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Inhibition of BET Proteins Reduces Right Ventricle Hypertrophy and Pulmonary Hypertension Resulting from Combined Hypoxia and Pulmonary Inflammation.
International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2018 July 31
Pulmonary hypertension is a co-morbidity, which strongly participates in morbi-mortality in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Recent findings showed that bromodomain-containing proteins, in charge of reading histone acetylation, could be involved in pulmonary arterial hypertension. Our aim was to study the effect of I-BET151, an inhibitor of bromodomain and extra-terminal domain (BET), on the right ventricle hypertrophy and pulmonary hypertension, induced by a combination of chronic hypoxia and pulmonary inflammation, as the two main stimuli encountered in COPD. Adult Wistar male rats, exposed to chronic hypoxia plus pulmonary inflammation (CHPI), showed a significant right ventricle hypertrophy (+57%, p < 0.001), an increase in systolic pressure (+46%, p < 0.001) and in contraction speed (+36%, p < 0.001), when compared to control animals. I-BET151 treated animals (CHPI-iB) showed restored hemodynamic parameters to levels similar to control animals, despite chronic hypoxia plus exposure to pulmonary inflammation. They displayed lower right ventricle hypertrophy and hematocrit compared to the CHPI group (respectively -16%, p < 0.001; and -9%, p < 0.05). Our descriptive study shows a valuable effect of the inhibition of bromodomain and extra-terminal domain proteins on hemodynamic parameters, despite the presence of chronic hypoxia and pulmonary inflammation. This suggests that such inhibition could be of potential interest for COPD patients with pulmonary hypertension. Further studies are needed to unravel the underlying mechanisms involved and the net benefits of inhibiting adaptations to chronic hypoxia.
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