Journal
JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR PHARMACOLOGY
Volume 42, Issue 1, Pages 48-54Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/00005344-200307000-00008
Keywords
bosentan; diabetic nephropathy; diabetes; endothelin; glomerulosclerosis
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Diabetic nephropathy is associated with enhanced renal synthesis of endothelin (ET)-1. The goal of this study was to investigate the effects of dual ET receptor antagonism in the early phase (2 months) and in the late phase (5 months) of diabetic nephropathy in rats, and to compare this approach to angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition. Four groups of uninephrectomized streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats were assigned to receive orally vehicle, bosentan, enalapril, or their combination. A fifth group consisted of nondiabetic, uninephrectomized rats. At 2 weeks, untreated diabetic rats exhibited increased glomerular filtration rate and renal plasma flow. Bosentan, enalapril, and the combination all prevented hyperfiltration and hyperperfusion. By 5 months, diabetic rats developed marked increases in mean arterial pressure and renal vascular resistance, progressive proteinuria, and renal structural damage with glomerular sclerosis and hypertrophy. Bosentan completely prevented the development of hypertension and renal vasoconstriction, and largely prevented the development of proteinuria and renal structural injury. The renal protective effect of bosentan was comparable to that of enalapril or the combination, although its anti-protein uric effect was less. Clinical studies are warranted to assess whether ET receptor antagonism can have additive effects on top of ACE inhibition, the current treatment of choice in diabetic nephropathy.
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