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  • Title: Comparative effects of the isomers of bepridil on isolated coronary and aortic arteries.
    Author: Winslow E, Wright P, Campbell JK, Marshall RJ.
    Journal: Eur J Pharmacol; 1989 Jul 18; 166(2):241-9. PubMed ID: 2792192.
    Abstract:
    The vasodilator actions of racemic bepridil were compared with those of its laevo-(l) and dextro-(d) rotatory isomers in isolated rabbit aorta and pig coronary artery. The actions of bepridil (B), (l) B and (d) B were further compared with those of drugs known to act either by blockade of calcium entry or to inhibit calmodulin in pig coronary artery. (l) B and (d) B were equipotent in relaxing tonic contractions induced by phenylephrine in rabbit aorta but (d) B was approximately twice as potent as (l) B in relaxing tonic contractions induced by potassium (K+). Both (d) B and (l) B relaxed K+-induced contractions in coronary artery and, in higher concentrations, inhibited and N-(6-aminohexyl)-5-chloro-1-naphthalene-sulfonamide (W7) were equipotent against both types of contraction whilst nifedipine and verapamil failed to reduce histamine-induced contractions. Both isomers of bepridil (like W7) shifted concentration-response curves to histamine in non-depolarized coronary artery in a noncompetitive manner. No potency differences were found between (l) B and (d) B in this tissues. It is concluded that intracellular actions, possibly calmodulin inhibition, play a substantial role in the vasodilator action of bepridil, a conclusion supported by the relative lack of stereospecificity shown by the bepridil isomers.
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