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Trapidil improves hemodynamic, echocardiographic and redox state parameters of right ventricle in monocrotaline-induced pulmonary arterial hypertension model

2018; Elsevier BV; Volume: 103; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.biopha.2018.04.001

1950-6007

Patrick Türck, Denise Lacerda, Cristina Campos Carraro, Bruna Gazzi de Lima Seolin, Rayane Brinck Teixeira, Jéssica Hellen Poletto Bonetto, Rafael Colombo, Paulo Cavalheiro Schenkel, Adriane Belló‐Klein, Alex Sander da Rosa Araújo,

Renin-Angiotensin System Studies

Pulmonary arterial hypertension is a disease characterized by increased pulmonary vascular resistance and redox imbalance, leading to failure of right ventricle. Trapidil has been described to improve the redox balance and cardiac conditions.Trapidil can improve the redox balance and contribute to functional improvements of the RV in PAH.Male, 5week-old Wistar rats were divided into four groups: Control, Control + Trapidil, Monocrotaline and Monocrotaline + Trapidil. PAH was induced by an intraperitoneal injection of monocrotaline 60 mg/kg at day 0. Treatment started at day 7 (5 or 8 mg/kg/day) until day 14, when animals were euthanized after echocardiography and catheterism. Right ventricular systolic pressure and pressure/time derivatives were increased in monocrotaline animals. The increased right ventricular diameters in monocrotaline groups were reduced with trapidil. Monocrotaline groups showed higher lipid peroxidation and glutathione peroxidase activity. Trapidil reduced NADPH oxidases activities and increased the reduced glutathiones/total glutathiones ratio. Protein expression of phospholamban in RV was diminished in monocrotaline groups, whereas expression of RyR and SERCA was enhanced in the groups treated with trapidil.Our data suggest that trapidil induces an improvement in RV remodeling in PAH model, mitigating the progression of the disease.