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Antiarrhythmic action of the new calcium antagonist [1,2,5-trimethyl-4-phenyl-4-beta-(N-cyanoethyl-N-4'-methoxybenzyl) -ethylamino]piperidine dihydrochloride. Arzneimittelforschung 1996 Dec;46(12):1110-3

Date

12/01/1996

Pubmed ID

9006783

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-0030480339 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   3 Citations

Abstract

Arrhythmias induced by coronary artery ligation in cats, by CaCl2 and epinephrine in rats, and by ouabain in guinea-pigs were used as experimental models for studying the effects of a new calcium antagonist AR-1 ([1,2,5-trimethyl-4-phenyl-4-beta-(N-cyanoethyl-N-4'-methoxybenzyl) -ethylamino]piperidine, calcium channel blocker and calmodulin antagonist) on ventricular arrhythmias. Coronary ligation caused 90% lethality (ventricular fibrillation) with 12.5 min in untreated control cats, which was prevented by administration of AR-1 (4 mg/kg body weight (b.w.) before or after arrhythmia induction. Pretreatment with AR-1 afforded protection in a dose-related fashion. A dose of 1.5 mg/KG b.w. increased survival to 45%, and all cats dosed with 3 to 5 mg/Kg b.w. survived. CaCl2 (180 mg/Kg b.w., i.v.) induced ventricular fibrillation and 100% lethality. These effects were completely prevented by an anti-arrhythmic dose of AR-1 (3 mg/kg b.w.). Epinephrine-induced ventricular arrhythmias were also prevented by the same dose of AR-1. AR-1 (5 mg/kg b.w.) did not prevent ouabain (0.5 mg/kg b.w.)-induced arrhythmias that caused death within 17 +/- 3.7 min, but displayed protective effects during 67 +/- 7.7 min. The results from these animal studies, in conjunction with previously studies demonstrating coronarodilatory and anti-platelet efficacy of this compound, collectively suggest that AR-1 has a potential to become a useful antianginal and antiarrhythmic therapeutic agent.

Author List

Alexanian AR, Arutyunian NS, Galoyan AA

Author

Arshak R. Alexanian VMD, PhD Adjunct Associate Professor in the Medicine department at Medical College of Wisconsin




MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Animals
Anti-Arrhythmia Agents
Arrhythmias, Cardiac
Calcium Channel Blockers
Calcium Chloride
Cardiovascular Agents
Coronary Vessels
Electrocardiography
Epinephrine
Male
Ouabain
Piperidines
Rats
Rats, Wistar
Tachycardia, Ventricular
Ventricular Fibrillation