PMID- 30951642 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200504 LR - 20240408 IS - 1535-4989 (Electronic) IS - 1044-1549 (Print) IS - 1044-1549 (Linking) VI - 61 IP - 4 DP - 2019 Oct TI - Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibition Ameliorates Inflammation and Experimental Pulmonary Hypertension. PG - 512-524 LID - 10.1165/rcmb.2018-0232OC [doi] AB - Inflammation and vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) phenotypic switching are causally linked to pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) pathogenesis. Carbonic anhydrase inhibition induces mild metabolic acidosis and exerts protective effects in hypoxic pulmonary hypertension. Carbonic anhydrases and metabolic acidosis are further known to modulate immune cell activation. To evaluate if carbonic anhydrase inhibition modulates macrophage activation, inflammation, and VSMC phenotypic switching in severe experimental pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary hypertension was assessed in Sugen 5416/hypoxia (SU/Hx) rats after treatment with acetazolamide or ammonium chloride (NH(4)Cl). We evaluated pulmonary and systemic inflammation and characterized the effect of carbonic anhydrase inhibition and metabolic acidosis in alveolar macrophages and bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDMs). We further evaluated the treatment effects on VSMC phenotypic switching in pulmonary arteries and pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells (PASMCs) and corroborated some of our findings in lungs and pulmonary arteries of patients with PAH. Both patients with idiopathic PAH and SU/Hx rats had increased expression of lung inflammatory markers and signs of PASMC dedifferentiation in pulmonary arteries. Acetazolamide and NH(4)Cl ameliorated SU/Hx-induced pulmonary hypertension and blunted pulmonary and systemic inflammation. Expression of carbonic anhydrase isoform 2 was increased in alveolar macrophages from SU/Hx animals, classically (M1) and alternatively (M2) activated BMDMs, and lungs of patients with PAH. Carbonic anhydrase inhibition and acidosis had distinct effects on M1 and M2 markers in BMDMs. Inflammatory cytokines drove PASMC dedifferentiation, and this was inhibited by acetazolamide and acidosis. The protective antiinflammatory effect of acetazolamide in pulmonary hypertension is mediated by a dual mechanism of macrophage carbonic anhydrase inhibition and systemic metabolic acidosis. FAU - Hudalla, Hannes AU - Hudalla H AD - Department of Pediatric Newborn Medicine and. AD - Department of Neonatology, Heidelberg University Children's Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany. AD - Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. FAU - Michael, Zoe AU - Michael Z AD - Department of Pediatric Newborn Medicine and. AD - Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. FAU - Christodoulou, Nicolas AU - Christodoulou N AD - Department of Pediatric Newborn Medicine and. FAU - Willis, Gareth R AU - Willis GR AD - Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. AD - Division of Newborn Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; and. FAU - Fernandez-Gonzalez, Angeles AU - Fernandez-Gonzalez A AD - Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. AD - Division of Newborn Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; and. FAU - Filatava, Evgenia J AU - Filatava EJ AD - Department of Pediatric Newborn Medicine and. FAU - Dieffenbach, Paul AU - Dieffenbach P AD - Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. AD - Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. FAU - Fredenburgh, Laura E AU - Fredenburgh LE AD - Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. AD - Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. FAU - Stearman, Robert S AU - Stearman RS AD - Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care Medicine, Sleep, and Occupational Medicine, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana. FAU - Geraci, Mark W AU - Geraci MW AD - Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care Medicine, Sleep, and Occupational Medicine, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana. FAU - Kourembanas, Stella AU - Kourembanas S AD - Department of Pediatric Newborn Medicine and. AD - Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. AD - Division of Newborn Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; and. FAU - Christou, Helen AU - Christou H AD - Department of Pediatric Newborn Medicine and. AD - Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. AD - Division of Newborn Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; and. LA - eng GR - R01 HL114839/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - P30 HD018655/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 HL116573/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - R24 HL123767/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 HL137366/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - F32 HL131228/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 HL055454/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol JT - American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology JID - 8917225 RN - 0 (Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Contractile Proteins) RN - 0 (Protein Isoforms) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 01Q9PC255D (Ammonium Chloride) RN - EC 4.2.1.1 (Carbonic Anhydrases) RN - O3FX965V0I (Acetazolamide) SB - IM CIN - Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2019 Oct;61(4):412-413. PMID: 30973760 MH - Acetazolamide/*therapeutic use MH - Acidosis/chemically induced/complications/immunology MH - Ammonium Chloride/*therapeutic use MH - Animals MH - Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors/*therapeutic use MH - Carbonic Anhydrases/*physiology MH - Cell Differentiation/drug effects MH - Contractile Proteins/biosynthesis/genetics MH - Drug Evaluation, Preclinical MH - Humans MH - Hypertension, Pulmonary/*drug therapy/enzymology/etiology/pathology MH - Hypoxia/complications MH - Inflammation MH - Macrophages/drug effects/enzymology MH - Macrophages, Alveolar/drug effects/enzymology MH - Male MH - Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/pathology MH - Myocytes, Smooth Muscle/drug effects/enzymology MH - Protein Isoforms/antagonists & inhibitors MH - Pulmonary Artery/pathology MH - RNA, Messenger/biosynthesis/genetics MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley PMC - PMC6775956 OTO - NOTNLM OT - acetazolamide OT - acidosis OT - carbonic anhydrases OT - lung OT - macrophages EDAT- 2019/04/06 06:00 MHDA- 2020/05/06 06:00 PMCR- 2020/10/01 CRDT- 2019/04/06 06:00 PHST- 2019/04/06 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/05/06 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/04/06 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/10/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1165/rcmb.2018-0232OC [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2019 Oct;61(4):512-524. doi: 10.1165/rcmb.2018-0232OC.