Efeitos da adrenomodulina no tratamento da hipertensão pulmonar induzida por microesferas em ovinos

• Ano de defesa: 2015
• Autor(a) principal: Carvajal, Angie Paola Lagos [UNESP]
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
• Palavras-chave em Português: Peptídeos microbianos; Embolia pulmonar; Hipertensão pulmonar; Monitorização hemodinamica; Ovino; Microesfera; Pulmonary hipertension
• Link de acesso: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/131973; http://www.athena.biblioteca.unesp.br/exlibris/bd/cathedra/06-11-2015/000848418.pdf

Accumulating evidence suggests that pulmonary vasoconstriction drives many of the haemodynamic disorders found in acute pulmonary embolism (APE). Because adrenomedullin induces pulmonary vasodilation and increases myocardial inotropism, the use of this peptide could minimize the pulmonary hypertension secondary to APE and improve cardiac output. This study examined the effects of adrenomodullin in a sheep model of APE. Under ketamine/midazolam anaesthesia, variables were recorded in nonembolized sheep treated with physiological saline (Control) and in sheep with APE induced by intravenous injection of microspheres (500 mg) treated with either intravenous physiological saline (Emb) or adrenomedullin (50 ng/kg/min) (Emb+Adm) for 30 min (n = 8 per group). Plasma concentrations of cyclic adenosine (cAMP) and guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) were determined by enzyme immunoassay. Compared to values recorded 30 min after induction of APE, adrenomedullin significantly (P < 0.05) decreased pulmonary vascular resistance index by 26% and significantly increased cardiac index by 28% with no impact on mean pulmonary artery pressure. Adrenomedullin significantly lowered systemic mean arterial pressure and systemic vascular resistance index by 24% and 40%, respectively. While significant increases in cAMP concentrations were observed with adrenomedullin (P < 0.05), cGMP levels were unaltered. Adrenomedullin induces systemic and pulmonary vasodilation in a microsphere model of APE. However, an anti-hypertensive effect of adrenomedullin on the pulmonary circulation may be offset by increased CI. These findings suggest that intravenous adrenomedullin should be used cautiously for treating pulmonary hypertension because of a significant impact on systemic circulation