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From the Departments of Safety Assessment*
and
Renal Pharmacology,
SmithKline Beecham
Pharmaceuticals, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania
Several vasoactive drugs that lower blood pressure and increase heart rate induce regional cardiotoxicity in the dog, most frequently of right coronary arteries and right atrium. The basis for this selective damage is thought to result from local changes in vascular tone and blood flow. Administration of an endothelin receptor antagonist (ETRA, SB 209670) to dogs induced damage most frequent and severe in the right coronary artery and right atrium. Because site predisposition may correlate with distribution of vasoactive receptors, the objectives of this study were to map endothelin (ET) receptor distribution and density within regions of dog heart using both gene (mRNA) and protein expression endpoints for dog ETA and ETB receptors, and, additionally, correlate ET receptor subtype density with regional cardiac blood flow. A 10- to 15-mmHg reduction in mean arterial pressure with a concomitant increase in heart rate (10–20%), a six- and twofold increase in regional blood flow to the right and left atrium, respectively, and acute hemorrhage, medial necrosis, and inflammation were observed in the right coronary arteries and arteries of the right atrium after ETRA infusion for 5 days. Radioligand protein binding to quantify both ET receptors in normal dog heart indicated a twofold greater density of ET receptors in atrial regions versus ventricular regions. Importantly, ET receptor density in coronary arteries was markedly (about five- to sixfold) increased above that in atrial or ventricular tissues. ET receptor subtype characterization indicated ETB receptors were three times more prevalent in right coronary arteries compared to left coronary arteries and in situ hybridization confirmed localization of ETB in vascular smooth muscle. ETA receptor density was comparable in right and left coronary arteries. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction for ETA and ETB receptor mRNA transcripts supported the site prevalence for message distribution. Consequently, the composite of protein and message expression profiles for ETA and ETB receptors indicated a disproportionate distribution of ETB receptors within right coronary artery of dog and this, along with functional measures of blood flow after ETRA infusion indicated a predisposition for exaggerated pharmacological responses and subsequent damage to right coronary arteries by ET and/or ETRAs.
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