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lüll Sensitive and reliable proarrhythmia in vivo animal models for predicting drug-induced torsades de pointes in patients with remodelled hearts Sugiyama ABr J Pharmacol 2008[Aug]; 154 (7): 1528-37As an increasing number of non-cardiac drugs have been reported to cause QT interval prolongation and torsades de pointes (TdP), we extensively studied the utility of atrioventricular (AV) block animals as a model to predict their torsadogenic action in human. The present review highlights such in vivo proarrhythmia models. In the case of the canine model, test substances were administered p.o. at conscious state >4 weeks after the induction of AV block, with subsequent Holter ECG monitoring to evaluate drug effects. Control AV block dogs (no pharmacological treatment) survive for several years without TdP attack. For pharmacologically treated dogs, drugs were identified as high, low or no risk. High-risk drugs induced TdP at 1-3 times the therapeutic dose. Low-risk drugs did not induce TdP at this dose range, but induced it at higher doses. No-risk drugs never induced TdP at any dose tested. Electrophysiological, anatomical histological and biochemical adaptations against persistent bradycardia-induced chronic heart failure were observed in AV block dogs. Recently, we have developed another highly sensitive proarrhythmia model using a chronic AV block cynomolgus monkey, which possesses essentially the same pathophysiological adaptations and drug responses as those demonstrated in the canine model. As a common remodelling process leading to a diminished repolarization reserve may present in patients who experience drug-induced TdP and in the AV block animals, the in vivo proarrhythmia models described in this review may be useful for predicting the risk of pharmacologically induced TdP in humans.|*Disease Models, Animal[MESH]|*Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions[MESH]|Animals[MESH]|Atrioventricular Block/physiopathology[MESH]|Dogs[MESH]|Dose-Response Relationship, Drug[MESH]|Humans[MESH]|Macaca fascicularis[MESH]|Pharmaceutical Preparations/administration & dosage[MESH]|Risk Assessment[MESH]|Torsades de Pointes/*chemically induced/physiopathology[MESH]|Toxicity Tests/methods[MESH]|Ventricular Remodeling/physiology[MESH] |