Abstract
Pulmonary artery hypertension (PAH) is a chronic and deadly disease, for which effective medical treatments are lacking. Here, we investigated whether 2R,3R-dihydromyricetin (DHM) could prevent monocrotaline (MCT)-induced PAH in rats. The MCT-injected rats were treated with normal saline or DHM (100mg/kg body weight/d) for 4 weeks, followed by measurements of right ventricular systolic pressure (RVSP), right ventricular hypertrophy index (RVHI), pulmonary arterial remodeling (PAR), and expression levels of IL-6, TNF-α, and IL-10. In vitro, we assessed the role of DHM on IL-6-induced migration of primary human pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells (HPASMCs). We found that DHM treatment attenuated changes in RVSP, RVHI, and PAR in MCT-injected PAH rats. The observed increase of IL-6 levels in PAH rats was inhibited by DHM treatment. In vitro, DHM pretreatment reduced IL-6-induced HPASMC migration. Furthermore, MCT- and IL-6-mediated increases in MMP9 and P-STAT3 (tyr705) PY-STAT3 levels were suppressed by DHM treatment in vivo and in vitro. These results suggest that DHM could prevent MCT-induced rat PAH and IL-6-induced HPASMC migration through a mechanism involving inhibiting of the STAT3/MMP9 axis.
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