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J Antimicrob Chemother. 1999 Sep;44(3):343-9.
The effects of NorA inhibition on the activities of levofloxacin, ciprofloxacin and norfloxacin against two genetically related strains of Staphylococcus aureus in an in-vitro infection model.
Aeschlimann JR, Kaatz GW, Rybak MJ.
Department of Pharmacy Services (1B), and College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions, Wayne State University, MI 48201, USA.
NorA is a membrane-associated multidrug efflux protein that can decrease susceptibility to fluoroquinolones in Staphylococcus aureus. We have previously determined that NorA inhibition can increase fluoroquinolone killing activity and post-antibiotic effect. In the current investigation, we studied the killing activity and development of resistance for levofloxacin, ciprofloxacin and norfloxacin with or without the H+/K+ ATPase inhibitor omeprazole, in a wild-type strain of S. aureus (SA-1199) and its NorA hyperproducing mutant (SA-1199-3) in an in-vitro pharmacodynamic model with infected fibrin-platelet matrices. Each drug was administered every 12-24 h for 72 h and human pharmacokinetics were simulated. Levofloxacin was the most potent fluoroquinolone against both strains and its activity was not significantly affected by combination with omeprazole. The addition of omeprazole to ciprofloxacin significantly lowered colony counts at all time-points against both strains and decreased the time to 99.9% kill from 72.2 h to 33.8 h against SA-1199. The addition of omeprazole minimally increased norfloxacin activity against both strains. Omeprazole decreased the frequency of ciprofloxacin resistance nearly 100-fold at the 24 h time-point, but the frequency of resistance was not significantly different for any of the fluoroquinolone regimens after this time-point. No resistance was detected during levofloxacin regimens. The hydrophobic fluoroquinolones such as levofloxacin appear to circumvent NorA efflux, which may contribute to their better activity and decreased resistance rates against staphylococci. More durable and potent NorA inhibitor compounds are needed that can improve killing activity and prevent resistance.
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Scand J Gastroenterol. 1989 Apr;24(3):287-92.
Correlation between inhibition of gastric acid secretion, plasma gastrin, and oxyntic mucosal histidine decarboxylase activity in the rat.
Ryberg B, Mattsson H, Larsson H, Carlsson E.
Dept. of Biology, AB Hassle, Molndal, Sweden.
Female rats were treated for 1 week with ranitidine (125-1700 mumol/kg.day, given subcutaneously by means of osmotic minipumps), the proton pump inhibitor omeprazole (10-400 mumol/kg.day orally), or vehicle. Acid secretion, plasma gastrin levels, and oxyntic mucosal histidine decarboxylase (HDC) activity were determined. Both compounds dose-dependently inhibited maximally stimulated gastric acid secretion and caused a parallel increase in plasma gastrin levels. There was very good correlation between plasma gastrin levels and HDC activity for both compounds, although higher oxyntic mucosal HDC activity was found during ranitidine treatment. The higher HDC activity in the ranitidine-treated rats indicated the presence of a histamine H2-receptor on the ECL cells. It is concluded that, regardless of what kind of antisecretory agent is used, a dose-dependent inhibition of gastric acid secretion results in a parallel increase in plasma levels of gastrin, and as a consequence the HDC activity in the rat oxyntic mucosa is increased.
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Br J Clin Pharmacol. 1996 Aug;42(2):157-62.
Diazepam-omeprazole inhibition interaction: an in vitro investigation using human liver microsomes.
Zomorodi K, Houston JB.
Department of Pharmacy, University of Manchester, UK.
1. The metabolism of diazepam to its primary metabolites 3-hydroxydiazepam (3HDZ) and nordiazepam (NDZ) was evaluated in human liver microsomes. The 3HDZ pathway was the major route of metabolism representing 90% of total metabolism with a Vmax/Km ratio of 0.50-7.26 microliters min-1 mg-1 protein. 2. Inhibition of the two metabolic pathways of diazepam by omeprazole was investigated. The NDZ pathway was not affected by omeprazole whilst a Ki of 201 +/- 89 microM was obtained for the 3HDZ pathway (Km/Ki ratio of 3.0 +/- 0.9). 3. Inhibitory effects of omeprazole sulphone on the 3HDZ and NDZ pathways were also investigated. Omeprazole sulphone inhibited both pathways with similar Kis of 121 +/- 45 and 188 +/- 73 microM respectively (Km/Ki ratios of 5.2 +/- 2.3 and 3.3 +/- 1.5 respectively). 4. These in vitro data provide direct evidence for cytochrome P450 inhibition as the mechanism for the well documented diazepam-omeprazole clinical interaction and indicate that omeprazole sulphone, as well as the parent drug, contribute to the inhibition effect.
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