title: Myocardial salvage efficacy of a thromboxane receptor antagonist, SQ, 30,741, in relation to inhibition ex vivo of platelet function in the ferret.
abstract: The myocardial salvage efficacy of a thromboxane A2/prostaglandin endoperoxide (TP) receptor antagonist has not been previously determined in a ferret model of ischemia and reperfusion. Assessments of the reproducibility of infarct size resulting from a 90 min period of occlusion followed by 5 hr of reperfusion of the left anterior descending coronary artery in saline-treated control ferrets revealed a consistent mean level of tissue damage representing 23.1 +/- 1.4% of the left ventricle. In subsequent studies, ferrets were given the thromboxane receptor antagonist SQ 30,741 (1 mg/kg bolus and 1 mg/kg/hr infusion, i.v.) or vehicle. At this dose, SQ 30,741 significantly reduced infarct size from that measured in control ferrets by 44%. Concurrently, the drug produced a 97% inhibition of platelet TP receptors as measured by inhibition of the ex vivo platelet shape change response to U-46,619. Drug administration was not associated with measurable alterations in mean blood pressure, heart rate or the rate-pressure-product. The importance of this finding to clinical utility and the mechanism of the observed cardioprotective action, however, remain unclear. These data indicate that the ferret represents a useful model for the assessment of the myocardial salvage efficacy of TP receptor antagonists and are consistent with attenuation of ischemic myocardial damage by doses of these agents which produce > 96% TP receptor blockade.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Princeton, N.J. 08543-4000.
authors.forename: A W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Gomoll
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Ogletree
mesh_terms: D019796:15-Hydroxy-11 alpha,9 alpha-(epoxymethano)prosta-5,13-dienoic Acid; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D005289:Ferrets; D006321:Heart / Q000187:drug effects; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000097:blood / Q000473:pathology; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000097:blood* / Q000473:pathology; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology*; D009919:Orchiectomy; D011450:Prostaglandin Endoperoxides, Synthetic / Q000494:pharmacology; D017482:Receptors, Thromboxane / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D015424:Reperfusion; D013928:Thromboxane A2 / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D011450:Prostaglandin Endoperoxides, Synthetic; D017482:Receptors, Thromboxane; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents; C054215:SQ 30741; D013928:Thromboxane A2; D019796:15-Hydroxy-11 alpha,9 alpha-(epoxymethano)prosta-5,13-dienoic Acid