Nitric oxide-independent activation of soluble guanylate cyclase by BAY 60-2770 in experimental liver fibrosis

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Andreas KnorrJohannes-Peter Stasch

Abstract

Liver cirrhosis is a chronic disease with high mortality rate and need for effective pharmacological intervention. The fibrotic remodelling of liver tissue is crucially dependent on hepatic stellate cell activation. Activation of hepatic stellate cells is reduced by an increase in cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP). Stable cGMP analogues also reduce the contractile response of hepatic stellate cells. However, cGMP production is downregulated in the cirrhotic liver due to the reduced activity of the endothelial nitric oxide synthase. Here we report that the novel activator of soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC), BAY 60-2770 (4-({(4-carboxybutyl) [2- (5-fluoro-2-{[4'-(trifluoromethyl) biphenyl-4-yl]methoxy}phenyl)ethyl] amino}methyl)benzoic acid), which increases the activity of sGC in a nitric oxide-independent manner, attenuates liver fibrosis in two rat models. The compound was studied in the pig serum model and the carbon tetrachloride model. Fibrosis was assessed by estimating the increase in fibrous collagen by micromorphometry of histological sections stained with Sirius Red/Fast Green and by measuring total hepatic collagen. BAY 60-2770, on a recombinant sGC reporter cell line, stimulated the luminescence signals with an E...Continue Reading

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