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Garthoff B, Hendriksen C, Bayol A, Goncalves D, Grauer A, de Leeuw R, van Noordwijk J, Pares M, Pirovano R, Rieth M, Ronneberger H, Spieser JM, Storring P, Vosbeck K, Weichert H. Safety and Efficacy Testing of Hormones and Related Products. Altern Lab Anim 2020. [DOI: 10.1177/026119299502300523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Protection (RIVM), P.O. Box 1, 3720BA Bilthoven, Netherlands
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- Sanofi Elf Bio Recherches, Labège Inopole-Voie No. 1, BP 137, 31676 Labège Cedex, France
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- Dev. A nalytique, Laboratoires CASSENNE 17, rue de Pontoise, BP31, 95521 Cergy-Pontoise Cedex, France
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- Med. Klinik und Poliklinik der Universität Heidelberg, Abt. Innere Medizin I, Endokrinologie, Bergheimer Str. 58, 69115 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Dept. of Endocrinology, N.V. Organon, P.O. Box 20, 5340 BH Oss, Netherlands
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- European Pharmacopoeia Commission, Taveernlaan 15,3 735 KA Bosch en Duin, Netherlands
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- Agence du Médicament, Unité Pharmacologie-Toxicologie, 14 Rue Ecole de Pharmacie, 34000 Montpellier, France
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- Istituto di Ricerche Biomediche, “Antoine Marxer” SpA, Via Ribes 1, 10010 Colleretto Giacosa (TO), Italy
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- Schering AG, PH-QS Biologische Qualitätsprüfung, Müllerstr. 178, P.O. Box 650311, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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- SGE Therapeutika, Forschung Pharmakologie/Toxikologie, Behringwerke AG, P.O. Box 1140, 35001 Marburg/Lahn, Germany
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- European Pharmacopoeia Commission, B.P. 907,67029 Strasbourg Cedex 1, France
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- National Institute for Biological Standards and Control (NIBSC), Blanche Lane, South Mimms, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire EN6 3QG, UK
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- CTL CellTechnologie GmbH, Südstrasse 55, 04403 Böhlitz-Ehrenberg, Germany
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Hendriksen CF, Garthoff B, Aggerbeck H, Bruckner L, Castle P, Cussler K, Dobbelaer R, van de Donk H, van der Gun J, Lefrancois S, Milstien J, Minor PD, Mougeot H, Rombaut B, Ronneberger HD, Spieser JM, Stolp R, Straughan DW, Tollis M, Zigtermans G. Alternatives to Animal Testing in the Quality Control of Immunobiologicals: Current Status and Future Prospects. Altern Lab Anim 2020. [DOI: 10.1177/026119299402200606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Coenraad F.M. Hendriksen
- National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Protection (RIVM), P.O. Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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- Bacterial Vaccine Department, Statens Seruminstitut, Artillerivej 5, DK-2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark
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- Institute of Virology and Immunoprophylaxis, P.O. Box 3147, Mittelhausern, Switzerland
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- European Pharmacopoeia Commission, B.P. 907, F-67029 Strasbourg Cedex 1, France
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- Paul Ehrlich Institut, P.O. Box 1740, D-63207 Langen, Germany
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- Afd. Biologische Standaardisatie, Ministerie van Hygiene en Epidemiologic, Juliette Wytmanstraat 14, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Protection (RIVM), P.O. Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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- National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Protection (RIVM), P.O. Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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- Coordination Vaccins, Agence du Medicament, Direction des Laboratoires et des Controles, Unité Pharmacologie-Toxicologie, 14 rue École de Pharmacie, 3400 Montpellier, France
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- WorldHealth Organisation—Biologicals, CH-1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland
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- Division of Virology, National Institute for Biological Standards and Control (NIBSC), Blanche Lane, South Mimms, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire EN6 3QG, UK
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- Rhone Merieux, Laboratoire IFFA, 254 rue Marcel Merieux, BP 7009, F-69007 Lyon, France
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- Galenica, Microbiology and Hygiene, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 103, B-1090 Brussels, Belgium
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- European Pharmacopoeia Commission, B.P. 907, F-67029 Strasbourg Cedex 1, France
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- lntervet Inc., 405 State Street, P.O. Box 318, Millsboro, DE 19966, USA
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- FRAME, Russell & Burch House, 96–98 North Sherwood Street, Nottingham NG1 4EE, UK
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- Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Laboratorio di Medecina Veterinaria, Viale Regina Elena 299, I-00161 Rome, Italy
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- Intervet International B.V., W. de Korvestraat 35, 5831 AN Boxmeer, The Netherlands
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Todd M, Garthoff B, Bernhardt W, Bode G, Farr S, Kolar R, Lumley C, Pieters M, Rogiers V, Sauer U, Spielmann H, Straus J, Warngard L. Issues Relating to the Release of Proprietary Information and Data for Use in the Validation of Alternative Methods. Altern Lab Anim 2020. [DOI: 10.1177/026119299802600107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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- Martin Todd
- Schering AG, Rechtsabteilung Mullerstrasse 178, 13342 Berlin, Germany
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- Hoechst Marion Roussel, 102 route de Noisy, 93235 Romainville Cedex, France
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- Akademie für Tierschutz, Spechtstrasse 1, 85579 Neubiberg, Germany
