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Effect of quinolone antibiotics on hepatic growth and protein synthesis following partial hepatectomy in rats
Author(s) -
MINUK GY,
ASSY N,
DING LX,
GAUTHIER T,
PASHNIAK DD
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of gastroenterology and hepatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.214
H-Index - 130
eISSN - 1440-1746
pISSN - 0815-9319
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1746.1997.tb00346.x
Subject(s) - medicine , saline , ciprofloxacin , ofloxacin , fleroxacin , quinolone , norfloxacin , antibiotics , hepatectomy , adverse effect , pharmacology , liver regeneration , gastroenterology , urology , surgery , endocrinology , regeneration (biology) , resection , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Quinolone antibiotics inhibit eukaryotic as well as prokaryotic cell growth and protein synthesis. To determine whether these properties adversely affect hepatic growth and recovery following surgical resection, five groups of healthy, adult male rats (n = 7–8/group) were treated for 10 days with equal volumes of either ofloxacin (50 mg/kg), fleroxacin (25mg/kg), ciprofloxacin (25 mg/kg), norfloxacin (15mg/kg) or sterile saline (controls) prior to 70% partial hepatectomy (PH) and daily thereafter until death. Restituted liver mass, DNA and protein synthesis rates were determined at 24, 48 and 72 h PH. The results of the study revealed that all parameters of hepatic regeneration were similar in the five study groups at each time interval. To ensure that an effect on hepatic regeneration was not dose‐dependent, additional experiments were performed where 1, 10 and 100 mg/kg ciprofloxacin was administered and DNA synthesis was measured 24 h post‐PH. Once again, the results were similar to sterile saline‐treated controls. These findings suggest that the quinolone antibiotics are unlikely to have an adverse effect on hepatic recovery following surgical resection of the liver and are safe to use in that setting.