title: Cardiac anticholinergic effects of procainamide and its N-acetylated metabolite: experimental pharmacological and radioligand binding studies.
abstract: 1. The cardiac anticholinergic effects of procainamide (1 mg kg(-1) min(-1)) and its N-acetylated metabolite (NAPA) at equimolar dose (1.16 mg kg(-1) min(-1)) were studied using in vivo experimental pharmacological and in vitro radioligand binding studies. 2. Procainamide and NAPA progressively reduced vagal stimulation-induced bradycardia in chloralose-anaesthetized dogs. As indicated by the ED50, the vagolytic activity of NAPA is 1.5-2.0 times weaker than that of procainamide. Both drugs increased heart rate, with lowering of mean blood pressure during the second part of procainamide infusion, but not during NAPA infusion. 3. Binding studies on rat heart membranes yielded Ki values that were 1.5 times higher for NAPA than for procainamide. 4. These results show that NAPA exerts a weaker cardiac vagolytic action than procainamide, which is probably linked to a lower ability to bind to cardiac muscarinic receptors.
authors.affiliation: INSERM U. 195, Faculty of Medicine, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Boucher
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chassaing
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Laborde
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Breysse
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Herbet
mesh_terms: D000120:Acecainide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000107:Acetylation; D000818:Animals; D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D001919:Bradycardia / Q000139:chemically induced; D018680:Cholinergic Antagonists / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000294:innervation; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism; D009420:Nervous System / Q000187:drug effects; D011342:Procainamide / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011869:Radioligand Assay; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D011950:Receptors, Cholinergic / Q000187:drug effects*; D011976:Receptors, Muscarinic / Q000187:drug effects; D014630:Vagus Nerve / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; D018680:Cholinergic Antagonists; D011950:Receptors, Cholinergic; D011976:Receptors, Muscarinic; D000120:Acecainide; D011342:Procainamide