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- Centre for Medicines Research International, Woodmansterne Road, Carshalton, Surrey SM5 4DS, UK
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- Laboratory for Health Effects Research, RIVM, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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- Department of Toxicology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 103, 1090 Brussels, Belgium
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- Max Planck Institut für Internationales Recht, Sieverstrasse, 81675 Munich, Germany
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- Laboratory for Health Effects Research, RIVM, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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- Max Planck Institut für Internationales Recht, Sieverstrasse, 81675 Munich, Germany
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- Department of Toxicology Safety Assessment, Astra AB, Sodertalje, 151 57 Sweden
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Rovida C, Vivier M, Garthoff B, Hescheler J. ESNATS Conference — The use of Human Embryonic Stem Cells for Novel Toxicity Testing Approaches. Altern Lab Anim 2014; 42:97-113. [DOI: 10.1177/026119291404200203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
Abstract
The main achievements and results of the ESNATS project (Embryonic Stem Cell-based Novel Alternative Testing Strategies) were presented at the final project conference that was held on 15 September 2013, the day before the traditional EUSAAT (European Society for Alternatives to Animal Testing) Congress in Linz, Austria. The ESNATS project was an FP7 European Integrated Project, running from 2008 to 2013, the aim of which was to develop a novel toxicity testing platform based on embryonic stem cells (ESCs), and in particular, human ESC (hESCs), to accelerate drug development, reduce related R&D costs, and propose a powerful alternative to animal tests in the spirit of the Three Rs principles. Altogether, ESNATS offered the first proof of concept that hESCs can be used to create robust, reproducible and ready-to use test assays for predicting human toxicity. In the end, essentially five test systems were developed to an adequate level for entering possible pre-validation procedures. These methods are based on hESCs, and can be combined to study the possible effects, on the human embryo, of exposure to a chemical during the early stages of development. In addition to the presentations by the main project partners, external speakers were invited to give lectures on relevant topics, both in the field of neurotoxicity and, more generally, on the applicability of hESCs in the development of advanced in vitro tests.
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- Costanza Rovida
- Centre for Alternatives to Animal Testing–Europe (CAAT–Europe), University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
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- Department of Toxicology, Pharmacognosy and Dermato-cosmetology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Jette, Belgium
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As ECVAM (the European Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods) intensifies its work, it is worth discussing the aspects of alternative testing in drug research and development as well as the implication of validating tests-and the possible role of ECVAM in this. Substituting animal in vivo tests with alternative testing has always been a major target in the pharmaceutical industry, for ethical and practical reasons. In vitro tests have an important role, especially in the first phase of drug discovery (the substance-finding phase) but to a lesser extent in safety testing. In the further development of a new drug, validation becomes more important for safety tests than for the initial screening and substance-finding tests. That also implies that diverse safety and toxicity testing of pharmaceuticals should be based on worldwide accepted and validated protocols. ECVAM has a role here, in informing the scientific and regulatory community about promising (validated) tests in drug discovery or development and pressing for worldwide harmonization, especially of safety testing.
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- B Garthoff
- Bayer AG Leverkusen, PF-Centre, D-51368 Leverkusen, Germany
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Paules RS, Aubrecht J, Corvi R, Garthoff B, Kleinjans JC. Moving forward in human cancer risk assessment. Environ Health Perspect 2011; 119:739-743. [PMID: 21147607 PMCID: PMC3114805 DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1002735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2010] [Accepted: 12/13/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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BACKGROUND The current safety paradigm for assessing carcinogenic properties of drugs, cosmetics, industrial chemicals, and environmental exposures relies mainly on in vitro genotoxicity testing followed by 2-year rodent bioassays. This testing battery is extremely sensitive but has low specificity. Furthermore, rodent bioassays are associated with high costs, high animal burden, and limited predictive value for human risks. OBJECTIVES We provide a response to a growing appeal for a paradigm change in human cancer risk assessment. METHODS To facilitate development of a road map for this needed paradigm change in carcinogenicity testing, a workshop titled "Genomics in Cancer Risk Assessment" brought together toxicologists from academia and industry and government regulators and risk assessors from the United States and the European Union. Participants discussed the state-of-the-art in developing alternative testing strategies for carcinogenicity, with emphasis on potential contributions from omics technologies. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS The goal of human risk assessment is to decide whether a given exposure to an agent is acceptable to human health and to provide risk management measures based on evaluating and predicting the effects of exposures on human health. Although exciting progress is being made using genomics approaches, a new paradigm that uses these methods and human material when possible would provide mechanistic insights that may inform new predictive approaches (e.g., in vitro assays) and facilitate the development of genomics-derived biomarkers. Regulators appear to be willing to accept such approaches where use is clearly defined, evidence is strong, and approaches are qualified for regulatory use.
