Niclosamide Attenuates Lung Vascular Remodeling in Experimental Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.
European journal of pharmacology(2020)
摘要
Despite advances in medical therapy, pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) remains an inexorably progressive and highly lethal disease. Signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT)-3 is one of the main intracellular transcription factors implicated in PAH vascular remodeling. We hypothesized that niclosamide, a STAT3 inhibitor, would reduce vascular remodeling in an established pulmonary arterial hypertension model, thus enhancing cardiac function. Male Wistar rats were treated either with monocrotaline (60 mg/kg), to induce PAH, or saline (C group) by intraperitoneal injection. On day 14, PAH animals were randomly assigned to receive oral (1) saline (PAH-SAL); (2) niclosamide (75 mg/kg/day) (PAH-NICLO); (3) sildenafil (20 mg/kg/day) (PAH-SIL); or (4) niclosamide + sildenafil (PAH-NICLO + SIL), once daily for 14 days. On day 28, right ventricular systolic pressure was lower in all treated groups compared to PAH-SAL. Pulmonary vascular collagen content was lower in PAH-NICLO (37 +/- 3%) and PAH-NICLO + SIL (37 +/- 6%) compared to PAH-SAL (68 +/- 4%), but not in PAH-SIL (52 +/- 1%). CD-34, an endothelial cell marker, was higher, while vimentin, a mesenchymal cell marker, was lower in PAH-NICLO and PAH-NICLO + SIL compared to PAH-SAL, suggesting attenuation of endothelialmesenchymal transition. Expression of STAT3 downstream targets such as transforming growth factor (TGF)beta, hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-1, and provirus integration site for Moloney murine leukemia virus (PIM-1) in lung tissue was reduced in PAH-NICLO and PAH-NICLO + SIL compared to PAH-SAL. In conclusion, niclosamide, with or without sildenafil, mitigated vascular remodeling and improved right ventricle systolic pressure. This new role for a well-established drug may represent a promising therapy for PAH.
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Pulmonary arterial hypertension,Signal transducer and activator of transcription,Niclosamide,Vascular remodeling
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