A comparison of the potency of the oxime HLö-7 and currently used oximes (HI-6, pralidoxime, obidoxime) to reactivate nerve agent-inhibited rat brain acetylcholinesterase by in vitro methods

Acta Medica (Hradec Kralove). 2005;48(2):81-6.

Abstract

(1) The efficacy of the oxime HLö7 and currently used oximes (pralidoxime, obidoxime, HI-6) to reactivate acetylcholinesterase inhibited by various nerve agents (sarin, tabun, cyclosarin, VX) was tested by in vitro methods. (2) Both H oximes (HLö-7, HI-6) were found to be more efficacious reactivators of sarin and VX-inhibited acetylcholinesterase than pralidoxime and obidoxime. On the other hand, their potency to reactivate tabun-inhibited acetylcholinesterase is very low and does not reach the reactivating efficacy of obidoxime. In the case of cyclosarin, the oxime HI-6 was only found to be able to sufficiently reactivate cyclosarin-inhibited acetylcholinesterase in vitro. (3) Thus, the oxime HLö-7 does not seem to be more efficacious reactivator of nerve agent-inhibited acetylcholinesterase than HI-6 according to in vitro evaluation of their reactivation potency and, therefore, it is not more suitable to be introduced for antidotal treatment of nerve agent-exposed people than HI-6.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acetylcholinesterase / metabolism*
  • Animals
  • Antidotes / pharmacology*
  • Brain / enzymology*
  • Chemical Warfare Agents / pharmacology*
  • Cholinesterase Inhibitors / pharmacology*
  • Cholinesterase Reactivators / pharmacology*
  • In Vitro Techniques
  • Male
  • Obidoxime Chloride / pharmacology
  • Oximes
  • Pralidoxime Compounds / pharmacology
  • Pyridinium Compounds / pharmacology
  • Rats
  • Rats, Wistar

Substances

  • Antidotes
  • Chemical Warfare Agents
  • Cholinesterase Inhibitors
  • Cholinesterase Reactivators
  • Oximes
  • Pralidoxime Compounds
  • Pyridinium Compounds
  • Obidoxime Chloride
  • Acetylcholinesterase
  • asoxime chloride
  • pralidoxime