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ArticlePulmonary circulation2014

PK10453, a nonselective platelet-derived growth factor receptor inhibitor, prevents the progression of pulmonary arterial hypertension.

Venkatrao Medarametla, Stephen Festin, Chuluunbaatar Sugarragchaa, Alexander Eng, Amir Naqwi, Timothy Wiedmann, Lawrence S Zisman

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Article in Pulmonary circulation, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. Use of multitarget tyrosine kinase inhibitors to attenuate platelet-derived growth factor signalling in lung disease.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2017
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Venkatrao MedarametlaBassett Medical Center, Cooperstown, New York, USA.
Stephen FestinPulmokine, Rensselaer, New York, USA.
Chuluunbaatar SugarragchaaPulmokine, Rensselaer, New York, USA.
Alexander EngPulmokine, Rensselaer, New York, USA.
Amir NaqwiMSP Corporation, Shoreview, Minnesota, USA.
Timothy WiedmannUniversity of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Lawrence S ZismanBassett Medical Center, Cooperstown, New York, USA ; Pulmokine, Rensselaer, New York, USA ; Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, New York, USA.
Pulmokine (United States) · USBassett Medical Center · USTSI (United States) · USUniversity of Minnesota · US

Funding

An inhaled PDGF receptor inhibitor for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertensionR44HL102946 · NHLBI · PULMOKINE, INC. · PI ZISMAN, LAWRENCE S. · 2012 to 2017
$5.3M
A PDGFR inhibitor for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertensionR43HL102946 · NHLBI · PULMOKINE, INC. · PI ZISMAN, LAWRENCE S. · 2010 to 2010
$351k
NHLBI NIH HHS R43 HL102946NHLBI NIH HHS R44 HL102946
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) signaling pathway has been found to be activated in human pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and in animal models of the disease. Our study tested the hypothesis that a novel, nonselective inhaled PDGF receptor inhibitor, PK10453, would decrease pulmonary hypertension both in the rat monocrotaline (MCT) model and the rat MCT plus pneumonectomy (MCT+PN) model of PAH. PK10453, delivered by inhalation for 4 (D4)- and 8 (D8)-minute exposures 3 times a day for 2 weeks, decreased right ventricular systolic pressure (RVSP) in both the rat MCT and rat MCT+PN models: RVSP was 80.4 ± 2.6 mmHg in the vehicle MCT group (n = 6), 44.4 ± 5.8 mmHg in the D4 MCT group (n = 6), and 37.1 ± 4.5 mmHg in the D8 MCT group (n = 5; P < 0.001 vs. vehicle); RVSP was 75.7 ± 7.1 mmHg in the vehicle MCT+PN group (n = 9), 40.4 ± 2.7 mmHg in the D4 MCT+PN group (n = 10), and 43.0 ± 3.0 mmHg in the D8 MCT+PN group (n = 8; P < 0.001). In the rat MCT+PN model, continuous telemetry monitoring of pulmonary artery pressures also demonstrated that PK10453 prevented the progression of PAH. Imatinib given by inhalation was equally effective in the MCT model but was not effective in the MCT+PN model. Immunohistochemistry demonstrated increased activation of the PDGFβ receptor compared to the PDGFα receptor in neointimal and perivascular lesions found in the MCT+PN model. We show that imatinib is selective for the PDGFα receptor, whereas PK10453 has a lower half-maximal inhibitor concentration (IC50) for inhibition of kinase activity of both the PDGFα and PDGFβ receptors compared to imatinib. In conclusion, PK10453, when delivered by inhalation, significantly decreased the progression of PAH in the rat MCT and MCT+PN models. Nonselective inhibition of both the PDGFα and PDGFβ receptors may have a therapeutic advantage over selective PDGFα receptor inhibition in PAH.

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kinase inhibitorsplatelet-derived growth factor (PDGF)pulmonary arterial hypertension

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PMID25006424
PMCPMC4070754
OpenAlexW2006541679

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