Involvement of mast cells in monocrotaline-induced pulmonary hypertension in rats

被引：63

作者：

Dahal, Bhola K. ^{[1
]}

Kosanovic, Djuro ^{[1
]}

Kaulen, Christina ^{[1
]}

Cornitescu, Teodora ^{[1
]}

Savai, Rajkumar ^{[1
]}

Hoffmann, Julia ^{[2
]}

Reiss, Irwin ^{[3
]}

Ghofrani, Hossein A. ^{[1
]}

Weissmann, Norbert ^{[1
]}

Kuebler, Wolfgang M. ^{[2
,4
]}

Seeger, Werner ^{[1
,5
]}

Grimminger, Friedrich ^{[1
]}

Schermuly, Ralph T. ^{[1
,5
]}

机构：

[1] UGLC, Giessen, Germany

[2] Charite, Inst Physiol, D-13353 Berlin, Germany

[3] Erasmus MC Sophia Childrens Hosp, Dept Pediat Surg Intens Care, Rotterdam, Netherlands

[4] St Michaels Hosp, Keenan Res Ctr, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Inst, Toronto, ON M5B 1W8, Canada

[5] Max Planck Inst Heart & Lung Res, Bad Nauheim, Germany

来源：

RESPIRATORY RESEARCH | 2011年 / 12卷

关键词：

TYROSINE KINASE; IMATINIB MESYLATE; C-KIT; DEFICIENT; GROWTH; INHIBITION; EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR; HYPOXIA; INFLAMMATION;

D O I：

10.1186/1465-9921-12-60

中图分类号：

R56 [呼吸系及胸部疾病];

学科分类号：

100201 [内科学];

摘要：

Background: Mast cells (MCs) are implicated in inflammation and tissue remodeling. Accumulation of lung MCs is described in pulmonary hypertension (PH); however, whether MC degranulation and c-kit, a tyrosine kinase receptor critically involved in MC biology, contribute to the pathogenesis and progression of PH has not been fully explored. Methods: Pulmonary MCs of idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH) patients and monocrotaline-injected rats (MCT-rats) were examined by histochemistry and morphometry. Effects of the specific c-kit inhibitor PLX and MC stabilizer cromolyn sodium salt (CSS) were investigated in MCT-rats both by the preventive and therapeutic approaches. Hemodynamic and right ventricular hypertrophy measurements, pulmonary vascular morphometry and analysis of pulmonary MC localization/counts/activation were performed in animal model studies. Results: There was a prevalence of pulmonary MCs in IPAH patients and MCT-rats as compared to the donors and healthy rats, respectively. Notably, the perivascular MCs were increased and a majority of them were degranulated in lungs of IPAH patients and MCT-rats (p < 0.05 versus donor and control, respectively). In MCT-rats, the pharmacological inhibitions of MC degranulation and c-kit with CSS and PLX, respectively by a preventive approach (treatment from day 1 to 21 of MCT-injection) significantly attenuated right ventricular systolic pressure (RVSP) and right ventricular hypertrophy (RVH). Moreover, vascular remodeling, as evident from the significantly decreased muscularization and medial wall thickness of distal pulmonary vessels, was improved. However, treatments with CSS and PLX by a therapeutic approach (from day 21 to 35 of MCT-injection) neither improved hemodynamics and RVH nor vascular remodeling. Conclusions: The accumulation and activation of perivascular MCs in the lungs are the histopathological features present in clinical (IPAH patients) and experimental (MCT-rats) PH. Moreover, the accumulation and activation of MCs in the lungs contribute to the development of PH in MCT-rats. Our findings reveal an important pathophysiological insight into the role of MCs in the pathogenesis of PH in MCT-rats.

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