title: In vitro studies on the pharmacological properties of diacetolol, the major metabolite of acebutolol in man.
abstract: The cardioselectivity and specificity of diacetolol, the major metabolite of the beta-adrenoceptor blocking drug acebutolol, was studied in the isolated right atrium of the guinea-pig and rat and the papillary muscle and trachea of the guinea-pig. The beta-adrenoceptor blocking potency of diacetolol is about ten times lower than that of acebutolol. Like acebutolol, diacetolol was a more effective isoprenaline antagonist in the heart than in the trachea, thus showing relative cardioselectivity. The high water solubility of diacetolol and acebutolol led to a much faster disappearance of the beta-blockade after washout than the blockade by the lipid soluble agents propranolol and penbutolol. Like acebutolol, diacetolol had a weak intrinsic sympathomimetic activity. Cardiac depressant effects, e.g. decrease of maximum upstroke velocity and duration of the action potential and reduction in force of contraction, occurred with concentrations 100-1000 times higher than those needed for beta-blockade, thus indicating relative specificity.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Borchard
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hafner
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hirth
mesh_terms: D000070:Acebutolol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D000200:Action Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000187:drug effects; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects*; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000187:drug effects*; D010210:Papillary Muscles / Q000187:drug effects; D051381:Rats; D013566:Sympathomimetics; D014132:Trachea / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; D013566:Sympathomimetics; C025527:diacetolol; D000070:Acebutolol; D007545:Isoproterenol