title: Selective 5-lipoxygenase inhibitor BW A4C does not influence progression of tissue injury in a canine model of regional myocardial ischaemia and reperfusion.
abstract: The effects of BW A4C, a selective arachidonate 5-lipoxygenase (5-LO) inhibitor, on the progression of myocardial tissue injury were examined in anaesthetised, open-chest beagle dogs subjected to 90-min occlusion of the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) followed by 120-min reperfusion. Regional myocardial blood flow (RMBF, microspheres), segment shortening (sonomicrometry), and infarct size (tetrazolium stain) as an index of tissue injury were measured. Control animals (group 1, n = 11) received an infusion of vehicle [50% vol/vol glycofurol and distilled water, 47 ml at 12 ml h-1, intravenously (i.v.)] beginning 15 min before ischaemia and continuing until the end of reperfusion. Treated animals received either 10 (group 2, n = 11) or 50 micrograms kg-1 min-1 (group 3, n = 5) BW A4C i.v. in the same period. The infarct/risk zone ratio (I/R) in group 1 (24.1 +/- 6.0%) was not significantly different from that of group 2 (28.0 +/- 8.4%) or group 3 (46.1 +/- 6.7%). The close inverse relationship observed in controls between I/R ratio and collateral flow was not altered by either dose of BW A4C. Segment shortening during ischaemia (-0.2 +/- 2.7, -2.4 +/- 1.7, and -1.5 +/- 1.7%) and reperfusion (4.9 +/- 2.8, 1.0 +/- 1.8, and -1.0 +/- 1.9%) and during an isoprenaline infusion to unmask stunned myocardium (14.7 +/- 3.0, 14.7 +/- 2.6, and 7.4 +/- 1.7%) were not significantly different between groups 1, 2, and 3.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Wellcome Research Laboratories, Beckenham, Kent, England.
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Maxwell
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Marston
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Hadley
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Salmon
authors.forename: L G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Garland
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000503:physiopathology; D044482:Benzeneacetamides; D001784:Blood Gas Analysis; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003402:Creatine Kinase / Q000378:metabolism; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects; D006877:Hydroxamic Acids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007773:Lactates / Q000378:metabolism; D016859:Lipoxygenase Inhibitors; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000503:physiopathology; D015428:Myocardial Reperfusion Injury / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D044482:Benzeneacetamides; D006877:Hydroxamic Acids; D007773:Lactates; D016859:Lipoxygenase Inhibitors; C056614:N-(3-phenoxycinnamyl)acetohydroxamic acid; D003402:Creatine Kinase