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Effect of the platelet-activating factor antagonist RP 59227 (Tulopafant) on myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury and neutrophil function. Basic Res Cardiol 1998 Oct;93(5):361-71

Date

12/02/1998

Pubmed ID

9833148

DOI

10.1007/s003950050104

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-0031739214 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   17 Citations

Abstract

The effect of the platelet activating factor antagonist RP 59227 (Tulopafant) on myocardial infarct size was compared to that of a vehicle-treated control group in barbital-anesthetized dogs subjected to 90 min of left circumflex coronary artery occlusion and 5 h of reperfusion. The myocardial region at risk and infarct size were determined by the triphenyltetrazolium histochemical technique and regional myocardial blood flow by radioactive microspheres. Myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity was used as an index of neutrophil infiltration into the ischemic-reperfused area. Vehicle (n = 11) or RP 59227 (n = 12, 2.5 mg/kg i.v.) were administered 15 min prior to occlusion. Hemodynamics and regional myocardial blood flow in the ischemic-reperfused areas did not differ between the two groups throughout the experiment. In contrast, the number of dogs which developed ventricular fibrillation during occlusion and reperfusion was significantly less in RP 59227-treated dogs (8 of 11 in the control group vs. 3 of 12 in the RP 59227-treated group, p < 0.05). Myocardial infarct size expressed as a percent of the area at risk (control, 39.0 +/- 5.0; RP 59227, 24.8 +/- 3.4%) or as a percent of the left ventricle (control, 15.3 +/- 1.9; RP 59227, 9.0 +/- 1.3%) was significantly smaller in the RP 59227-treated group. Infarct size was inversely related to the collateral blood flow in the inner two thirds of the left ventricular wall of the infarct area, and this relationship was shifted downward in the RP 59227-treated group (p < 0.05). MPO activity in the border zone immediately adjacent to infarcted tissue was reduced in the RP 59227-treated dogs (control, 7.4 +/- 0.5 U/g; RP 59227, 4.1 +/- 0.4 U/g). In additional in vitro studies, the addition of PAF was found to elicit a concentration-dependent potentiation in chemiluminescence produced by purified canine neutrophils, a measure of oxygen-derived free radicals, which was stimulated with a low concentration of opsonized zymosan. Preincubation of neutrophils with RP 59227 resulted in a concentration-dependent decrease in chemiluminescence produced by PAF primed cells. Taken together, these data demonstrate that RP 59227 effectively reduces myocardial infarct size and reduces the incidence of ischemia and reperfusion-induced arrhythmias in barbital-anesthetized dogs, and support the concept that PAF plays an important role in the pathogenesis of acute myocardial infarction.

Author List

Auchampach JA, Pieper GM, Cavero I, Gross GJ

Author

John A. Auchampach PhD Professor in the Pharmacology and Toxicology department at Medical College of Wisconsin

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

Animals
Coronary Circulation
Dogs
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Female
Free Radicals
Incidence
Male
Myocardial Infarction
Myocardial Ischemia
Myocardium
Neutrophils
Peroxidase
Platelet Activating Factor
Pyridines
Reperfusion Injury
Thiazoles
Ventricular Fibrillation