title: The pyrimido-pyrimidine derivative RA-642: a potent inhibitor of ferrous-induced lipid peroxidation in cell membranes.
abstract: The effects of three pyrimido-pyrimidine derivatives (RA-642, dipyridamole and mopidamol) on hydroxyl anion-induced lipid peroxidation in cell membranes from liver, brain, kidney, lung and heart rat tissue were studied using d-alpha-tocopherol as standard for lipid peroxidation. Ferrous sulfate and ascorbic acid (FeAs) were used to induce lipid peroxidation via the formation of hydroxyl anions. The products resulting from the reaction with thiobarbituric acid were taken to be indicators of lipid peroxidation. Thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) were produced by different rat tissues in the following sequence: brain greater than liver greater than kidney greater than heart greater than lung. Dose-response and time-response curves were plotted for all compounds. Inhibiting concentrations, 50% (IC50), ranged from 0.3-1.4 microM for RA-642, and 2.5 and 4.6 microM for dipyridamole. In liver mitochondrial membranes, IC50s of these compounds were 0.4 +/- 0.2 and 5.8 +/- 1.2 microM, respectively. At 15 min after beginning TBARS production, dipyridamole and RA-642 did not exert any inhibitory effect.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, School of Medicine, University of Málaga, Spain.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bellido
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: de la Cruz
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sánchez de la Cuesta
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D004176:Dipyridamole / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005296:Ferrous Compounds / Q000008:administration & dosage; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D009012:Mopidamol / Q000494:pharmacology; D011743:Pyrimidines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D005296:Ferrous Compounds; D011743:Pyrimidines; D009012:Mopidamol; C010650:RA 642; D004176:Dipyridamole