S1P1-selective agonist SEW2871 exacerbates reperfusion arrhythmias

J Cardiovasc Pharmacol. 2007 Dec;50(6):660-9. doi: 10.1097/FJC.0b013e318157a5fe.

Abstract

Sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) has been considered to play an important role in ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury. We used SEW2871 (SEW), a novel receptor-selective agonist for S1P1, to elucidate the role of S1P1 in myocardial I/R. Isolated perfused rat hearts exposed to S1P (1 and 10 mM) or SEW (1 and 0.1 mM) were subjected to 30 minutes of global no-flow ischemia and 2 hours of reperfusion. S1P at 1 and 10 mM significantly reduced infarct size and CK release compared with vehicle-control. The effect of 0.1 microM SEW on infarct size was modest. After I/R, S1P at both doses and SEW at 0.1 microM improved developed pressure (LVDP). SEW at 1 mM significantly prolonged the duration of ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation, leading to irreversible reperfusion tachyarrhythmias in 60% of the hearts. This is the first demonstration of the critical role of the S1P1 receptor in I/R injury.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Aniline Compounds / pharmacology
  • Animals
  • Arrhythmias, Cardiac / physiopathology
  • Arrhythmias, Cardiac / prevention & control*
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Heart / drug effects
  • Heart / physiopathology
  • In Vitro Techniques
  • Male
  • Models, Biological
  • Molecular Structure
  • Myocardial Infarction / physiopathology
  • Myocardial Infarction / prevention & control
  • Myocardial Reperfusion Injury / physiopathology
  • Myocardial Reperfusion Injury / prevention & control*
  • Oxadiazoles / chemistry
  • Oxadiazoles / pharmacology*
  • Perfusion
  • Phenyl Ethers / pharmacology
  • Rats
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley
  • Receptors, Lysosphingolipid / agonists*
  • Sodium-Calcium Exchanger / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Thiophenes / chemistry
  • Thiophenes / pharmacology*
  • Time Factors
  • Ventricular Function, Left / drug effects

Substances

  • Aniline Compounds
  • Oxadiazoles
  • Phenyl Ethers
  • Receptors, Lysosphingolipid
  • SEA 0400
  • SEW2871
  • Sodium-Calcium Exchanger
  • Thiophenes