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- Richard S Paules
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA.
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Marx-Stoelting P, Adriaens E, Ahr HJ, Bremer S, Garthoff B, Gelbke HP, Piersma A, Pellizzer C, Reuter U, Rogiers V, Schenk B, Schwengberg S, Seiler A, Spielmann H, Steemans M, Stedman DB, Vanparys P, Vericat JA, Verwei M, van de Water F, Weimer M, Schwarz M. A Review of the Implementation of the Embryonic Stem Cell Test (EST). Altern Lab Anim 2009; 37:313-28. [DOI: 10.1177/026119290903700314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Philip Marx-Stoelting
- Institut für Klinische & Experimentelle Pharmakologie & Toxikologie, Universität Tübingen, Germany
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- Bayer Schering Pharma AG, GDD-Global Early Development, Special Toxicology, Wuppertal, Germany
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- Institute for Health and Consumer Protection, In Vitro Methods Unit/ECVAM, Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy
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- National Institute of Health and the Environment, Laboratory for Health Effects, RIVM, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Health and Consumer Protection, In Vitro Methods Unit/ECVAM, Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy
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- Institut für Klinische & Experimentelle Pharmakologie & Toxikologie, Universität Tübingen, Germany
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- Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Center for Alternative Methods to Animal Experiments (ZEBET), Berlin, Germany
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- Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Center for Alternative Methods to Animal Experiments (ZEBET), Berlin, Germany
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- Johnson & Johnson Research and Development, Mechanistic Toxicology, Beerse, Belgium
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- Schering Plough, Department of Toxicology and Drug Disposition, Oss, The Netherlands
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- Zentrale Einheit Biostatistik, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institut für Klinische & Experimentelle Pharmakologie & Toxikologie, Universität Tübingen, Germany
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Garthoff B. Alternatives to animal experimentation: The regulatory background. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2005; 207:388-92. [PMID: 15982684 DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2005.02.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2004] [Revised: 02/03/2005] [Accepted: 02/03/2005] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The framework, in which alternatives to animal experiments can be developed, standardized, respectively formally validated, has to be seen in a global context. The ever increasing demand of testing for hazard and risk assessment in health and environment, exemplified by the EU REACH program, subsequently triggers laboratory animal testing. This holds especially true, if no valid alternative methods agreed to by the regulatory authorities and the scientific community are available. At least for regulatory toxicity testing, the global frame and network are given by institutions such as OECD, ICH, and alike. However, due to the necessity of global consent of states, organizations, and stakeholders, the time gap between availability of a novel alternative test method and its final acceptance by authorities and implementation thereafter is widening. The lack of new technologies or opportunities for alternative method application such as, for example, the broad use of transgenic animals for refinement of existing tests, adds to the problem. The bare existence of certain in vivo tests increases also the gap between public demands for testing versus availability of alternative tests. Industries operating on a worldwide basis support the alternative test development in their respective area of research and operational business. However, a more coordinating approach such as that of the ecopa-organization (European Consensus Platform on Alternatives) is needed to exploit the existing possibilities within the current regulatory framework. This will speed up the process of acceptance and challenge the political world to feel responsible for the sequels of their demanding more testing, that is, by funding alternative method development in academia and industry.
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- Bernward Garthoff
- Bayer CropScience AG, Alfred-Nobel-Strasse 50, D 40789 Monheim, Germany.
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Garthoff B. Dialogue and collaboration with ECVAM: the view of the EFPIA. Altern Lab Anim 2002; 30 Suppl 2:195-8. [PMID: 12513673 DOI: 10.1177/026119290203002s30] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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An evaluation is presented of past experience of dialogue and collaboration of ECVAM with the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) over the last nine years. Lessons learnt from the viewpoint of EFPIA company representatives are given. Also, proposals for the future ECVAM approach are made, such as support for other research areas for new methods to be validated, giving realistic statements to ECVAM's EU and external customers, and being open to any new technology development that might help in opening and establishing new alternative avenues. Finally, the need for proper publications on the implementation of alternatives is recommended, for example, through the existing national platforms and their umbrella organisation, ecopa.
