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[Comparative studies of nafamostat mesilate and various serine protease inhibitors in vitro].

Inhibitory effects of nafamostat mesilate (nafamostat) on various enzymes were investigated, and they were compared with those of gabexate mesilate (gabexate), leupeptin, aprotinin and urinastatin in vitro. Nafamostat inhibited trypsin, plasmin, thrombin, pancreatic kallikrein, Clr and Cls more potently than gabexate and leupeptin. Gabexate and leupeptin did not inhibit pancreatic kallikrein and thrombin, respectively. Aprotinin inhibited trypsin, plasmin, pancreatic kallikrein and chymotrypsin. Urinastatin inhibited trypsin and chymotrypsin. Nafamostat inhibited the complement-mediated hemolysis in diluted serum more potently than gabexate and leupeptin, but aprotinin and urinastatin did not. Nafamostat, furthermore, inhibited the complement-mediated hemolysis in undiluted serum, but gabexate did not. Unlike aprotinin and urinastatin, nafamostat and gabexate inhibited alpha 2-macroglobulin bound trypsin as well as free trypsin to the same extent. The inhibitory effect of gabexate toward trypsin was reduced more markedly than that of nafamostat after incubation with plasma at 37 degrees C. These results show that nafamostat is more useful than other inhibitors such as gabexate, leupeptin, aprotinin and urinastatin.

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Therapeutic regimens in acute experimental hemorrhagic pancreatitis. Effects of hydration, oxygenation, peritoneal lavage, and a potent protease inhibitor.

In this study we evaluated the effects of hydration, oxygenation, peritoneal lavage, and the protease inhibitor gabexate mesilate in acute hemorrhagic pancreatitis induced by feeding mice a choline-deficient, ethionine-supplemented diet. Different groups of mice were kept at various concentrations of O2 (21%, 35%, and 45% O2), or were treated by either s.c. injections or i.p. injections of electrolyte solution at various doses (0, 4, 6, or 8 ml/day). Further groups were treated either with i.p. lavage, lavage with 1.5 mg/ml of gabexate, or i.p. injections of 100 mg/kg of gabexate without lavage. The potential benefits of the various regimens were assessed by measuring survival, various biochemical and histologic features, and alterations in hematocrit, pH, and blood gases. Increasing O2 concentrations reversed hypoxemia and acidosis, but had no effect on biochemical or morphologic alterations and did not improve survival. However, hydration by s.c. fluid markedly improved survival and normalized the hematocrit without having major effects on biochemical or morphologic alterations. Intraperitoneal fluid did not improve survival. Gabexate injections without lavage had a slight effect on survival and serum amylase concentration and very little effect on histology. Lavage without gabexate had a greater effect on survival, serum amylase, and histology. Addition of gabexate to the lavage fluid increased the beneficial effect of lavage. Increases in amylase and activated trypsin in ascites were markedly reduced by lavage and even more so by lavage with addition of gabexate. We conclude that sufficient hydration appears to be an important factor in supportive care for severe acute pancreatitis, whereas oxygenation without sufficient hydration has no major benefit. Peritoneal lavage with gabexate showed the greatest benefit of the various regimens for acute severe pancreatitis and is worthy of clinical trials.

Acute Disease↗

Enhanced bioavailability of subcutaneously injected insulin by pretreatment with ointment containing protease inhibitors.

The present study was undertaken to develop an ointment preparation containing a protease inhibitor for stabilizing subcutaneously injected insulin. The ointment containing the protease inhibitor, gabexate mesilate or nafamostat mesilate, was applied to the skin around the insulin injection site. Three results were obtained. First, gabexate and nafamostat inhibited insulin degradation in subcutaneous tissue homogenates in vitro. Second, after application of gabexate or nafamostat ointment, an appreciable amount of gabexate or nafamostat appeared in the subcutaneous tissue of rats or hairless mice and their concentrations were comparable to those seen in the in vitro experiment. Third, insulin degradation at the subcutaneous injection site in the rat was depressed after pretreatment with gabexate or nafamostat ointment. Pretreatment with gabexate or nafamostat ointment increased the plasma immunoreactive insulin (IRI) levels and the hypoglycermic effect of insulin in healthy volunteers. These results indicate that gabexate or nafamostat ointments stabilize subcutaneously injected insulin.

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Effects of a protease inhibitor on reduction of surgical stress in esophagectomy.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficacy of gabexate mesilate (GM) in reducing surgical stress after esophagectomy. METHODS: In a prospective, randomized, clinical study, 11 patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus were randomly assigned to two groups: 5 patients were continuously administered gabexate mesilate 1.5 mg/kg per hour from the beginning of anesthesia until the third postoperative day (preop GM group); and 6 patients were administered gabexate mesilate 1.5 mg/kg per hour continuously from the end of surgery and for the same postoperative period (postop GM group). Blood samples were taken from all patients before surgery, immediately after it, and 3 days after surgery. Serum interleukin-6 (IL-6) level, tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) production, and Mac-1 antigen expression of peripheral blood monocytes were measured. Clinical courses of patients in the two groups were compared. RESULTS: Time courses of serum IL-6 levels in the preop GM group were significantly lower than those in the postop GM group. Ex vivo TNF-alpha production by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulated monocyte was much higher than that by monocyte without LPS stimulation. Gabexate mesilate showed a little inhibition of TNF-alpha production by monocyte without LPS stimulation. On the other hand, gabexate mesilate significantly inhibited TNF-alpha production by LPS stimulated monocyte. Mac-1 antigen expression by monocyte immediately after operation in the preop GM group was significantly lower than that in the postop GM group. Duration of systemic inflammatory response syndrome was significantly shorter in the preop GM group than in the postop GM group. CONCLUSIONS: Reduction of systemic inflammatory response syndrome duration after esophagectomy by the continuous administration of gabexate mesilate started before operation may be through the suppression of TNF-alpha production capacity and Mac-1 expression on monocytes immediately after operation, and to suppression of increase in serum IL-6 level.

