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Pulm Pharmacol Ther ; 28(2): 109-13, 2014 Aug.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24769100

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Lung function abnormalities, both at rest and during exercise, are frequently observed in patients with chronic heart failure (HF), also in absence of respiratory disease. It has been documented that, in HF, chronic adrenergic stimulation down-regulates ß-adrenoceptors (ß-ARs) and modifies airway relaxant responses. This study was designed to investigate in an animal model of HF whether a treatment with a ß-AR blocker, metoprolol, could modify the altered airway hyperresponsiveness. In rats, randomly assigned to 3 experimental groups sham-operated rats (SH), rats with HF induced by left anterior descending coronaric occlusion (HF n = 10), and rats treated with metoprolol 100 mg/kg/die (MET = 10), HF was evaluated after 10 weeks and resulted in increases in plasma norepinephrine and epinephrine and left ventricular end diastolic pressure. ß2-ARs and G-protein-ßAR2-kinase (GRK2) mRNA levels were determined by real time reverse transcriptase PCR. Carbachol-precontracted isolated tracheal rings were used to functionally assess airway smooth muscle relaxation. In pulmonary tissues, ß2-AR mRNA level was significantly decreased in HF groups (-48.73 ± 5.18%, P < 0.01); in the same groups the GRK2 mRNA-levels were significantly enhanced (+222.50 ± 6.13%, P < 0.001); in lung deriving from MET groups the levels of mRNA were significantly increased (+339.86 ± 11.26%, P < 0.001), while the GRK2 mRNA-levels unchanged (-59.02 ± 3.97%, P < 0.001), when compared to SH groups. Relaxation of tracheal strips in response to salbutamol was significantly reduced in HF groups; in tracheal rings, deriving from MET groups, the relaxant effects of salbutamol were significantly enhanced (SH, Emax: 34.87 ± 2.98%, pD2: 7.45 ± 0.27; HF, Emax: 34.87 ± 2.98%, pD2: 7.45 ± 0.27; MET, Emax: 85.43 ± 6.80%, pD2: 6.95 ± 0.59, P < 0.001). In HF, the down-regulation of pulmonary ß-ARs results in a significant attenuation of airway relaxation. These effects have been reversed by a treatment with metoprolol, suggesting a potential role of ß-AR blockers in the treatment of patients suffering from HF and chronic obstructive airway diseases.


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Adrenergic beta-1 Receptor Antagonists/pharmacology , Bronchial Hyperreactivity/drug therapy , Heart Failure/drug therapy , Metoprolol/pharmacology , Adrenergic beta-1 Receptor Antagonists/administration & dosage , Adrenergic beta-2 Receptor Agonists/pharmacology , Albuterol/pharmacology , Animals , Bronchial Hyperreactivity/etiology , Bronchial Hyperreactivity/physiopathology , Disease Models, Animal , Down-Regulation/drug effects , Epinephrine/blood , G-Protein-Coupled Receptor Kinase 2/genetics , Heart Failure/complications , Heart Failure/physiopathology , Male , Metoprolol/administration & dosage , Norepinephrine/blood , RNA, Messenger/metabolism , Rats , Rats, Wistar , Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction , Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-2/drug effects , Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-2/genetics , Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
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