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C. Nydegger et al., « Effects of PDE-5 Inhibition on the Cardiopulmonary System After 2 or 4 Weeks of Chronic Hypoxia. », Serveur académique Lausannois, ID : 10.1007/s10557-019-06887-9
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In pulmonary hypertension (PH), hypoxia represents both an outcome and a cause of exacerbation. We addressed the question whether hypoxia adaptation might affect the mechanisms underlying PH alleviation through phosphodiesterase-5 (PDE5) inhibition. Eight-week-old male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into two groups depending on treatment (placebo or sildenafil, a drug inhibiting PDE5) and were exposed to hypoxia (10% O 2 ) for 0 (t0, n = 9/10), 2 (t2, n = 5/5) or 4 (t4, n = 5/5) weeks. The rats were treated (0.3 mL i.p.) with either saline or sildenafil (1.4 mg/Kg per day). Two-week hypoxia changed the body weight (- 31% vs. - 27%, respectively, P = NS), blood hemoglobin (+ 25% vs. + 27%, P = NS) and nitrates+nitrites (+ 175% vs. + 261%, P = 0.007), right ventricle fibrosis (+ 814% vs. + 317%, P < 0.0001), right ventricle hypertrophy (+ 84% vs. + 49%, P = 0.007) and systolic pressure (+ 108% vs. + 41%, P = 0.001), pulmonary vessel density (+ 61% vs. + 46%, P = NS), and the frequency of small (< 50 µm wall thickness) vessels (+ 35% vs. + 13%, P = 0.0001). Most of these changes were maintained for 4-week hypoxia, except blood hemoglobin and right ventricle hypertrophy that continued increasing (+ 52% vs. + 42%, P = NS; and + 104% vs. + 83%, P = 0.04). To further assess these observations, small vessel frequency was found to be linearly related with the right ventricle-developed pressure independent of hypoxia duration. Thus, although hypoxia adaptation is not yet accomplished after 4 weeks, PH alleviation by PDE5 inhibition might nevertheless provide an efficient strategy for the management of this disease.