N-Acetylprocainamide

N-Acetylprocainamide
Systematic (IUPAC) name
4-Acetylamino-N-(2-diethylaminoethyl)benzamide
Clinical data
Routes of
administration		 Oral or intravenous administration IV
Pharmacokinetic data
Bioavailability Oral administration 85% [1]
Protein binding 10% [2]
Metabolism Hepatic
Biological half-life 4.3–15.1 h [2]
Excretion Renal
Identifiers
CAS Number 32795-44-1 32795-44-1
PubChem CID 4342
ChemSpider 4189 N
KEGG D02746 YesY
ChEBI CHEBI:60728 YesY
ChEMBL CHEMBL1097 YesY
Synonyms 2-acetyloxybenzoic acid
acetylsalicylate
acetylsalicylic acid
O-acetylsalicylic acid
Chemical data
Formula C15H23N3O2
Molar mass 277.362 g/mol
Physical data
Density 1.1±0.1 g/cm3 g/cm3
Melting point 138–140 °C (280–284 °F)
Boiling point 465–535 °C (869–995 °F)

N-Acetylprocainamide (NAPA or acecainide) is the N-acetylated metabolite of procainamide. It is a Class III antiarrhythmic agent, whereas procainamide is a Class Ia antiarrhythmic drug. It is only partially as active as procainamide; when checking levels both must be included in the final calculation.

History

In the early 1930s, Claude Beck was undertaking pioneer cardiac surgery at the Lakeside Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. During and after his surgery he was facing problems with arrhythmias. These problems were investigated by Frederick R. Mautz. In these experiments he used drugs similar to cocaine, because these drugs were readily absorbed from mucous membranes and were also known to have some effect on the myocardium. Mautz tried procaine, but its action was short-lived owing to digestion by esterases. From procaine Mautz synthesized procainamide, which is not a substrate for esterases. Procainamide has the additional advantage of being active by mouth. Procainamide was approved by the US FDA on June 2, 1950 under the brand name Pronestyl. In 1951 Pronestyl was launched by Bristol-Myers Squibb, a pharmaceutical company in the US. Along with the discovery of procainamide came the discovery of its metabolite N-acetylprocainamide.[3]

Synthese

Procainamide is metabolized in the liver to NAPA by N-acetyltransferase, an enzyme that is genetically determined.[4] N-Acetyltransferase is an enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of acetyl groups from acetyl-CoA to arylamines and aromatic amines like procainamide.[5]

Acetylation of procainamide into N-acetylprocainamide

This reaction is known as an acetylation reaction, that refers to the process of introducing an acetyl group (resulting in an acetoxy group) into a compound, namely the substitution of an acetyl group for an active hydrogen atom.

Activity

N-Acetylprocainamide is the major metabolite of the antiarrhythmic drug, procainamide. Measurements of procainamide in serum may not accurately reflect the drug's complete pharmacologic activity in the body. Monitoring NAPA levels along with the procainamide is recommended during procainamide therapy. NAPA is considered comparable in activity to its parent compound; however, NAPA levels will vary widely. Serum levels of N-acetylprocainamide increase in patients on chronic procainamide therapy, particularly in those with renal impairment. The average serum concentration ratio of N-acetylprocainamide to procainamide is 0.8 to 1.2, depending on a genetically determined tendency to acetylate procainamide rapidly or slowly. Because the ratio varies from patient to patient, measuring serum NAPA and procainamide together helps to achieve an optimum anti-arrhythmic effect and reduce the risk of toxicity.[6]

Mechanism

NAPA is a potassium-channel blocker like Class III antiarrhythmic compounds. This compounds can bind to potassium channels and delays phase 3 repolarization. These electrophysiological changes decrease the sensitiveness of cells to electrical stimuli, which leads to an increase in action potential duration and an increase in the effective refractory period. By increasing the effective refractory period NAPA is very useful in suppressing tachyarrhythmias caused by re-entry ventricular arrhythmia.[7] In this way NAPA can increase the Q - T interval of the PQRST heart rhythm.[8]

Schematic representation of normal ECG

Medical uses

NAPA is pharmacologically active as an antiarrhythmic agent. It has electrophysiological effects of a class III antiarrhytmic drug and it is used as a medicine to increase the Q – T interval of the PQRST heart rhythm in patients with cardiac arrhythmias. The equivalent drug procainamide, which is a class Ia antiarrhytmic drug, is also used in patients with cardiac arrhythmias.[8] Nevertheless, NAPA does only affect the Q - T interval, while procainamide has also effect on the QRS-interval.[9] Also the electrophysiologic properties of NAPA are a little bit different from those of procainamide and NAPA is not completely effective for suppressing ventricular dysrhythmias, but its antiarrhythmic mechanisms are similar to those of procainamide.[10]

