Jun Murakami, Akio Ohtani (*) and Sakae Murata
Lead Optimization Research Laboratory, Tanabe Seiyaku Co., Ltd., 2-2-50
Kawagishi, Toda, Saitama 335, Japan
(*) To whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract: We have examined the effects of an inhibitor of plasminogen
activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) production, (3E,4E)-3-benzylidene-4-(3,4,5-trimethoxy-benzylidene)pyrrolidine-2,5-dione
(T-686), on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced death in mice. Oral administration
of T-686 (10 and 100 mg/kg/day) for 8 days prior to the LPS injection (35
mg/kg, i.v.) protected mice from the lethal effect of LPS in a dose-dependent
fashion. Moreover, treatment with 100 mg/kg T-686 attenuated the increase
in plasma PAI-1 activity and the decrease in AT-III activity induced by
LPS. We conclude that T-686 can reduce the mortality of mice induced by
LPS, which seems to be partially correlated with both hypercoagulation and
hypofibrinolysis.
Keywords: T-686, Lipopolysaccharide, Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1