Short-Term Hemodynamic Effects of Apelin in Patients With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Lauren Brash, Gareth D. Barnes, Melanie J. Brewis, A. Colin Church, Simon J. Gibbs, Luke S.G.E. Howard, Geeshath Jayasekera, Martin K. Johnson, Neil McGlinchey, Joelle Onorato, Joanne Simpson, Colin Stirrat, Stephen Thomson, Geoffrey Watson, Martin R. Wilkins, Carrie Xu, David J. Welsh, David E. Newby, Andrew J. Peacock*

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Apelin agonism causes systemic vasodilatation and increased cardiac contractility in humans, and improves pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in animal models. Here, the authors examined the short-term pulmonary hemodynamic effects of systemic apelin infusion in patients with PAH. In a double-blind randomized crossover study, 19 patients with PAH received intravenous (Pyr1)apelin-13 and matched saline placebo during invasive right heart catheterization. (Pyr1)apelin-13 infusion caused a reduction in pulmonary vascular resistance and increased cardiac output. This effect was accentuated in the subgroup of patients receiving concomitant phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibition. Apelin agonism is a novel potential therapeutic target for PAH. (Effects of Apelin on the Lung Circulation in Pulmonary Hypertension; NCT01457170)

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)176-186
Number of pages11
JournalJACC: Basic to Translational Science
Volume3
Issue number2
Early online date28 Mar 2018
DOIs
Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 28 Mar 2018

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

  • apelin
  • APJ
  • human
  • pulmonary arterial hypertension

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