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Kassa J, Bajgar J. Changes of acetylcholinesterase activity in various parts of brain following nontreated and treated soman poisoning in rats. MOLECULAR AND CHEMICAL NEUROPATHOLOGY 1998; 33:175-84. [PMID: 9642671 DOI: 10.1007/bf02815180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Changes of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity in various parts of the brain (frontal cortex, medulla oblongata, pons Varoli, cerebellum, hypothalamus, and hippocampus), following im sublethal non-treated and treated soman poisoning were studied. As a treatment, two antidotal mixtures containing atropine and either obidoxime or oxime HI-6 were used. This antidotal treatment was administered im for 30 s following soman intoxication. The AChE activities in the various brain tissues were evaluated at 1 and 3 h following soman administration. As expected, the highly toxic organophosphorus compound, soman, markedly inhibited AChE activity in all the brain sections at both time intervals. Both oximes had little influence on soman-induced AChE inhibition, but only the HI-6 mixture was able to reactivate soman-inhibited AChE significantly in some of the brain parts (frontal cortex, pons Varoli, hypothalamus). In the brain, the effect of HI-6 against soman-induced AChE inhibition is higher in comparison with obidoxime, but not quite satisfactory. Despite its limited effectiveness in the brain, HI-6 seems to be the most effective oxime yet found against soman poisoning because of its high reactivating effect in the peripheral compartment and other beneficial effects.
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- J Kassa
- Purkynĕ Military Medical Academy, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic.
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Galli A, Mori F, Benini L, Cacciarelli N. Acetylcholinesterase protection and the anti-diisopropylfluorophosphate efficacy of E2020. Eur J Pharmacol 1994; 270:189-93. [PMID: 8039548 DOI: 10.1016/0926-6917(94)90062-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The reversible noncovalent inhibitor of acetylcholinesterase (R,S)-1-benzyl-4-[(5,6-dimethoxy-1-indanon)-2-yl]-methylpiperidine hydrochloride (E2020) was shown to inhibit electric eel acetylcholinesterase with high affinity in a mixed competitive-non-competitive way (Ki = 8.2 nM; Ki' = 13 nM). The pretreatment of electric eel acetylcholinesterase with E2020 dose-dependently prevented the inactivation of the enzyme by 40 microM diisopropylfluorophosphate. The EC50 for this protective effect (95% confidence limits) was 85 (76-96) nM, whereas under the same conditions E2020 IC50 was 12.3 (9.6-16) nM. E2020 injected together with atropine sulfate (17.4 mg/kg) into mice at doses in the range of 1.04-6.24 mg/kg 15 min before diisopropylfluorophosphate, caused a dose-dependent increase in diisopropylfluorophosphate LD50, resulting in protection ratios varying from 3.1 to 9.2. The effectiveness of E2020 antidotal effect was inversely correlated to the time between pretreatment and diisopropylfluorophosphate administration, being maximal when E2020 was injected 15 min, and possibly less than 15 min, before poisoning. From these experiments it is concluded that E2020 exerts a protective action against acute diisopropylfluorophosphate-poisoning in the mouse, presumably by protecting acetylcholinesterase from irreversible inactivation by this agent.
