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First published on May 31, 2007; DOI: 10.1124/dmd.107.014894

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Effect of Silibinin on the Pharmacokinetics of Pyrazinamide and Pyrazinoic Acid in Rats

Jhy-Wen Wu, and Tung-Hu Tsai

Institute of Traditional Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan (J.-W.W., T.-H.T.); Centers for Disease Control, Department of Health, Taipei, Taiwan (J.-W.W.); Department of Medical Research and Education, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan (T.-H.T.); and Department of Education and Research, Ren-Ai Branch, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan (T.-H.T.)

Pyrazinamide (PZA) is widely used in combination with other drugs in chemotherapy for tuberculosis. However, the dose-related liver injury is the main adverse effect of PZA and its metabolite [pyrazinoic acid (PA)]. Silibinin is the main flavonoid extracted from milk thistle (Silybum marianum), and it displays hepatoprotective properties. This study investigates the pharmacokinetics of PZA and PA and their interaction with silibinin in rats. The parallel study design was divided into six groups: PZA alone, PZA + long-term silibinin exposure, PZA + concomitant short-term silibinin exposure, PA alone, PA + long-term silibinin exposure, and PA + concomitant short-term silibinin exposure groups. The results indicate that the distribution ratio of PZA from bile to blood [area under the curve (AUC)bile/AUCblood] in the PZA + long-term silibinin exposure and PZA + concomitant short-term silibinin exposure groups was also not significantly different when compared with the PZA alone group. However, the bile-to-blood distribution ratio of PA was significantly decreased in the PA + long-term silibinin exposure and the PA + concomitant short-term silibinin exposure groups. On PZA administration, the blood, but not bile, levels of PA were markedly increased in the PZA + long-term silibinin exposure and PZA + concomitant short-term silibinin exposure groups, but the bile-to-blood ratio of PA was decreased. These results suggest that the excretion pathway of PA may be blocked by silibinin through xanthine oxidase and hepatobiliary excretion.

Address correspondence to: Tung-Hu Tsai, National Yang-Ming University, School of Medicine, Institute of Traditional Medicine, 155, Li-Nong Street Section 2, Taipei 112, Taiwan. E-mail: thtsai{at}ym.edu.tw




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J.-W. Wu, L.-C. Lin, S.-C. Hung, C.-H. Lin, C.-W. Chi, and T.-H. Tsai
Hepatobiliary Excretion of Silibinin in Normal and Liver Cirrhotic Rats
Drug Metab. Dispos., March 1, 2008; 36(3): 589 - 596.
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