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Gemili M, Sari H, Ulger M, Sahin E, Nural Y. Pt(II) and Ni(II) complexes of octahydropyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrrole N -benzoylthiourea derivatives: Synthesis, characterization, physical parameters and biological activity. Inorganica Chim Acta 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2017.04.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Ozawa M, Komatsu T, Sato Y, Kunugita F, Tachibana H, Tashiro A, Okabayashi H, Nakamura M. Comparison of the effects of bepridil and aprindine for the prevention of atrial fibrillation after cardiac and aortic surgery: A prospective randomized study. J Arrhythm 2015; 31:302-6. [PMID: 26550087 PMCID: PMC4600894 DOI: 10.1016/j.joa.2015.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2015] [Revised: 04/01/2015] [Accepted: 04/05/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Approximately one-third of the patients undergoing cardiovascular surgery reportedly experience paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF) during the postoperative period. However, the usefulness of antiarrhythmic drugs for preventing postoperative AF recurrence in the Japanese population has not been extensively studied. METHODS From a total of 118 patients who developed postoperative paroxysmal AF between April 2009 and March 2011, 72 patients (45 men, mean age 68±8 years) requiring treatment for postoperative AF due to symptoms lasting ≥30 min were enrolled to prospectively investigate the efficacy of oral bepridil (100 mg/day, n=37) or aprindine (40 mg/day, n=35). RESULT The AF recurrence-free survival rates at 1, 3, 7, and 14 days were 100%, 94%, 57%, and 49%, respectively, in the aprindine group, and 100%, 97%, 86%, and 76%, respectively, in the bepridil group (P=0.028, aprindine vs. bepridil). CONCLUSION Bepridil, at a fixed dose of 100 mg/day, was considered to be more effective than a routine dose of aprindine for the prevention of postoperative AF recurrence.
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- Mahito Ozawa
- Division of Cardioangiology, Nephrology and Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine and Memorial Heart Center, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine, Morioka, Japan
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- Division of Cardioangiology, Nephrology and Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine and Memorial Heart Center, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine, Morioka, Japan
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- Division of Cardioangiology, Nephrology and Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine and Memorial Heart Center, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine, Morioka, Japan
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- Division of Cardioangiology, Nephrology and Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine and Memorial Heart Center, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine, Morioka, Japan
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- Division of Cardioangiology, Nephrology and Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine and Memorial Heart Center, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine, Morioka, Japan
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- Division of Cardioangiology, Nephrology and Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine and Memorial Heart Center, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine, Morioka, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine, Morioka, Japan
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- Division of Cardioangiology, Nephrology and Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine and Memorial Heart Center, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine, Morioka, Japan
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Ishizaka T, Takahara A, Iwasaki H, Mitsumori Y, Kise H, Nakamura Y, Sugiyama A. Comparison of electropharmacological effects of bepridil and sotalol in halothane-anesthetized dogs. Circ J 2008; 72:1003-11. [PMID: 18503230 DOI: 10.1253/circj.72.1003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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BACKGROUND Bepridil is known to have a multiple ion channel-blocking property in the heart, which has been applied for the treatment of atrial fibrillation and drug-refractory ventricular tachyarrhythmias. In this study, the electro-pharmacological effects of bepridil were compared with those of dl-sotalol, a representative class III antiarrhythmic drug, using the halothane-anesthetized canine model. METHODS AND RESULTS Cardiovascular and electrophysiological variables were measured under the halothane anesthesia. Intravenous administration of bepridil (0.3 mg/kg, n=4) delayed the intraventricular conduction and prolonged the ventricular effective refractory period, whereas dl-sotalol (0.3 mg/kg, iv, n=4) inhibited atrioventricular conduction and prolonged the atrial and ventricular effective refractory period. The additional administration of 10 times the higher dose of bepridil or dl-sotalol (ie, 3 mg/kg, iv, n=4 for each group) decreased blood pressure, suppressed ventricular contraction and sinus automaticity, and prolonged the atrial and ventricular effective refractory period and monophasic action potential duration, in addition to the effects of the low dose. CONCLUSIONS The electropharmacological effects of bepridil and dl-sotalol were similar, although their potency for each cardiovascular variable varied significantly. These findings can be useful when selecting these drugs according to the pathophysiological condition of a patient.
