title: Antithrombotic effects in a rat model of aspirin-insensitive arterial thrombosis of desethyl KBT-3022, the main active metabolite of a new antiplatelet agent, KBT-3022.
abstract: The antithrombotic effect of desethyl KBT-3022, which is the main active metabolite of the new antiplatelet agent, KBT-3022 (ethyl 2-[4,5-bis(4-methoxyphenyl)thiazol-2-yl] pyrrol-1-ylacetate; a cyclooxygenase inhibitor), was determined using a photochemically induced arterial thrombosis model in the rat femoral artery. Pretreatment with desethyl KBT-3022 (0.1, 0.3 and 1 mg/kg, i.v.) prolonged the time required to achieve thrombotic occlusion in the femoral artery and inhibited collagen-induced platelet aggregation in whole blood ex vivo, each in a dose-dependent manner. In all 6 rats used, particularly at the highest dose (1 mg/kg, i.v.) tested, cyclic variations in blood flow were hardly ever observed and complete cessation of blood flow did not occur during the 30-min observation time. BM-13505 (1, 3 and 10 mg/kg, i.v.), a thromboxane A2 receptor antagonist, also prolonged the time to occlusion, but cyclic variations in blood flow did occur. On the other hand, aspirin (10 and 30 mg/kg, i.v.) had little effect in terms of preventing thrombosis, although it inhibited collagen-induced platelet aggregation to the same extent as did desethyl KBT-3022. Desethyl KBT-3022 inhibited the thrombin-induced aggregation of washed platelets in a concentration-dependent manner (1-40 microM), whereas aspirin and BM-13505 did not. These findings suggest that the potent antithrombotic effect of desethyl KBT-3022 may be attributable in part to its additional ability to inhibit thrombin-induced platelet aggregation. Accordingly, thromboxane A2 and thrombin may be important thrombotic mediators in this rat model.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Handa-cho, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shimazawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takiguchi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Umemura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kondo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakashima
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001241:Aspirin / Q000494:pharmacology; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000528:radiation effects; D008027:Light / Q000009:adverse effects; D008297:Male; D010648:Phenylacetates / Q000494:pharmacology; D010974:Platelet Aggregation / Q000187:drug effects; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011758:Pyrroles / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012039:Regional Blood Flow / Q000187:drug effects; D013449:Sulfonamides / Q000494:pharmacology; D013844:Thiazoles / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*
chemical_list: D010648:Phenylacetates; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; D011758:Pyrroles; D013449:Sulfonamides; D013844:Thiazoles; C064847:KB 3022; C064848:desethyl KB 3022; D001241:Aspirin; C051762:daltroban