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Cimetidine induces hepatic heme oxygenase activity without altering hepatic heme catabolism
Authors:J Reichen  C Hoilien  G R Kirshenbaum
Abstract:Cimetidine inhibits oxidative drug metabolism; it is not known whether this drug alters the catabolic fate of hepatic heme. We therefore investigated hepatic heme turnover both by a 14CO breath test and directly by labeling the heme pool. Neither acute (150 mg/kg i.p.) nor chronic (150 mg/kg i.p. bid for 3 days) cimetidine administration significantly affected hepatic heme turnover. Chronic, but not acute, cimetidine significantly (p less than 0.025) increased heme oxygenase activity. Cimetidine inhibited heme oxygenase activity in vitro at concentrations achieved in vivo.
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