mr-1452 and Coronary-Disease

The effects of the stereoisomers of two different antagonists at opioid receptors were examined on the ventricular arrhythmias that result from acute coronary artery ligation in anaesthetized male rats. (-)-Mr 1452(but not the (+)-isomer, Mr 1453) reduced, in a dose-dependent manner, the number of ventricular ectopic beats and the incidence or duration of both ventricular tachycardia and fibrillation. (-)-WIN 44,441-3 (but not its (+)-isomer, WIN 44,441-2) had a similar protective effect in ischaemia. These results suggest that antagonism of the effects of endogenous opioid peptides at specific receptors results in reduced severity of arrhythmias in myocardial ischaemia.

Topics: Animals; Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; Azocines; Benzomorphans; Coronary Disease; Male; Narcotic Antagonists; Rats; Rats, Inbred Strains; Receptors, Opioid; Receptors, Opioid, kappa; Receptors, Opioid, mu; Stereoisomerism