Journal
CELLS
Volume 9, Issue 6, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/cells9061393
Keywords
burn injury; sildenafil; cardiomyopathy; PDE5A; oxidative stress; fibrogenesis
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- NIGMS NIH HHS [T32 GM008256] Funding Source: Medline
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Background:Severe burn injury initiates a feedback cycle of inflammation, fibrosis, oxidative stress and cardiac mitochondrial damage via the PDE5A-cGMP-PKG pathway.Aim:To test if the PDE5A-cGMP-PKG pathway may contribute to burn-induced heart dysfunction.Methods:Sprague-Dawley rats were divided four groups: sham; sham/sildenafil; 24 h post burn (60% total body surface area scald burn, harvested at 24 h post burn); and 24 h post burn/sildenafil. We monitored heart function and oxidative adducts, as well as cardiac inflammatory, cardiac fibrosis and cardiac remodeling responses in vivo.Results:Sildenafil inhibited the burn-induced PDE5A mRNA level and increased the cGMP level and PKG activity, leading to the normalization of PKG down-regulated genes (IRAG, PLB, RGS2, RhoA and MYTP), a decreased ROS level (H2O2), decreased oxidatively modified adducts (malonyldialdehyde [MDA], carbonyls), attenuated fibrogenesis as well as fibrosis gene expression (ANP, BNP, COL1A2, COL3A2, alpha SMA and alpha sk-Actin), and reduced inflammation and related gene expression (RELA, IL-18 and TGF-beta) after the burn. Additionally, sildenafil treatment preserved left ventricular heart function (CO, EF, SV, LVvol at systolic, LVPW at diastolic and FS) and recovered the oxidant/antioxidant balance (total antioxidant, total SOD activity and Cu,ZnSOD activity).Conclusions:The PDE5A-cGMP-PKG pathway mediates burn-induced heart dysfunction. Sildenafil treatment recovers burn-induced cardiac dysfunction.
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