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- Tomomichi Ishizaka
- Department of Pharmacology, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, Chuo, Japan
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Xu XL, Chen XJ, Ji H, Li P, Bian YY, Yang D, Xu JD, Bian ZP, Zhang JN. Astragaloside IV Improved Intracellular Calcium Handling in Hypoxia-Reoxygenated Cardiomyocytes via the Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Ca 2+-ATPase. Pharmacology 2008; 81:325-32. [DOI: 10.1159/000121335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2007] [Accepted: 10/16/2007] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Pharmacological therapy for atrial fibrillation (AF) is difficult because AF induces atrial remodeling. Randomized prospective studies using amiodarone could not show the superiority of rhythm control strategy to rate control strategy for treatment of AF. Bepridil is a multichannel blocker like amiodarone and expected to be effective for termination of AF without exacerbation of extracardiac adverse effects. Efficacy and safety of bepridil in pharmacological cardioversion of long-lasting AF (≥3 months) was assessed. To avoid the risk of excessive QT prolongation, bepridil dosage was limited to ≤200 mg/day and aprindine (class Ib) was added if necessary. Bepridil alone or in combination with aprindine restored sinus rhythm in 69% of patients. No adverse effects necessitating drug termination occurred. The average time to conversion after starting bepridil was 30 days and cardioversion was associated with significant increase in fibrillation cycle length. After cardioversion, atrial contraction recovered faster within 1 week and sinus rhythm was maintained better than conventional electrical cardioversion. The history of drug-resistant AF did not affect efficacy of bepridil. These observations suggest that pharmacological cardioversion of long-lasting AF could become a new therapeutic option. Although the precise mechanism of cardioversion by bepridil is not clear, reversal of the remodeled atria may play an important role.
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- Akira Fujiki
- The Second Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Toyama University, Toyama, Japan.
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Pharmacological Therapy for Fibrillations. J Arrhythm 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/s1880-4276(07)80021-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Fujiki A, Tsuneda T, Sakabe M, Nakagawa K, Mizumaki K, Hirai T, Inoue H. Maintenance of Sinus Rhythm and Recovery of Atrial Mechanical Function After Cardioversion With Bepridil or in Combination With Aprindine in Long-Lasting Persistent Atrial Fibrillation. Circ J 2004; 68:834-9. [PMID: 15329504 DOI: 10.1253/circj.68.834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to evaluate pharmacological cardioversion of long-lasting persistent atrial fibrillation (AF) using bepridil in terms of recovery of atrial mechanical function and maintenance of sinus rhythm. Bepridil alone or in combination with aprindine is effective for termination of persistent AF. METHODS AND RESULTS The study group comprised 38 consecutive patients (24 men, 58.8+/-9.3 years) with successful conversion of persistent AF lasting >1 month either pharmacologically (Group I) or electrically (Group II). Fast Fourier transform analysis of fibrillation waves was performed and fibrillation cycle length (FCL) was calculated from the peak frequency. In Group I, sinus rhythm was pharmacologically restored in 22 patients after an average 30 days (7-49 days) of bepridil administration, either alone (11) or in combination with oral aprindine (11); they were followed up while using the same drugs. In Group II, electrical conversion restored sinus rhythm in 16 patients, and they were followed up with conventional antiarrhythmic drugs other than bepridil and aprindine. After bepridil treatment FCL increased and became significantly longer in Group I than in Group II (190+/-39 vs 150+/-29 ms, p<0.001). Atrial peak velocity in transmitral flow within the first week after cardioversion was greater in Group I than in Group II (68+/-35 vs 32+/-20 cm/s, p<0.05). By Kaplan-Meier analysis, 83% of Group I patients were free of AF recurrence at the 12-month follow-up, compared with 36% in Group II (p<0.005). CONCLUSIONS In patients with long-lasting AF, pharmacological conversion with bepridil alone or in combination with aprindine recovered atrial mechanical function better and maintained sinus rhythm longer than electrical conversion.
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- Akira Fujiki
- The Second Department of Internal Medicine, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Toyama, Japan.
