单位：[1]Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China,[2]Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China,首都医科大学附属北京友谊医院[3]Experimental Center for Basic Medical Teaching, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China,[4]Beijing Guangwei Pharmaceutical Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing, China
Agomelatine (AGO) is a new type of antidepressant with demonstrated antidepressant effects and a unique modulating circadian rhythm action. However, AGO has hepatotoxicity, which limits its clinical application. In order to develop new drugs that cause less liver injury than AGO, a series of derivatives were synthesized; compound GW117 was screened from derivatives due to its high receptor affinity. This study will investigate its sub-acute oral toxicity profile in rats in a sex-dependent mariner. GW117 and AGO was administrated by gavage (200, 400, or 800 mg/kg/day) for 28 days. Hematological, biochemical tests, organ weights, histopathological examinations were carried out, the results showed that AGO and GW117 had adverse effects on platelet, liver and kidney, and had sex-differences in some indicators. Hematological tests showed that AGO and GW117 reduced the platelet count in male animals but had no effect in females. AGO increased plasma alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and total bilirubin in male animals, and GW117 had no effect on these two indicators. For females, AGO moderately elevated ALT, alkaline phosphatase (ALP), and total bilirubin, while GW117 only elevated ALP slightly. Two drugs could increase liver weight and coefficient, and cause liver pathological injury, including hepatic sinusoidal dilatation, hepatocyte fatty deposition and dotted cell necrosis in two genders. AGO caused mild to moderate hepatocyte and hepatobiliary injury in both genders, while only a mild hepatobiliary injury was caused by GW117 in females. Renal function tests showed that both drugs can increase blood urea nitrogen levels in males, while AGO, but not GW117, can slightly increase blood creatinine and urea nitrogen in females. The kidney weight and coefficient could be significantly increased by two drugs in males, and by AGO medium arid GW117 high and low doses in females. The kidney pathological damage was mainly characterized by tubule dilatation, a thinning of the renal cortex. Kidney damage caused by GW117 was less than that of AGO, and there was no sex-difference. In summary, GW117 can cause mild liver and kidney damage in both genders, as well as mild platelets reduction in males, while degree of damage is less severe than AGO. Therefore, as an excellent derivative, GW117 deserves further development as an antidepressant.
基金：
National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaNational Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [81703484]; Support Project of High-Level Teachers in Beijing Municipal Universities in the Period of the 13th Five Year Plan; CIT [ICD201704095]; Scientific Research Common Program of Beijing Municipal Commission of EducationBeijing Municipal Commission of Education [KM201710025003]
第一作者单位：[1]Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China,
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推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714)：
Qiushi Yang,Xuelin Zhou,Jingyi Li,et al.Sub-Acute Oral Toxicity of a Novel Derivative of Agomelatine in Rats in a Sex-Dependent Manner[J].FRONTIERS in PHARMACOLOGY.2019,10:doi:10.3389/fphar.2019.00242.
APA：
Qiushi Yang,Xuelin Zhou,Jingyi Li,Yi Ma,Li Lu...&Xiaorong Li.(2019).Sub-Acute Oral Toxicity of a Novel Derivative of Agomelatine in Rats in a Sex-Dependent Manner.FRONTIERS in PHARMACOLOGY,10,
MLA：
Qiushi Yang,et al."Sub-Acute Oral Toxicity of a Novel Derivative of Agomelatine in Rats in a Sex-Dependent Manner".FRONTIERS in PHARMACOLOGY 10.(2019)
