Abstract
Gentamicin is a commonly used antibiotic for the treatment of gram-negative-bacterial infections. Bacterial endotoxin is liberated during antibiotic therapy, and we have shown that endotoxemic animals accumulate more aminoglycosides in their renal parenchyma than normal animals. Vasoactive mediators, such as prostaglandins and thromboxanes, are released after endotoxin and are involved in inflammation. Indomethacin, a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug known to inhibit the synthesis of these hormones, was infused intravenously as a bolus (3.0 mg/kg) or as a bolus followed by a continuous infusion (0.75 mg/kg per h) to rats given gentamicin. Levels of gentamicin in serum and kidney were increased 2 h post-antibiotic treatment in the endotoxemic animals. Renal function was not significantly disturbed. Indomethacin given as a bolus failed to correct the disturbed intrarenal pharmacokinetics of gentamicin induced by endotoxin. However, a bolus followed by continuous infusion of indomethacin resulted in low cortical and high papillary levels of antibiotic. These changes were correlated with the inhibition of prostaglandin synthesis from the kidney. These observations suggest an important role for prostaglandins in the interaction among endotoxin, aminoglycosides, and the kidney. Specific inhibitors of arachidonic acid metabolites should be investigated to further understand the mechanisms of this interaction.
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