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Renal effects of a selective cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitor [MF-Tricyclic; 3-(3,4-difluorophenyl)-4-(4-(methylsulfonyl)phenyl)-2-(5H)-furanone] were studied in control and volume-depleted conscious dogs. MF-Tricyclic was compared with the nonselective COX-1/COX-2 inhibitor indomethacin. Six instrumented male dogs were randomly selected to receive MF-Tricyclic or indomethacin at 10 mg/kg. Volume depletion was effected by a sodium-restricted diet (14 days) with administration of furosemide (7.5 mg/kg, i.v.) the day before the experiment. Indomethacin ablated systemic COX-1 activity (p < 0.05), whereas MF-Tricyclic did not affect this activity. Each compound achieved plasma concentrations in excess of their respective median inhibitory concentrations (IC50 values) against canine COX-2. In controls, neither compound affected mean arterial pressure (MAP), heart rate (HR), renal blood flow (RBF), fractional excretion (FE) Na+, or FE K+. In volume-depleted dogs, indomethacin reduced RBF (p < 0.05), whereas MF-Tricyclic did not affect this parameter. Indices of renal function in volume-depleted dogs were not affected. These data are consistent with the view that the effects of indomethacin on RBF are a consequence of inhibition of COX-1 activity. Furthermore, in these studies, short-term administration of a selective COX-2 inhibitor was without deleterious effects on renal function.

We studied the electrophysiologic and antifibrillatory properties of MS-551 (1,3-dimethyl-6-((2-[N-hydroxy-ethyl)-3-(4-nitrophenyl) propylamino] ethylamino) 2,4(1H,3H) pyrimidinedione hydrochloride) in a conscious canine model of sudden cardiac death. Three to 5 days after surgically induced myocardial infarction (MI: 2-h occlusion of the left anterior descending coronary artery, LAD), animals were subjected to programmed electrical stimulation (PES) to identify those at risk for sudden cardiac death. MS-551 was administered (2.0, 3.0, or 4 x 2.0 mg/kg intravenously, i.v.). Vehicle-treated animals received 0.9% sodium chloride solution for injection. MS-551 (multiple-dose regimen) increased ventricular effective refractory period (VERP) from 112 +/- 4 to 137 +/- 4 ms (p < 0.05) as compared with vehicle treatment, which did not alter VERP (125 +/- 6 to 121 +/- 5 ms). MS-551 prolonged QTc interval from a predrug value of 293 +/- 8 to 333 +/- 18 ms postdrug. The size of surgically induced MI did not differ among groups: 2.0 mg/kg, 23 +/- 4%; 3.0 mg/kg, 28 +/- 2%; 4 x 2.0 mg/kg, 25 +/- 3%; and vehicle, 28 +/- 3% of the left ventricle. Single bolus administration of MS-551 (2.0 or 3.0 mg/kg i.v.) did not confer significant protection against sudden cardiac death. However, repeated administration of MS-551 protected against sudden cardiac death in 8 of 10 dogs as compared with 2 of 12 in the vehicle-treated group (p < 0.05). The data indicate that a multiple-dose regimen of MS-551 provides protection against ischemia-induced ventricular fibrillation (VF) in the postinfarcted heart. The mechanism by which MS-551 achieves its antifibrillatory effect most likely depends on its ability to prolong VERP of myocardium without altering ventricular conduction velocity.

