Effects of imidapril and TA-606 on rat dilated cardiomyopathy after myocarditis.
For the management of chronic heart failure, both angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEI) and angiotensin II type 1 receptor blockers (ARB) are useful, however, the differences between the two groups of agents are unclear. We compared the effects of long-term treatment with an ACEI (imidapril) and an ARB (TA-606) in rats that had recovered from experimental autoimmune myocarditis (EAM). Forty-two Lewis rats were immunized with porcine cardiac myosin on day 0 and divided into 6 groups, group C (distilled water), group IL (imidapril 0.5 mg/kg/day), group IH (imidapril 2 mg/kg/day), group TL (TA-606 2 mg/kg/day), group TH (TA-606 6 mg/kg/day), and group IT (imidapril 0.5 mg/kg/day + TA-606 2 mg/kg/day). Drugs were administered from day 28. Hemodynamic parameters, heart weight/body weight ratio (HW/BW), and area of fibrosis were measured on days 70-74. Only the high dose of imidapril significantly decreased central venous pressure and significantly increased maximum dP/dt and the absolute value of minimum dP/dt. HW/BW was suppressed in groups IH, TH, and IT. Thus, in treatment of chronic heart failure in rats, a sufficient dose of ACEI was needed to improve hemodynamics and to prevent ventricular hypertrophy. The hemodynamic effects of ARB and combination therapy of both drugs at low doses were not significant.
Division of Cardiology, Niigata Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 1-754 Asahimachi, Niigata-City 951-8510, Japan.
Takeshi
T
Kashimura
Manabu
M
Hayashi
Makoto
M
Kodama
Mikio
M
Nakazawa
Satoru
S
Abe
Tsuyoshi
T
Yoshida
Hitoshi
H
Tachikawa
Haruo
H
Hanawa
Kiminori
K
Kato
Kenichi
K
Watanabe
Yoshifusa
Y
Aizawa
D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000818:Animals; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006439:Hemodynamics; D007093:Imidazoles / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D048289:Imidazolidines; D008297:Male; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000150:complications*; D011725:Pyridines / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D051381:Rats; D011917:Rats, Inbred Lew; D044140:Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 1; D011945:Receptors, Angiotensin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013777:Tetrazoles / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors; D007093:Imidazoles; D048289:Imidazolidines; D011725:Pyridines; D044140:Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 1; D011945:Receptors, Angiotensin; C112300:TA 606; D013777:Tetrazoles; C065166:imidapril