Vitamin D as an add-on therapy to phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitor in experimental pulmonary arterial hypertension
Abstract
Severe vitamin D (vitD) deficiency is a very common condition in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), and it is a predictor of poor prognosis. There is emerging evidence suggesting a connection between the insufficient response to phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors (PDE5i) and vitD deficiency in patients with PAH. In the present translational study, vitD deficiency was induced in Wistar rats by exposure to vitD-free diet for 5 wk and followed by Su5416 administration and hypoxia (10%) for 3 wk, a standard experimental model of PAH. Then, rats were randomized to either 1) the PDE5i tadalafil and continuing vitD-free diet or 2) tadalafil plus a single dose of vitD and standard diet for 4 wk. VitD supplementation improved exercise capacity and right ventricular function and decreased systolic right ventricular pressure, right atrial hypertrophy, right ventricular hypertrophy, and pulmonary arterial remodeling. VitD improved the ex vivo endothelium-dependent response to acetylcholine, indicating an improvement in NO bioavailability, which also resulted in an acute ex vivo response to sildenafil. Thus, the restoration of vitD, by rescuing endothelial function and PDE5i effectiveness, significantly improved the histological, hemodynamic, and functional features of rats with PAH. VitD may be especially beneficial for PDE5i-treated patients with PAH.NEW & NOTEWORTHY Severe vitamin D deficiency is very prevalent in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension. We show…
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