Hepatoprotective effect of the endothelin receptor antagonist TAK‐044 against ischemia‐reperfusion injury in the canine liver
Hepatoprotective effect of the endothelin receptor antagonist TAK‐044 against ischemia‐reperfusion injury in the canine liver
复制标题
内皮素受体拮抗剂TAK-044对犬肝脏缺血再灌注损伤的保肝作用
作者:
Y. Kitayama;N. Yamanaka;E. Kawamura;N. Kuroda;E. Okamoto
The present study was designed to investigate if TAK‐044, a novel endothelin (ET) ETA/ETB receptor antagonist, inhibits ischemia‐ reperfusion liver injury. The initial study showed the presence of both ETA and ETB receptors in canine hepatic membrane fractions using the specific binding assay of labeled ET‐1 with ET isomers and TAK‐044. The nonselective ETA/ETB receptor antagonist TAK‐044 inhibited the specific binding of ET‐1 to the receptors in a concentration‐dependent manner. In subsequent studies using a canine 70% partial liver ischemic model (60 minutes), we found that an intravenous injection of TAK‐044 (3 mg/kg) before ischemia significantly inhibited the release of serum liver enzymes (aspartate transaminase, alanine transaminase, mitochondrial glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase, and an increase of indocyanine green retention rate after reperfusion, compared with the control group. Elevation of the portal venous pressure was also suppressed significantly during the portal triad occlusion, and a rapid restoration of oxygen pressure in the liver tissue after reperfusion was observed in the TAK‐044‐treated group. Morphometric analysis revealed that the hepatocyte swelling and sinusoidal contraction 1 hour after reperfusion were significantly less severe in the treated group than in the control group. The sludging of erythrocytes in the sinusoidal lumens was also minimal in the treated group. In conclusion, the significant suppression of hepatic microcirculatory disturbance and tissue injury after ischemia‐reperfusion were shown in the TAK‐044‐treated group. This finding indicates that the pretreatment of TAK‐044 is useful as a hepatoprotective agent against ischemia‐reperfusion injury, which is otherwise produced by a pathway involving ET‐1.
DOI:
10.1152/ajpgi.1994.266.4.g624
发表时间:
1994
期刊:
The American journal of physiology
影响因子:
--
作者:
Zhang,JX;PegoliJr,W;Clemens,MG
通讯作者:
Clemens,MG
DOI:
--
发表时间:
1990
期刊:
The Journal of biological chemistry
影响因子:
--
作者:
Gandhi,CR;Stephenson,K;Olson,MS
通讯作者:
Olson,MS
影响因子:
4.1
作者:
GANDHI, CR;BEHAL, RH;OLSON, MS
通讯作者:
OLSON, MS