Angiogenesis stimulation in explanted hearts from patients pre-treated with intravenous prostaglandin E(1).
J Heart Lung Transplant
; 20(4): 465-73, 2001 Apr.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Prostaglandin E(1) (PGE(1)) is a potent vasodilator and induces angiogenesis in animal tissues. Previous clinical studies demonstrated that PGE(1) improves hemodynamic parameters in patients with heart failure listed for heart transplantation (HTX). Therefore, we designed a retrospective immunohistochemistry study to investigate various markers of angiogenesis using hearts explanted from PGE(1)-treated patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (IDCM). METHODS ANDRESULTS:
We investigated neovascularization in 18 hearts explanted from patients with IDCM 9 patients received treatment with chronic infusions of PGE(1) for end-stage heart failure before HTX, whereas the remaining patients with IDCM did not receive PGE(1) and served as controls. We used immunoreactivity against CD34, von Willebrand factor (vWf), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), and MIB-1 (Ki-67) to quantify angiogenesis, and used sirius red staining to determine the degree of fibrosis. Compared with the control group, PGE(1)-treated patients had significantly more CD34-, vWf- and MIB-1-positive cells in the sub-endocardium, myocardium and sub-epicardium (p < 0.01). The degree of fibrosis in the hearts of PGE(1)-treated patients was significantly lower than in control patients (p < 0.05), but we did not see any difference in the percentage of muscle mass. Finally, throughout the ventricles, we found significantly more VEGF-positive capillaries in the PGE(1) group (p < 0.0001).CONCLUSIONS:
The data suggest that PGE(1) could be a potent inducer of angiogenesis and the angiogenic factor VEGF, and could cause reduced fibrosis in the failing human heart.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Vasodilatadores
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Alprostadil
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Neovascularização Fisiológica
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Heart Lung Transplant
Assunto da revista:
CARDIOLOGIA
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TRANSPLANTE
Ano de publicação:
2001
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Áustria