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- Title
Pravastatin increases survival and suppresses an increase in myocardial matrix metalloproteinase activity in a rat model of heart failure
- Authors
Ichihara, Sahoko; Noda, Akiko; Nagata, Kohzo; Obata, Koji; Xu, Jinglan; Ichihara, Gaku; Oikawa, Shinji; Kawanishi, Shosuke; Yamada, Yoshiji; Yokota, Mitsuhiro
- Abstract
Abstract: Objectives: Oxidative stress is implicated in the pathogenesis of heart failure and affects the activity of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs). We have now investigated the role of MMPs and their tissue inhibitors (TIMPs) in the transition from compensated left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy to heart failure as well as the effects of pravastatin on this transition in a rat model. Methods: Dahl salt-sensitive rats were fed a high-salt (8% NaCl) diet and treated with pravastatin (50 or 100 mg/kg per day) or vehicle from 7 weeks of age. Results: Pravastatin did not attenuate LV hypertrophy apparent at 12 or 18 weeks of age. However, the high dose of this drug markedly improved indices of diastolic function (early diastolic myocardial velocity) and systolic function (LV fractional shortening) at 18 weeks of age and increased the survival rate. It also prevented a decrease in the ratio of reduced to oxidized glutathione and an increase in NADPH oxidase activity in the left ventricle induced by the high-salt diet. The activities of MMP2 and MMP9 and the abundance of TIMP1 and TIMP2 in LV tissue were increased at 18 weeks of age, and pravastatin also prevented these changes. Conclusion: Although pravastatin did not attenuate LV hypertrophy, it prevented the transition from compensated hypertrophy to heart failure in this rat model. This effect of pravastatin may result from a reduction both in the level of oxidative stress and in MMP activity in the heart.
- Subjects
HEART diseases; METALLOPROTEINASES; METALLOENZYMES; HEART failure
- Publication
Cardiovascular Research, 2006, Vol 69, Issue 3, p726
- ISSN
0008-6363
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1016/j.cardiores.2005.08.001