title: Effects of UR-12633, a new antagonist of platelet-activating factor, in rodent models of endotoxic shock.
abstract: 1. The effects of the selective and potent novel platelet-activating factor (PAF) antagonist, UR-12633 (1-(3,3-diphenylpropionyl)-4-(3-pyridylcyanomethyl)piperidin e) on several markers of endotoxic shock syndrome were evaluated in rats and mice. 2. UR-12633, administered 60 min after E. coli lipopolysaccharide (LPS), reversed the LPS-induced sustained hypotension in rats at doses of 0.01 to 1 mg kg-1, i.v. The reference compound WEB-2086 (1 mg kg-1) also reversed the LPS-induced hypotension. UR-12633 (1 mg kg-1), administered 10 min before LPS, almost fully inhibited sustained hypotension. The immediate hypotension (within 1 min) caused by LPS was not prevented by either UR-12633 or WEB-2086. 3. Pretreatment with 10 mg kg-1, i.v. of either UR-12633 or WEB-2086 inhibited the increase in disseminated intravascular coagulation markers, such as activated partial thromboplastin time (55 and 74% inhibition, respectively), and prothrombin time (22 and 72% inhibition) and prevented the decrease in plasma fibrinogen content (100 and 29% inhibition). 4. Increases in acid phosphatase (ACP) plasma activity, a marker of lysosomal activation, and in lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), a marker of tissue damage, were inhibited by pretreatment with 10 mg kg-1, i.v. of either UR-12633 or WEB-2086 (100% and 69% inhibition, ACP; 62 and 48% inhibition, LDH). Hyperglycaemia (71 and 46%) and hyperlactacidaemia (92 and 56%) were also inhibited. 5. UR-12633, but not WEB-2086, inhibited the LPS-induced increase in vascular permeability in rats, as shown by prevention of haemoconcentration and, to a lesser degree, the increase in Evans blue dye extravasation. 6. In a series of nine reference compounds and UR-12633, we found a high correlation (P < 0.001) between PAF antagonist activity, measured as the inhibition of PAF-induced rabbit platelet aggregation or PAF-induced mortality in mice and the inhibition of LPS-induced mortality. 7. In spite of the multifactorial nature of endotoxic shock, in which many mediators may be involved, the new potent PAF antagonist, UR-12633, proved effective in protecting against changes in most shock markers. These data strongly suggest a key role for PAF in the pathogenesis of endotoxic shock in rodents.
authors.affiliation: Research Center, J. Uriach & Cía, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Giral
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Balsa
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ferrando
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Merlos
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Garcia-Rafanell
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Forn
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D001381:Azepines / Q000378:metabolism; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004926:Escherichia coli; D007022:Hypotension / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000188:drug therapy; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D010880:Piperidines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000188:drug therapy; D014230:Triazoles / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001381:Azepines; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D010880:Piperidines; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; D014230:Triazoles; C052518:WEB 2086; C102661:UR 12633