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1Section on Clinical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital, London; and 2Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Submitted 16 March 2004 ; accepted in final form 14 September 2004
We investigated the effects of prostacyclin analogs and isoform-selective phosphodiesterase (PDE) inhibitors, alone and in combination, on pulmonary vascular remodeling in vitro and in vivo. Vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) isolated from pulmonary (proximal and distal) and systemic circulations demonstrated subtle variations in expression of PDE isoform mRNA. However, using biochemical assays, we found PDE3 and PDE4 isoforms to be responsible for the majority of cAMP hydrolysis in all VSMC. In growth assays, the prostacyclin analogs cicaprost and iloprost inhibited mitogen-induced proliferation of VSMC in a cAMP-dependent manner. In addition, isoform-selective antagonists of PDEs 1, 3, or 4 inhibited VSMC proliferation, an effect that synergized with the effect of prostacyclin analogs. The inhibitory effects were greater in cells isolated from pulmonary circulation. In an in situ perfused rat lung preparation, administration of prostacyclin analogs or the PDE inhibitors vinpocetine (PDE1), cilostamide (PDE3), or rolipram (PDE4), but not EHNA (PDE2), attenuated acute hypoxic vasoconstriction (HPV). Combinations of agents led to a greater reduction in HPV. Furthermore, during exposure to hypoxia for 13 days, Wistar rats were treated with iloprost, rolipram, cilostamide, or combinations of these agents. Compared with normoxic controls, hypoxic animals developed pulmonary hypertension and distal pulmonary artery muscularization. These parameters were attenuated by iloprost+cilostamide, iloprost+rolipram, and cilostamide+rolipram but were not significantly affected by single agents. Together, these findings provide a greater understanding of the role of cAMP PDEs in VSMC proliferation and provide rationale for combined use of prostacylcin analogs plus PDE3/4 inhibitors in treatment of pulmonary vascular remodeling.
smooth muscle cells; cyclic nucleotides; heterogeneity
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