PHARMACOKINETICS OF METHOTREXATE IN ERYTHROCYTES IN PSORIASIS
PHARMACOKINETICS OF METHOTREXATE IN ERYTHROCYTES IN PSORIASIS
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DOI:
10.1007/bf00556900
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
NYFORS, A
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作者:
HENDEL, J;NYFORS, A
The intraerythrocytic levels of folate and methotrexate were measured in 25 patients on long-term methotrexate therapy for recalcitrant psoriasis. The mean steady state concentration of methotrexate in erythrocytes was 85 nmol/l and the mean erythrocyte folate concentration was 729 nmol/l. A linear correlation was not observed between these parameters, but the greatest methotrexate accumulation was found in cells at the lowest end of the erythrocyte folate concentration range. In 5 patients started on methotrexate therapy the erythrocyte concentrations of methotrexate and folate were followed over 6 mo. Methotrexate had accumulated against a concentration gradient in the erythrocytes 3-4 days after the 1st dose. The methotrexate concentration increased steadily until the steady state level was reached after 4-6 wk. The steady state level was maintained during the 6 mo. observation period. The erythrocyte folate concentration did not change during this period. Evidently methotrexate polyglutamate synthesis within the circulating erythrocyte is a major cause of methotrexate accumulation in these cells.