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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-8-12
pubmed:abstractText
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) results from constriction and remodeling of pulmonary vessels. Serotonin contributes to both phenomena through different signaling pathways. The mitogenic effect of serotonin on pulmonary vascular smooth muscle cells is mediated by the serotonin transporter (5-hydroxytryptamine transporter [5-HTT]), whereas its constricting effect is mediated by 5-HT1B/1D and 5-HT2A receptors. Here, we investigated the respective roles of 5-HTT and 5-HT receptors on the development of chronic hypoxic PH in mice. During exposure to hypoxia (10% O2 for 2 weeks), the animals received one of the specific 5-HTT inhibitors citalopram and fluoxetine (10 mg/kg/day), the selective 5-HT1B/1D receptor antagonist GR127935 (2 and 10 mg/kg/day), or the 5-HT2A receptor antagonist ketanserin (2 mg/kg/day). Mice treated with the 5-HTT inhibitors showed less right ventricle hypertrophy (ratio of right ventricle/left ventricle + septum = 36.7 +/- 2.0% and 35.8 +/- 1.3% in citalopram- and fluoxetine-treated mice, respectively, vs. 41.5 +/- 1.5% in vehicle-treated mice) and less pulmonary vessel muscularization (p < 0.01) than those receiving the vehicle. Neither GR127935 nor ketanserin affected these parameters. These data indicate that 5-HTT plays a key role in hypoxia-induced pulmonary vascular remodeling. The effects of serotonin transporter inhibitors on PH in humans deserve investigation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Carrier Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Citalopram, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Fluoxetine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/GR 127935, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Ketanserin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Membrane Glycoproteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Membrane Transport Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nerve Tissue Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Oxadiazoles, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Piperazines, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Serotonin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Serotonin Antagonists, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Serotonin Plasma Membrane..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Serotonin Uptake Inhibitors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Slc6a4 protein, mouse
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1073-449X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
168
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
487-93
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12773327-Analysis of Variance, pubmed-meshheading:12773327-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12773327-Anoxia, pubmed-meshheading:12773327-Carrier Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12773327-Chronic Disease, pubmed-meshheading:12773327-Citalopram, pubmed-meshheading:12773327-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:12773327-Fluoxetine, pubmed-meshheading:12773327-Hypertension, Pulmonary, pubmed-meshheading:12773327-Hypertrophy, Right Ventricular, pubmed-meshheading:12773327-Ketanserin, pubmed-meshheading:12773327-Male, pubmed-meshheading:12773327-Membrane Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:12773327-Membrane Transport Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12773327-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:12773327-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:12773327-Mice, Inbred Strains, pubmed-meshheading:12773327-Muscle, Smooth, Vascular, pubmed-meshheading:12773327-Nerve Tissue Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12773327-Oxadiazoles, pubmed-meshheading:12773327-Piperazines, pubmed-meshheading:12773327-Pulmonary Artery, pubmed-meshheading:12773327-Receptors, Serotonin, pubmed-meshheading:12773327-Serotonin Antagonists, pubmed-meshheading:12773327-Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12773327-Serotonin Uptake Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:12773327-Statistics, Nonparametric
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Serotonin transporter inhibitors protect against hypoxic pulmonary hypertension.
pubmed:affiliation
INSERM U492, Faculté de Médecine, CHU Henri Mondor, 94010 Créteil, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't