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Anderson R, O'Hare M, Balls M, Brady M, Brahams D, Burt A, Chesné C, Combes R, Dennison A, Garthoff B, Hawksworth G, Kalter E, Lechat A, Mayer D, Rogiers V, Sladowski D, Southee J, Trafford J, van der Valk J, van Zeller AM. The Availability of Human Tissue for Biomedical Research: The Report and Recommendations of the ECVAM Workshop 32. Altern Lab Anim 1998; 26:763-77. [PMID: 11660754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/22/2023]
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Todd M, Garthoff B, Bernhardt W, Bodé G, Farr S, Kolar R, Lumley C, Pieters M, Bodé G, Rogiers V, Sauer U, Spielmann H, Straus J, Warngard L. Issues relating to the release of proprietary information and data for use in the validation of alternative methods. Altern Lab Anim 1998; 26:13-20. [PMID: 26043282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- M Todd
- Lead Discovery Department, ZENECA Pharmaceuticals, Alderley Park, Macclesfield, UK
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- Hoechst Marion Roussel, Romainville, France
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- Phase 1, Inc., Santa Fe, NM, USA
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- Akademie für Tierschutz, Neubiberg, Germany
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- Centre for Medicines Research International, Carshalton, UK
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- Laboratory for Health Effects Research, RIVM, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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- Hoechst Marion Roussel, Romainville, France
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- Department of Toxicology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
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- Akademie für Tierschutz, Neubiberg, Germany
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- Max Planck Institut für Internationales Recht, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Toxicology Safety Assessment, Astra AB, Sodertalje, Sweden
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Svendsen O, Garthoff B, Spielmann H, Hensten-Pettersen A, Jensen JC, Kuijpers MR, Leimgruber R, Liebsch M, Müller-Lierheim WG, Rydhög G, Sauer UG, Schmalz G, Sim B, Stea S. Alternatives to the Animal Testing of Medical Devices. Altern Lab Anim 1996. [DOI: 10.1177/026119299602400505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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- Ove Svendsen
- Scantox, 36A Hestehavevej, Ejby, 4623 Lille Skensved, Denmark
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- Nordisk Institut for Odontologisk Materialprøvning (NIOM), Kirkeveien 71B, 1344 Haslum, Norway
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- Scantox, 36A Hestehavevej, Ejby, 4623 Lille Skensved, Denmark
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- National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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- RCC Registration and Consulting Company, 4452 Itingen/Basel, Switzerland
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- Gambro Lundia AB, Magistratsvägen 16, 220 10 Lund, Sweden
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- Akademie für Tierschutz, Spechtstrasse 1, 85579 Neubiberg, Germany
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- Department of Operative Dentistry and Periodontology, University of Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee 11, 93042 Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Human Morphology, University of Nottingham Medical School, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK
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- Laboratory for Biocompatibility Research on Implant Materials, Istituto Rizzoli, Via di Barbiano 1/10, 40136 Bologna, Italy
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Scriabine A, Kazda S, Garthoff B, Nickerson PA. Pharmacological basis for use of calcium channel antagonists in hypertension. Angiology 1988; 39:94-9. [PMID: 2449099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The major mechanism of antihypertensive action of Ca2+ channel antagonists is the inhibition of Ca2+ entry into the vascular smooth muscle cell. Ca2+ channels are stabilized by these drugs in a mode unavailable for opening. The inhibition of Ca2+ entry leads to vasodilatation and lowering of arterial pressure. The advantages of Ca2+ channel antagonists in hypertension include improvement of blood supply to vital organs, diuretic activity, coronary vasodilatation, reduction in heart size and vascular cytoprotective effect.
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- A Scriabine
- Miles Institute for Preclinical Pharmacology, New Haven, CT
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Rosenthal J, von Lutterotti N, Thurnreiter M, Gomba S, Rothemund J, Reiter W, Kazda S, Garthoff B, Jacob I, Dahlheim H. Suppression of renin-angiotensin system in the heart of spontaneously hypertensive rats. J Hypertens Suppl 1987; 5:S23-31. [PMID: 2821205 DOI: 10.1097/00004872-198707002-00006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Renin-like enzyme and angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) were identified and their specific activities measured in cardiac tissues of spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and their Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) normotensive controls. In addition, the enzyme activities were determined following administration of hypotensive drugs. The pH optima of cardiac renin-like enzymes were identical with those in vascular walls, the specific activity being higher in the heart. Cardiac ACE revealed similarities with the venous wall enzyme. The highest specific cardiac renin-like activity was found in the septum and that of ACE in atria/auricles. Both enzyme values were lower in the hearts of SHR than in those of normotensive controls. Following nifedipine treatment, specific renin-like activities increased in all cardiac structures studied (P less than 0.01); with nitrendipine and muzolimine less pronounced elevations were obtained. Administration of these three hypotensive drugs resulted in a stimulation of ACE in all the cardiac structures except in atria/auricles, where their activities were lowered.
