Inhibition of phenytoin bioactivation and teratogenicity by dietary n−3 fatty acids in mice
Inhibition of phenytoin bioactivation and teratogenicity by dietary n−3 fatty acids in mice
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作者:
S. Kubow
Evidence suggests that the teratogenicity of the anticonvulsant drug phenytoin (DPH) can result from its bioactivationviaembryonic prostaglandin synthase and/or maternal cytochromes P450. This study examined whether DPH bioactivation and teratogenicity could be reduced by dietary n−3 fatty acids. Female CD‐1 mice were fed diets containing 2 wt% safflower oil and 10 wt% of either hydrogenated coconut oil, safflower oil, or a cod liver oil/linseed oil mixture (CLO/LO) for three weeks prior to impregnation and throughout gestation. DPH (55 or 65 mg/kg) was administeredviaintraperitoneal injections to pregnant mice at 0900 on gestational days 12 and 13, and on day 19 fetuses were given teratologic assessments. A similar dietary study evaluatedin vivocovalent binding of radiolabeled DPH administered on day 12, and dams were killed 24 h later. A reduction in DPH‐induced cleft palates and a decrease in DPH covalent binding to embryonic protein was observed in the CLO/LO group. Feeding CLO/LO enhanced incorporation of n−3 fatty acids into embryos and inhibited embryonic prostaglandin synthase activity. No differences in maternal hepatic cytochromes P450 activities were observed among dietary treatments. These data indicate that dietary n−3 fatty acids could reduce DPH teratogenicityviainhibition of embryonic prostaglandin synthase bioactivation of DPH.