Carvedilol improves biventricular fibrosis and function in experimental pulmonary hypertension

Verfasser / Beitragende:
[Kenichi Okumura, Hideyuki Kato, Osami Honjo, Siegfried Breitling, Wolfgang Kuebler, Mei Sun, Mark Friedberg]
Ort, Verlag, Jahr:
2015
Enthalten in:
Journal of Molecular Medicine, 93/6(2015-06-01), 663-674
Format:
Artikel (online)
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245 0 0 |a Carvedilol improves biventricular fibrosis and function in experimental pulmonary hypertension  |h [Elektronische Daten]  |c [Kenichi Okumura, Hideyuki Kato, Osami Honjo, Siegfried Breitling, Wolfgang Kuebler, Mei Sun, Mark Friedberg] 
520 3 |a Left ventricular (LV) function influences outcomes in right ventricular (RV) failure. Carvedilol reduces mortality in LV failure and improves RV function in experimental pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). However, its impact on ventricular-ventricular interactions and LV function in RV afterload is unknown. We investigated effects of carvedilol on biventricular fibrosis and function in a rat model of persistent PAH. Rats were randomized into three groups: Sham controls, PAH, and PAH + carvedilol. Severe PAH was induced by 60mg/kg subcutaneous monocrotaline. In the treatment group, oral carvedilol (15mg/kg/day) was started 2weeks after monocrotaline injection and continued for 3weeks until the terminal experiment. Echocardiography and exercise performance were performed at baseline and repeated at the terminal experiment with hemodynamic measurements. LV and RV myocardium were analyzed for hypertrophy, fibrosis, and molecular signaling by protein and mRNA analysis. PAH and PAH + carvedilol rats experienced severely elevated pulmonary arterial pressures and RV hypertrophy. Despite similar RV systolic pressures, carvedilol reduced biventricular collagen content (RV fibrosis area; 13.4 ± 6.5 vs. 5.5 ± 2.7%, p < 0.001) and expression of transforming growth factor-β1 (TGFβ1) (RV TGFβ1/glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) ratio; 1.16 ± 0.39 vs. 0.57 ± 0.22, p < 0.01) and connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) (RV CTGF/GAPDH ratio; 0.49 ± 0.06 vs. 0.35 ± 0.17, p < 0.05). RV pro-apoptotic caspase-8 was increased in PAH compared to controls and was significantly reduced in both ventricles compared to PAH animals by carvedilol. Tissue effects were accompanied by improved biventricular systolic and diastolic performance and exercise treadmill distance (36 ± 30 vs. 80 ± 33m, p < 0.05). In RV pressure-load, carvedilol improves biventricular fibrosis and function through abrogation of TGFβ1-CTGF signaling. Key message: • RV afterload caused biventricular injury and dysfunction through TGFβ1-CTGF signaling. • Carvedilol reduced biventricular TGFβ1-CTGF signaling, fibrosis, and apoptosis. • Carvedilol improved cardiac output and biventricular function. • Improved fibrosis and hemodynamics occurred despite persistent RV afterload. 
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690 7 |a Pulmonary arterial hypertension  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Adrenergic receptor blocker  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Right heart dysfunction  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Ventricular-ventricular interactions  |2 nationallicence 
700 1 |a Okumura  |D Kenichi  |u The Labatt Family Heart Center, Division of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Kato  |D Hideyuki  |u The Labatt Family Heart Center, Division of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Honjo  |D Osami  |u The Labatt Family Heart Center, Division of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Breitling  |D Siegfried  |u The Keenan Research Center of the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Kuebler  |D Wolfgang  |u The Keenan Research Center of the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Sun  |D Mei  |u The Labatt Family Heart Center, Division of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Friedberg  |D Mark  |u The Labatt Family Heart Center, Division of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada  |4 aut 
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950 |B NATIONALLICENCE  |P 700  |E 1-  |a Kato  |D Hideyuki  |u The Labatt Family Heart Center, Division of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada  |4 aut 
950 |B NATIONALLICENCE  |P 700  |E 1-  |a Honjo  |D Osami  |u The Labatt Family Heart Center, Division of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada  |4 aut 
950 |B NATIONALLICENCE  |P 700  |E 1-  |a Breitling  |D Siegfried  |u The Keenan Research Center of the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada  |4 aut 
950 |B NATIONALLICENCE  |P 700  |E 1-  |a Kuebler  |D Wolfgang  |u The Keenan Research Center of the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada  |4 aut 
950 |B NATIONALLICENCE  |P 700  |E 1-  |a Sun  |D Mei  |u The Labatt Family Heart Center, Division of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada  |4 aut 
950 |B NATIONALLICENCE  |P 700  |E 1-  |a Friedberg  |D Mark  |u The Labatt Family Heart Center, Division of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada  |4 aut 
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