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- J Rosenthal
- Ulm University Medical Centre, Federal Republic of Germany
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Rosenthal J, Rothemund J, von Lutterotti N, Thurnreiter M, Reiter W, Kazda S, Garthoff B, Jacob I, Dahlheim H. Effect of hypotensive agents on the renin-angiotensin system in vascular walls of spontaneously hypertensive rats. J Hypertens Suppl 1987; 5:S59-66. [PMID: 2821208 DOI: 10.1097/00004872-198707002-00011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Previous investigations have shown that the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) is activated in vascular walls of spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). The present study was undertaken to determine whether antihypertensive drugs attenuate this activation. Two calcium channel blockers, nifedipine and nitrendipine, and the diuretic muzolimine were applied to SHR for 2-4 weeks, and angiotensin (ANG) I-forming angiotensinogenase (AIFA) and ANG I converting enzyme (ACE) activities were determined. The values for both enzymes were elevated in arterial tissues of SHR (P less than 0.01), whereas in venous walls AIFA activity was decreased (P less than 0.01). All hypotensive drugs reduced arterial ACE activities in SHR (nifedipine and muzolimine: P less than 0.01; nitrendipine: P less than 0.05). Angiotensin I-forming angiotensinogenase activity was increased following treatment with nifedipine (P less than 0.01) but reduced by nitrendipine (P less than 0.05); with muzolimine, no significant alterations were observed. The results obtained indicate that in SHR, stimulation of vascular wall ACE is abolished following treatment with hypotensive agents, and the effect is independent of their mode of action. It is assumed that the activation of vascular ACE is not caused by, but rather a reaction to, elevated blood pressure.
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- J Rosenthal
- Ulm University Medical Centre, Federal Republic of Germany
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Kazda S, Garthoff B, Luckhaus G. Calcium and malignant hypertension in animal experiment: effects of experimental manipulation of calcium influx. Am J Nephrol 1986; 6 Suppl 1:145-50. [PMID: 2435152 DOI: 10.1159/000167239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The effects of the calcium channel blocker nisoldipine on renal function after 60 min. normothermic ischemia and contralateral nephrectomy were studied in male Wistar rats. Nisoldipine (300 ppm) was given in a standard diet as well as one hour prior to ischemia (10 mg./kg. orally). Survival, serum urea, serum creatinine, urine volume and creatinine clearance were used to test the effectiveness of the drug. Nisoldipine treatment resulted in the survival of all animals (compared to 66.6 per cent in the untreated group) and improved immediate and long term (14 days) renal function. The drug given post ischemia only was not effective, suggesting that nisoldipine must be present in the kidney during ischemia. The beneficial effects of the drug in postischemic acute renal failure may be attributed in part to effects on postischemic renal hemodynamics. Additional direct effects on ischemic renal epithelial cells, presumably by inhibiting transmembrane calcium fluxes, cannot be excluded.
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Garthoff B, Kazda S. Influence of a calcium-enriched diet on salt-induced hypertension in rats. J Hypertens Suppl 1985; 3:S433-4. [PMID: 2856758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Addition of dietary calcium exerts antihypertensive effects in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR), which can be intensified by a parallel increase of sodium in the diet. It was of interest to what extent calcium addition to a high salt diet might modify salt-dependent hypertension in salt-sensitive Dahl rats (S/JR). Groups of six S/JR and seven salt-resistant Dahl rats (R/JR) received, when 4 weeks old, diets containing differing sodium and calcium concentrations. A further group received a calcium-enriched diet supplemented with the calcium antagonist nitrendipine. A higher calcium content in the diet did not change the effects resulting from an 8% NaCl diet, with regard to heart weight and laboratory parameters. Salt-sensitive Dahl rats on a calcium-enriched NaCl diet had a more rapid development of hypertension than S/JR on a normal calcium/high salt diet or S/JR on a calcium-enriched diet supplemented with nitrendipine. Salt-resistant Dahl rats did not differ significantly with regard to blood pressure development on any diet. In contrast to the effect in SHR, dietary calcium has therefore no antihypertensive effect on salt-induced hypertension. A moderate increase in the calcium content of the diet does not alter blood pressure lowering effects of calcium antagonists.
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- B Garthoff
- Institute of Pharmacology, Bayer AG, Wuppertal, Federal Republic of Germany
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Knorr A, Garthoff B. Inhibition of human red blood cell Na+, K+-cotransport by various "high ceiling" diuretics. Arch Int Pharmacodyn Ther 1985; 278:150-6. [PMID: 3841633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The rank order of diuretic efficacy of furosemide analogs, e.g. bumetanide and piretanide, in humans is reflected better by their ability to inhibit Na+, K+-cotransport in human red blood cells than by their natriuretic activity in rats. High ceiling diuretics which are structurally unrelated to sulfamoyl diuretics, e.g. muzolimine, tizolemide, MK 447, may be similarly effective in rat and man, but by acting via other mechanisms cannot be detected by use of the Na+, K+-cotransport system. On the other hand, a possible conversion of such compounds to metabolites active in the cotransport system cannot be ruled out. In contrast to ethacrynic acid, the weak inhibitory activity of muzolimine on the Na+, K+-cotransport was not potentiated by cysteine. These results suggest that the diuretic activity of muzolimine is not caused by inhibition of Na+, K+-cotransport.
