title: Effects of a new endothelin receptor antagonist, TAK-044, on myocardial stunning in dogs.
abstract: The effects of a new endothelin receptor antagonist, TAK-044, (cyclo[D-alpha-aspartyl-3-[(4-phenylpiperazin-1-yl)carbonyl]L-alan yl-L-alpha aspartyl-D-2-(2-thienyl)glycyl-L-leucyl-D-tryptophyl]disodium salt, on ischemic and post-ischemic myocardial dysfunction (stunned myocardium) were studied in anesthetized open-chest dogs. A short (15 min) occlusion of the left anterior descending coronary artery followed by 5-h reperfusion significantly reduced myocardial segment shortening during and after the ischemic period in the ischemic region. Regional myocardial blood flow was also decreased significantly 10 min after the occlusion, whereas it returned almost completely to its pre-ischemic value 5 h after reperfusion TAK-044 (3 mg/kg,i.v.) administered 10 min before occlusion significantly improved the reduced myocardial segment shortening in the ischemic region during and after occlusion. Cardiovascular hemodynamics and regional myocardial blood flow in a TAK-044-treated group were identical to those in the control group. These results indicate that endogenous endothelin contributes to the cause of ischemic and post-ischemic myocardial dysfunction without changing either hemodynamics or regional myocardial blood flow.
authors.affiliation: Pharmaceutical Research Laboratories I, Takeda Chemical Industries, Ltd., Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kitayoshi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kubo
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Awane-Igata
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fujino
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000187:drug effects; D004285:Dogs; D065128:Endothelin Receptor Antagonists; D019332:Endothelin-1 / Q000097:blood; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000503:physiopathology; D015425:Myocardial Reperfusion; D017682:Myocardial Stunning / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010456:Peptides, Cyclic / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012039:Regional Blood Flow / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D065128:Endothelin Receptor Antagonists; D019332:Endothelin-1; D010456:Peptides, Cyclic; C088196:TAK 044