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the fate of foreign compounds in biological systems
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Animal Pharmacokinetics and Metabolism

Developmental stage and infection status may affect drug distribution in the prostate of rats

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Pages 248-256 | Received 27 Jan 2024, Accepted 12 Apr 2024, Published online: 25 Apr 2024
 

Abstract

  1. Prostate inflammation is often treated with drugs which are ineffective. Antibacterial agents fail to reach the prostate epithelium, and the blood-prostate barrier (BPB) may affect the drug transport process. Factors affecting drug efficacy remain unclear.

  2. Rats were categorised into groups A and B, corresponding to adulthood and puberty, respectively. Group C included the model of chronic prostate infection. Dialysates of levofloxacin and cefradine were collected from the prostate gland and jugular vein and evaluated. Pharmacokinetic analysis was conducted.

  3. The free concentrations of antimicrobials in the prostate and plasma samples of all groups peaked at 20 min, then gradually decreased. The mean AUC0-tprostate/AUC0-tplasma ratio in the levofloxacin group were 0.86, 0.53, and 0.95, and the mean values of AUC0-∞prostate/AUC0-∞plasma ratio were 0.85, 0.63, and 0.97. The corresponding values in the cefradine group were 0.67, 0.30 and 0.84, and 0.66, 0.31, and 0.85, respectively. The mean values in group B were lower than those in group A, and those in group C were higher than those in group B.

  4. The maturity of the prostate may affect the ability of the drug to cross the BPB. Infection may disrupt the BPB, affecting drug permeability.

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank Editage for English language editing.

Authors’ contributions

Conceptualisation: Yunyun Yang and Zhuo Wang; writing–original draft preparation: Ziyang Xu and Lianzhan Sun; reviewing and editing: Yunyun Yang and Zhuo Wang; Conducted experiments: Ziyang Xu and Lianzhan Sun; data curation: Chang Yin and Handa Wu; supervision: Yunyun Yang and Zhuo Wang. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

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Funding

This study was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81870520)

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