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Morich FJ, Garthoff B. Characteristic changes of plasma proteins in the Dahl hypertensive rat strain (DS) during the development of hypertension. J Hypertens 1985; 3:249-53. [PMID: 4020131 DOI: 10.1097/00004872-198506000-00009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Several recent studies have reported the existence of additional plasma proteins in essential hypertensive patients and strains of genetically hypertensive rats. The aim of this work was to look for similar changes in a model of salt induced hypertension, the Dahl salt sensitive (DS) rat, using the sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS) polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. No additional proteins were found when different staining techniques were employed (Coomassie, silver). However, during the development of hypertension a characteristic change in the plasma protein pattern of DS rats occurred, which could not be detected in the majority of normotensive control animals. Treatment with nifedipine inhibited both the development of hypertension and this specific change in the plasma proteins, in spite of continuous dietary salt loading. It is postulated that the plasma protein changes reflect a regulatory phenomenon of hypertension.
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Knorr A, De Mendonça M, Garthoff B, Morich F, Kazda S. Chronic treatment with nifedipine prevents development of hypertension and abnormal red cell Na+ transport in Dahl-S-rats. Arch Int Pharmacodyn Ther 1985; 275:248-58. [PMID: 2411236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Transmembrane Na+ transport was measured in erythrocytes of salt resistant (DR) and salt sensitive (DS) Dahl rats, fed either a standard (0.4%) or high (0.8%) NaCl diet, or a high NaCl diet containing 300 ppm of the calcium entry blocker nifedipine. Whereas salt-loaded DS became severely hypertensive, those treated with nifedipine remained normotensive. With a low NaCl diet, total Na+ efflux and Na+ pump activity was lower in DS than in DR. Cotransport was more active in DS than in DR. After excess Na+ intake, total Na+ efflux was markedly reduced in DS, but normal in nifedipine-treated DS. Cell Na+ content was increased by 52% in salt-loaded DS, but not so in DS chronically treated with nifedipine. Na+ pump was completely suppressed in salt-loaded DS, but normal in DR and rats treated with nifedipine. These results suggest that Na+ pump inhibition might be involved in the development of Dahl rat hypertension, and that prevention of salt-induced hypertension by chronic nifedipine treatment also prevents suppression of erythrocytic Na+ pump. This suggests a casual link between its biochemical and therapeutic action.
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Garthoff B, Ebsen W, Luckhaus G, Kazda S, Ben-Ishay D. Salt-induced hypertension in the 'Sabra' rat strain: influence of nifedipine treatment. Clin Sci (Lond) 1985; 68:495-501. [PMID: 3884235 DOI: 10.1042/cs0680495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The effects of chronic dietary salt-loading and nifedipine therapy on hypertension-prone (SBH), -resistant (SBN) and parental (SB) Sabra rats were investigated. Salt diet for 12 weeks resulted in a sustained hypertension and heart hypertrophy only in SBH. Nifedipine therapy (300 p.p.m. = 300 mg/kg of food) introduced after week 7 on a salt diet, achieved small changes in salt-loaded SBN and SB rats, but resulted in a marked decrease in blood pressure in SBH rats within 1 week and in a regression of cardiac hypertrophy. Plasma renin activity rose slightly in nifedipine treated SB and SBN rats, but decreased significantly in treated SBH rats. Histopathological investigations revealed hypertensive vasculopathy in three out of nine untreated SBH rats, whereas there were no morphological changes in the treated rats.
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Garthoff B, Kazda S, Luckhaus G. 'Calcium agonist' in salt-dependent hypertension: hints at calcium-mediated blood pressure increase. J Hypertens Suppl 1984; 2:S503-5. [PMID: 6085890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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To substantiate further the hypothesized importance of increased calcium influx into vascular smooth muscle, salt-sensitive Dahl rats (DS/JR, John Rapp), on either a low or a high salt diet, were treated with 100 or 300 ppm (i.e. mg/kg food) BAY k 8644, a calcium agonist. Simultaneously, salt-resistant Dahl rats (DR/JR) on a high salt diet received 300 ppm BAY k 8644. Blood pressure rose more rapidly in the agonist-treated DS/JR rats than in the untreated DS/JR controls on high salt diet. On the low salt diet, blood pressure was only slightly higher in the agonist-treated DS/JR. Although an increased calcium influx seems to be involved in salt-induced hypertension, the presence of high sodium chloride is apparently essential for its development. In addition, since DR/JR rats remained resistant to the effect of the calcium agonist, calcium per se is not the decisive factor responsible for the sensitivity or resistance of Dahl rats to salt load.