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- A Galli
- Dipartimento di Farmacologia Preclinica e Clinica, Università di Firenze, Italy
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Caranto GR, Waibel KH, Asher JM, Larrison RW, Brecht KM, Schutz MB, Raveh L, Ashani Y, Wolfe AD, Maxwell DM. Amplification of the effectiveness of acetylcholinesterase for detoxification of organophosphorus compounds by bis-quaternary oximes. Biochem Pharmacol 1994; 47:347-57. [PMID: 8304979 DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(94)90026-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Pretreatment of rhesus monkeys with fetal bovine serum acetylcholinesterase (FBS AChE) provides complete protection against 5 LD50 of organophosphate (OP) without any signs of toxicity or performance decrements as measured by serial probe recognition tests or primate equilibrium platform performance (Maxwell et al., Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 115: 44-49, 1992; Wolfe et al., Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 117: 189-193, 1992). Although such use of enzyme as a single pretreatment drug for OP toxicity is sufficient to provide complete protection, a relatively large (stoichiometric) amount of enzyme was required in vivo to neutralize OP. To improve the efficacy of cholinesterases as pretreatment drugs, we have developed an approach in which the catalytic activity of OP-inhibited FBS AChE was rapidly and continuously restored, thus detoxifying the OP and minimizing enzyme aging by having sufficient amounts of appropriate oxime present. The efficacy of FBS AChE to detoxify several OPs was amplified by addition of bis-quaternary oximes, particularly 1-(2-hydroxyiminomethyl-1-pyridinium)-1-(4-carboxyaminopyridinium) -dimethyl ether hydrochloride (HI-6). When mice were pretreated with sufficient amounts of FBS AChE and HI-6 and challenged with repeated doses of O-isopropyl methylphosphonofluridate (sarin), the OP was continuously detoxified so long as the molar concentration of the sarin dose was less than the molar concentration of AChE in circulation. The in vitro experiments showed that the stoichiometry of sarin:FBS AChE was higher than 3200:1 and in vivo stoichiometry with mice was as high as 57:1. Addition of HI-6 to FBS AChE as a pretreatment drug amplified the efficacy of enzyme as a scavenger of nerve agents.
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- G R Caranto
- Division of Biochemistry, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, DC 20307-5100
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Segall Y, Waysbort D, Barak D, Ariel N, Doctor BP, Grunwald J, Ashani Y. Direct observation and elucidation of the structures of aged and nonaged phosphorylated cholinesterases by 31P NMR spectroscopy. Biochemistry 1993; 32:13441-50. [PMID: 8257680 DOI: 10.1021/bi00212a009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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31P NMR spectroscopy of butyrylcholinesterase (BChE), acetylcholinesterase (AChE), and chymotrypsin (Cht) inhibited by pinacolyl methylphosphonofluoridate (soman), methylphosphonodifluoridate (MPDF), and diisopropyl phosphorofluoridate (DFP) allowed direct observation of the OP-linked moiety of aged (nonreactivatable) and nonaged organophosphorus (OP)-ChE conjugates. The 31P NMR chemical shifts of OP-ChE conjugates clearly demonstrated insertion of a P-O- bond into the active site of aged OP-ChE adducts. The OP moiety of nonaged OP-ChEs was shown to be uncharged. The OP-bound pinacolyl moiety of soman-inhibited and aged AChE was detached completely, whereas only partial dealkylation of the pinacolyl group was observed for soman-inhibited BChEs. This suggests that the latter enzyme reacted with the less active stereoisomer(s) of soman. In the case of soman-inhibited Cht, no dealkylation could be experimentally detected for any of the four stereoisomers of OP-Cht adducts. Results are consistent with the contention that the phenomenon of enzyme-catalyzed dealkylation of OP adducts of serine hydrolases strongly depends on the orientation of both the catalytic His and the carboxyl side chain of either Glu or Asp positioned next to the catalytic Ser. The denatured protein of aged OP-ChE or OP-Cht is a convenient leaving group in nucleophilic displacements of tetrahedral OP compounds despite the presence of a P-O- bond. This indicates that the unusual resistance to reactivation of the aged enzyme cannot be ascribed to simple electrostatic repulsion of an approaching nucleophile. The broadening of the 31P NMR signal of native OP-ChEs relative to that of OP-Cht is in agreement with the crystal structure of AChE, showing that the active site region of ChEs in solution resides in a deep, narrow gorge.
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- Y Segall
- Israel Institute for Biological Research, Ness Ziona
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Ordentlich A, Kronman C, Barak D, Stein D, Ariel N, Marcus D, Velan B, Shafferman A. Engineering resistance to 'aging' of phosphylated human acetylcholinesterase. Role of hydrogen bond network in the active center. FEBS Lett 1993; 334:215-20. [PMID: 8224249 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(93)81714-b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Recombinant human acetylcholinesterase (HuAChE) and selected mutants (E202Q, Y337A, E450A) were studied with respect to catalytic activity towards charged and noncharged substrates, phosphylation with organophosphorus (OP) inhibitors and subsequent aging of the OP-conjugates. Amino acid E450, unlike residues E202 and Y337, is not within interaction distance from the active center. Yet, the bimolecular rates of catalysis and phosphylation are 30-100 fold lower for both E450A and E202Q compared to Y337A or the wild type and in both mutants the resulting OP-conjugates show striking resistance to aging. It is proposed that a hydrogen bond network, that maintains the functional architecture of the active center, involving water molecules and residues E202 and E450, is responsible for the observed behaviour.
