PMID: 3755113Apr 1, 1986Paper

Antagonism of collagen-induced ECG changes in rats by a thromboxane synthetase inhibitor, CV-4151

Nihon yakurigaku zasshi. Folia pharmacologica Japonica
H MatsumuraY Imai

Abstract

Ten weeks old male Sprague-Dawley rats were used. One mg/kg of a calfskin type III collagen was injected into a tail vein under pentobarbital anesthesia, and the electrocardiogram (ECG) was recorded via leads I, II and III for 10 min. Abnormal ECG patterns, i.e., ST-T changes and incidence of arrhythmia, were shown after collagen injection, and some rats suffered cardiac arrest. Oral administration of (E)-7-phenyl-7-(3-pyridyl)-6-heptenoic acid (CV-4151), a thromboxane synthetase inhibitor, at the dose of 10 mg/kg two hr before the collagen injection made the ST-T changes small, and it reduced the incidence of cardiac arrest. The effect of CV-4151 was greater than that of 30 mg/kg of ticlopidine with the same type of treatment. Neither CV-4151 nor ticlopidine had any affect on collagen-induced decreases in the blood platelet count. However, plasma thromboxane (TX) B2 level in the CV-4151-treated group was very low in comparison with those in both the control and ticlopidine-treated groups at 10 min after the collagen injection. These findings indicate that TXA2 may contribute, at least partly, to the collagen-induced ECG changes and indicate that CV-4151 might be a favorable agent for the prevention of TXA2-mediated cardiac isc...Continue Reading

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