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| DOI | 10.1038/S41390-022-02366-4 | ||||
| Año | 2022 | ||||
| Tipo | artículo de investigación |
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Autores Afiliación Chile
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Background: Severe pulmonary hypoplasia related to congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) continues to be a potentially fatal condition despite advanced postnatal management strategies. Objective: To evaluate the effect of the antenatal sildenafil and 2(S)-amino-6-boronohexanoic acid (ABH-Arginase inhibitor) on lung volume, pulmonary vascular development, and nitric oxide (NO) synthesis in a Nitrofen-induced CDH rat model. Methods: Nitrofen-induced CDH rat model was used. Nitrofen was administrated on embryonic day(E) 9,5. At E14, five intervention groups were treated separately: Nitrofen, Nitrofen+Sildenafil, Nitrofen+ABH, Nitrofen+Sildenafil+ABH and Control. At term, offspring’s lungs were weighed, some paraffin-embedded for histology, others snap-frozen to analyze eNOS, Arginase I–II expression, and activity. Results: In CDH-bearing offsprings, ABH or Sildenafil+ABH preserved the total lung/body-weight index (p < 0.001), preventing pulmonary vascular smooth muscle cell hyperproliferation and improving lung morphometry. Sildenafil+ABH increased 1.7-fold the lung nitrite levels (p < 0.01) without changes in eNOS expression. Sildenafil and ABH improved the number of pulmonary vessels. Conclusion: These results suggest that in this CDH rat model, the basal activity of Arginase participates in the lung volume and, together with phosphodiesterase-5, regulates NOS activity in the term fetal lung. The combined treatment (Sildenafil+ABH) could revert some of the pulmonary features in CDH by improving the local NO synthesis and preventing smooth muscle cell hyperproliferation. Impact: This study presents Arginase inhibition as a new therapeutic target and the importance of the combined antenatal treatment to improve pulmonary vascular development in a congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) rat model. This study shows that the action of an Arginase inhibitor (ABH) enhances the effects already described for sildenafil in this model. These results reinforce the importance of prenatal treatments’ synergy in recovering the hypoplastic lung in the Nitrofen-induced CDH rat model.
| Ord. | Autor | Género | Institución - País |
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| 1 | TOSO-MILOS, ALBERTO ANTONIO | Hombre |
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile - Chile
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| 2 | Aranguiz, Oscar | Hombre |
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile - Chile
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| 3 | Céspedes, Carlos | - |
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile - Chile
Universidad San Sebastián - Chile |
| 4 | Navarrete, Orieta | - |
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile - Chile
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| 5 | HERNANDEZ-VARGAS, CAROLL DAFNER | Mujer |
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile - Chile
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| 6 | VIO-LAGOS, CARLOS PABLO | Hombre |
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile - Chile
Universidad San Sebastián - Chile |
| 7 | LUCO-ILLANES, MATIAS | Hombre |
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile - Chile
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| 8 | CASANELLO-TOLEDO, PAOLA CECILIA | Mujer |
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile - Chile
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| 9 | Kattan, Javier | Hombre |
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile - Chile
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| Fuente |
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| FONDECYT |
| Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico |
| Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica |
| Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile |
| PIA CONICYT |
| Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission |
| MECESUP grant |
| UC CINBIOT |
| Faculty of Medicine, Pediatric Division at PUC |
| Agradecimiento |
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| Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico (FONDECYT) #1171406, Grant PIA CONICYT AFB170005, Proyecto Semilla Interdisciplinario PS 14/15, DIDEMUC, Faculty of Medicine and Research grant from the Pediatric Division at PUC. |
| Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico (FONDECYT) #1171406, Grant PIA CONICYT AFB170005, Proyecto Semilla Interdisciplinario PS 14/15, DIDEMUC, Faculty of Medicine and Research grant from the Pediatric Division at PUC. |
| This research was supported by the following grants: FONDECYT N degrees 1171406 (P.C.) and Grant PIA CONICYT ACE210009 to CARE-UC and a donation of SQM to the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile (PUC). The UC CINBIOT Animal Facility is funded by PIA CONICYT ECM-07. Grant Faculty of Medicine, Pediatric Division at PUC. We thank MECESUP PUC0815 grant - Equipamiento Cientifico Mayor Centro de Investigaciones Medicas of Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile for the access to Synergy II microplate fluorescence reader (BioTek Instruments, Winooski, VT) and Carl Zeiss Axio Imager A1 fluorescence microscope (Gottingen, Germany). |