目的:观察氟西汀对野百合碱(MCT)所致的大鼠肺动脉高压(PAH)的近期和远期疗效及伴随的病理生理学变化。方法:实验分为氟西汀持续干预组(M+F组)、氟西汀短期干预组(M/F组)、MCT组及生理盐水组,共196只大鼠。其中前3组均先行MCT(60mg/kg)皮下注射3周造模,M+F组为氟西汀(10mg/kg)干预9周,M/F组氟西汀干预3周。实验总共观察12周,分别于不同时间点观察大鼠肺组织形态学变化,并对肺动脉压(PAP)、管壁厚度百分比(PWT)、右心室肥厚指数(RVHI)及5-羟色胺转运体(5-HTT)的表达情况进行测定,并进行生存分析。结果:①M/F组大鼠在氟西汀停药后6周出现显著的肺血管重构和右心室肥厚,提示肺动脉高压复发,而M+F组大鼠未观察到肺动脉高压复发及右心室肥厚加重;②M/F组5-HTT蛋白水平在氟西汀撤药后逐渐升高,且与肺动脉高压的严重程度相平行,而M+F组在氟西汀撤药后未出现5-HTT表达增加。结论:①氟西汀能有效逆转MCT诱导的大鼠肺血管重构并改善右心室肥厚,且这一作用主要与氟西汀抑制5-HTT表达上调有关;②氟西汀长期持续干预较短期干预能更有效提高PAH大鼠的生存率。
Objective:To investigate the short-term and long-term therapeutic effects of fluoxetine on monocrotaline-induced pulmonary arterial hypertension(PAH) and associated pathophysiologic alterations in PAH models.Methods:A total of 196 rats were randomly distributed into three groups.Long-term fluoxetine treatment group(M+F,n=62) received a single subcutaneous injection of monocrotaline(MCT,60 mg/kg) for three weeks and then were treated with fluoxetine(10 mg/kg) once daily by gavage in the following nine weeks.Short-term fluoxetine treatment group(M/F,n=70) were treated with fluoxetine only for three weeks.The third group(MCT,n=46) were treated only with normal saline.The fourth group(Saline,n=18) was a normal control group.Morphometric changes,pulmonary arterial pressure(PAP),percent wall thickness(PWT),right ventricular hypertrophy index(RVHI),and serotonin transporter(5-HTT) expressions were detected at various times during the 12-week observation;furthermore,survival analysis in each group was also performed until week 12.Results:①A recurrence of the completely reversed PAH and aggravation of right ventricular hypertrophy was observed six weeks after fluoxetine withdrawal in M/F group,while no signs of such a recurrence and aggravation was observed in M+F group;②5-HTT protein levels were significantly raised in M/F group after fluoxetine discontinuation,which was paralleled with the severity of PAH;however,no upregulation of 5-HTT was found in M+F group.Conclusion:Fluoxetine is effective in reversing MCT-induced pulmonary vascular remodeling and ameliorating right ventricular hypertophy in rats,which is associated with inhibition of overexpression of 5-HTT.Continuous fluoxetine administration is more effective than short-term administration in prolonging survival in rats with PAH.