The development of tolerance to ketamine in rats and the significance of hepatic metabolism

British Journal of Pharmacology
A Livingston, A E Waterman

Abstract

1. A decrease in sleeping time in rats pretreated with ten daily doses of ketamine compared to controls is shown. 2. This decrease in sleeping time is associated with a more rapid decrease in circulating and brain levels of ketamine and its N-demethylated metabolite and higher levels of the subsequent oxidation metabolite in the pretreated animals. 3. Metabolism of ketamine to its N-demethylated metabolite by liver homogenates in vitro was more rapid when the livers were obtained from ketamine pretreated rats. 4. Microsomal preparations from rat liver were capable of metabolizing ketamine to its N-demethylated metabolite and this metabolite to the subsequent oxidation metabolite in vitro. The Vmax and Km for the first reaction calculated from loss of substrate were 433 mol mg-1 protein h-1 and 0.133 mM respectively and 199 nmol mg-1 protein h-1 and 0.121 mM for the second reaction. 5. The results indicate that tolerance to ketamine in rats is associated with increased hepatic metabolism which can also be demonstrated in vitro in liver homogenates.

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