We assessed ranolazine's potential to reduce myocardial injury resulting from 90-min occlusion and 18-h reperfusion of left circumflex coronary artery (LCX) in anesthetized dogs. Ranolazine, a putative antianginal agent, has exhibited positive results in a variety of experimental models associated with the ischemic myocardium. Previous studies demonstrated that ranolazine possesses a mechanism of action involving increases in the amount of active pyruvate dehydrogenase during ischemia, suggesting that the compound may act to promote glucose utilization. Ranolazine was administered as a bolus of 3.3 mg/kg, followed by a constant infusion of 7.2 mg/kg/h for 20 h. The loading dose was administered 30 min before LCX occlusion. Control animals received appropriate volumes of vehicles (loading and infusion). Hemodynamics were unchanged between ranolazine and vehicle groups. Three animals in each group were excluded because of ventricular fibrillation (VF). There was no difference in degree of ST segment change between control and ranolazine-treated groups at any time during LCX occlusion. The area at risk (AAR) of infarct was 40.1 +/- 1.7 and 38.9 +/- 1.3% in control-treated (n = 13) and randolazine-treated (n = 8) animals, respectively (p = 0.631). Myocardial infarct size (IS) was 31.7 +/- 5.2 and 36.6 +/- 8.5% in control and ranolazine-treated animals, respectively (p = 0.603). No significant changes were observed in plasma content of enzymatic markers at 0.5, 2.0, and 18.0 h of reperfusion. The results of this in vivo study indicate that ranolazine did not provide protection from injury to regionally ischemic and reperfused myocardium despite its reported antiischemic activity.

We studied the electrophysiologic and antifibrillatory effects of the class III agent MS-551 in a rabbit isolated heart model in which ventricular fibrillation (VF) occurs reproducibly under conditions of hypoxia/reoxygenation in the presence of the ATP-dependent potassium channel opener, pinacidil. Ten minutes after MS-551 or vehicle administration, addition of pinacidil (1.25 microM) to the buffer was followed by a 12-min hypoxic period and 40-min reoxygenation. At a low concentration of MS-551 (1.0 microM), VF occurred in 5 of 6 hearts, the same incidence as in the control group (5 of 6). In contrast 0 of 6 hearts treated with 15 microM MS-551 developed VF (p < 0.05 vs. vehicle). Ventricular effective refractory period (VERP) was determined in a separate group of isolated hearts (n = 13). Pinacidil alone, during normoxic perfusion, decreased VERP 48 +/- 11% (p < 0.05) 15 min after exposure. Five minutes of hypoxia alone also decreased VERP (57 +/- 8%, p < 0.05). Under normoxic conditions, MS-551 increased ERP 31 +/- 10% (p < 0.05 vs. baseline). VERP prolongation by MS-551 was reduced in the presence of pinacidil but remained 22 +/- 6% (p < 0.05) above baseline. The results suggest that VERP shortening owing to pinacidil-mediated ATP-dependent K+ channel opening is associated with development of VF in isolated heart. MS-551 attenuates the pinacidil-mediated decrease in VERP and prevents pinacidil+hypoxia-reoxygenation-induced VF. Because pinacidil and hypoxia open myocardial KATP channels, putatively decreasing VERP, MS-551 may exert its antifibrillatory effect through partial blockade of KATP channels.

The electrophysiologic and antifibrillatory properties of NE-10064 were studied in vivo in a conscious canine model of sudden cardiac death. Purpose bred male mongrel dogs weighing 14.5-21.5 kg were anesthetized, and surgical anterior myocardial infarction (MI) was induced by a 2-h occlusion, with reperfusion, of the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD). Three to 5 days after induction of anterior wall MI, animals were subjected to testing by programmed electrical stimulation (PES). As compared with predrug incidence (12 of 12), NE-10064 (10 mg/kg intravenously, i.v.) reduced (p < 0.05) the incidence (8 of 12) of PES-induced ventricular tachycardia (VT). All but 1 control animal remained inducible after vehicle (5% dextrose in water). The cycle length of induced VT was not prolonged by NE-10064 (0.245 +/- 0.046 s predrug vs. 0.301 +/- 0.060 s postdrug). NE-10064 increased ventricular effective refractory period (VERP 166 +/- 5 ms predrug vs. 194 +/- 13 ms postdrug, p = 0.013), prolonged QTc interval (310 +/- 12 ms predrug vs. 350 +/- 16 ms postdrug, p = 0.004) and prolonged the effective refractory period (ERP) of noninfarcted myocardium (p = 0.045). The drug did not affect ECG-indexes of conduction velocity: QRS and P-R intervals were not affected, nor were activation delay and conduction time of noninfarcted and infarcted myocardium. In the sudden cardiac death protocol, NE-10064 protected (p = 0.018) against ischemia-induced ventricular fibrillation (VF, 75% survival with drug vs. 25% survival without drug). NE-10064 afforded protection (p = 0.040) throughout 14 h posterolateral ischemia in the presence of the previous anterior infarct.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