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Shevchuk AI, Gorelik J, Harding SE, Lab MJ, Klenerman D, Korchev YE. Simultaneous measurement of Ca2+ and cellular dynamics: combined scanning ion conductance and optical microscopy to study contracting cardiac myocytes. Biophys J 2001; 81:1759-64. [PMID: 11509385 PMCID: PMC1301650 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(01)75826-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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We have developed a distance modulated protocol for scanning ion conductance microscopy to provide a robust and reliable distance control mechanism for imaging contracting cells. The technique can measure rapid changes in cell height from 10 nm to several micrometers, with millisecond time resolution. This has been demonstrated on the extreme case of a contracting cardiac myocyte. By combining this method with laser confocal microscopy, it was possible to simultaneously measure the nanometric motion of the cardiac myocyte, and the local calcium concentration just under the cell membrane. Despite large cellular movement, simultaneous tracking of the changes in cell height and measurement of the intracellular Ca2+ near the cell surface is possible while retaining the cell functionality.
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- A I Shevchuk
- MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Division of Medicine, Imperial College School of Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Chen LW, Jan CR. Effect of the antianginal drug bepridil on intracellular Ca2+ release and extracellular Ca2+ influx in human neutrophils. Int Immunopharmacol 2001; 1:945-53. [PMID: 11379049 DOI: 10.1016/s1567-5769(01)00031-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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To understand more fully the effects of bepridil, an antiarrhythmic and antianginal drug, on myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury and systemic immune responses, its effect on intracellular Ca2+ levels ([Ca2+]i) in human neutrophils was investigated by using fura-2 as a fluorescent probe. Bepridil (10-200 microM) increased [Ca2+]i in a concentration-dependent fashion. This signal was partly inhibited by removal of extracellular Ca2+. In a Ca(2+)-free medium, pretreatment with bepridil (100 microM) abolished the Ca2+ release induced by thapsigargin (1 microM), an endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ pump inhibitor, and by carbonylcyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone (2 microM), a mitochondrial uncoupler. Pretreatment with carbonylcyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone and thapsigargin, respectively, partly inhibited bepridil-induced Ca2+ release. Addition of Ca2+ (3 mM) increased [Ca2+]i after pretreatment with bepridil (100 microM) in a Ca(2+)-free medium. Bepridil (100 microM)-induced Ca2+ release was not altered when phospholipase C was inhibited by U73122 (2 microM). Both Ca2+ release and Ca2+ entry induced by bepridil (100 microM) were augmented by activating protein kinase C with phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (10 nM), and were suppressed by inhibiting protein kinase C with GF 109203X (2 microM). Treatment with bepridil (10-20 microM) for 30 min increased the production of reactive oxygen intermediates (ROI) by more than 50%. Collectively, it was found that bepridil increased [Ca2+]i concentration-dependently in human neutrophils by releasing Ca2+ from the endoplasmic reticulum, mitochondria and, possibly, other compartments in a phospholipase C-independent manner. Bepridil also activated Ca2+ influx. The activity of protein kinase C may regulate bepridil-induced Ca2+ release and Ca2+ entry.
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- L W Chen
- Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Watanabe Y, Kimura J. Blocking effect of bepridil on Na+/Ca2+ exchange current in guinea pig cardiac ventricular myocytes. JAPANESE JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY 2001; 85:370-5. [PMID: 11388640 DOI: 10.1254/jjp.85.370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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We examined the effect of bepridil, a class IV antiarrhythmic drug, on Na+/Ca2+ exchange current (I(NCX)) in single guinea pig cardiac ventricular cells using the whole-cell voltage clamp technique. I(NCX) was recorded by ramp pulses from the holding potential of -60 mV in the presence of 140 mM Na+ and 1 mM Ca2+ in the external solution and 20 mM Na+ and 119 nM free Ca2+ (7 mM Ca2+ and 20 mM BAPTA) in the internal solution. Bepridil suppressed I(NCX) in a concentration-dependent manner. The IC50 value was 8.1 microM with a Hill coefficient of 0.8. Intracellular treatment with trypsin via the pipette solution attenuated the blocking effect of bepridil, suggesting that the inhibitory site is on the cytosolic side of the Na+/Ca2+ exchanger. In the absence of albumin in the external solution, 10 microM bepridil inhibited I(NCX) by 46+/-7% (n = 8), while bepridil blocked it by 28+/-8% (n = 6) in the presence of albumin. Bepridil inhibited I(NCX) in a supra-therapeutic concentration range.
