title: Effects of long-term oral administration of NZ-105, a novel calcium antagonist, with or without propranolol in spontaneously hypertensive rats.
abstract: A new calcium antagonist, NZ-105 ((+/-)-2-[benzyl(phenyl)amino]ethyl 1,4-dihydro-2,6-dimethyl-5-(5,5-dimethyl-2-oxo-1,3,2-dioxaphosphorina n-2-yl)-4- (3-nitrophenyl)-3-pyridinecarboxylate hydrochloride ethanol) (10 mg kg-1, p.o.), showed slow-onset hypotensive effect in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs). The tachycardia evoked by NZ-105 was completely prevented when combined with a beta-adrenoceptor blocker, propranolol (20 mg kg-1), which did not affect the hypotensive response to NZ-105. In long-term administration experiments for 12 weeks with SHRs, the systolic blood pressure in the control group increased with age and the heart rate was stable throughout the period. NZ-105 (10 mg kg-1 day-1) alone and its combined treatment with propranolol (20 mg kg-1 day-1) maintained the systolic blood pressure and heart rate at a low level compared with the control group. The hypotensive action of NZ-105 were reproducible after repeated dosing for 12 weeks. Long-term administration of propranolol affected neither the elevation of the systolic blood pressure nor the heart rate substantially. The heart weight per body weight was significantly reduced after the chronic combination of both drugs, suggesting that the cardiac hypertrophy accompanying hypertension was prevented.
authors.affiliation: Shiraoka Research Station of Biological Science, Nissan Chemical Industries Ltd, Saitama, Japan.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Shudo
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Masuda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sakai
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shigenobu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kasuya
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000450:Aldosterone / Q000097:blood; D000818:Animals; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004095:Dihydropyridines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006321:Heart / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000187:drug effects; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006973:Hypertension / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy*; D007668:Kidney / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000187:drug effects; D008099:Liver / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D009596:Nitrophenols; D009929:Organ Size / Q000187:drug effects; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011433:Propranolol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011918:Rats, Inbred SHR; D012083:Renin / Q000097:blood; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D004095:Dihydropyridines; D009596:Nitrophenols; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds; C066425:efonidipine; D000450:Aldosterone; D011433:Propranolol; D012083:Renin