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Pharmacological studies on a new dihydrothienopyridine calcium antagonist. 4th communication: prophylactic and therapeutic effects of S-(+)-methyl-4,7-dihydro-3-isobutyl-6-methyl-4-(3-nitrophenyl)thieno[2, 3- b]pyridine-5-carboxylate in stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats.

Abstract
The prophylactic and therapeutic effects of S-312-d (S-(+)-methyl-4,7-dihydro-3-isobutyl-6-methyl-4-(3-nitrophenyl)thieno[2, 3- b]pyridine-5-carboxylate, CAS 120056-57-7) were compared with those of nimodipine or nicardipine using male stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRSP). The survival rate of SHRSP was dose-dependently increased by once a day oral administration of S-312-d (0.3, 1, and 3 mg/kg) or nimodipine (10 mg/kg), while all non-treated SHRSP fed with high Na+ diet died within 40 days after the start of the experiment. All SHRSP treated with 3 mg/kg S-312-d survived during the 60-day experiment periods. Marked decreases of body weights and various neurological symptoms were also inhibited with S-312-d or nimodipine. Moderate diuretic effects were observed with S-312-d at doses of 1 and 3 mg/kg. The appearance of urinary occult blood in control SHRSP was markedly inhibited with S-312-d at 1 mg/kg and nimodipine at 10 mg/kg. Histological examination of the brain of SHRSP showed that cerebral stroke lesion including edema, hemorrhage, and/or softening was dose-dependently inhibited with S-312-d. Once a day oral administration of S-312-d (1, 3, or 10 mg/kg) dose-dependently increased the body weights and improved the neurological symptoms of diseased SHRSP. The appearance of proteinuria and of occult blood in the urine of SHRSP were also markedly inhibited with S-312-d or nicardipine. Histological examination of the brain of SHRSP showed that the arbitrary neurotoxic index (ANI) for stroke lesion dose-dependently decreased with S-312-d at 1, 3, and 10 mg/kg as follows: 4.8, 3.0, 2.3. The ANI for non-treated SHRSP was 7.6. The therapeutic effects of nicardipine (ANI 3.9) at 10 mg/kg corresponded to those of S-312-d at 3 mg/kg. Thus, S-312-d can be recommended for the treatment of cerebral insufficiency or vasospasm following stroke as well as in essential hypertension.
AuthorsM Ueda, M Masui, M Kawakami, K Matsunaga, T Gemba, M Ninomiya, A Nakano, M Torii, I Adachi, H Ito
JournalArzneimittel-Forschung (Arzneimittelforschung) Vol. 43 Issue 12 Pg. 1291-303 (Dec 1993) ISSN: 0004-4172 [Print] Germany
PMID8141816 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Calcium Channel Blockers
  • Dihydropyridines
  • Sodium, Dietary
  • S 312
  • Nimodipine
  • Nicardipine
Topics
  • Animals
  • Behavior, Animal (drug effects)
  • Blood Pressure (drug effects)
  • Body Weight (drug effects)
  • Brain (pathology)
  • Calcium Channel Blockers (therapeutic use)
  • Cerebrovascular Disorders (genetics, pathology)
  • Dihydropyridines (therapeutic use)
  • Drinking (drug effects)
  • Eating (drug effects)
  • Heart Rate (drug effects)
  • Hypertension (drug therapy, pathology, prevention & control)
  • Life Expectancy
  • Male
  • Nicardipine (therapeutic use)
  • Nimodipine (therapeutic use)
  • Organ Size (drug effects)
  • Rats
  • Rats, Inbred SHR
  • Sodium, Dietary (pharmacology)

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