 4 h after dosing, corresponding to approximately one-half the maternal plasma level at the same time point, and then decreased gradually. Among the fetal tissues, relatively high radioactivity was found in the liver. Whole-body autoradiography showed that in most tissues in the dam, the distribution pattern of radioactivity was similar to that in the non-pregnant rat. The concentration of radioactivity in the milk after subcutaneous administration of 14C-Am-80 at a dose of 1 mg/kg to lactating rats on the 9th day after delivery peaked at 8 h after dosing, being 94 times greater than that in the plasma. Unchanged Am-80 in the milk was largely recovered after hydrolysis of hexane extracts of the intact milk with lipase, suggesting extensive incorporation of Am-80 into the triglyceride in the milk because of its benzoic acid structure and high lipophilicity. As for radioactive metabolites which have hitherto been identified in rats, only M-6 (taurine conjugate of Am-80) and tetrahydro-tetra-methyl-naphthylamine (TTNA) were detectable in small amounts in the milk.
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