Affiliation:
1. Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine University of Toronto Toronto Ontario Canada
2. Biological Sciences Platform, Hurvitz Brain Sciences Program Sunnybrook Research Institute Toronto Ontario Canada
3. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Hospital LMU Munich Munich Germany
Abstract
AbstractObjectiveTo investigate the impact of sound exposure, with the resultant windows vibration on perilymphatic concentrations following intratympanic (IT) dexamethasone and gentamicin in an animal model.Study DesignAnimal model blinded study.SettingAnimal facility of a tertiary medical center.MethodsBilateral IT dexamethasone or gentamicin was applied to 15 tested rats. Following injections, each rat was exposed for 3 minutes to free field 30 dB sound pressure level (SPL), 512 vHz noise, with 1 external auditory canal plugged (contralateral control). Following noise exposure, perilymph was obtained from both ears. Drug concentrations were measured using ultrahigh‐performance liquid chromatography‐mass spectrometer.ResultsFor dexamethasone, the average (±SD) perilymphatic steroidal concentration was 0.417 µg/mL (±0.549) in the control ears versus 0.487 µg/mL (±0.636) in the sound‐exposed ears (P = .008). The average (±SD) gentamicin perilymphatic concentration was 8.628 µg/mL (±2.549) in the sound‐exposed ears, compared to 4.930 µg/mL (±0.668) in the contralateral control (nonsound exposed) ears. Sound exposure promoted steroidal and gentamicin diffusion to the inner ear by an averaged (±SD) factor of 1.431 and 1.730 (±0.291 and 0.339), respectively.ConclusionLow‐intensity noise (30 dB SPL) was found to enhance dexamethasone phosphate and gentamicin diffusion to the inner ear (by an averaged factor of ∼1.4 and 1.7, respectively) in a murine model.
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