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- A Ordentlich
- Department of Biochemistry, Israel Institute for Biological Research, Ness-Ziona
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Warnick JE, Deshpande SB, Yang QZ, Das Gupta S. Biphasic action of sarin on monosynaptic reflex in the neonatal rat spinal cord in vitro. Arch Toxicol 1993; 67:302-6. [PMID: 8368939 DOI: 10.1007/bf01973699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The action of sarin, an organophosphorus (OP) compound, was examined in vitro for its effects on the spinal monosynaptic reflex (MSR) in neonatal rats. The effects of sarin were biphasic, i.e. facilitation at lower concentrations (2-20 nM) followed by depression of the MSR at concentrations above 30 nM. Facilitation of MSR was maximal (150% of control) at 20 nM sarin. The depression of MSR was maximal (70% of control) at 200 nM sarin, with half maximal inhibition occurring at 90 nM sarin. Atropine (200-500 nM) effectively reversed the depression caused by sarin, while pretreatment with low concentrations of atropine (10 nM) completely blocked the depression otherwise observed with sarin. Benactyzine was also effective in preventing sarin-induced depression, while pirenzepine was less effective. The nicotinic blocking agents tubocurarine and mecamylamine were, however, ineffective in preventing or reversing sarin-induced depression. The facilitation of MSR seen with lower concentrations (2-20 nM) correlated well with the blockade of late phase inhibition (between 30 and 50 ms conditioning-test interval) elicited in spinal cord by stimulating the adjacent dorsal root at various condition-test intervals, which has been shown elsewhere to be sensitive to bicuculline (Deshpande and Warnick 1988). Thus it is speculated that sarin at lower concentrations blocks GABA transmission, producing facilitation, and at higher concentrations activates the muscarinic receptors producing depression of MSR. The beneficial action of pretreatment with antimuscarinic agents may be attributed to the protection of the muscarinic receptors.
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- J E Warnick
- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Baltimore 21201
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Sikder AK, Ghosh AK, Jaiswal DK. Quaternary salts of 3,3'-bis-pyridinium monooximes: synthesis and biological activity. J Pharm Sci 1993; 82:258-61. [PMID: 8450418 DOI: 10.1002/jps.2600820308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Two new series of asymetrically substituted 3,3'-bis-pyridinium monooximes bridged by oxopropane and propane groups were synthesized and characterized by spectral data and acid dissociation constants (pKas). Both the in vitro reactivation potency, in experiments with lyophilized electric eel acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibited by diisopropylfluorophosphate, and in vivo protection efficacy against diisopropylfluorophosphate intoxication in mice of these compounds were evaluated and compared with those of trimedoxime and 2-pyridine-aldoxime methiodide. The compounds were also evaluated for in vitro inhibition of AChE. The compounds with the oxopropane link were stronger inhibitors and weaker reactivators than the corresponding propane derivatives. No significant correlation was observed among pKa, oxime inhibition of AChE, reactivation of inhibited AChE, and protection index. Changing substituents in pyridine rings or altering linking groups between pyridine rings did not improve antidotal efficacy compared with trimedoxime and 2-pyridine-aldoxime methiodide.
