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Arteriopathy Induced by an Adenosine Agonist-Antihypertensive in Monkeys

Parke-Davis Research Institute, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L5K 1B4

Graham S. Smith

Parke-Davis Research Institute, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L5K 1B4

Grace E. Macallum

Parke-Davis Research Institute, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L5K 1B4

An adenosine agonist, designated chemically as (R)-N-(2,3-dihydro-lH-inden-1-yl) adenosine or CI-947, was administered orally to 2 males and 2 female cynomolgus monkeys each at 5, 10, 20, and 50 mg/kg of body weight for 2 wk. One male and 1 female given 50 mg/kg were euthanatized on days 10 and 8, respectively, because of poor clinical condition. Emesis was present at 10, 20, and 50 mg/kg. Decreased heart rate and QT prolongation were present at 50 mg/kg. Extramural coronary arterial lesions consisting of medial necrosis with cellular debris and mixed inflammatory cell response in the intima, media, and adventitia were present in 1 male at 20 mg/kg and 1 male at 50 mg/kg at study termination. Similar arterial lesions were present in the small and large intestines and testis of the male at 50 mg/kg. Colonic mucosal erosions with mixed inflammatory cell infiltrates in the lamina propria were seen in this male and in all CI-947 treated females at 10, 20, and 50 mg/kg. Myocardial degeneration and necrosis of myocardial fibers with mononuclear cell infiltrates in the interstitium were noted in the left ventricle of 1 female at 20 mg/kg and in all animals at 50 mg/kg. Renal cortical tubular dilatation with increases in serum creatinine and/or blood urea nitrogen were noted in a control female and animals at 10 and 50 mg/kg. Plasma CI-947 concentration increased with increasing dose. Coronary vascular injury in the monkey was similar to the arterial lesion in CI-947-treated dogs and may relate to the pharmacologic/hemodynamic effects induced by CI-947. When compared with the dog, the monkey appears to be less sensitive to development of arteriopathy, as indicated by lower incidence, at similar systemic exposure levels.

Key Words: Adenosine • vasodilator • arteriopathy • medial necrosis

Toxicologic Pathology, Vol. 26, No. 3, 375-380 (1998)
DOI: 10.1177/019262339802600311


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