title: Potentiation of phosphodiesterase inhibitor antithrombotic activity with alpha-2 adrenergic blockade.
abstract: The antithrombotic activity of pelrinone, a phosphodiesterase III inhibitor was examined in a canine model of coronary thrombosis that uses electrical current to injure the coronary endothelium. Ninety percent of vehicle treated animals developed complete coronary occlusion and thrombus mass was 32.0 +/- 5.8 mg. In a group of animals treated with zomepirac, 10 mg/kg i.v., included as a positive control, thrombus mass was decreased to 10.3 +/- 3.3 mg and incidence of occlusion was reduced to 37.5%. Pelrinone, 5.0 mg/kg i.v. decreased the incidence of occlusion to 50%, thrombus mass to 21.3 +/- 8.3 mg and inhibited platelet aggregation to collagen, ADP and arachidonic acid by 80%, 54% and 87% of baseline, respectively. When yohimbine, an alpha 2-adrenergic antagonist, was co-administered (2.0 mg/kg at the beginning of the experiment +0.5 mg/kg halfway through the experiment) with the same dose of pelrinone, thrombus mass was decreased to 1.0 +/- 0.5 mg and none of the animals developed coronary occlusion. Yohimbine administration by itself at 2.0-3.0 mg/kg showed no evidence of antithrombotic activity (thrombus mass = 32.8 +/- 8.0 mg, incidence of occlusion = 100%). This dose of yohimbine inhibited significantly ADP-induced aggregation in the presence of epinephrine. These results demonstrate that, even though this dose of pelrinone elicited near maximal inhibition of platelet aggregation, the concurrent administration of an alpha 2-adrenergic antagonist was able to potentiate markedly the phosphodiesterase inhibitor antithrombotic activity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Wyeth-Ayerst Research Laboratories, Princeton, New Jersey 08543.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Kitzen
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: McCallum
authors.forename: C T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Pirozzi
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Colatsky
mesh_terms: D000317:Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D003328:Coronary Thrombosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D004285:Dogs; D004357:Drug Synergism; D005260:Female; D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D010726:Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011743:Pyrimidines / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011897:Random Allocation; D014046:Tolmetin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D015016:Yohimbine / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000317:Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists; D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents; D010726:Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; D011743:Pyrimidines; D015016:Yohimbine; C020549:zomepirac; C055434:pelrinone; D014046:Tolmetin