Abstract:
:1. The purpose of the present investigations was to determine the influence of increasing age on the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of midazolam in male BN/BiRij rats as an animal model of aging. 2. Midazolam was administered intravenously at a dose of 2.5 mg kg-1 and its pharmacokinetics were determined on the basis of plasma concentrations as measured by high performance liquid chromatography (h.p.l.c.). Pharmacodynamics were studied using the midazolam-induced changes in the electro-encephalogram (EEG) as a measure of the pharmacological effect. Results were evaluated on the basis of simultaneous pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic modelling. In an attempt to differentiate between the effects of aging and of concurrent disease, an extensive clinical biochemical/pathological examination was conducted in individual rats by an independent pathologist. 3. The pharmacokinetics of midazolam were best characterized on the basis of a two exponential model. In the 4-month-old rats the values of the clearance, volume of distribution and elimination half-life were 104 +/- 13 ml min-1 kg-1 (mean +/- s.e. mean), 3.4 +/- 0.7 l kg-1 and 30 +/- 3 min, respectively. With increasing age, no changes in the pharmacokinetics of midazolam were observed. 4. The pharmacodynamics of midazolam were determined on the basis of the sigmoidal Emax model. In the 4-month-old rats the values of the parameters relative maximum effect, midazolam concentration at half maximum effect and Hill factor were 106 +/- 10%, 50 +/- 6 micrograms l-1 and 1.6 +/- 0.3, respectively. In the group as a whole no significant changes in the pharmacodynamic parameters of midazolam were observed.4. The pharmacodynamics of midazolam were determined on the basis of the sigmoidal Emax model. In the 4-month-old rats the values of the parameters relative maximum effect, midazolam concentration at half maximum effect and Hill factor were 106 +/- 10%, 50 +/-6 lg 1' and 1.6 +/- 0.3, respectively. In the group as a whole no significant changes in the pharmacodynamic parameters of midazolam were observed. However, when diseased animals were excluded from the evaluation, a tendency towards a decrease in the midazolam concentration at half maximum effect to 25 +/- 14 pg 1-1 was observed in the 36-month-old rats.5. These findings suggest, that increasing age is associated with a tendency towards an increased brain sensitivity to midazolam, which is reflected in a parallel shift of the concentration vs. EEG effect relationship towards lower concentrations. However, it appears that factors other than age also contribute to interindividual variability in pharmacodynamics, considering the substantial interindividual variability within certain age groups.
journal_name
Br J Pharmacoljournal_title
British journal of pharmacologyauthors
Hovinga S,Stijnen AM,Langemeijer MW,Mandema JW,van Bezooijen CF,Danhof Mdoi
10.1111/j.1476-5381.1992.tb14482.xsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1992-09-01 00:00:00pages
171-7issue
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0007-1188issn
1476-5381journal_volume
107pub_type
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