title: Effects of propentofylline (HWA 285) on laser-induced thrombus formation in healthy and diseased rat mesenteric arterioles.
abstract: The antithrombotic effects of the xanthine derivative propentofylline (HWA 285) were investigated in the laser-induced thrombus model in healthy and diseased rat mesenteric arterioles. Laser-induced platelet thrombi were documented by the help of an intravital microscope and a video system. The statistical comparison of drug-treated and untreated animals, in respect to the number of laser shots necessary to induce a defined thrombus, served as a quantitative measure for a potential antithrombotic drug effect. Propentofylline and acetylsalicylic acid, in single dosages of 10 and 30 mg/kg orally, significantly increased the number of laser shots required to produce a defined thrombus. Moreover, the drug decreased the laser-induced thrombus formation in a chronic experiment in adjuvant arthritic rats. After oral administration of 30 mg/kg for 21 days, propentofylline and pentoxifylline reduced significantly the thrombus formation, whereas acetylsalicylic acid exerted no effect.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001169:Arthritis, Experimental / Q000097:blood; D001241:Aspirin / Q000494:pharmacology; D001777:Blood Coagulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D007834:Lasers; D008297:Male; D008638:Mesenteric Arteries; D010431:Pentoxifylline / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011917:Rats, Inbred Lew; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D014970:Xanthines / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D014970:Xanthines; C032114:propentofylline; D001241:Aspirin; D010431:Pentoxifylline