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Saturable uptake of cefixime, a new oral cephalosporin without an alpha-amino group, by the rat intestine.

The mechanism of intestinal uptake of cefixime, a new oral cephalosporin antibiotic, has been examined using the everted jejunum of rats. The initial uptake rates were apparently pH-dependent with the maximum rate at pH 5.0 and a 3-fold reduction at pH 7. 0. The uptake at pH 5.0 followed mixed-type kinetics involving saturable and non-saturable processes in a manner similar to that for several amino-beta-lactam antibiotics. Cefixime uptake was inhibited significantly by 20 mM permeants such as cyclacillin, cephradine, benzylpenicillin, propicillin, glycyl-L-proline and glycyl-glycine. Replacement of Na+ in the medium with choline produced a slight but significant inhibition of cefixime uptake. In spite of the absence of significant inhibition by the amino acids glycine and proline, the dipeptide, glycyl-L-proline in Na+-free medium showed a marked inhibitory effect. The inhibition kinetics of cefixime uptake by glycyl-L-proline and cyclacillin were consistent with competitive-type inhibition. This study provides the first evidence of saturable intestinal uptake of a cephem antibiotic without an alpha-amino group in the side chain, suggesting transport through the dipeptide carrier system(s).[1]

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  1. Saturable uptake of cefixime, a new oral cephalosporin without an alpha-amino group, by the rat intestine. Tsuji, A., Hirooka, H., Terasaki, T., Tamai, I., Nakashima, E. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. (1987) [Pubmed]
 
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