title: Time course of alpha-1-acid glycoprotein and its relation to myocardial enzymes after acute myocardial infarction.
abstract: The acute phase reactant, alpha-1-acid glycoprotein, binds to a number of basic antiarrhythmic drugs, including lidocaine, quinidine, propranolol, imipramine and disopyramide. Binding to alpha-1-acid glycoprotein accounts for a decrease in free drug fraction and may alter the expected concentration: response relation of drugs particularly when there are unpredictably large or rapid changes in alpha-1-acid glycoprotein. To determine the time course and magnitude of alpha-1-acid glycoprotein for 1 month after acute myocardial infarction (AMI), blood samples were collected from 27 patients, 14 with AMI and 13 with a chest pain syndrome but no AMI. Patients with AMI had a significant increase in alpha-1-acid glycoprotein after 72 hours (mean 153 +/- 35 mg/dl) (p less than 0.05), and the maximum was observed on day 7 (mean 165 +/- 53 mg/dl) (p less than 0.05), returning to baseline by 28 days. There was no significant change in alpha-1-acid glycoprotein in patients with chest pain but no AMI. Regression analysis showed a significant relation between creatine kinase (p less than 0.005) and lactic dehydrogenase (p less than 0.001) vs alpha-1-acid glycoprotein indicating alpha-1-acid glycoprotein concentration is high in patients with large AMI. Changes in binding resulting from alpha-1-acid glycoprotein during AMI could account for misinterpretation of total drug concentration and response to antiarrhythmic drugs acutely, during convalescence and at discharge.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003402:Creatine Kinase / Q000097:blood*; D004347:Drug Interactions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007527:Isoenzymes; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000097:blood* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000503:physiopathology; D009961:Orosomucoid / Q000378:metabolism*; D010343:Patient Admission; D013318:Stroke Volume; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D009961:Orosomucoid; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase; D003402:Creatine Kinase