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Muzolimine, 3-amino-1-(3,4-dichloro-alpha-methylbenzyl)-2- pyrazolin -5-one, an antihypertensive and diuretic drug, accumulates in the arterial tissue of rats and dogs after oral administration. Two weeks after the administration of 3 mg [14C]muzolimine, the aorta of rats contained 60-300 times more 14C-radioactivity/weight unit than the skin or tail tendon. The 14C-radioactivity was exclusively bound to the isolated aortic elastin and corresponded to 0.04% of the applied muzolimine dose. Up to ca 250 ng bound muzolimine/mg elastin was found in the aorta of dogs treated with non-labelled muzolimine for 52 weeks. The elastin-bound [14C]muzolimine was not extractable by organic solvents or by weak acids or bases but was released in a soluble form by pancreatic elastase and extracted from the elastase digest by dichloromethane. In the dichloromethane extract muzolimine was detected by HPLC and HPTLC, and was identified by mass spectrometry. Muzolimine pretreatment of rats for 2 months did not influence the elastin content of arterial tissue or [3H]glycine incorporation into aortic elastin under organ culture conditions, but after labelling the elastin with [4,5-3H]lysine, the [3H]desmosine and [3H]-isodesmosine isolated from the elastin of muzolimine-pretreated rats and incorporated under organ culture conditions was lower than that of control animals. In addition, aortic elastin of rats pretreated for 2 months with 800 ppm muzolimine in the diet was more resistant to elastase degradation. This effect might give some implications for muzolimine in the therapy of cardiovascular disorders with impaired arterial elastin metabolism.
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Knorr A, Garthoff B. Differential influence of the calcium antagonist nitrendipine and the vasodilator hydralazine on normal and elevated blood pressure. Arch Int Pharmacodyn Ther 1984; 269:316-22. [PMID: 6476986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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The relationship between pre-treatment blood pressure and its reduction by the calcium antagonist nitrendipine (NIT) and the vasodilator hydralazine (HYD) was studied in conscious normotensive Wistar Kyoto (WKY) and spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). In SHR the correlation was linear and similar after NIT and HYD. In WKY, however, the hypotensive effect of HYD was greater than that of NIT. As revealed by the dose-response curves in SHR both drugs produce similar maximal drops in blood pressure by about 54%. In WKY, HYD also caused a similar relative reduction in blood pressure. In contrast, after NIT initial blood pressure was reduced by only 27% at maximum. The greater hypotensive effect of HYD in WKY is not caused by impaired sympathetic counterregulation since in both substrains tachycardia was more prominent after HYD. Possible mechanisms of the enhanced depressor action of NIT in hypertension are discussed.
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The main mechanism underlying the antihypertensive action of calcium antagonists is believed to be the vasodilation of peripheral vessels. To compare the effects of calcium antagonists with those of other vasodilators, nifedipine or its antihypertensive analog nitrendipine were tested in different normotensive and hypertensive rat strains and situations. The acute blood-pressure-lowering effect of nifedipine in the Dahl salt-sensitive rat was characterized by a rapid onset of action, the minimal effective oral dosage (0.1 mg/kg) being effective for up to 6 hours. Nifedipine was approximately 3 times more potent than hydralazine and equipotent to, but of shorter duration of action than, minoxidil. Natriuretic activity in normotensive Wistar and hypertensive Dahl salt-sensitive rats was observed with nitrendipine after an acute saline load (30 ml/kg by mouth), whereas vasodilators such as minoxidil and hydralazine decreased renal function under these conditions. Treatment of spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) with nifedipine in food (315 parts per million) for 60 weeks prevented the development of hypertension and resulted in decreased plasma renin activity and plasma aldosterone concentration in comparison to untreated SHR controls. Moreover, absolute and relative heart weights were reduced in the treated rats. Results suggest that the antihypertensive action of calcium antagonists, at least those of the dihydropyridine type, is not only due to peripheral vasodilation, since in contrast to other vasodilators a hyperdynamic circulation is not induced, the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system is not activated, and sodium/volume retention cannot be expected because of a primary natriuretic effect. Therefore, a reduced volume load in addition to the decrease in afterload contributes to the antihypertensive effect of calcium antagonists and their prevention of heart hypertrophy.
