Nimodipine levels in gerbil brain following parenteral drug administration
- 1 October 1985
- journal article
- Published by Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG) in Journal of Neurosurgery
- Vol. 63 (4), 589-592
- https://doi.org/10.3171/jns.1985.63.4.0589
Abstract
Nimodipine binding to the particulate fraction of gerbil brain homogenate was characterized using tritiated (3H)-nimodipine as the radioactive ligand. Binding was monophasic and saturable, with the apparent affinity constant (KD) = 0.4 nM and the maximum number of binding sites (Bmax) = 12 nmol/kg wet wt. A competitive binding assay was validated for the measurement of nimodipine using gerbil brain as the source of receptors for the drug. Binding characteristics were sufficiently similar in specimens from different animals to allow the use of homogenates from individual animals as the source of both membrane-binding sites and competing ligand. Nimodipine could be detected in the brains of animals sacrificed soon after drug injection, and reached a peak level within 15 minutes. Brain drug level at a given time was a linear function of dose administered. One hour after a 1-mg/kg dose, the level of drug measured in brain was approximately 100 nmol/kg wet wt, more that 200 times the KD. Sufficient drug to mediate a maximal pharmacological effect accumulated in brain even after a dose of only 0.25 mg/kg. Thus, in this species, effective tissue nimodipine levels may be achieved at doses which minimize the risk of systemic hypotension.Keywords
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