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The effects of ketoconazole, an antimycotic agent, and metyrapone, an inhibitor of mixed function oxidases, on bile acid synthesis were compared in the rat bothin vitro andin vivo. In rat liver microsomes, ketoconazole was much more potent than metyrapone in inhibiting the activity of cholesterol 7α-hydroxylase, the rate-limiting enzyme in the synthesis of bile acids. The I50 values were 0.42 μM and 0.91 mM for ketoconazole and metyrapone, respectively. Intraduodenal administration of ketoconazole caused a rapid, dose-dependent reduction of bile acid synthesis in eight-day bile diverted rats. A single dose of 50 mg/kg reduced bile acid synthesis to 5% of control value; the same dose of metyrapone caused a reduction to only 85%. Inhibition of bile acid synthesis by ketoconazole was followed by a marked overshoot. At 28 hr after injection of 50 mg/kg of the drug, formation of bile acids was stimulated maximally by 45% compared to control value and remained elevated for more than 20 hr thereafter. Synthesis of all primary bile acids was affected to the same extent. Cholesterol 7α-hydroxylase activity in livers of ketoconazole treated (30 mg/kg) rats with an intact enterohepatic circulation was increased by 70% at 16 hr after i.p. injection of the drug. During the very large decrease of biliary bile acid output with ketoconazole, bile flow rate was relatively increased, due to stimulation of the bile acid-independent fraction of bile flow. The latter effect can probably be explained as caused by biliary secretion of osmotically active metabolites of ketoconazole.
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Abbreviations
- I50 :
-
50% inhibitory concentration
- HMGCoA:
-
3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A
- LDL:
-
low density lipoprotein
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Kuipers, F., Havinga, R., Huijsmans, C.M.G. et al. Inhibition and induction of bile acid synthesis by ketoconazole effects on bile formation in the rat. Lipids 24, 759–764 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02544580
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