Etiology-specific endothelin-1 clearance in human precapillary pulmonary hypertension

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David LanglebenMichele Giovinazzo

Abstract

Endothelin (ET)-1 is a mediator of vascular remodeling seen in human pulmonary hypertension (PH), and it is normally cleared via endothelial ET-B receptors. Increased levels of ET-1 are found in precapillary PH, partly from increased synthesis. We hypothesized that the endothelial dysfunction and vascular remodeling seen in human precapillary PH would also reduce ET-1 clearance. Case series from a single institutional PH center. Thirty-four patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH; idiopathic [IPAH], n = 19; connective tissue disease [CTD], n = 15) and 11 patients with chronic thromboembolic PH were studied. Using indicator dilution methods, the first-pass extraction of radiolabeled ET-1 through the pulmonary circulation, and permeability surface (PS) area, an index of functional microvascular surface available for ET-1 clearance, were determined. Mean extraction for IPAH and thromboembolic PH groups was normal, but it was reduced in PAH from CTD; 69% of all patients studied had normal extraction. The mean PS product was reduced significantly for all three etiologies as compared to normal, but 58% of IPAH patients and 40% of CTD-related PAH patients had normal PS products. Receptor-mediated ET-1 extraction and functio...Continue Reading

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