Effect of antiinflammatory agents on the accumulation of ofloxacin in human polymorphonuclear leukocytes

The uptake of quinolones is a recently defined pharmacokinetic parameter which is increasing in importance in clinical practice, especially for immunocompromised patients whose polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNLs) have their bactericidal systems impaired, or in infections due to bacteria able to survive in the phagocytes. In both situations, antibiotics able to penetrate and be active in the phagocytes are required. The simultaneous administration of an antibiotic and an antiinflammatory drug is frequent, and previous studies have described interactions between the intracellular activity of the quinolones and the presence of phenylbutazone. We studied the effect of the presence of and the pretreatment (37 C for 30 and 60 min) of human PMNLs with the antiinflammatory drugs betamethasone (1 mg/l), hydrocortisone (1 mg/l), phenylbutazone (10 mg/ml), and acetylsalicylic acid (200 mg/l) on the uptake of ofloxacin (10 mg/l) by the PMNLs using a fluorometric method to measure the intra-PMNL concentration of ofloxacin. The presence of betamethasone did not modify the uptake of ofloxacin by PMNLs. Pretreatment of PMNLs with hydrocortisone, phenylbutazone and acetylsalicylic acid produced a significant decrease in the maximum intracellular concentration/extracellular concentration ratios compared with the maximum reached without pretreatment. These results suggest that hydrocortisone, phenylbutazone and acetylsalicylic acid interfere with the uptake of ofloxacin by PMNLs and increase the efflux of ofloxacin from PMNLs.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

1999

Erschienen:

1999

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

Revista espanola de quimioterapia : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Quimioterapia - 12(1999), 2 vom: 03. Juni, Seite 144-8

Sprache:

Spanisch

Weiterer Titel:

Influencia de los antiinflamatorios en la acumulación de ofloxacino en el interior de los leucocitos polimorfonucleares humanos

Beteiligte Personen:

Orero, A [VerfasserIn]
Cantón, E [VerfasserIn]
Bermejo, M V [VerfasserIn]
Velert, M M [VerfasserIn]
Cabrera, E [VerfasserIn]
Pemán, J [VerfasserIn]
Gobernado, M [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

A4P49JAZ9H
Anti-Infective Agents
English Abstract
Journal Article
Ofloxacin

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 13.07.2000

Date Revised 21.11.2013

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM10492683X