title: Efficacy of a combination thromboxane receptor antagonist and lipoxygenase inhibitor in traumatic shock.
abstract: The effects of a thromboxane receptor antagonist having lipoxygenase inhibitory activity, L-655,240 (3-[1-(4-chlorobenzyl)-5-fluoro-3-methyl-indol-2-yl]2,2-dimethylpropa noic acid) (1 mg/kg per h) were studied in a standardized model of traumatic shock. Pentobarbital (35 mg/kg) anesthetized rats subjected to Noble-Collip drum trauma were characterized by a 82 +/- 12 min survival time, a 20-fold increase in plasma cathepsin D activity, and a 6-fold increase in plasma myocardial depressant factor (MDF) activity. L-655,240 significantly attenuated the accumulation of MDF activity in the plasma (74 +/- 3 vs. 46 +/- 4 units/ml), vehicle vs. drug, respectively, and significantly (P less than 0.01) prolonged survival time to 206 +/- 26 min. However, plasma cathepsin D was not significantly altered with L-655,240 administration during traumatic shock. L-655,240 at 20 micrograms/ml markedly attenuated minced rat lung fragments from producing LTC4 and LTD4.L-655,240 exhibited significant anti-proteolytic activity in pancreatic homogenates. Therefore, L-655,2340 does not stabilize lysosomal membranes directly, but exerts an anti-proteolytic action which appears to curtail the production of a myocardial depressant factor by the ischemic pancreas, thus protecting during traumatic shock. A combination anti-eicosanoid drug such as L-655,240 may therefore prove to be an important therapeutic agent in acute ischemic disorders including traumatic shock.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Levitt
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Stahl
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Lefer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D002402:Cathepsin D / Q000097:blood; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D007211:Indoles / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016859:Lipoxygenase Inhibitors; D009201:Myocardial Depressant Factor / Q000097:blood; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012774:Shock, Traumatic / Q000188:drug therapy*; D013931:Thromboxanes / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*
chemical_list: D007211:Indoles; D016859:Lipoxygenase Inhibitors; D009201:Myocardial Depressant Factor; D013931:Thromboxanes; C052517:L 655240; D002402:Cathepsin D