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- Y Watanabe
- Department of Ecology and Clinical Therapeutics, School of Nursing, Fukushima Medical University, Japan.
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Fast VG, Ideker RE. Simultaneous optical mapping of transmembrane potential and intracellular calcium in myocyte cultures. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2000; 11:547-56. [PMID: 10826934 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2000.tb00008.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Fast spatially resolved measurements of transmembrane potential (Vm) and intracellular calcium (Ca(i)2+) are important for studying mechanisms of arrhythmias and defibrillation. The goals of this work were (1) to develop an optical technique for simultaneous multisite optical recordings of Vm and Ca(i)2+, and (2) to determine the relationship between Vm and Ca(i)2+ during normal impulse propagation in myocyte cultures. METHODS AND RESULTS Monolayers of neonatal rat myocytes were stained with fluorescent dye RH-237 (Vm) and Fluo-3AM (Ca(i)2+). Both dyes were excited at the same wavelength range. The emitted fluorescence was optically separated into components corresponding to changes in Vm and Ca(i)2+ and measured using two 16 x 16 photodiode arrays at a spatial resolution of up to 27.5 microm per diode and sampling rate of 2.5 kHz. The optical setup was adjusted so that there was no optical cross-talk between the two types of measurements, which was validated in experiments involving staining with either RH-237 or Fluo-3. The amplitude of Fluo-3 signals rapidly decreased during experiments due to dye leakage. Dye leakage was substantially reduced by application of 1 mM probenecid, a blocker of organic anion transport, which had no effect on action potential duration and only minor effect on conduction velocity. In double-stained preparations, during regular pacing Ca(i)2+ transients had a rise time of 14.2 +/- 2 msec, and they followed Vm upstrokes with a delay of 5.3 +/- 1 msec (n = 9). Durations of Vm and Ca(i)2+ transients determined at 50% level of signal recovery were 54.6 +/- 10 msec and 136 +/- 8 msec, respectively. Application of 2 microM nifedipine reduced the amplitude and duration of Ca(i)2+ transients without significantly affecting conduction velocity. CONCLUSION The results demonstrate feasibility of simultaneous optical recordings of Vm and Ca(i)2+ transients with high spatial and temporal resolution.
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- V G Fast
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294, USA.
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Wang JC, Kiyosue T, Kiriyama K, Arita M. Bepridil differentially inhibits two delayed rectifier K(+) currents, I(Kr) and I(Ks), in guinea-pig ventricular myocytes. Br J Pharmacol 1999; 128:1733-8. [PMID: 10588929 PMCID: PMC1571802 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0702959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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1. We investigated the effects of bepridil on the two components of the delayed rectifier K(+) current, i.e., the rapidly activating (I(Kr)) and the slowly activating (I(Ks)) currents using tight-seal whole-cell patch-clamp techniques in guinea-pig ventricular myocytes, under blockade of L-type Ca(2+) current with nitrendipine (5 microM) or D600 (1 microM). 2. Bepridil decreased I(Ks) under blockade of I(Kr) with E4031 (5 microM), in a concentration-dependent manner. The concentration-dependent inhibition of I(Ks) by bepridil was fitted by a curve, assuming one-to-one interactions between the channel and the drug molecule. The concentration of half-maximal inhibition (IC(50)) was found to be 6.2 microM. 3. The effect of bepridil on I(Kr) was assessed using an envelope-of-tails test. In the control condition, a ratio of the tail current to the time-dependent current measured during depolarization was large (>1) at shorter pulses (<200 ms), and it decreased to a steady state value of approximately 0.4 with increases in the pulse duration. Bepridil at a concentration of 2 microM did not decrease this ratio at shorter pulses. 4. In a short-pulse (duration=50 ms) experiment that largely activates I(Kr), the drug was found to block I(Kr) in a cooperative manner (Hill coefficient=3.03) and the IC(50) was 13.2 microM. 5. These results suggest that bepridil at a clinical therapeutic concentration ( approximately 2 microM) selectively blocks I(Ks) but does not inhibit I(Kr). This may relate to the characteristic frequency-dependent effects of bepridil on the action potential duration (APD), e.g., the non-reverse use-dependent prolongation of APD.
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- J C Wang
- Department of Physiology, Oita Medical University, Hasama, Oita 879-5593, Japan.
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