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- A K Sikder
- Synthetic Chemistry Division, Defence Research and Development Establishment, Gwalior, India
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The present review discusses the structure of the anticholinesterase organophosphates (OPs), which are used predominantly as insecticides. OP poisoning can occur in a variety of situations and can be accidental or suicidal. It is common in developing countries. The cholinergic syndrome is caused by acetylcholinesterase inhibition, and diagnosis is based on the clinical signs and symptoms as well as the measurement of inhibition of erythrocyte acetylcholinesterase and/or plasma cholinesterase activity. Antidotal treatment is with atropine, an enzyme reactivator such as pralidoxime and diazepam. Anticholinesterase OPs may produce effects other than the acute cholinergic syndrome, including the intermediate syndrome. Later effects may include organophosphorus-induced delayed neuropathy. Certain OPs are exploited for their anticholinesterase effects, including defoliants such as 'DEF', herbicides such as glyphosate, fire retardants and industrial intermediates. The toxicology of this group is heterogeneous and they may or may not possess anticholinesterase activity.
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Lieske CN, Clark JH, Maxwell DM, Zoeffel LD, Sultan WE. Studies of the amplification of carbaryl toxicity by various oximes. Toxicol Lett 1992; 62:127-37. [PMID: 1412499 DOI: 10.1016/0378-4274(92)90016-d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The administration of 2-pyridine aldoxime methyl chloride (2-PAM Cl) is a standard part of the regimen for treatment of human overexposure to many organophosphorus pesticides and nerve agents. However, some literature references indicate that poisoning by carbaryl (1-naphthyl N-methyl carbamate), an insecticide in everyday use, is aggravated by the administration of 2-PAM Cl. This effect has been reported in the mouse, rat, dog and man. We have found that the inhibition of both eel acetylcholinesterase (eel AChE, EC 3.1.1.7) and human serum cholinesterase (human BuChE, EC 3.1.1.8) by carbaryl was enhanced by several oximes. Based on 95% confidence limits the rank order of potentiation with eel AChE was TMB-4 = Toxogonin > HS-6 = HI-6 > 2-PAM Cl. By the same criterion, the rank order of potentiation with human BuChE was TMB-4 > Toxogonin > HS-6 = 2-PAM Cl. Carbaryl-challenged mice also reflected a potentiation since TMB-4 exacerbated the toxicity more than 2-PAM Cl. Our hypothesis is that certain oximes act as allosteric effectors of cholinesterases in carbaryl poisoning, resulting in enhanced inhibition rates and potentiation of carbaryl toxicity.
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- C N Lieske
- US Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010
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Maxwell DM, Castro CA, De La Hoz DM, Gentry MK, Gold MB, Solana RP, Wolfe AD, Doctor BP. Protection of rhesus monkeys against soman and prevention of performance decrement by pretreatment with acetylcholinesterase. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 1992; 115:44-9. [PMID: 1631892 DOI: 10.1016/0041-008x(92)90365-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The ability of acetylcholinesterase from fetal bovine serum (FBS AChE) to protect against soman, a highly toxic organophosphorus (OP) compound, was tested in rhesus monkeys. Intravenous administration of FBS AChE produced a minimal behavioral effect on the serial probe recognition task, a sensitive test of cognitive function and short-term memory. Pharmacokinetic studies of injected FBS AChE indicated a plasma half-life of 40 hr for FBS AChE in monkeys. Both in vitro and in vivo titration of FBS AChE with soman produced a 1:1 stoichiometry between organophosphate-inhibited FBS AChE and the cumulative dose of the toxic stereoisomers of soman. Administration of FBS AChE protected monkeys against the lethal effects of up to 2.7 LD50 of soman and prevented any signs of organophosphate intoxication, e.g., excessive secretions, respiratory depression, muscle fasciculations, or convulsions. In addition, monkeys pretreated with FBS AChE were devoid of any behavioral incapacitation after soman challenge, as measured by the serial probe recognition task. Compared to the current multicomponent drug treatment against soman, which does not prevent the signs or the behavioral deficits resulting from OP intoxication, use of FBS AChE as a single pretreatment drug provides significantly effective protection against both the lethal and the behavioral effects of soman.
