Peroral TAS-202 reduced vessel density in rats with adjuvant-induced arthritis.

Abstract

The present study was designed to investigate blood vessel density interpreted as an indirect measurement of angiogenesis following 4-(3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl)-6-(2,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl)-2-diethylamino-pyrimidine (TAS-202) treatment in a rat model of arthritis. Male Lewis rats were inoculated intradermally with Mycobacterium butyricum into the hind paw and the arthritic responses were evaluated by measuring the changes in paw volume. Both peroral TAS-202 (10 or 30 mg/kg/day) and indomethacin (1 mg/kg/day) inhibited the autoimmune phase of the arthritic response. However, while the increase in blood vessel density in the synovial tissue was significantly inhibited by TAS-202 (10 and 30 mg/kg/day), indomethacin did not exert this effect (1 mg/kg/day). These results, together with the observation that TAS-202 in combination with indomethacin or prednisolone maintained its ability to exert an antiangiogenic effect, indicate that TAS-202 may offer promise as an oral pro-drug for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, through its inhibitory effect on angiogenesis at the inflammation site.

• Authors: Katsunao Tanaka, Motomu Watanabe, Yasushi Kuraishi, Ikuko Kimura, Takashi Suzuki, Mamoru Kiniwa
• Journal: European journal of pharmacology (Eur J Pharmacol) Vol. 466 Issue 1-2 Pg. 191-7 (Apr 11 2003) ISSN: 0014-2999 [Print] Netherlands
• PMID: 12679156 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• 4-(3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl)-6-(2,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl)-2-diethylaminopyrimidine
• Anti-Inflammatory Agents
• Pyrimidines
• Prednisone
• Indomethacin

Topics

• Administration, Oral
• Animals
• Anti-Inflammatory Agents (administration & dosage, pharmacology, therapeutic use)
• Arthritis, Experimental (drug therapy, immunology, microbiology)
• Blood Vessels (drug effects, physiology)
• Depression, Chemical
• Drug Therapy, Combination
• Indomethacin (pharmacology, therapeutic use)
• Male
• Mycobacterium
• Neovascularization, Pathologic (drug therapy, immunology, microbiology)
• Prednisone (pharmacology, therapeutic use)
• Pyrimidines (administration & dosage, pharmacology, therapeutic use)
• Rats
• Rats, Inbred Lew
• Synovial Membrane (blood supply, drug effects)