We investigated the effects of the ATP-dependent K+ channel antagonist glyburide and the ATP-dependent K+ channel agonist pinacidil in a Langendorff-perfused rabbit isolated heart subjected to a period of global hypoxia. A class III antiarrhythmic drug, E-4031, also was studied in this model. These studies aimed to define the mechanism of action of putative profibrillatory actions of pinacidil and the mechanism for the antifibrillatory effect of the class III antiarrhythmic drug, E-4031, in the hypoxic heart. After stabilization and determination of baseline functional parameters under normoxic perfusion conditions (95% O2/5% CO2), hearts were subjected to global hypoxia by switching to a 95% N2/5% CO2 saturated perfusion medium for a period of 12 min. After the hypoxic period, normoxia was re-established by switching to the oxygen-carbon dioxide saturated buffer medium for a period of 40 min. The oxygen tension of the perfusion buffer was reduced from approximately 400 mm Hg to below 50 mm Hg during the hypoxic period. All hearts subjected to hypoxia had reduced function: the left ventricular developed pressure and +/- dP/dt were reduced significantly. Myocardial tissue ATP concentrations were reduced (> 50%) in hearts subjected to hypoxia. Under conditions of hypoxic/reoxygenation and in the presence of a low (2.5 mM) potassium concentration ([K+]0), pinacidil (1.25 microM) facilitated the induction of ventricular fibrillation (80% fibrillation in the presence of pinacidil vs. 20% in the absence of pinacidil). Glyburide (10 microM) and E-4031 (1 and 10 microM) significantly reduced the incidence of ventricular fibrillation associated with pinacidil (20% fibrillation in the presence of hypoxia, pinacidil, and glyburide or 10 microM E-4031). Opening of the ATP-dependent K+ channel by pinacidil under normoxia and low K+ also facilitated the induction of ventricular fibrillation (60% ventricular fibrillation). Pinacidil failed to induce ventricular fibrillation under either normoxic or conditions of hypoxic/reoxygenation when the [K+]0 was increased to 5.1 mM. The results of this study demonstrate that K+ channel activators facilitate the induction of ventricular fibrillation under both normoxic conditions and conditions of hypoxic/reoxygenation when the perfusion buffer K+ concentration is reduced.

To determine the role of platelet-activating factor (1-O-hexa-decyl-2-acetyl-sn-glyceryl-phosphoryl-choline, PAF) in myocardial ischemic and reperfusion-induced injury, the effects of a PAF receptor antagonist (WEB 2086) were studied in an anesthetized canine model of ischemia (90 min) and reperfusion (6 h). Thirty minutes after onset of ischemia, WEB 2086 was administered as a bolus (20 mg/kg intravenously, i.v.) followed by a continuous 6-h infusion (10 mg/kg/h i.v.). Controls received vehicle alone (0.9% saline). Platelet aggregation was studied at baseline and at 1, 2, 4, and 6 h of drug administration and at the end of the reperfusion period. WEB 2086 treatment did not significantly affect platelet aggregation stimulated by ADP or arachidonic acid (AA). After 1 h of drug infusion, the ex vivo aggregatory response to exogenous (200 nM) PAF was ablated in WEB 2086-treated animals. WEB 2086 administration did not affect heart rate (HR) or mean arterial blood pressure (MAP) during the occlusion or reperfusion phases. During reperfusion of the ischemic tissue, left circumflex coronary artery (LCX) blood flow of WEB 2086-treated animals increased (p < 0.05) above control value. The area of the left ventricle at risk of infarct was not different between control and WEB 2086-treated groups. Infarct size was not significantly reduced in WEB 2086-treated animals. The results of our investigation using a 90-min ischemic period followed by 6-h reperfusion show that pharmacologic antagonism of PAF by WEB 2086 does not protect the heart against ischemia and reperfusion-induced injury.