title: Effects of OKY-046, a selective thromboxane synthetase inhibitor, on blood pressure and thromboxane synthesis in spontaneously hypertensive rats.
abstract: The effects of OKY-046, a specific thromboxane (TX) synthetase inhibitor, on blood pressure, urinary TX excretion, TX synthesis in blood platelets, kidney slices and aortic strips, were evaluated in adult spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). OKY-046 was dissolved in drinking water at concentrations of 1, 10, 100 mg/dl. The average intakes of OKY-046 were 1.4 +/- 0.1, 13.0 +/- 1.1, and 147 +/- 12 mg/kg/day, in rats who took 1, 10, 100 mg/dl of OKY-046 solutions for drinking water, respectively. The systolic blood pressure was significantly decreased by 34 mmHg only with the high dose of OKY-046 (147 mg/kg/day). OKY-046 suppressed the platelet aggregability to ADP and the release of TX B2, a stable metabolite of TX A2, from blood platelets in a dose-dependent fashion. Urinary excretion of TX B2 decreased significantly in both groups treated with moderate (13.0 mg/kg/day) and high doses of OKY-046 (147 mg/kg/day). The release of TX B2 from kidney slices was decreased only by the high dose of OKY-046, while the release of TX B2 from aortic strips was not changed even by the high dose of OKY-046. OKY-046 had no effect on urinary excretion of 6-keto-prostaglandin F1 alpha, a stable metabolite of prostacyclin, or, on its release from the kidney slices and aortic strips. These results suggest that the effect of OKY-046 on TX synthesis has organ specificity and that the antihypertensive effect of this drug in SHR is related to reduced renal TX synthesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Kanto-Teishin Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gomi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ishimitsu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Uehara
mesh_terms: D015121:6-Ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha / Q000097:blood / Q000652:urine; D000179:Acrylates / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001011:Aorta / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D006977:Hypertension, Renal / Q000378:metabolism*; D007668:Kidney / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D008689:Methacrylates / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010974:Platelet Aggregation / Q000187:drug effects; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011918:Rats, Inbred SHR; D013929:Thromboxane B2 / Q000097:blood / Q000652:urine; D013930:Thromboxane-A Synthase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D013931:Thromboxanes / Q000096:biosynthesis*
chemical_list: D000179:Acrylates; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D008689:Methacrylates; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; D013931:Thromboxanes; D013929:Thromboxane B2; D015121:6-Ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha; D013930:Thromboxane-A Synthase; C034364:ozagrel