Abstract
In the present study the electrophysiological characteristics and the proarrhythmic potential of cisapride and a structurally related drug, mosapride, were compared. In the anesthetized guinea pig, cisapride andd-sotalol (0.01–10 μmol/kg i.v.,n = 6) dose-dependently prolonged the duration of the monophasic action potential recorded from the left ventricle. The maximal lengthening was 18 ± 3.2% at 1.0 μmol/kg (mean ± S.E.M., P < .01 vs. base line) and 19 ± 2.5% at 10 μmol/kg (P < .001) for cisapride andd-sotalol, respectively. In contrast, mosapride did not increase this variable. In a rabbit model of the acquired long QT syndrome, infusion of cisapride (0.3 μmol/kg/min for 10 min maximum,n = 6), but not mosapride or vehicle, was associated with a significant lengthening of the QTU interval (43 ± 3.8 ms, P < .01). Furthermore, torsades de pointes appeared in two of the six rabbits given cisapride. In isolated rabbit Purkinje fibers (PF), cisapride increased the action potential duration (48 ± 5.6% at 0.1 μmol/l, P < .01 vs. control,n = 4). Mosapride did not significantly influence the action potential duration (3 ± 2.0% increase at 1.0 μmol/l, n = 6). However, after mosapride was washed out, the addition of cisapride (0.1 μmol/l) caused a 46 ± 3.2% lengthening of the action potential duration (P < .01vs. 1.0 μmol/l mosapride). Early afterdepolarizations and triggered activity appeared in four of eight cisapride-superfused PF stimulated at a very low frequency (0.1 Hz). In isolated rabbit cardiomyocytes, cisapride concentration-dependently blocked (IC50 = 9 nmol/l) the rapid component of the delayed rectifying K+ current (IKr). Mosapride was approximately 1000-fold less potent in blocking IKr(IC50 = 4 μmol/l). It is concluded that the electrophysiological characteristics of cisapride may explain the recently reported propensity to prolong the QT interval and to induce torsades de pointes in susceptible patients, although a structurally related benzamide, mosapride, did not appear to have electrophysiological features of relevance for induction of torsades de pointes in common with cisapride.
Footnotes
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Send reprint requests to: Dr. Leif Carlsson, Astra Hässle AB, Preclinical Research & Development, Cardiovascular Pharmacology, S-431 83 Mölndal, Sweden.
- Abbreviations:
- EADs
- early afterdepolarizations
- Ikr
- rapidly activating delayed rectifier K+current
- MAP
- monophasic action potential
- MAPD75
- monophasic action potential duration at the 75% repolarization level
- ECG
- electrocardiogram
- HEPES
- N-2-hydroxyethylpiperazine-N′-ethanesulfonic acid
- Received December 5, 1996.
- Accepted March 21, 1997.
- The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
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