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- D M Maxwell
- Pharmacology Division, United States Army Medical Institute of Chemical Defense, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland 21010-5425
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Galli A, Mori F, Gori I, Lucherini M. In vitro protection of acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase by tetrahydroaminoacridine. Comparison with physostigmine. Biochem Pharmacol 1992; 43:2427-33. [PMID: 1610407 DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(92)90323-b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The protective action of 1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-9-aminoacridine (THA) against the long-lasting inactivation of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and butyrylcholinesterase (BuChE) brought about by diisopropylfluorophosphate (DFP) and physostigmine, as well as by neostigmine in the case of AChE only, was evaluated by a dilution technique using Electrophorus electricus AChE and horse serum BuChE as target enzymes. In parallel experiments, the ability of physostigmine itself to protect these enzymes from DFP was evaluated and compared with that of THA. THA pretreatment was seen to prevent in a dose-dependent manner the inhibition of both AChE and BuChE. However, it was appreciably more potent towards AChE than towards BuChE. THA mean EC50 values for protecting AChE against 10, 40 and 100 microM DFP were 0.04, 0.16 and 0.45 microM, respectively; against 1 microM physostigmine the value was 1.8 microM and against 1.2 microM neostigmine it was 3.0 microM. The THA mean EC50 value for protecting BuChE against 3 microM physostigmine was 0.55 microM and the values for protecting against 3, 10 and 40 microM DFP were 1.5, 3 and greater than 10 microM, respectively. The protective action of THA was time independent: recovery of the maximal enzymic activity was immediate upon dilution. Unlike THA, the protective action of physostigmine developed progressively after dilution and was maximal within 3-4 (AChE) or 6-8 hr (BuChE). Under our experimental conditions, 0.3 microM physostigmine protected approximately 70% of AChE from 40 microM DFP and 5 microM physostigmine protected 9 and 47% of BuChE from 40 and 3 microM DFP, respectively. The results of this work suggest that THA exerts its protective action by shielding the active site of AChE and BuChE from the attack of the inactivating agents on account of its higher enzymic affinity, whereas the protective action of physostigmine against DFP takes advantage also of the carbamylation of the enzyme. These results are in line with the hypothesis that protection of AChE is the primary mechanism responsible for the antidotal action of THA against organophosphorus poisoning.
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- A Galli
- Department of Preclinical and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Florence, Firenze, Italy
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Doctor BP, Raveh L, Wolfe AD, Maxwell DM, Ashani Y. Enzymes as pretreatment drugs for organophosphate toxicity. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 1991; 15:123-8. [PMID: 2052184 DOI: 10.1016/s0149-7634(05)80103-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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We have successfully demonstrated that exogenously administered acetyl- or butyrylcholinesterase (AChE, BChE respectively) will sequester organophosphates (OPs) before they reach their physiological targets. In addition, a third enzyme, endogenous carboxylesterase is known to be capable of scavenging OPs. In these studies, we have administered AChE and BChE to three different species of animals (mice, marmosets and monkeys) which were challenged with three different OPs (VX, MEPQ and soman). Results obtained from these systematic studies demonstrate that: (a) a quantitative linear correlation exists between blood AChE levels and the protection afforded by exogenously administered ChEs in animals challenged with OP, (b) approximately one mole of either AChE or BChE sequesters one mole of OP, (c) such prophylactic measures are sufficient to protect animals against OPs without the administration of any supportive drugs. Thus the OP dose, the blood-level of esterase, the ratio of the circulating enzyme to OP challenge, and the rate of reaction between them determine the overall efficacy of an enzyme as a pretreatment drug. The biochemical mechanism underlying the sequestration of various OPs by the use of exogenously administered scavenging esterases is the same in all species of animals studied. Therefore, the extrapolation of the results obtained by the use of ChE prophylaxis in animals to humans should be more reliable and effective than extrapolating the results from currently used multidrug antidotal modalities.
