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16048904

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-12-12
pubmed:abstractText
cGMP serves as the main second messenger of nitric oxide (NO). Antifibrotic effects of enhancing renal cGMP levels have recently been documented in experimental acute anti-Thy-1 glomerulonephritis. The present study compares the effects of the cGMP production-increasing soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC) stimulator BAY 41-2272 with those of the cGMP degradation-limiting phosphodiesterase inhibitor pentoxifylline (PTX) in a progressive model of renal fibrosis. At 1 wk after induction of anti-Thy-1-induced chronic glomerulosclerosis (cGS), rats were randomly assigned to groups as follows: cGS, cGS + BAY 41-2272 (10 mg x kg body wt(-1) x day(-1)), or cGS + PTX (50 mg x kg body wt(-1) x day(-1)). BAY 41-2272 and PTX reduced systolic blood pressure significantly. At 16 wk, tubulointerstitial expressions of sGC mRNA and NO-induced cGMP synthesis were increased in untreated cGS animals, whereas their glomerular activity was depressed compared with normal controls. Tubulointerstitial and glomerular cGMP production in response to NO were significantly enhanced in animals treated with BAY 41-2272, but not in those treated with PTX. BAY 41-2272 administration resulted in marked reductions of glomerular and tubulointerstitial histological matrix accumulation, expression of TGF-beta1 and fibronectin, macrophage infiltration, and cell proliferation as well as improved renal function. In contrast, only moderate and nonsignificant renoprotective changes were observed in the cGS + PTX group. In conclusion, increasing renal cGMP production through BAY 41-2272 significantly improved renal NO-cGMP signaling and limited progression in anti-Thy-1-induced chronic renal fibrosis, whereas inhibition of cGMP degradation by PTX was only moderately effective. The findings indicate that pharmacological enhancement of renal cGMP levels by sGC stimulation represents a novel and effective antifibrotic approach in progressive kidney disorders.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1931-857X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
290
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
F167-76
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-4-28
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16048904-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16048904-Blood Pressure, pubmed-meshheading:16048904-Body Weight, pubmed-meshheading:16048904-Cell Proliferation, pubmed-meshheading:16048904-Cyclic GMP, pubmed-meshheading:16048904-Drinking, pubmed-meshheading:16048904-Fibrosis, pubmed-meshheading:16048904-Glomerulonephritis, pubmed-meshheading:16048904-Guanylate Cyclase, pubmed-meshheading:16048904-Kidney, pubmed-meshheading:16048904-Macrophages, pubmed-meshheading:16048904-Male, pubmed-meshheading:16048904-Nitric Oxide, pubmed-meshheading:16048904-Pentoxifylline, pubmed-meshheading:16048904-Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:16048904-Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases, pubmed-meshheading:16048904-Proteinuria, pubmed-meshheading:16048904-Pyrazoles, pubmed-meshheading:16048904-Pyridines, pubmed-meshheading:16048904-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:16048904-Rats, Wistar
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Enhancing cGMP in experimental progressive renal fibrosis: soluble guanylate cyclase stimulation vs. phosphodiesterase inhibition.
pubmed:affiliation
Dept. of Nephrology, Charité, Campus Mitte, Humboldt Univ., Schumannstrasse 20/21, D-10098 Berlin, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't