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J Appl Physiol (January 10, 2003). doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.00807.2002
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Submitted on September 4, 2002
Accepted on January 4, 2003

Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor Enhances Alpha-Naphthylthiourea-Induced Pulmonary Hypertension

Elie Azoulay1, Saadia Eddahibi1, Elisabeth Marcos1, Micheline Levame1, Alain Harf2, Benoit Schlemmer3, Serge Adnot2, and Christophe Delclaux2*

1 Faculte de Medecine, U 492, Universite Paris XII, INSERM, Creteil, France
2 Faculte de Medecine, U 492, Universite Paris XII, INSERM, Creteil, France; Department of Physiology, Henri Mondor Hospital, Creteil, France
3 Medical Intensive Care Unit, Saint Louis Hospital, Paris, France

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: delclaux{at}im3.inserm.fr.

Physiopathological discrepancies exist between the most widely used models of pulmonary hypertension (PH), namely monocrotaline- and hypoxia-induced PH. The development of a new model could help in the understanding of underlying mechanisms. Repeated alpha-naphthylthiourea (ANTU) injections (5 mg/kg weekly, 3 weeks) induced pulmonary vascular remodeling, which was associated with development of PH and right ventricle hypertrophy. ANTU followed by granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF: 25 µg/kg/day subcutaneously, 3 days/week) induced higher pulmonary artery pressures and right ventricular hypertrophy than ANTU alone. Lidocaine, which inhibits neutrophil functions, inhibited PH exacerbation by G-CSF. Endothelial nitric oxide synthase expression, measured to assess ANTU-related endothelial toxicity, decreased significantly in ANTU-treated rats and fell even more sharply when G-CSF was given. This occurred despite a significant increase in vascular endothelial cell growth factor expression in lung and right ventricle in rats given ANTU alone and even more in rats given ANTU plus G-CSF. Repeated ANTU administration induces PH with vascular remodeling that can be further aggravated by the neutrophil activator G-CSF.







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