title: Antihypertensive actions of the novel nonpeptide endothelin receptor antagonist SB 209670.
abstract: Indirect evidence has implicated endothelin-1 in the pathogenesis of hypertension. In the present study we examined such a role directly with SB 209670, a novel nonpeptide endothelin receptor antagonist. The antihypertensive and hemodynamic effects of SB 209670 were examined in conscious, unrestrained spontaneously hypertensive (SHR), normotensive Wistar-Kyoto (WKY), and renin-hypertensive rats. Sustained intravenous infusion of SB 209670 (10 micrograms.kg-1.min-1 for 6 hours) produced a significant, reversible reduction in mean arterial pressure in SHR but not in WKY rats. The antihypertensive response to 10 micrograms.kg-1.min-1 SB 209670 (approximately 25 mm Hg reduction in blood pressure) was associated with bradycardia (16% decrease in heart rate) but only a minimal reduction (3%) in cardiac output, because stroke volume was evaluated (by 15%). Therefore, the antihypertensive effect of SB 209670 resulted from a decrease (13%) in total peripheral resistance. A sustained antihypertensive effect could also be observed after intraduodenal administration of SB 209670 (3 mg/kg) in conscious SHR (reduction of approximately 35 mm Hg 5 hours after administration). SB 209670 (3 mg/kg intravenous bolus) did not alter the pressor response or tachycardia observed in pithed SHR after stimulation of thoracolumbar sympathetic outflow. SB 209670 was also antihypertensive in renin-hypertensive rats, lowering blood pressure to an extent similar to that observed in SHR. Thus, the data presented provide evidence to support a role for endothelin-1 in the pathophysiology of two animal models of hypertension.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Pharmacology (UW 2510), SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals, King of Prussia, PA 19406-0939, USA.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Douglas
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gellai
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ezekiel
authors.forename: G Z
authors.initials: GZ
authors.lastname: Feuerstein
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Elliott
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Ohlstein
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004386:Duodenum; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D065128:Endothelin Receptor Antagonists; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006973:Hypertension / Q000503:physiopathology; D007189:Indans / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007267:Injections; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011918:Rats, Inbred SHR; D011921:Rats, Inbred WKY; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012083:Renin / Q000502:physiology; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D065128:Endothelin Receptor Antagonists; D007189:Indans; C087551:1H-Indene-2-carboxylic acid, 1-(1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)-3-(2- (carboxymethoxy)-4-methoxyphenyl)-2,3-dihydro-5-propoxy-, (1S,2R,3S)-; D012083:Renin