[PDF][PDF] Mechanisms of Amiodarone and Desethylamiodarone Cytotoxicity in Human Lung Cells

JE Black - Master of Science thesis, 2009 - qspace.library.queensu.ca
Amiodarone (AM) is a potent antidysrhythmic agent which can cause potentially
lifethreatening pulmonary fibrosis, and N-desethylamiodarone (DEA) is a metabolite of AM …

Mechanisms of amiodarone and desethylamiodarone cytotoxicity in nontransformed human peripheral lung epithelial cells

JE Mulder, JF Brien, WJ Racz, T Takahashi… - … of Pharmacology and …, 2011 - ASPET
Amiodarone (AM) is a potent antidysrhythmic agent that can cause potentially life-
threatening pulmonary fibrosis, and N-desethylamiodarone (DEA), an AM metabolite, may …

[HTML][HTML] Amiodarone induces apoptosis of human and rat alveolar epithelial cells in vitro

R Bargout, A Jankov, E Dincer… - … of Physiology-Lung …, 2000 - journals.physiology.org
The antiarrhythmic amiodarone (AM) and its metabolite desethylamiodarone (Des) are
known to cause AM-induced pulmonary toxicity, but the mechanisms underlying this …

Cytotoxic interaction between amiodarone and desethylamiodarone in human peripheral lung epithelial cells

FC Roth, JE Mulder, JF Brien, T Takahashi… - Chemico-biological …, 2013 - Elsevier
The potent and efficacious anti-dysrhythmic agent amiodarone (AM) can cause potentially
life-threatening lung damage (amiodarone-induced pulmonary toxicity; AIPT), which is …

Amiodarone pulmonary toxicity: morphologic and biochemical features

MJ Reasor, S Kacew - Proceedings of the Society for …, 1991 - journals.sagepub.com
Conclusions Since the discovery of amiodarone over 30 years ago, the mechanisms
underlying serious adverse effects remain to be resolved and still limit drug usefulness …

Direct mitochondrial dysfunction precedes reactive oxygen species production in amiodarone-induced toxicity in human peripheral lung epithelial HPL1A cells

AC Nicolescu, Y Ji, JL Comeau, BC Hill… - Toxicology and applied …, 2008 - Elsevier
Amiodarone (AM), a drug used in the treatment of cardiac dysrrhythmias, can produce
severe pulmonary adverse effects, including fibrosis. Although the pathogenesis of AM …

Effects of vitamin E on cytotoxicity of amiodarone and N-desethylamiodarone in isolated hamster lung cells

MW Bolt, WJ Racz, JF Brien, TE Massey - Toxicology, 2001 - Elsevier
Amiodarone (AM) is a potent and efficacious antidysrhythmic agent that can cause
potentially life-threatening pulmonary fibrosis. Vitamin E has been demonstrated to …

In vitro study on the pulmonary cytotoxicity of amiodarone

MT Alsamri, T Pramathan, AK Souid - Toxicology mechanisms and …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Context: Amiodarone (an iodinated benzofuran) is a Class III antiarrhythmic drug that
produces significant pulmonary disease. Proposed mechanisms of this cytotoxicity include …

Disruption of mitochondrial function and cellular ATP levels by amiodarone and N-desethylamiodarone in initiation of amiodarone-induced pulmonary cytotoxicity

MW Bolt, JW Card, WJ Racz, JF Brien… - Journal of Pharmacology …, 2001 - ASPET
Amiodarone (AM), a potent antidysrhythmic agent, can cause potentially life-threatening
pulmonary fibrosis. In the present investigation of mechanisms of initiation of AM lung …

[PDF][PDF] Amiodarone attenuates apoptosis, but induces phospholipidosis in rat alveolar epithelial cells

E Kapatou, A Skyrlas, MG Agelaki, C Pantos… - Journal of physiology …, 2010 - jpp.krakow.pl
Amiodarone-induced pulmonary toxicity is a serious side-effect, but the underlying
molecular mechanisms remain unclear. We examined phospholipidosis and apoptosis in rat …