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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-9-21
pubmed:abstractText
1. Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG CoA) reductase inhibitors (statins) reduce mortality after myocardial infarction (MI). Although this may be predominantly due to their known anti-ischaemic actions, these drugs are known to have other beneficial effects. 2. Because pathological deposition of extracellular matrix (ECM) material is a key component of remodelling after MI, we sought to determine whether atorvastatin could inhibit ECM production in vitro. 3. The addition of atorvastatin to rat cardiac fibroblasts stimulated with either transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta1 (TGF-beta1) or angiotensin (Ang) II reduced collagen synthesis in a dose-dependent manner (3.7-fold reduction (95% confidence interval (CI) 1.8-15; P < 0.01) and 5.3-fold reduction (95% CI 1.8-7.7; P < 0.01), respectively, compared with stimulant alone). Similar observations were made in human cardiac fibroblast cell culture. Atorvastatin also dose-dependently reduced TGF-beta1 and AngII-induced increases in alpha(I)-procollagen mRNA (P < 0.01 for both), as well as gene expression of the profibrotic peptide connective tissue growth factor. 4. Atorvastatin appears to directly inhibit collagen production by cardiac fibroblasts. This antifibrotic action may contribute to the antiremodelling effect of statins.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
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pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0305-1870
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
32
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
697-701
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16173924-Angiotensin II, pubmed-meshheading:16173924-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16173924-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:16173924-Collagen, pubmed-meshheading:16173924-Connective Tissue Growth Factor, pubmed-meshheading:16173924-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:16173924-Extracellular Matrix, pubmed-meshheading:16173924-Fibroblasts, pubmed-meshheading:16173924-Heart, pubmed-meshheading:16173924-Heptanoic Acids, pubmed-meshheading:16173924-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16173924-Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:16173924-Immediate-Early Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16173924-Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16173924-Myocardium, pubmed-meshheading:16173924-Procollagen, pubmed-meshheading:16173924-Pyrroles, pubmed-meshheading:16173924-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:16173924-Transforming Growth Factor beta, pubmed-meshheading:16173924-Transforming Growth Factor beta1, pubmed-meshheading:16173924-Ventricular Remodeling
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
In vitro inhibitory effects of atorvastatin on cardiac fibroblasts: implications for ventricular remodelling.
pubmed:affiliation
National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia Centre for Clincial Research and Excellence in Therapeutics, Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University/Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. jhmartin@medstv.unimelb.edu.au
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't