心臓発作抑制薬の近代化された分類
Ming Lei1,2, Lin Wu3,2, Derek A Terrar1
1Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, United Kingdom (M.L., D.A.T.).
Circulation
|October 26, 2018
まとめ
修正された抗リズム薬の分類は,元のヴォーン・ウィリアムズシステムを拡張しています. この更新された枠組みは,新しい目標を取り入れ,心律不全の理解と管理を助けます.
科学分野:
- 心血管薬学
- 心臓の電気生理学
- 薬物の発見
背景:
- マイルズ・ヴォーン・ウィリアムズは 抗リズム薬の基本的分類を開発した.
- この分類は,抗不律性治療の臨床的使用と理解において重要な役割を果たしています.
- 最近の発見により,抗不律性薬の分類の枠組みを更新する必要がある.
研究 の 目的:
- 抗リズム薬の拡張された実用的な分類を開発する.
- 分子標的と細胞電気生理学の最近の発見を組み込む.
- 既存の抗リズム剤と新しい抗リズム剤を分類するための近代化された枠組みを提供すること.
主な方法:
- サルコレマ,サルコプラズマ網膜,および細胞生物分子の発見の影響を調査する.
- 薬理学的標的を細胞の電気生理学的効果に追跡する.
- 既存のヴォーハン・ウィリアムズクラスI-IVを新しい開発に基づいてサブカテゴリーに分類し,追加のターゲットのために新しいクラスを導入します.
主要な成果:
- 維持されたヴォーガン・ウィリアムズクラスI-IVで,Na+電流成分,自律信号,K+チャネル亜種,Ca2+ホメオスタシスのサブカテゴリ化.
- 自動性チャネル,機械感受性イオンチャネル,コネクシン,リモデリング関連の分子を含むターゲットのための新しいクラスを導入した.
- 修正された分類は,多重な薬物の標的,作用,および不良効果を考慮する.
結論:
- 現代の分類は,オリジナルのヴォーン・ウィリアムズ・フレームワークのシンプルさを保ちます.
- 更新されたシステムは,心律乱の理解と臨床的管理を向上させます.
- この改訂された分類は,抗リズム薬の研究と応用における将来の発展を容易にする.
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