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Esomeprazole, the S-isomer of omeprazole, is the first proton pump inhibitor to be developed as a single optical isomer. It provides better acid control than current racemic proton pump inhibitors and has a favourable pharmacokinetic profile relative to omeprazole. In large well designed 8-week trials in patients with erosive oesophagitis, esomeprazole recipients achieved significantly higher rates of endoscopically confirmed healed oesophagitis than those receiving omeprazole or lansoprazole. Esomeprazole was effective across all baseline grades of oesophagitis; notably, relative to lansoprazole, as the baseline severity of disease increased, the difference in rates of healed oesophagitis also increased in favour of esomeprazole. In two trials, 94% of patients receiving esomeprazole 40mg once daily achieved healed oesophagitis versus 84 to 87% of omeprazole recipients (20mg once daily). In a study in >5000 patients, respective healed oesophagitis rates with once-daily esomeprazole 40mg or lansoprazole 30mg were 92.6 and 88.8%. Resolution of heartburn was also significantly better with esomeprazole than with these racemic proton pump inhibitors. Long-term (up to 12 months) therapy with esomeprazole effectively maintained healed oesophagitis in these patients. Esomeprazole 20 or 40mg once daily for 4 weeks proved effective in patients with symptomatic gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) without oesophagitis. Eradicating Helicobacter pylori infection is considered pivotal to successfully managing duodenal ulcer disease. Ten days' triple therapy (esomeprazole 40mg once daily, plus twice-daily amoxicillin 1g and clarithromycin 500mg) eradicated H. pylori in 77 to 78% of patients (intention-to-treat) with endoscopically confirmed duodenal ulcer disease. Esomeprazole is generally well tolerated, both as monotherapy and in combination with antimicrobial agents. The tolerability profile is similar to that of other proton pump inhibitors. Few patients discontinued therapy because of treatment-emergent adverse events (<3% of patients) and very few (<1%) drug-related serious adverse events were reported. CONCLUSIONS: Esomeprazole is an effective and well tolerated treatment for managing GORD and for eradicating H. pylori infection in patients with duodenal ulcer disease. In 8-week double-blind trials, esomeprazole effectively healed oesophagitis and resolved symptoms in patients with endoscopically confirmed erosive oesophagitis. Notably, in large (n >1900 patients) double-blind trials, esomeprazole provided significantly better efficacy than omeprazole or lansoprazole in terms of both healing rates and resolution of symptoms. Long-term therapy with esomeprazole effectively maintained healed oesophagitis in these patients. Esomeprazole was also effective in patients with symptomatic GORD. Thus, esomeprazole has emerged as an effective option for first-line therapy in the management of acid-related disorders.

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J Clin Invest. 1988 Apr;81(4):1204-8.
Ouabain-insensitive K-adenosine triphosphatase in distal nephron segments of the rabbit.

Garg LC, Narang N.

Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville 32610.

An electrogenic H-ATpase sensitive to inhibition by N-ethyl-maleimide has been reported to be present in renal distal tubules. In contrast to another H-ATPase (gastric H-K-ATPase), the renal enzyme is not stimulated by K+ and is not inhibited by vanadate. However, our preliminary observations indicated that a K-stimulated ATPase (K-ATPase) sensitive to inhibition by vanadate is present in renal medullary collecting duct (MCD). To localize and further characterize this renal tubular K-ATPase, we measured K-ATPase activity in eight specific segments of the rabbit nephron. K-ATPase activity was the difference in ATPase activity in the presence and absence of KCl but in the presence of ouabain (to inhibit Na-K-ATPase). ATPase activity was determined by a fluorometric microassay in which ATP hydrolysis is coupled to the oxidation of NADH. There was a significant K-ATPase activity (expressed as pmol.min-1.mm-1) in the connecting tubule (CNT, 17.0 +/- 3.3), cortical collecting duct (CCD, 6.6 +/- 0.7), and MCD (8.8 +/- 1.7), but not in the proximal segments and the thick ascending limbs. The renal tubular K-ATPase was not only inhibited by vanadate but also by omeprazole and SCH 28080 (relatively specific inhibitors of gastric H-K-ATPase). It is concluded that K-ATPase present in the CNT, CCD, and MCD has some properties in common with gastric H-K-ATPase. However, the physiological role of K-ATPase in the distal nephron segments remains to be elucidated.

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Biochim Biophys Acta. 1987 Feb 12;897(1):41-51.
Inhibition of (H+ + K+)-ATPase by omeprazole in isolated gastric vesicles requires proton transport.

Lorentzon P, Jackson R, Wallmark B, Sachs G.

Omeprazole was found to inhibit the (H+ + K+)-ATPase activity in isolated gastric vesicles only when acid was accumulated in the vesicle lumen. The ATPase activity was time- and dose-dependently inhibited in the presence of K+ and valinomycin. Under conditions in which no pH-gradient was generated, i.e., in the presence of K+ alone or NH4+, no effect of omeprazole was found. The degree of inhibition was directly correlated to the amount of inhibitor bound to the preparation. A stoichiometry of 2 mol radiolabelled inhibitor bound per mol phosphoenzyme was found on total inhibition of the K+ plus valinomycin-stimulated activity. This inhibitory action of omeprazole on the ATPase activity could be fully reversed by addition of beta-mercaptoethanol. The inhibition of the proton transport in the (H+ + K+)-ATPase-containing vesicles by omeprazole was also strictly correlated to the amount of bound inhibitor. The stoichiometry of binding at total inhibition of this reaction was found to be 1.4 mol per mol phosphoenzyme. The K+-stimulated p-nitrophenylphosphatase activity was inhibited in parallel with the ATPase activity, whereas the phosphoenzyme levels were affected to a lesser extent by omeprazole. Gel electrophoresis of an omeprazole-inhibited vesicle preparation showed that the radiolabel was mainly found at 94 kDa, the molecular weight of the (H+ + K+)-ATPase catalytic subunit(s).

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