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- B P Doctor
- Division of Biochemistry, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, DC 20307-5100
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Inhibition of brain choline acetyltransferase in vivo: (E)-1-methyl-4-(1-naphthylvinyl)-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine hydrochloride (B115), a depot form of a potent inhibitor. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 1991; 107:336-43. [PMID: 1994515 DOI: 10.1016/0041-008x(91)90213-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The quaternary ammonium salt (E)-4-(1-naphthylvinyl)pyridine hydroxyethyl bromide (B111) and the tertiary amine salt (E)-1-methyl-4-(1-naphthylvinyl)-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine hydrochloride (B115), both previously shown to protect against organophosphate (OP) toxicity, were examined in vivo for effects on rat brain choline acetyltransferase (CAT) activity and acetylcholine (ACh) levels. When administered iv, but not when given ip, B111 was able to inhibit brain CAT 29% and reduce brain ACh levels 25%, yet was unable to prevent soman-induced increases in ACh. B115, which may serve as a depot form of a quaternary ammonium analogue, was able to decrease CAT activity as much as 80% upon multiple ip administration. This CAT inhibitory potency was unprecedented for a tertiary amine salt of its structure. However, ACh levels were reduced by no more than 25% and B115 was ineffective in preventing soman- and sarin-induced increases in ACh. Since the degree of inhibition of CAT activity produced by B111 and B115 was not accompanied by a corresponding decrease in ACh levels, the protection afforded by these compounds against OP toxicity is most likely not related to CAT inhibition. B115 was also tested for its ability to affect cholinergic receptor binding. B115 was administered to rats ip, twice daily, at low doses throughout a 3-week period. Analysis of cortex tissue revealed a 45% increase in nicotinic receptor binding with no change in either total muscarinic receptor binding (M-1 and M-2) or high-affinity muscarinic receptor binding (M-2 alone).
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Finkelstein Y, Kushnir A, Raikhlin-Eisenkraft B, Taitelman U. Antidotal therapy of severe acute organophosphate poisoning: a multihospital study. Neurotoxicol Teratol 1989; 11:593-6. [PMID: 2696878 DOI: 10.1016/0892-0362(89)90044-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Out of 859 consecutive cases treated for exposure to organophosphate (PO) insecticides, 53 were included in the study. Criteria for inclusion were severe OP poisoning necessitating artificial ventilation, intensive care monitoring and treatment according to a standard protocol. The protocol was based on relatively high doses of obidoxime, relatively low doses of atropine and overriding with a pacemaker in cases of ventricular arrhythmias and prolonged Q-T interval. Seven patients died during hospitalization. Thirty-two patients (60%) had major central nervous system (CNS) involvement. Five (9.4%) presented severe psychiatric sequelae. Twenty-two patients (41.5%) presented cardiac arrhythmias. Five (9.4%) had liver dysfunction. High frequency of cardiac arrhythmias was observed in patients who received high cumulative doses of atropine and obidoxime; impairment of liver functions was significantly higher in patients who received high cumulative doses of obidoxime. We conclude that each drug should be titrated separately: atropine dosage should be adjusted to the severity of tracheobronchial secretions and bronchospasm, while full doses of obidoxime are justified for the period before "aging" sets in.
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- Y Finkelstein
- Israel National Poison Control Center, Rambam Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel
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Raveh L, Ashani Y, Levy D, De La Hoz D, Wolfe AD, Doctor BP. Acetylcholinesterase prophylaxis against organophosphate poisoning. Quantitative correlation between protection and blood-enzyme level in mice. Biochem Pharmacol 1989; 38:529-34. [PMID: 2917010 DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(89)90394-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Fetal bovine serum acetylcholinesterase (FBS-AChE, EC 3.1.1.7) was titrated, both in vitro and in vivo, with a highly toxic anti-ChE organophosphate, 7-(methylethoxyphosphinyloxy)-1-methyl-quinolinium iodie (MEPQ). Approximately 1:1 stoichiometry was obtained for the sequestration of MEPQ by FBS-AChE in mice. A quantitative, linear correlation was demonstrated between blood-AChE levels and the protection afforded by exogenously administered AChE in mice when challenged with anti-ChE MEPQ. The results presented in this report demonstrate that such prophylactic measures are indeed sufficient to protect animals against poisoning by as high as an 8 x LD50 dose of organophosphate without the administration of any supportive drug. Despite the relatively large toxic dose, most of the mice that survived the challenge did not show any classical clinical signs of severe anti-ChE poisoning. MEPQ may be considered a suitable model compound for studying the quantitative aspects of the scavenger prophylactic approach described here.
