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Obejero-Paz CA, Bruening-Wright A, Kramer J, Hawryluk P, Tatalovic M, Dittrich HC, Brown AM. Quantitative Profiling of the Effects of Vanoxerine on Human Cardiac Ion Channels and its Application to Cardiac Risk. Sci Rep 2015; 5:17623. [PMID: 26616666 PMCID: PMC4663487 DOI: 10.1038/srep17623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2015] [Accepted: 11/03/2015] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Vanoxerine has been in clinical trials for Parkinsonism, depression and cocaine addiction but lacked efficacy. Although a potent blocker of hERG, it produced no serious adverse events. We attributed the unexpected result to offsetting Multiple Ion Channel Effects (MICE). Vanoxerine’s effects were strongly frequency-dependent and we repositioned it for treatment of atrial fibrillation and flutter. Vanoxerine terminated AF/AFL in an animal model and a dose-ranging clinical trial. Reversion to normal rhythm was associated with QT prolongation yet absent proarrhythmia markers for Torsade de Pointes (TdP). To understand the QT/TdP discordance, we used quantitative profiling and compared vanoxerine with dofetilide, a selective hERG-blocking torsadogen used for intractable AF, verapamil, a non-torsadogenic MICE comparator and bepridil, a torsadogenic MICE comparator. At clinically relevant concentrations, verapamil blocked hCav1.2 and hERG, as did vanoxerine and bepridil both of which also blocked hNav1.5. In acute experiments and simulations, dofetilide produced early after depolarizations (EADs) and arrhythmias, whereas verapamil, vanoxerine and bepridil produced no proarrhythmia markers. Of the MICE drugs only bepridil inhibited hERG trafficking following overnight exposure. The results are consistent with the emphasis on MICE of the CiPA assay. Additionally we propose that trafficking inhibition of hERG be added to CiPA.
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Affiliation(s)
- Carlos A Obejero-Paz
- ChanTest Corporation, a Charles River Company, Discovery Services, 14656 Neo Parkway, Cleveland, OH 44128, USA
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- ChanTest Corporation, a Charles River Company, Discovery Services, 14656 Neo Parkway, Cleveland, OH 44128, USA
| | - James Kramer
- ChanTest Corporation, a Charles River Company, Discovery Services, 14656 Neo Parkway, Cleveland, OH 44128, USA
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- ChanTest Corporation, a Charles River Company, Discovery Services, 14656 Neo Parkway, Cleveland, OH 44128, USA
| | - Milos Tatalovic
- ChanTest Corporation, a Charles River Company, Discovery Services, 14656 Neo Parkway, Cleveland, OH 44128, USA
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- Laguna Pharmaceuticals, 4225 Executive Square, Suite 960, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- ChanTest Corporation, a Charles River Company, Discovery Services, 14656 Neo Parkway, Cleveland, OH 44128, USA.,Laguna Pharmaceuticals, 4225 Executive Square, Suite 960, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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