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Evaluation of the thromboxane A2 synthetase inhibitor OKY-046 in a warm ischemia-reperfusion rat model.

Abstract
The pathophysiology of ischemia-reperfusion renal injury is mediated, in part, by the generation of the vasoconstricting prostanoid thromboxane A2 (TXA2). This study was undertaken to evaluate the renoprotective effects, as well as the optimal timing and dosage, of a selective thromboxane synthetase inhibitor, OKY-046, in a unilateral nephrectomized, 60 min ischemia, 72 hr reperfusion, rodent model. Forty-one rats were subjected to right nephrectomy only (group A), or right nephrectomy with 60 min of left renal ischemia and treatment with inactive vehicle only (group B), or 2 mg/kg or 4 mg/kg of OKY-046 administered intravenously before (groups C and D) or after (groups E and F) pedicle clamping. Outcome variables included animal survival; change in kidney weight; 0, 24, and 72 hr plasma creatinine (CR); urea nitrogen (BUN); thromboxane B2 (TXB2) and 6-keto prostaglandin F(1alpha) (6 kPGF(2alpha)) levels; creatinine clearance (CRCL); and histologic evidence of renal injury. Animal survival and postperfusion kidney weight were not significantly different among the groups. However, renal functional parameters were significantly improved with the 2 mg/kg dose of OKY-046 administered after renal ischemia. (group B 72 hr Cr= 8.01 +/- 1.1 mg% vs. group E=3.99 +/- 1.5 mg%, and group B 72 hr BUN=241.3 +/- 32.8 mg% vs. group E=52.6 +/- 22.5 mg%). The CRCL was also improved in group E vs. group B, although these results did not reach statistical significance (group B=0.069 ml/min vs. group E=0.194 ml/ min). The 24 hr TXB2 levels were significantly increased in group B (0 hr=754.1 +/- 219.4 pg/ml vs. 24 hr=2055.9 +/- 550.0 pg/ml), and pre- or posttreatment with OKY-046 abrogated this increase (group C 0 hr=517.1 +/- 80.9 pg/ml vs. 24 hr=384.7 +/- 251.5 pg/ml, and group E 0 hr=781.6 +/- 390.4 pg/ml vs. 24 hr=183.0 +/- 81.4 pg/ml). The 24 hr 6 kPGF(1alpha) levels decreased in all groups, whereas 72 hr 6 kPGF(1alpha) levels increased above baseline in groups A, C, and E, but not in group B. These data demonstrate the beneficial effects of thromboxane A2 synthesis inhibition in the setting of ischemia-reperfusion injury and suggest that this renoprotection correlates with late vasodilatory prostanoid synthesis.
AuthorsP J Garvin, M L Niehoff, S M Robinson, T Heisler, L Salinas-Madrigal, J Contis, H Solomon
JournalTransplantation (Transplantation) Vol. 61 Issue 10 Pg. 1429-34 (May 27 1996) ISSN: 0041-1337 [Print] United States
PMID8633364 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Methacrylates
  • Arachidonic Acid
  • Thromboxane B2
  • 6-Ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha
  • Thromboxane-A Synthase
  • ozagrel
Topics
  • 6-Ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha (metabolism)
  • Animals
  • Arachidonic Acid (metabolism)
  • Enzyme Inhibitors (therapeutic use)
  • Hot Temperature
  • Ischemia
  • Kidney (blood supply)
  • Male
  • Methacrylates (therapeutic use)
  • Organ Preservation (methods)
  • Rats
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley
  • Reperfusion Injury (prevention & control)
  • Thromboxane B2 (metabolism)
  • Thromboxane-A Synthase (antagonists & inhibitors)

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