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Role of Endogenous Endothelin in Chronic Heart Failure

Effect of Long-term Treatment With an Endothelin Antagonist on Survival, Hemodynamics, and Cardiac Remodeling

Paul Mulder, PhD; Vincent Richard, PhD; Geneviève Derumeaux, MD, PhD; Manuela Hogie, BS; Jean Paul Henry, BS; Françoise Lallemand, BS; Patricia Compagnon, BS; Bertrand Macé, MD; Etienne Comoy, PhD; Brice Letac, MD; ; Christian Thuillez, MD, PhD

From VACOMED, Departments of Pharmacology (IFRMP 23) (P.M., V.R., M.H., J.P.H., F.L., P.C., E.C., C.T.), Cardiology (G.D., B.L.), and Histology (B.M.), Rouen University Medical School and Rouen University Hospital, France.

Correspondence to Christian Thuillez, Service de Pharmacologie, Hôpital de Bois Guillaume, CHU de Rouen, 76031 Rouen Cedex, France. E-mail Christian.Thuillez{at}chu-rouen.fr

Background Plasma levels of the vasoconstrictor peptide endothelin (ET) are increased in chronic heart failure (CHF), and ET levels are a major predictor of mortality in this disease. Thus, ET may play a deleterious role in CHF. The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of chronic treatment with the ET receptor antagonist bosentan in a rat model of CHF.

Methods and Results Rats were subjected to coronary artery ligation and were treated for 2 or 9 months with placebo or bosentan (30 or 100 mg · kg-1 · d-1). Bosentan 100 mg · kg-1 markedly increased survival (after 9 months: untreated, 47%; bosentan, 65%; P<.01). Throughout the 9-month treatment period, bosentan significantly reduced arterial pressure and heart rate. After 2 or 9 months of treatment, the ET antagonist reduced central venous pressure and left ventricular (LV) end-diastolic pressure as well as plasma catecholamines, urinary cGMP, and LV ventricular collagen density. Bosentan also reduced LV dilatation (evidenced at 2 months by a shift in the pressure/volume relationship ex vivo). Echocardiographic studies performed after 2 months showed that the ET antagonist reduced hypertrophy and increased contractility of the noninfarcted LV wall. The lower dose of bosentan (30 mg · kg-1), which had no major hemodynamic or structural effects, also had no effect on survival.

Conclusions Long-term treatment with an ET antagonist markedly increases survival in this rat model of CHF. This increase in survival is associated with decreases in both preload and afterload and an increase in cardiac output as well as decreased LV hypertrophy, LV dilatation, and cardiac fibrosis. Thus, chronic treatment with ET antagonists such as bosentan might be beneficial in human CHF and might increase long-term survival in this disease.


