Nonpeptide endothelin receptor antagonists. II. Pharmacological characterization of SB 209670.

The pharmacological characterization of SB 209670, a highly potent nonpeptide endothelin ETA/ETB receptor antagonist was performed. SB 209670 produced concentration-dependent, parallel rightward shifts in the ET-1 concentration-response curves in the isolated rat aorta (ETA receptor-mediated vascular contraction). The Kb for inhibition of ETA receptor-mediated contraction by SB 209670 was 0.4 +/- 0.04 nM. Inhibition by SB 209670 was stereoselective as the (+)-antipode of SB 209670 was approximately 575-fold more potent than the (-)-antipode. Relative to other ET receptor antagonists, the potency of SB 209670 for inhibiting ETA receptor-mediated vascular contraction was 45-, 180- and 775-fold more potent than the ETA selective antagonist BQ-123, or the mixed ETA/ETB receptor antagonists bosentan or PD142893, respectively. The pharmacological antagonism produced by SB 209670 was specific for ET-1. SB 209670 inhibited ETB receptors in the isolated rabbit pulmonary artery as demonstrated by concentration-dependent, parallel rightward shifts in either the ET-1 or sarafotoxin S6c (S6c) concentration-response curves. The Kb values for inhibition were 200 +/- 9 and 52 +/- 14 nM for ET-1 and S6c, respectively. In contrast, neither the ETB selective antagonist RES-701 (10 microM) nor BQ-123 (10 microM) inhibited S6c-mediated vasoconstriction. However, PD 142893 (10 microM) and bosentan (10 microM) produced a small rightward shift in the S6c concentration-response curve, each with Kb values of 1.5 to 3.7 microM. In isolated human circumflex coronary arteries, (+/-)-SB 209670 inhibited ET-1 mediated contraction with a Kb value of 7 +/- 3 nM.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)