title: [Effect of Y-20811, a thromboxane A2 synthetase inhibitor, on the arachidonic acid-induced response in the blood-superfused canine coronary artery].
abstract: Effects of Y-20811, a thromboxane A2 synthetase inhibitor, on the arachidonic acid (AA)-induced responses were investigated in the isolated canine coronary artery superfused with blood from a donor dog and Krebs-Henseleit solution. When the coronary artery was superfused with Krebs-Henseleit solution, AA did not have any remarkable effect on its tone. In the coronary artery superfused with blood, in contrast, AA (10-100 micrograms) caused phasic constriction followed by relaxation. After denudation of the endothelium, the contractile response was augmented, and the relaxant effect was abolished. Y-20811 (1 mg/kg, i.v.), administered into the donor dog, inhibited the contraction and augmented the relaxation. Indomethacin (5 mg/kg, i.v.) and aspirin (30 mg/kg, i.v.) also inhibited the AA-induced contraction. However, indomethacin inhibited the relaxation induced by AA (10-100 micrograms), whereas aspirin inhibited the relaxation induced by a low dose of AA (10-30 micrograms). These results suggest that Y-20811 inhibits the TXA2-induced contraction and augments the production of the relaxant metabolite of AA in the coronary artery.
authors.affiliation: Tokyo Research Laboratories, Yoshitomi Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd., Saitama, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Noguchi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Inui
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016718:Arachidonic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D001158:Arteries / Q000187:drug effects; D001241:Aspirin / Q000494:pharmacology; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000187:drug effects*; D004285:Dogs; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects; D007093:Imidazoles / Q000494:pharmacology*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D013930:Thromboxane-A Synthase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D014661:Vasoconstriction / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D007093:Imidazoles; C049966:Y 20811; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D013930:Thromboxane-A Synthase; D001241:Aspirin