
Pharmacological Characterization of (3-Thienylidene)-3,4-Methylenedioxybenzoylhydrazide: A Novel Muscarinic Agonist With Antihypertensive Profile
2009; Oxford University Press; Volume: 23; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1038/ajh.2009.238
ISSN1941-7225
AutoresGisele Zapata‐Sudo, Sharlene Lopes Pereira, Hellen J. V. Beiral, Arthur Eugen Kümmerle, Juliana Montani Raimundo, Flavia Tasmin Techera Antunes, Roberto T. Sudo, Eliezer J. Barreiro, Carlos Alberto Manssour Fraga,
Tópico(s)Free Radicals and Antioxidants
ResumoSeveral new bioactive compounds of the N-acylhydrazone class were developed from the safrole, a Brazilian natural product obtained from sassafras oil (Ocotea pretiosa). This work investigated the effects on cardiovascular system of LASSBio-897, a new analogue of the lead compound 3,4-methylenedioxybenzoyl-2-thienylhydrazone named LASSBio-294.Thoracic aorta from Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rats was prepared for isometric tension recording and for cGMP content determination. Blood pressure (BP) was measured in WKY rats and spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) after treatment with 1 mg/kg intravenously of LASSBio-897 and during 14 days' treatment of SHR with 1 mg/kg/day perorally.LASSBio-897 (0.05-1 micromol/l) exhibited a potent vasodilatory activity in phenylephrine (Phe)-contracted aortic rings from WKY rats. This effect was abolished in endothelium-denuded aortic rings and after treatment with the nitric oxide (NO) synthase inhibitor, N(G)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) or the guanylyl cyclase inhibitor, 1H-[1,2,4]oxadiazolo[4,3-a]quinoxalin-1-one (ODQ). Also, LASSBio 897 (1 micromol/l) increased about 15 times the intracellular content of cGMP. LASSBio-897-induced vasodilation was totally inhibited by the muscarinic antagonist atropine and by the M(3) subtype selective antagonist 4-diphenylacetoxy-N-methylpiperidine methiodide (4-DAMP), indicating the involvement of M(3) receptors. Intravenous administration of LASSBio-897 (1 mg/kg) produced significant hypotensive response in both WKY and SHR. The hypotensive effect of LASSBio-897 was also observed during the 14 days of oral administration.The novel N-acylhydrazone derivative LASSBio-897 exhibited a potent vasodilatory activity in aortic rings mediated by the NO/cGMP pathway via activation of endothelial M(3) receptors and was orally effective in reducing BP on SHR.
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