Abstract
A unilamellar liposomal formulation of amphotericin B (LAmB) known as AmBisome was safely administered intravenously to 20 rabbits at 0.5, 1.0, 2.5, 5, or 10 mg/kg of body weight, whereas of 12 rabbits given desoxycholate amphotericin B (DAmB) intravenously at 0.5, 1.0, or 1.5 mg/kg, 2 died of acute cardiac toxicity when DAmB was administered at the highest dose. Single-dose LAmB (1 mg/kg) achieved a maximum concentration in serum (Cmax) of 26 +/- 2.4 micrograms/ml and an area under the curve to infinity (AUC0-infinity) of 60 +/- 16 micrograms.h/ml, while single-dose DAmB (1.0 mg/kg), by comparison, achieved a lower Cmax (4.7 +/- 0.2 micrograms/ml; P = 0.001) and a lower AUC0-infinity (30.6 +/- 2.2 micrograms.h/ml; P = 0.07). Following administration of a single dose of LAmB (10 mg/kg), a disproportionately higher Cmax (287 +/- 14 micrograms/ml) and AUC0-infinity (2,223 +/- 246 micrograms.h/ml) occurred, indicating saturable elimination. After chronic dosing (n = 4) with LAmB at 5.0 mg/kg/day for 28 days or DAmB at 1.0 mg/kg/day for 28 days, LAmB achieved daily peak levels of 122.8 +/- 5.8 micrograms/ml and trough levels of 34.9 +/- 1.8 micrograms/ml, while DAmB reached a peak of only 1.76 +/- 0.11 microgram/ml and a trough of 0.46 +/- 0.04 microgram/ml (P < or = 0.001). Significant accumulations of amphotericin B into reticuloendothelial organs were observed, with 239 +/- 39 micrograms/g found in the liver after chronic LAmB dosing (5 mg/kg/day), which was seven times higher than the 33 +/- 6 micrograms/g after DAmB dosing (1 mg/kg/day) (P = 0.002). Accumulation in kidneys, however, remained 14-fold lower (P =0.04) following LAmB dosing (0.87 +/- 0.61 microgram/g) than after DAmB dosing (12.7 +/- 4.6 microgram/g). Nephrotoxicity occurred in only one of four LAmB treated animals, while it occurred in all four chronically DAmB-treated animals: mild hepatozicity with transaminase elevations was seen in one LAmB-treated rabbit. We conclude that LAmB safely achieved higher Cmax(s) and AUC0-infinity(s) and demonstrated saturable, nonlinear elimination from plasma via reticuloendothelial organ uptake. Take reduced nephrotoxicity of LAmB correlated with diminished levels of amphotericin B in the kidneys.
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