Toxicokinetica

Absorption and plasma concentrations

The pharmokinetic properties of NAPA, an active metabolite of procainamide, have been studied in healthy people and patients with cardiomyopathy in elderly and younger patients. In healthy people, mean peak plasma concentrations following oral doses of 900 and 1000 mg of NAPA were 5.9 and 5.3 mg/L, and it attained 2.2 to 2.8 hours after administration. In a few patients with cardiomyopathy the mean peak plasma concentration was 5.6 mg/L 1.6 hours after ingestion. NAPA has a bioavailability of 85%, with a mean peak plasma occurring between 45 and 90 minutes.[11]

Distribution

The mean apparent volume of distribution range is from 2.61 to 2.9 L/kg in healthy people and patients with cardiomyopathy. At steady state, the volume of distribution is 1.3 to 1.7 L/kg in healthy subjects, 1.3 to 1.58 L/kg in patients with coronary artery disease, and 1.25 L/kg in patients with ventricular arrhythmias receiving acecainide therapy.[11]

NAPA has a volume of distribution of 1.5 L/kg that is less than the Vd of procinamide (2.0 L/kg). Also it binds 10% less to proteins than procainamide. Because of this low volume of distribution, it can be concluded that the medicine is thought to be confined in the plasma or liquid parts of the blood.[12][13]

Metabolism and elimination

In the body NAPA is metabolised in several products. Some NAPA can convert to procainamide. The deacetylation clearance of NAPA is 0.39 L/h compare to a total NAPA clearance of 1.38 L/h, indicating that 2.8% of NAPA was converted to procainamide, 0.3% was desethylated, and 10.3% convert to unidentified metabolites, with 86.6% excreted unchanged. Following oral administration, 59 to 87% of a dose of NAPA is excreted unchanged in the urine.[11]

Reaction of N-acetylprocainamide

Renal clearance of NAPA following short and long term administration ranges from 2.08±0.36 mL/min/kg to 3.28±0.52 mL/min/kg in healthy people. There is a linear relationship between N-acetylprocainamide clearance and creatinine clearance.[2]

However, the clearance of NAPA was reduced in a few patients with cardiomyopathyand and ventricular arrhythmias. Also is excretion of procainamide and NAPA is reduced in patients with CKD.[14] A major reaction to procainamide and several other drugs is a syndrome that closely resembles lupus. A reactive metabolite, possibly nitrosoprocainamide is thought to play a role in the lupus reaction. Acecainide, unlike procainamide, appears not to form a reactive metabolite.

Mean plasma elimination half-lives in healthy subjects range from 6.8 to 9.6 hours following single or repeated doses when sampling times of 12 to 24 hours are used. A tendency for prolongation of half-lives was noted in patients with cardiomyopathy and in patients with arrhythmias.[11]

Influence on clearance and concentration rate

Steady-state procainamide and N-acetylprocainamide concentrations were used to compute procainamide clearance and NAPA/PA concentration ratio. Using stepwise multiple linear regression age, creatinine clearance and congestive heart failure were found to influence procainamide clearance significantly (p less than 0.05). Age and creatinine clearance effected the NAPA/PA concentration ratio (p less than 0.05). Based on this data, age appears to have an independent effect on both procainamide clearance and the NAPA/PA ratio that is separate from the decline in renal function that occurs in elderly patients.[15]

Administration

It can be given either intravenously or orally, and is eliminated primarily by renal excretion. Comparative studies with other antiarrhythmic drugs have not been undertaken apart from a small study in atrial flutter where NAPA was better than quinidine plus digoxin. Although further clinical experience is required before the relative place of NAPA in therapy can be determined, the drug nevertheless appears to offer advantages over procainamide, particularly with respect to the reduced formation of antinuclear antibodies.