Key Words: echocardiograph • endothelin • heart failure • survival




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J. Bauersachs, D. Fraccarollo, P. Galuppo, J. Widder, and G. Ertl
Endothelin-receptor blockade improves endothelial vasomotor dysfunction in heart failure
Cardiovasc Res, July 1, 2000; 47(1): 142 - 149.
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M. P Love, C. J Ferro, W. G Haynes, C. Plumpton, A. P Davenport, D. J Webb, and J. J.V McMurray
Endothelin receptor antagonism in patients with chronic heart failure
Cardiovasc Res, July 1, 2000; 47(1): 166 - 172.
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M. M. Givertz, W. S. Colucci, T. H. LeJemtel, S. S. Gottlieb, J. M. Hare, M. T. Slawsky, C. V. Leier, E. Loh, J. M. Nicklas, and B. E. Lewis
Acute Endothelin A Receptor Blockade Causes Selective Pulmonary Vasodilation in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure
Circulation, June 27, 2000; 101(25): 2922 - 2927.
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S. Sakai, T. Miyauchi, and I. Yamaguchi
Long-Term Endothelin Receptor Antagonist Administration Improves Alterations in Expression of Various Cardiac Genes in Failing Myocardium of Rats With Heart Failure
Circulation, June 20, 2000; 101(24): 2849 - 2853.
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A. Talbodec, N. Berkane, V. Blandin, J. P. Breittmayer, E. Ferrari, C. Frelin, and P. Vigne
Aspirin and Sodium Salicylate Inhibit Endothelin ETA Receptors by an Allosteric Type of Mechanism
Mol. Pharmacol., April 1, 2000; 57(4): 797 - 804.
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Am. J. Physiol. Heart Circ. Physiol.Home page
H. Kjekshus, O. A. Smiseth, R. Klinge, E. Oie, M. E. Hystad, and H. Attramadal
Regulation of ET: pulmonary release of ET contributes to increased plasma ET levels and vasoconstriction in CHF
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, April 1, 2000; 278(4): H1299 - H1310.
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P. A. MacCarthy, R. Grocott-Mason, B. D. Prendergast, and A. M. Shah
Contrasting Inotropic Effects of Endogenous Endothelin in the Normal and Failing Human Heart : Studies With an Intracoronary ETA Receptor Antagonist
Circulation, January 18, 2000; 101(2): 142 - 147.
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T. Mishima, M. Tanimura, G. Suzuki, A. Todor, V. G. Sharov, S. Goldstein, and H. N. Sabbah
Effects of long-term therapy with bosentan on the progression of left ventricular dysfunction and remodeling in dogs with heart failure
J. Am. Coll. Cardiol., January 1, 2000; 35(1): 222 - 229.
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Z R Yousef, S R Redwood, and M S Marber
Postinfarction left ventricular remodelling: where are the theories and trials leading us?
Heart, January 1, 2000; 83(1): 76 - 80.
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G. P. Rossi, M. Cesari, A. C. Pessina, B. Hocher, and I. George
Endothelins and Cardiac Fibrosis • Response
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K. Ono, A. Matsumori, T. Shioi, Y. Furukawa, and S. Sasayama
Contribution of Endothelin-1 to Myocardial Injury in a Murine Model of Myocarditis : Acute Effects of Bosentan, an Endothelin Receptor Antagonist
Circulation, October 26, 1999; 100(17): 1823 - 1829.
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F. Brunner
Cardiac endothelin and big endothelin in right-heart hypertrophy due to monocrotaline-induced pulmonary hypertension in rat
Cardiovasc Res, October 1, 1999; 44(1): 197 - 206.
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C. Lowbeer, A. Ottosson-Seeberger, S. A. Gustafsson, R. Norrman, J. Hulting, and A. Gutierrez
Increased cardiac troponin T and endothelin-1 concentrations in dialysis patients may indicate heart disease
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant., August 1, 1999; 14(8): 1948 - 1955.
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G. P. Rossi, A. Sacchetto, M. Cesari, and A. C Pessina
Interactions between endothelin-1 and the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system
Cardiovasc Res, August 1, 1999; 43(2): 300 - 307.
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R. Varin, P. Mulder, V. Richard, F. Tamion, C. Devaux, J.-P. Henry, F. Lallemand, G. Lerebours, and C. Thuillez
Exercise Improves Flow-Mediated Vasodilatation of Skeletal Muscle Arteries in Rats With Chronic Heart Failure : Role of Nitric Oxide, Prostanoids, and Oxidant Stress
Circulation, June 8, 1999; 99(22): 2951 - 2957.
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R. Yamauchi-Kohno, T. Miyauchi, T. Hoshino, T. Kobayashi, H. Aihara, S. Sakai, H. Yabana, K. Goto, Y. Sugishita, and S. Murata
