title: Triple ACE-ECE-NEP inhibition in heart failure: a comparison with ACE and dual ECE-NEP inhibition.
abstract: Mortality remains high in chronic heart failure (CHF) because under ACE inhibitor treatment other neurohumoral systems remain/become (de)activated, such as the endothelin and atrial natriuretic peptide pathways. Dual endothelin-converting enzyme-neutral endopeptidase (ECE-NEP) inhibition exerts beneficial effects in experimental CHF, but whether "triple" ACE-ECE-NEP inhibition is superior to ACE or ECE-NEP inhibition is unknown. We compared, in rats with CHF, ACE-ECE-NEP to ACE or ECE-NEP inhibition in terms of left ventricular (LV) hemodynamics and remodeling. Benazepril (2 mg/kg/d) or the ECE-NEP inhibitor CGS26303 (10 mg/kg/d) were administered alone or in combination (subcutaneously for 28 days starting 7 days after coronary ligation). ACE-ECE-NEP inhibition reduced blood pressure more markedly than ACE or ECE-NEP inhibition. All treatments increased cardiac output to the same extent, but ACE-ECE-NEP inhibition reduced LV diameter and LV end-diastolic pressure more markedly than ACE or ECE-NEP inhibition. The reduction of LV weight and collagen accumulation in the "viable" myocardium was most pronounced after ACE-ECE-NEP inhibition. These results, obtained in experimental CHF, illustrate a further improvement of LV hemodynamics and structure after ACE-ECE-NEP inhibition compared with either ACE or ECE-NEP inhibition, but whether this is associated with a further improvement of exercise tolerance and/or survival remains to be determined.
authors.affiliation: INSERM U644, IFRMP no. 23, Rouen University Medical School, Rouen, France and Novarhis Institutes for BioMedical Research, East Hanover, New Jersey, USA.
authors.forename: Virginie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mellin
authors.forename: Arco Y
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Jeng
authors.forename: Christelle
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Monteil
authors.forename: Sylvanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Renet
authors.forename: Jean Paul
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Henry
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Thuillez
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mulder
mesh_terms: D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000818:Animals; D016282:Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000096:biosynthesis; D003326:Coronary Circulation / Q000187:drug effects; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004452:Echocardiography; D000072396:Endothelin-Converting Enzymes; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000201:enzymology; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000096:biosynthesis; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D015260:Neprilysin / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism*; D007703:Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A / Q000096:biosynthesis; D011480:Protease Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D016019:Survival Analysis; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors; D011480:Protease Inhibitors; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D007703:Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A; D016282:Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases; D015260:Neprilysin; D000072396:Endothelin-Converting Enzymes