Studies on the protective effect of ebrotidine on experimental ulcers induced by non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in healthy volunteers.
Ebrotidine (N-[(E)-[[2-[[[2-[(diaminomethylene)amino]- 4-thiazolyl]methyl]thio]ethyl]amino]methylene]-4-bromo-benzenesulfonamid e, CAS 100981-43-9, FI-3542) is a new H2-receptor antagonist providing a new therapy for the prevention and healing of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs-induced gastroduodenal lesions. Carbonic anhydrase is a zinc enzyme, and its isozyme (carbonic anhydrase II) in parietal cells plays a central role in HCl secretion. The effects of ebrotidine on carbonic anhydrase in human subjects are reported. Eighteen healthy volunteers were distributed in 3 equal subgroups and treated for 10 days as follows: ebrotidine 800 mg/d p.o. (Group A); indometacin 4 mg/kg/d p.o. in 3 divided doses (Group B); ebrotidine 800 mg/d p.o. plus indometacin 4 mg/kg/d p.o. (Group C). Assessment of the enzymatic activity of carbonic anhydrase was based on the colorimetric method of changing pH with the stopped-flow technique. In group A, ebrotidine reduced total gastric mucosal carbonic anhydrase activity by 62%; in group B, indometacin increased carbonic anhydrase activity in gastric mucosa by 138%; in group C, the combined treatment with ebrotidine plus indometacin decreased gastric mucosal carbonic anhydrase activity by 38%. The present study shows that, unlike ranitidine, ebrotidine, a competitive H2-receptor antagonist, is also a non-competitive inhibitor of carbonic anhydrase I and II. By antagonizing the activating effects of indometacin on gastric mucosal carbonic anhydrase, ebrotidine prevents mucosal lesions caused by anti-inflammatory drugs.[1]References
- Studies on the protective effect of ebrotidine on experimental ulcers induced by non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in healthy volunteers. Puscas, I., Puscas, C., Coltau, M., Torres, J., Márquez, M., Herrero, E., Fillat, O., Ortiz, J.A. Arzneimittel-Forschung. (1997) [Pubmed]
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