The dose of NAPA should be adjusted to control the patients’ arrhythmias and with regard to their clinical state including age, renal function and concurrent administration of other drugs. There appears to be an overlap in plasma concentrations required for therapeutic efficacy and those associated with adverse effects. Rapid bolus infusion of NAPA has been associated with serious hypotension and a maximum infusion rate of 50 mg/min has been suggested.[11]

Intravenous administration

Intravenous infusion of 0.45 mg/kg/min for 30 minutes, followed by 0.22 mg/ml/min for 30 minutes and a maintenance infusion, suppressed more than 90% of PVCs. Doses of NAPA 15 to 20 mg/kg were also effective in preventing induced ventricular tachycardia or prolonging ventricular tachycardia cycle length and reducing frequency of PVCs. However, the dosage required to maintain antiarrhythmic effects is still not clear.[11]

Oral administration

In short-term and more prolonged studies, NAPA 1.5 to 2.0 g as a single dose or as three or four divided doses a day appears to be satisfactory in controlling PVCs. In patients who are refractory to other antiarrhythmic agents, the doses required appear to be greater. Moreover, a few studies inferred that tolerance may develop with long-term administration of NAPA, necessitating increased doses. There are no specific dosage recommendations for patients with left ventricular dysfunction, although care should be taken to reduce the dose in patients with moderate to severe renal dysfunction.[11]

The loading dose of this medicine is 15–18 mg/kg administered over 30 to 60 minutes for people without insufficient renal function or decreased cardiac output and 12 mg/kg for people with this disorders. This can also be described by the formula of the loading dose:

LD = Vss(l/kg) × IBW(kg) × Cp(mg/l) / ( S x F)

The daily empiric oral dose can be calculated by the next formula:

Daily dose = (Css)ave × Cl × 1440 / ( S x F )

This those is decreased by 25% in patients with heart and/or liver failures, and it is decreased by 50% by patients with renal failures.[11]

Drug interaction

Research shows that accumulation of NAPA during procainamide therapy can alter both procainamide elimination as well as its electrophysiologic actions.[9] A few healthy people demonstrated that concomitantly administered trimethoprim decreased the renal clearance of procainamide and formed NAPA, resulting in increased plasma concentrations of both drugs and increases in QTc after procainamide. Trimethoprim, procainamide and acecainide are all excreted by active tubular secretion. Also amiodarone, cimetidine and trimethoprim increase the NAPA serum level. Cimetidine an ranitidine possible increases plasma procainamide and NAPA concentrations and subsequent toxicity.[11] Furthermore, alcohol enhances acetylation of procainamide to NAPA and alcohol consumption may reduce half-life.[16] It also has been shown that coadministration of para-aminobenzoic acid decreases the biotransformation of procainamide to N-acetylprocainamide in a patient with rapid acetylation kinetics.[4]

Toxicity

Measuring the ratio of N-acetylprocainamide and procainamide concentrations together helps to achieve an optimum anti-arrhythmic effect and reduce the risk of toxicity.[6]

Effects on humans

NAPA can cause cardiac toxicity that effects in torsades de pointes. Also acecainide can decrease renal function when it is accumulated during a procainamide therapy. Furthermore, acecainide can lead to a low blood pressure and a serious left ventricle depression when it is present in toxic concentrations.[12] Other common side effects of NAPA are gastrointestinal disturbances, insomnia, dizziness, lightheadedness, blurred vision, numbness and tingling sensation.[13][17] There has been a large resemblance reported between the concentration range associated with arrhythmic suppression of NAPA and the range of concentrations where intolerable side effects begin to develop. No severe cardiac toxicity has been notified with oral intake despite plasma concentrations as high as 40 micrograms/ml. However, hypotension has been reported in association with a rapid injection of NAPA.[2]

Effects on animals

In animals NAPA has positive inotropic effects, but it also causes negative chronotropic and hypotensive activity.[12] The cardiovascular pharmacodynamics of procainamide and NAPA have not been well identified in small rodents without the presence of anesthesia or restraint. Researchers are trying to make models of the effects of procainamide and NAPA in animals.[18]

Detoxification

1-Aminobenzotriazole (ABT) is a nonselective inhibitor of cytochrome P450 enzymes, but recent research confirmed that this inhibitor also inhibit the RLS9-catalyzed N-acetylation of procainamide. In rats oral ABT decreases the clearance of intravenous procainamide for 45%, followed by a decreased N-acetylprocainamide-to-procainamide ratio in urine and plasma. Studies in humans also shows that ABT is an inhibitor of N-acetyltransfersase. These studies claim that ABT is a more potent inhibitor of N-acetyltransferase 2 compared with N-acetyltransferase 1.[19]

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