Therapeutic time window for angiotensin-(1-7) in acute lung injury
Therapeutic time window for angiotensin-(1-7) in acute lung injury
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DOI:
10.1111/bph.13462
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发表时间:
2016-05-01
影响因子:
7.3
通讯作者:
Walther, Thomas
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作者:
Supe, Stefanie;Kohse, Franziska;Walther, Thomas
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSEThere is presently no proven pharmacological therapy for the acute respiratory distress syndrome. Recently, we and others discovered that the heptapeptide angiotensin-(1-7) [Ang-(1-7)] shows significant beneficial effects in preclinical models of acute lung injury (ALI). Here, we aimed to identify the best time window for Ang-(1-7) administration to protect rats from oleic acid (OA) induced ALI.EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHThe effects of i.v. infused Ang-(1-7) were examined over four different time windows before or after induction of ALI in male Sprague-Dawley rats. Haemodynamic effects were continuously monitored, and loss of barrier function, inflammation and lung peptidase activities were measured as experimental endpoints.KEY RESULTSAng-(1-7) infusion provided the best protection against experimental ALI when administered by continuous infusion starting immediately after 30 min OA infusion till the end of the experiment (30-240 min). Both pretreatment (-60 to 0 min before OA) and short-term therapy (30-90 min) also had beneficial effects although less pronounced than the effects achieved with the optimal therapy window. Starting infusion of Ang-(1-7) 60 min after the end of OA treatment (90-240 min) did not protect barrier function or haemodynamics but still reduced myeloperoxidase activity and increased ACE2/ACE activity ratio respectively.CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONSOur findings indicate that early initiation of therapy after ALI and continuous drug delivery are most beneficial for optimal therapeutic efficiency of Ang-(1-7) treatment in experimental ALI and, presumably accordingly, in clinical acute respiratory distress syndrome.