Changes in cardiac glycoside activity produced by aminosugar addition

L. S. Cook, R. W. Caldwell, C. B. Nash

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Abstract

In anesthetized dogs, structure activity relationships among three cardiotonic compounds were determined by comparing the cardiovascular effects of digotoxigenin (the genin) to digitoxigenin-galactose (a genin-neutral sugar combination) and to digitoxigenin-aminogalactose (ASI-222, a genin-aminosugar combination) using either bolus i.v. injections or constant i.v. infusion. We recorded the effects of these drugs upon cardiac rate, mean blood pressure, left ventricular dP/dt, cardiac index, systolic time intervals, tension-time index, therapeutic index, ventricular excitability and the ventricular refractory period. The addition of an aminosugar group to digitoxigenin or an amine group to galactose-digitoxigenin results in an agent with greater ability to reduce heart rate and to increase cardiac contractility and cardiac index without affecting the tension-time index. Moreover, the addition of an amino group significantly increased the therapeutic index and ventricular refractory period but reduced the toxic index (lethal dose/toxic) when compared to the neutral-sugar cardenolide and genin. Our data indicate that such a substitution confers greater potency, prolongs the duration of activity and results in a compound with greater therapeutic index.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)198-204
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Volume215
Issue number1
StatePublished - 1980
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Molecular Medicine
  • Pharmacology

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