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- Title
Cardiac and Renal Effects of Atrasentan in Combination with Enalapril and Paricalcitol in Uremic Rats.
- Authors
Ritter, Cynthia; Zhang, Sarah; Finch, Jane L.; Liapis, Helen; Suarez, Edu; Ferder, Leon; Delmez, James; Slatopolsky, Eduardo
- Abstract
Background/Aims: The search for new therapies providing cardiorenal protection in chronic kidney disease (CKD) has led to treatments that combine conventional renin-angiotensin-aldosterone-system inhibitors with other drugs that exhibit potential in disease management. Methods: In rats made uremic by renal ablation, we examined the effects of addition of the endothelin-A receptor antagonist atrasentan to a previously examined combination of enalapril (angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor) and paricalcitol (vitamin D receptor activator) on cardiac and renal parameters. The effects of the individual and combined drugs were examined after a 3-month treatment. Results: A decrease in systolic blood pressure, serum creatinine and proteinuria, and improvement of renal histology in uremic rats were attributed to enalapril and/or paricalcitol treatment; atrasentan alone had no effect. In heart tissue, individual treatment with the drugs blunted the increase in cardiomyocyte size, and combined treatment additively decreased cardiomyocyte size to normal levels. Perivascular fibrosis was blunted in uremic control rats with atrasentan or enalapril treatment. Conclusions: We found distinct cardiac and renal effects of atrasentan. Combination treatment with atrasentan, enalapril and paricalcitol provided positive effects on cardiac remodeling in uremic rats, whereas combination treatment did not offer further protective effects on blood pressure, proteinuria or renal histology. © 2014 S. Karger AG, Basel
- Subjects
KIDNEY disease treatments; RENIN-angiotensin system; DISEASE management; BLOOD pressure; HEART cells
- Publication
Kidney & Blood Pressure Research, 2014, Vol 39, Issue 4, p340
- ISSN
1420-4096
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1159/000355811