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Eplerenone suppresses constrictive remodeling and collagen accumulation after angioplasty in porcine coronary arteries.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  11468211     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
BACKGROUND: Coronary artery angioplasty triggers healing that causes constrictive remodeling. Because collagen accumulation correlates with constrictive remodeling and aldosterone has been implicated in collagen accumulation, we examined how aldosterone and the mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists spironolactone and eplerenone affect remodeling and collagen in porcine coronary and iliac arteries after angioplasty. METHODS AND RESULTS: Twenty-four pigs were allocated into 4 treatment groups: oral eplerenone (100 mg/d), oral spironolactone (200 mg/d), subcutaneous aldosterone (400 microgram/d), or no treatment. Twenty-eight days after angioplasty of the coronary arteries, eplerenone increased total vessel area by 30% (P<0.05) and luminal area by nearly 60% (P<0.05) compared with the no-treatment group, without affecting neointima size. These effects were accompanied by a 65% reduction in neointimal and medial collagen density (both P<0.05). Spironolactone was less effective, and aldosterone tended to exert opposite effects on coronary artery structure after angioplasty. These effects were not observed in angioplastied iliac arteries. CONCLUSIONS: Eplerenone attenuates constrictive remodeling after coronary artery angioplasty by mechanisms involving reduction in collagen accumulation, which thus appears to be an important contributor to constrictive remodeling of angioplastied coronary arteries.
Authors:
M R Ward; P Kanellakis; D Ramsey; J Funder; A Bobik
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Circulation     Volume:  104     ISSN:  1524-4539     ISO Abbreviation:  Circulation     Publication Date:  2001 Jul 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2001-07-24     Completed Date:  2001-09-06     Revised Date:  2003-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0147763     Medline TA:  Circulation     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  467-72     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Baker Medical Research Institute and Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Aldosterone / pharmacology
Aldosterone Antagonists / pharmacology*
Angioplasty, Balloon / adverse effects
Animals
Collagen / drug effects*,  metabolism
Constriction, Pathologic / prevention & control
Coronary Disease / etiology,  metabolism,  prevention & control
Coronary Vessels / drug effects*,  injuries,  metabolism
Elastin / drug effects,  metabolism
Iliac Artery / drug effects,  injuries,  metabolism
Male
Spironolactone / analogs & derivatives,  pharmacology*
Swine
Swine, Miniature
Tunica Intima / drug effects,  pathology
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Aldosterone Antagonists; 0/eplerenone; 52-01-7/Spironolactone; 52-39-1/Aldosterone; 9007-34-5/Collagen; 9007-58-3/Elastin

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