Pharmacology of DuP 532, a selective and noncompetitive AT1 receptor antagonist

PC Wong, SD Hart, AT Chiu, WF Herblin, DJ Carini, RD Smith, RR Wexler and PB Timmermans

Du Pont Merck Pharmaceutical Company, Wilmington, Delaware.

DuP 532 (2-propyl-4-pentafluoroethyl-1-[(2'-(1H-tetrazol-5-yl)bip hen yl- 4-yl)methyl]imidazole-5-carboxylic acid) inhibited the specific binding of [125I]angiotensin II (AII) for the subtype receptor AT1 in rat adrenal cortical membranes with an IC50 of 3.1 X 10(-9) M, but not the [125I]AII binding for the subtype AT2 sites in rat adrenal medulla tissues. It inhibited the contractile response to AII selectively and noncompetitively in the isolated rabbit aorta with a KB value of 1.1 X 10(-10) M. The selective AII antagonism was confirmed in the guinea pig ileum and the pithed rat. In conscious rats, DuP 532 inhibited the AII- induced pressor effect, aldosterone secretion, and water drinking induced by AII. In conscious renal hypertensive rats, DuP 532 decreased blood pressure with i.v. and p.o. ED30 of 0.02 and 0.21 mg/kg, respectively. The antihypertensive effect of DuP 532 at 0.3 to 3 mg/kg p.o. lasted for at least 24 hr. In conscious spontaneously hypertensive rats, DuP 532 given i.v. or p.o. at 0.3 to 3 mg/kg reduced blood pressure dose-dependently. DuP 532, at doses up to 100 mg/kg i.v., did not cause a pressor response in conscious normotensive rats, suggesting lack of agonism. DuP 532 exerted selective AII antagonism in conscious dogs. In conscious furosemide-treated dogs, DuP 532 given either at 0.3 and 1 mg/kg i.v. or at 1 to 10 mg/kg p.o. decreased blood pressure. As the AT1 receptors are responsible for AII-induced vasoconstriction, aldosterone secretion, and water drinking, our study indicates that DuP 532 is a potent, orally active, selective, and noncompetitive AT1 receptor antagonist and antihypertensive agent.

Volume 259, Issue 2, pp. 861-870, 11/01/1991
Copyright © 1991 by American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

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