Abstract
DT-5061, a steroid oral contraceptive which contains norethisterone (NET) and ethinyl estradiol (EE) in a ratio of 100:7, was administered orally to rats for 14 days in order to investigate a possible origin of the increased serum alkaline phosphatase (ALP). Increased serum total ALP was noted in rats receiving DT-5061 at 5.35 mg/kg/day or EE at 0.35 mg/kg/day. Electrophoresis of serum ALP revealed that both liver and bone-type ALP isozymes were increased in the DT-5061 5.35 mg/kg and EE 0.35 mg/kg groups, and the ratio of increase in the liver-type was greater than that in the bone-type although the increase in concentration of the bone-type was greater as compared to the liver-type. ALP level in the liver was elevated together with an increase in liver weight, consistently with the increased serum liver-type isozyme. However, neither histological changes indicative of cholestasis nor increase in serum leucine aminopeptidase, bilirubin, GOT or GPT were seen. No changes were observed in bone ALP activity; hence inconsistent with the increased serum bone-type isozyme. From these results, it is considered that the increased serum ALP induced by this drug was due to the increased liver-type isozyme induced in the liver and to the increased bone-type isozyme, and among the ingredients of this oral contraceptive, EE was mainly involved in the increased serum ALP induced by this drug.
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