Role of Endothelin in Deterioration of Heart Failure Due to Cardiomyopathy in Hamsters : Increase in Endothelin-1 Production in the Heart and Beneficial Effect of Endothelin-A Receptor Antagonist on Survival and Cardiac Function
Circulation, April 27, 1999; 99(16): 2171 - 2176.
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B. Pieske, B. Beyermann, V. Breu, B. M. Loffler, K. Schlotthauer, L. S. Maier, S. Schmidt-Schweda, H. Just, and G. Hasenfuss
Functional Effects of Endothelin and Regulation of Endothelin Receptors in Isolated Human Nonfailing and Failing Myocardium
Circulation, April 13, 1999; 99(14): 1802 - 1809.
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T. Kobayashi, T. Miyauchi, S. Sakai, M. Kobayashi, I. Yamaguchi, K. Goto, and Y. Sugishita
Expression of endothelin-1, ETA and ETB receptors, and ECE and distribution of endothelin-1 in failing rat heart
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, April 1, 1999; 276(4): H1197 - H1206.
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B. Hocher, I. George, J. Rebstock, A. Bauch, A. Schwarz, H.-H. Neumayer, and C. Bauer
Endothelin System–Dependent Cardiac Remodeling in Renovascular Hypertension
Hypertension, March 1, 1999; 33(3): 816 - 822.
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A. Wada, T. Tsutamoto, M. Ohnishi, M. Sawaki, D. Fukai, Y. Maeda, and M. Kinoshita
Effects of a Specific Endothelin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor on Cardiac, Renal, and Neurohumoral Functions in Congestive Heart Failure : Comparison of Effects With Those of Endothelin A Receptor Antagonism
Circulation, February 2, 1999; 99(4): 570 - 577.
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Y. Matsumura, N. Hashimoto, S. Taira, T. Kuro, R. Kitano, M. Ohkita, T. J. Opgenorth, and M. Takaoka
Different Contributions of Endothelin-A and Endothelin-B Receptors in the Pathogenesis of Deoxycorticosterone Acetate–Salt–Induced Hypertension in Rats
Hypertension, February 1, 1999; 33(2): 759 - 765.
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G. Sutsch, W. Kiowski, X.-W. Yan, P. Hunziker, S. Christen, W. Strobel, J.-H. Kim, P. Rickenbacher, and O. Bertel
Short-Term Oral Endothelin-Receptor Antagonist Therapy in Conventionally Treated Patients With Symptomatic Severe Chronic Heart Failure
Circulation, November 24, 1998; 98(21): 2262 - 2268.
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Q. T. Nguyen, P. Cernacek, A. Calderoni, D. J. Stewart, P. Picard, P. Sirois, M. White, and J. L. Rouleau
Endothelin A Receptor Blockade Causes Adverse Left Ventricular Remodeling but Improves Pulmonary Artery Pressure After Infarction in the Rat
Circulation, November 24, 1998; 98(21): 2323 - 2330.
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Y. Iwanaga, Y. Kihara, K. Hasegawa, K. Inagaki, T. Yoneda, S. Kaburagi, M. Araki, and S. Sasayama
Cardiac Endothelin-1 Plays a Critical Role in the Functional Deterioration of Left Ventricles During the Transition From Compensatory Hypertrophy to Congestive Heart Failure in Salt-Sensitive Hypertensive Rats
Circulation, November 10, 1998; 98(19): 2065 - 2073.
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E. Oie, R. Bjonerheim, H. K. Grogaard, H. Kongshaug, O. A. Smiseth, and H. Attramadal
ET-receptor antagonism, myocardial gene expression, and ventricular remodeling during CHF in rats
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, September 1, 1998; 275(3): H868 - H877.
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B. Geny, F. Piquard, J. Lonsdorfer, and P. Haberey
Endothelin and heart transplantation
Cardiovasc Res, September 1, 1998; 39(3): 556 - 562.
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R. Choussat, L. Hittinger, F. Barbe, G. Maistre, A. Carayon, B. Crozatier, and J. Su
Acute effects of an endothelin-1 receptor antagonist bosentan at different stages of heart failure in conscious dogs
Cardiovasc Res, September 1, 1998; 39(3): 580 - 588.
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P. Mulder, V. Richard, F. Bouchart, G. Derumeaux, K. Munter, and C. Thuillez
Selective ETA receptor blockade prevents left ventricular remodeling and deterioration of cardiac function in experimental heart failure
Cardiovasc Res, September 1, 1998; 39(3): 600 - 608.
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M. Ohnishi, A. Wada, T. Tsutamoto, D. Fukai, and M. Kinoshita
Comparison of the acute effects of a selective endothelin ETA and a mixed ETA/ETB receptor antagonist in heart failure
Cardiovasc Res, September 1, 1998; 39(3): 617 - 624.
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T. Hoshino, R. Yamauchi, K. Kikkawa, H. Yabana, and S. Murata
Pharmacological Profile of T-0201, a Highly Potent and Orally Active Endothelin Receptor Antagonist
J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther., August 1, 1998; 286(2): 643 - 649.
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