title: Pentamidine: a non-peptide GPIIb/IIIa antagonist--in vitro studies on platelets from humans and other species.
abstract: In this paper we show that the non-peptide anti-parasite agent pentamidine is a broad spectrum anti-platelet agent with an IC50 of 1.1 microM in ADP-induced platelet aggregation in human platelet rich plasma (PRP). It had similar activity when collagen, arachidonic acid, platelet activating factor, thrombin and epinephrine were used. It had no effect on platelet intracellular cAMP levels. It inhibited 125I-fibrinogen, 125I-fibronectin and 125I-von Willebrand factor binding to ADP-activated fixed platelets with IC50 values of 160, 160 and 60 nM respectively. Pentamidine showed a high degree of species selectivity with slightly less activity in monkey and dog PRP and little activity in guinea pig, rabbit, rat and mouse PRP compared with human. This was similar to the other RGD analogues tested. This species specificity was shown to be dependent on the species of platelets and independent of the species of fibrinogen. Thus, pentamidine is a potent non-peptide inhibitor of fibrinogen binding to GPIIb/IIIa.
authors.affiliation: New Drug Research Laboratories, Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Company, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cox
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Motoyama
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Seki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Aoki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dohi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshida
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000097:blood; D005340:Fibrinogen / Q000378:metabolism; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008252:Macaca fascicularis; D051379:Mice; D008813:Mice, Inbred ICR; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010419:Pentamidine / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010980:Platelet Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D011485:Protein Binding; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; D010980:Platelet Membrane Glycoproteins; D010419:Pentamidine; D005340:Fibrinogen; D000242:Cyclic AMP