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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-12-7
pubmed:abstractText
1. We have examined the effects of pirarubicin (THP), compared with epirubicin (EPI) and doxorubicin (DXR), on the contractile function in papillary muscles isolated from rats. 2. In in vivo experiments, in which the rat was treated once a week for 4 weeks with DXR (total dose 10 mg/kg) and thereafter once a week for 4 weeks with THP, EPI or DXR (total dose 10 mg/kg), a positive instead of negative force-frequency relationship was observed in the muscles treated with EPI and DXR, but not with THP, and an increase in contractile response to extracellular Ca2+ was observed more markedly in the muscles treated with DXR than in those treated with EPI and THP. 3. In in vitro experiments, in which the muscle preparations were incubated with the drugs at 100 or 200 microM for 2 hr, EPI and DXR caused a negative inotropic effect and a prolongation of tension duration, while THP caused a slight positive inotropic effect and a slight prolongation of tension duration. 4. Furthermore, a decrease in the potentiated postrest contraction was observed more markedly in the muscles incubated with EPI and DXR at 200 microM than in those with THP. 5. These results suggest that both EPI and DXR show a cardiotoxicity by impairing the function of cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum, and that the switching of the treatment from DXR to THP produces less impairing effects.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0306-3623
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
26
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1339-47
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Effects of pirarubicin in comparison with epirubicin and doxorubicin on the contractile function in rat isolated cardiac muscles.
pubmed:affiliation
Central Research Laboratories, Mercian Corporation, Fujisawa, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article