PMID- 11082129 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20010202 LR - 20181113 IS - 0007-1188 (Print) IS - 0007-1188 (Linking) VI - 131 IP - 6 DP - 2000 Nov TI - Effect of neutral endopeptidase inhibitor on endogenous atrial natriuretic peptide as a paracrine factor in cultured cardiac fibroblasts. PG - 1204-10 AB - 1. Cardiac remodelling is a fundamental response to hypertension, myocardial infarction and chronic heart failure, and involves cardiac fibroblast proliferation and production of extracellular matrix components such as collagen. The present study was performed to examine the role of endogenous atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) as a possible paracrine factor for cardiac fibroblasts, and to examine the effects of three neutral endopeptidase (NEP) inhibitors, thiorphan, phosphoramidon and ONO-BB-039-02 (ONO-BB) on endogenous ANP-induced changes in collagen synthesis by cultured neonatal rat cardiac fibroblasts. 2. Each NEP inhibitor singly had no significant effect on collagen synthesis by cardiac fibroblasts, except for maximum concentration (10(-3) M) of thiorphan. 3. Exogenous ANP inhibited collagen synthesis in a concentration-dependent manner (10(-8) - 10(-6) M). Thiorphan (10(-4) and 10(-3) M) and phosphoramidon (10(-5) and 10(-4) M) enhanced the ANP (10(-7) M)-induced decrease in collagen synthesis. ONO-BB (10(-5) and 10(-4) M) slightly enhanced the ANP-induced decrease in collagen synthesis. 4. Myocyte-conditioned medium (MC-CM), as well as exogenous ANP, inhibited collagen synthesis dose-dependently. The decrease in collagen synthesis at 100% MC-CM was augmented by thiorphan (10(-3) M), phosphoramidon (10(-4) M) and ONO-BB (10(-4) M). 5. HS-142-1, a natriuretic peptide receptor antagonist, significantly reduced the MC-CM plus thiorphan- and MC-CM plus ONO-BB-induced decrease in collagen synthesis, by 92 and 62%, respectively and showed a tendency to attenuate the MC-CM plus phosphoramidon-induced decrease in collagen synthesis by 40%. 6. Our observations suggested that endogenous ANP released from cardiomyocytes inhibited collagen synthesis as a paracrine factor and that NEP inhibitors enhanced the activity of this peptide in cardiac fibroblasts. FAU - Maki, T AU - Maki T AD - Research Institute, National Cardiovascular Center, 5-7-1, Fujishirodai, Suita, Osaka 565-8565, Japan. FAU - Horio, T AU - Horio T FAU - Yoshihara, F AU - Yoshihara F FAU - Suga, S AU - Suga S FAU - Takeo, S AU - Takeo S FAU - Matsuo, H AU - Matsuo H FAU - Kangawa, K AU - Kangawa K LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - England TA - Br J Pharmacol JT - British journal of pharmacology JID - 7502536 RN - 0 (Culture Media, Conditioned) RN - 0 (Protease Inhibitors) RN - 85637-73-6 (Atrial Natriuretic Factor) RN - 9007-34-5 (Collagen) RN - EC 3.4.24.11 (Neprilysin) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Atrial Natriuretic Factor/*drug effects/pharmacology/physiology MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Collagen/biosynthesis/*drug effects MH - Culture Media, Conditioned/pharmacology MH - Fibroblasts/*drug effects/physiology MH - Heart Ventricles/cytology/drug effects MH - Neprilysin/*antagonists & inhibitors MH - Paracrine Communication/*drug effects/physiology MH - Protease Inhibitors/*pharmacology MH - Rats MH - Rats, Wistar MH - Ventricular Function PMC - PMC1572435 EDAT- 2000/11/18 11:00 MHDA- 2001/03/03 10:01 PMCR- 2001/11/01 CRDT- 2000/11/18 11:00 PHST- 2000/11/18 11:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2001/03/03 10:01 [medline] PHST- 2000/11/18 11:00 [entrez] PHST- 2001/11/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 0703679 [pii] AID - 10.1038/sj.bjp.0703679 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Br J Pharmacol. 2000 Nov;131(6):1204-10. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0703679.