Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 1983;238(1):45-51. doi: 10.1007/BF00453740.

Transplacental kanamycin ototoxicity in the guinea pig.

Archives of oto-rhino-laryngology

Y Raphael, A Fein, L Nebel

PMID: 6882279 DOI: 10.1007/BF00453740

Abstract

The effect of kanamycin on the cochlear sensory epithelium of albino guinea pig fetuses was studied histologically following the administration of 200 or 400 mg/kg body weight kanamycin sulfate to the pregnant mothers for 8 consecutive days at different stages of gestation. Surface view analysis of Corti's organ revealed slight damage following treatment in the middle trimester of gestation and marked damage due to treatment in the last trimester. The pattern of hair cell loss induced during and after the functional differentiation of the cochlea resembled the pattern of ototoxic lesions in the adult ear. The assumed mechanisms for induction of teratogenesis by kanamycin in the fetal organ of Corti are discussed.

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Substances

• Kanamycin

MeSH terms

• Animals
• Female
• Gestational Age
• Guinea Pigs
• Hair Cells, Auditory / drug effects
• Kanamycin / toxicity
• Maternal-Fetal Exchange*
• Organ of Corti / drug effects
• Pregnancy

Publication Types

• Journal Article
• Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't