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- L Raveh
- Division of Biochemistry, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, DC 20307-5100
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Finkelstein Y, Taitelman U, Biegon A. CNS involvement in acute organophosphate poisoning: specific pattern of toxicity, clinical correlates and antidotal treatment. ITALIAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES 1988; 9:437-46. [PMID: 3063684 DOI: 10.1007/bf02337161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The present review was designed to integrate both experimental and clinical data and to focus on the problems of management of severe cases of acute organophosphate poisoning, which always show CNS involvement. AChE activity, in discrete regions of the human brain, was studied by quantitative histochemistry of 40 mu thick sections. The regional effects of AChE inhibition by organophosphates was examined in a comparative study of the brains of two victims and two control brains, matched for age and sex. The pattern of AChE inhibition was regionally selective. The most significant decreases were observed in the neocerebellum, thalamic nuclei and the cortex. This specific distribution of AChE inhibition may be correlated with some of the clinical characteristics of acute organophosphate poisoning. The diagnostic value of blood AChE levels was examined in a personal series of 53 patients, who needed artificial ventilation, intensive care monitoring and antidotal treatment. The effects and side-effects of the antidotal treatment were reassessed. Recommended regimen of therapy was outlined, based upon experience in this series and in recent animal studies. The logical therapy would be and almost always in the co-administration of an anticholinergic drug (usually atropine) and an AChE reactivator (oximes) in order to rapidly obtain the most beneficial effect in the critically ill patient. Seizures that do not respond to the specific antidotal therapy, should be treated with I.V. benzodiazepines. Artificial respiration and supportive measures are essential for patient' survival. They enable the patient to gain the necessary time for sufficient recovery of AChE activity.
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- Y Finkelstein
- Israeli National Poison Control Center, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
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Sterling GH, Doukas PH, Sheldon RJ, O'Neill JJ. In vivo protection against soman toxicity by known inhibitors of acetylcholine synthesis in vitro. Biochem Pharmacol 1988; 37:379-84. [PMID: 3337738 DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(88)90202-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
Abstract
Soman inhibits the enzyme acetylcholinesterase, essentially irreversibly, producing an accumulation of acetylcholine (ACh) which is responsible for many of its toxic effects. Current approaches to treatment include: (1) atropine, a muscarinic receptor blocker; (2) pyridine-2-aldoxime methylchloride (2-PAM), an enzyme reactivator; and (3) carbamate protection of the enzyme. However, no fully satisfactory regimen has been found, primarily because of the rapid aging process. In this study, compounds known to inhibit ACh synthesis in vitro were evaluated in combination with atropine and 2-PAM so as to assess their potential utility in protection against soman toxicity in rats. Acetylsecohemicholinium (100 micrograms/kg, i.c.v.t., 30 min prior to soman), an inhibitor of high affinity choline uptake (HAChU) and cholineacetyltransferase (ChAT) activity in vitro, enhanced the protective effects of atropine and 2-PAM, reducing the mortality within the first 2 hr following soman. N-Hydroxyethylnaphthylvinylpyridine (NHENVP), a quaternary ChAT inhibitor (1.7 mumol/kg, i.m.), significantly reduced the overall percent mortality due to soman from 80% to 20%. The compound was most effective when administered 2-3 min prior to soman and was effective only by the intramuscular route. N-Allyl-3-quinuclidinol, a potent HAChU inhibitor (1 mumol/kg, i.m.) was the most effective quinuclidine analog evaluated, also reducing the percent mortality for a 24-hr period. Unlike NHENVP, it was most effective when given 30-60 min prior to soman. It is suggested from the data that compounds that disrupt presynaptic ACh synthesis in vitro may prove effective in treating organophosphate poisoning. The results demonstrate interesting differences among the compounds studied and provide insight for the design of protectants against soman toxicity. These findings further underscore the need to examine the structure activity and pharmacokinetic properties of these compounds, i.e. comparison of routes of administration, dose-response relationships, and time to effect.
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- G H Sterling
- Department of Pharmacology, Hahnemann University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19102-1192
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