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PROSTAGLANDINS & OTHER LIPID MEDIATORS
卷 107, 期 -, 页码 48-55出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.prostaglandins.2013.07.001
关键词
Prostanoid receptors; Prostacyclin mimetic; Vasorelaxation; Human pulmonary artery; Human pulmonary vein; Pulmonary hypertension
资金
- United Therapeutics
Prostacyclin (PGI(2)) and its mimetics (iloprost, treprostinil, beraprost and MRE-269) are potent vasodilators (via IP-receptor activation) and a major therapeutic intervention for pulmonary hypertension (PH). These PGI(2) mimetics have anti-proliferative and,potent vasodilator effects on pulmonary vessels. We compared the relaxant effects induced by these recognized IP-agonists in isolated human pulmonary arteries (HPA) and veins (HPV). In addition, using selective antagonists, the possible activation of other prostanoid relaxant receptors (DP, EP4) was investigated. Iloprost and treprostinil were the more potent relaxant agonists when both vessels were analyzed. HPA were significantly more sensitive to iloprost than to treprostinil, pEC(50) values: 7.94 +/- 0.06 (n=23) and 6.73 +/- 0.08 (n=33), respectively. In contrast, in HPV these agonists were equipotent. The relaxations induced by treprostinil were completely or partially inhibited by IP-antagonists in HPA or HPV, respectively. The effects of the IP-agonists were not significantly modified by the EP4 antagonist. Finally, DP-antagonists inhibited the relaxations induced by treprostinil in HPV, suggesting that the DP-receptor plays a role in treprostinil-induced relaxation in the HPV. These data suggest that iloprost and treprostinil should be the most effective clinically available agonists to decrease pulmonary vascular resistance and to prevent oedema formation (by similar decrease in HPA and HPV resistance) in PH patients. (C) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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