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Pilsicainide hydrochloride

≥98% (HPLC)

Synonym(s):

N-(2,6-Dimethylphenyl)tetrahydro-1H-pyrrolizine-7a(5H)-acetamide hydrochloride, Pilzicainide hydrochloride, SUN 1165

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C17H24N2O · xHCl
CAS Number:
88069-49-2
Molecular Weight:
272.39 (free base basis)
MDL number:
MFCD00903769
UNSPSC Code:
12352200
PubChem Substance ID:
329819981
NACRES:
NA.77

Assay

≥98% (HPLC)

form

powder

storage condition

desiccated

color

white to beige

solubility

deionized water: >5 mg/mL

storage temp.

room temp

SMILES string

Cl.Cc1cccc(C)c1NC(=O)CC23CCCN2CCC3

InChI

1S/C17H24N2O.ClH/c1-13-6-3-7-14(2)16(13)18-15(20)12-17-8-4-10-19(17)11-5-9-17;/h3,6-7H,4-5,8-12H2,1-2H3,(H,18,20);1H

InChI key

NZOSVDHCTCLGEB-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Application

Pilsicainide hydrochloride has been used as a sodium channel blocker:
  • to study its effects on electrophysiological parameters in guinea pig pulmonary vein preparation
  • to study its effects on Ca2+ release and arrhythmic events in Andersen-Tawil syndrome induced pluripotent stem cells (ATS-iPSC)-derived cardiomyocytes
  • to study its electrophysiological effects on the guinea pig atrium

Biochem/physiol Actions

Pilsicainide hydrochloride is a pure sodium channel blocker and an open channel blocker of Na+1 channels. Pilsicainide was defined as a pure sodium channel blocker. The compound is classified as a class Ic antiarrhythmic drug, and was originally developed in Japan. Similar to Lidocaine, Pilsicainide binds to open channels, but slowly. Pilsicainide is capable of selectively blocking the late currents in the mutant Na(+) channels that show dominant abnormal burst openings such as in δKPQ mutants. The compound is used to induce Brugada syndrome (BS) in animal models.

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Skull and crossbones
GHS06

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

H301

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 3 Oral

Storage Class Code

6.1C - Combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic compounds or compounds which causing chronic effects

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

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Electrophysiological effects of an anti-influenza drug oseltamivir on the guinea-pig atrium: comparison with those of pilsicainide
Takahara A, et al.
Biological & Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 36(10), 1650-1652 (2013)
Electrophysiological effects of the class Ic antiarrhythmic drug pilsicainide on the guinea-pig pulmonary vein myocardium
Takahara A, et al.
Journal of Pharmacological Sciences, 118(4), 506-511 (2012)
Flecainide ameliorates arrhythmogenicity through NCX flux in Andersen-Tawil syndrome-iPS cell-derived cardiomyocytes
Kuroda Y, et al.
Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports, 9(4), 245-256 (2017)
Masayuki Tasaki et al.
Transplantation, 87(8), 1125-1133 (2009-04-23)
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Suchitra Matsukura et al.
Journal of pharmacological sciences, 133(2), 103-109 (2017-03-02)
We pharmacologically characterized microminipigs as an in vivo experimental model by assessing cardiovascular effects of pilsicainide, verapamil and E-4031, which can preferentially inhibit cardiac Na

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Sodium Channels

Voltage-gated sodium channels are present in most excitable cell membranes and play an important role in generating action potentials.

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