Marked Strain-Specific Differences in the SU5416 Rat Model of Severe Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

We assessed the pulmonary hemodynamic response to vascular endothelial growth factor receptor, type 2, inhibition using SU5416 (SU) with and without chronic hypoxia (CH) in different background strains and colonies of rats. A single subcutaneous injection of SU (20 mg/kg) or vehicle was administered...

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Veröffentlicht in:American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology 2016-04, Vol.54 (4), p.461-468
Hauptverfasser: Jiang, Baohua, Deng, Yupu, Suen, Colin, Taha, Mohamad, Chaudhary, Ketul R, Courtman, David W, Stewart, Duncan J
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Zusammenfassung:We assessed the pulmonary hemodynamic response to vascular endothelial growth factor receptor, type 2, inhibition using SU5416 (SU) with and without chronic hypoxia (CH) in different background strains and colonies of rats. A single subcutaneous injection of SU (20 mg/kg) or vehicle was administered to different substrains of Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats, and they were compared with Lewis and Fischer rats, with and without exposure to CH (10% O2 for 3 wk). Remarkably, a unique colony of SD rats from Charles River Laboratories, termed the SD-hyperresponsive type, exhibited severe pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) with SU alone, characterized by increased right ventricular systolic pressure, right ventricular/left ventricular plus septal weight ratio, and arteriolar occlusive lesions at 7-8 weeks (all P 
ISSN:1044-1549
1535-4989
DOI:10.1165/rcmb.2014-0488oc