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J Appl Physiol 68: 1542-1547, 1990;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 68, Issue 4 1542-1547, Copyright © 1990 by American Physiological Society

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An antifibrotic agent reduces blood pressure in established pulmonary hypertension in the rat

G. J. Poiani, C. A. Tozzi, J. K. Choe, S. E. Yohn and D. J. Riley
Department of Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Brunswick 08903-0019.

We have shown that administration of the antifibrotic agent cis-4-hydroxy-L-proline (cHyp) to rats at the onset of exposure to hypoxia prevents collagen accumulation in pulmonary arteries and the rise in pulmonary blood pressure. In this experiment, we tested whether cHyp is effective when administered after hypertension was already established. Rats were exposed to hypoxia (10% O2) for 21 days. Groups were hypoxic animals treated with cHyp (200 mg/kg sc twice daily) on days 10-21 (hypoxic cHyp) and saline-injected hypoxic animals (hypoxic). On day 21, we measured mean right ventricular pressure, hematocrit, collagen content of main and intrapulmonary arteries, and wall thickness of arterioles. Treatment reduced right ventricular pressure from 21 +/- 1 to 17 +/- 1 mmHg (P less than 0.05), hematocrit from 66 +/- 1 to 56 +/- 1% (P less than 0.05), hydroxyproline content of intrapulmonary arteries from 30 +/- 3 to 11 +/- 2 micrograms/vessel (P less than 0.05), and wall thickness from 27 +/- 3 to 16 +/- 2 microns (P less than 0.05). These results show that vascular collagen content is increased in established pulmonary hypertension and that cHyp treatment is effective in partially preventing the hemodynamic, structural, and biochemical changes if started after pulmonary hypertension is established. cHyp may also affect the rheological properties of blood.


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