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Pharmacologic treatment can prevent pancreatic injury after ERCP: a meta-analysis.

BACKGROUND: The identification of therapeutic agents that can prevent the pancreatic injury after endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is of considerable importance. METHODS: We performed a meta-analysis including 28 clinical trials on the use of somatostatin (12 studies), octreotide (10 studies), and gabexate mesilate (6 studies) after ERCP. Outcome measures evaluated were the incidence of acute pancreatitis, hyperamylasemia, and pancreatic pain. Three analyses were run separately: for all available studies, for randomized trials only, and for only those studies published as complete reports. RESULTS: When all available studies were analyzed, somatostatin and gabexate mesilate were significantly associated with improvements in all three outcomes. Odds ratios (OR) for gabexate mesilate were 0.27 (95% CI [0.13, 0. 57], p = 0.001) for acute pancreatitis, 0.66 (95% CI [0.48, -0.89], p = 0.007) for hyperamylasemia, and 0.33 (95% CI [0.18, 0.58], p = 0. 0005) for post-procedural pain. Somatostatin reduced acute pancreatitis (OR 0.38: 95% CI [0.22, 0.65], p < 0.001), pain (OR 0. 24: 95% CI [0.14, 0.42], p < 0.001), and hyperamylasemia (OR 0.65: 95% CI [0.48, 0.90], p = 0.008). Octreotide was associated only with a reduced risk of post-ERCP hyperamylasemia (OR 0.51: 95% CI [0.31, 0.83], p = 0.007) but had no effect on acute pancreatitis and pain. The statistical significance of data did not change after analyzing randomized trials only or studies published as complete reports. For each considered outcome, the publication bias assessment and the number of patients that need to be treated to prevent one adverse effect were, respectively, higher and lower for somatostatin than for gabexate mesilate. CONCLUSIONS: The pancreatic injury after ERCP can be prevented with the administration of either somatostatin or gabexate mesilate, but the former agent is more cost-effective. Additional studies comparing the efficacy of short-term infusion of somatostatin versus gabexate mesilate in patients at high risk for post-ERCP complications seem warranted.

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Beneficial effects of cholecystokinin-receptor blockade and inhibition of proteolytic enzyme activity in experimental acute hemorrhagic pancreatitis in mice. Evidence for cholecystokinin as a major factor in the development of acute pancreatitis.

The effects of the cholecystokinin (CCK)-receptor antagonist proglumide, the protease inhibitor gabexate, and the hormones secretin and cholecystokinin-octapeptide (CCK-8) were studied in a model of acute hemorrhagic pancreatitis induced by feeding mice a choline-deficient, ethionine-supplemented (CDE) diet. Injections of gabexate and proglumide from initiation of CDE diet (before induction of pancreatitis) increased survival from 37% (diet alone) to 85 and 75%, respectively, and also ameliorated histological alterations and increases in serum amylase concentration and pancreatic activated trypsin. Secretin had no major beneficial effect. When proglumide or gabexate were given after induction of pancreatitis, proglumide still increased survival to 75%, whereas gabexate no longer did. Injection of nontoxic doses of CCK-8 before proglumide or gabexate injections completely abolished all beneficial effects and also increased the severity of pancreatitis due to CDE diet alone. Blockade of CCK receptors and early inhibition of protease activity may be beneficial in severe acute pancreatitis. Cholecystokinin appears to play a contributory role in the development of pancreatitis.

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Is protease inhibitor a choice for the treatment of pre- or mild disseminated intravascular coagulation?

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of a protease inhibitor, gabexate mesylate, on patients with pre- or mild disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) in comparison with a control group receiving no anticoagulation therapy. DESIGN: Prospective, randomized, controlled study. SETTING: General intensive care unit at a general hospital. PATIENTS: Adult patients (40) with a DIC score between 6 and 8 (pre- or mild DIC). INTERVENTIONS: In 20 patients, gabexate mesylate (2 mg/kg/hr) was administered as 2 mL/hr in saline (treated group) and in another 20 patients, saline (2 mL/hr; control group) was administered during the study (7 days). MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: The following variables were determined at the time of admission to the intensive care unit before treatment and 1, 3, 5, and 7 days thereafter: platelet count, antithrombin III activity, serum or plasma concentrations of fibrinogen, fibrin degradation product, D-dimer, fibrin monomer, thrombin-antithrombin III complex, and plasmin-plasmin inhibitor complex, prothrombin time ratio, and DIC score. Two patients in the treated group and four in the control group were excluded from the study because they died during the study; therefore, 34 patients were analyzed. The measured variables of coagulation and fibrinolysis were not significantly different between the two groups, except for the D-dimer on day 3 (the treated group showed a higher concentration). D-dimer concentration and DIC score went down more quickly in the control group than the treated group, but not significantly. The mortality rate at 1 month was 40% (8 of 20) in the treated group and 35% (7 of 20) in the control group, without any differences between the two groups. CONCLUSIONS: In a limited number of patients (n = 34), gabexate mesylate (2 mg/kg/hr) could not inhibit coagulation or fibrinolysis and gabexate mesylate could not improve the DIC score or mortality rate in pre- or mild DIC.

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