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Kazda S, Garthoff B, Knorr A. Nitrendipine and other calcium entry blockers (calcium antagonists) in hypertension. Fed Proc 1983; 42:196-200. [PMID: 6822291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Nitrendipine is a calcium antagonistic 1,4-dihydropyridine derivative with a pronounced antihypertensive activity in animal experiment. Similar to other calcium entry blockers, nitrendipine decreases blood pressure by lowering the elevated peripheral vascular resistance. However, its long-term effect differs from that of vasodilators such as hydralazine and minoxidil. In contrast to vasodilators, nitrendipine reduces heart hypertrophy in various forms of experimental hypertension in rats. Nitrendipine is highly effective in normalizing blood pressure, reducing heart hypertrophy, and preventing mortality in salt-related hypertension (two-kidney renal hypertension, salt-induced hypertension in Dahl rats), which are rather refractory to the effect of vasodilators. Nitrendipine reduces renovascular resistance in spontaneously hypertensive rats but has no effect on that of normotensive rats. In conscious renal hypertensive dogs, nitrendipine decreases blood pressure more than does hydralazine. The reflex tachycardia is more pronounced after hydralazine than after nitrendipine; blood pressure decrease is greater and the duration of the effect is longer than that of nifedipine. Nitrendipine is thus predicted as an effective drug for antihypertensive monotherapy.
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Motz W, Ploeger M, Ringsgwandl G, Goeldel N, Garthoff B, Kazda S, Strauer BE. Influence of nifedipine on ventricular function and myocardial hypertrophy in spontaneously hypertensive rats. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 1983; 5:55-61. [PMID: 6186860 DOI: 10.1097/00005344-198301000-00008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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We compared left ventricular (LV) hemodynamics, LV muscle mass (LVMM), and LV geometry of 13 spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs) treated for 20 weeks with nifedipine (30 mg/kg/day) with those of 11 age-matched untreated SHRs. LVMM, LVMM related to end-diastolic volume (LVMM/EDV), LV pressure (PLV), systolic wall stress (Tsyst), ejection fraction (EF), cardiac index (CI), and isovolumetric contractility indices (dP/dtmax, IP, t-dP/dtmax, and VCE) were determined. Nifedipine treatment lowered PLV from 170 to 136 mm Hg and Tsyst from 222 to 194 10(3) dyn/cm2. LVMM and LVMM/EDV decreased moderately from 800 to 744 mg and from 2.56 to 2.29 mg/microliter, respectively. Left ventricular ejection was markedly increased (EF from 52 to 64%; CI from 154 to 178 ml/min X kg), whereas isovolumic contractility indices remained unchanged. Thus, nifedipine reduced but did not totally prevent myocardial hypertrophy and enhanced LV function. These effects seem to result from reduction in LV afterload and not from altered myocardial contractility.
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Garthoff B, Hoffmann K, Luckhaus G, Thurau K. Adequate substitution with electrolytes in toxicological testing of "loop" diuretics in the dog. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 1982; 65:191-202. [PMID: 7179280 DOI: 10.1016/0041-008x(82)90001-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Kazda S, Garthoff B, Dycka J, Iwai J. Prevention of malignant hypertension in salt loaded "S" Dahl rats with the calcium antagonist nifedipine. Clin Exp Hypertens A 1982; 4:1231-41. [PMID: 7116666 DOI: 10.3109/10641968209060786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Female "S" Dahl rats, fed an 8% NaCl diet from the 6th week of age developed malignant hypertension and heart hypertrophy in the course of 6 weeks on the salt regimen. Simultaneous treatment with nifedipine (300 ppm in diet additional to 8% NaCl) prevented the increase in blood pressure, reduced heart hypertrophy and mortality and improved the impaired renal function in "S" rats. The decrease in hematocrit in salt loaded "S" rats was prevented by nifedipine. The prophylactic effect of the calcium antagonist nifedipine is only partly due to the prevention of increase in systemic vascular resistance. In addition an improvement of failed intrarenal hemodynamics by nifedipine can be postulated. This enables the kidney of "S" rats to excrete the salt load without increasing blood pressure and plasma volume.
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Kazda S, Garthoff B, Thomas G. Antihypertensive effect of a calcium antagonistic drug: Regression of hypertensive cardiac hypertrophy by nifedipine. Drug Dev Res 1982. [DOI: 10.1002/ddr.430020310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Garthoff B, Kazda S. Calcium antagonist nifedipine normalizes high blood pressure and prevents mortality in salt-loaded ds substrain of Dahl rats. Eur J Pharmacol 1981; 74:111-2. [PMID: 7318893 DOI: 10.1016/0014-2999(81)90332-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Garthoff B, Towart R. A new system for the continuous direct recording of blood pressure and heart rate in the conscious rat. J Pharmacol Methods 1981; 5:275-8. [PMID: 7311566 DOI: 10.1016/0160-5402(81)90095-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Kaemmerer K, Garthoff B. [Pharmacology of 1,2propylene glycol. (Does propylene glycol have sedative effects in swine feed?)]. Dtsch Tierarztl Wochenschr 1976; 83:242-7. [PMID: 776574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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