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Hydrogen sulfide accounts for the peripheral vascular effects of zofenopril independently of ACE inhibition.

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AIMS:Therapeutic use of sulfhydrylated inhibitor S-zofenopril has raised different hypotheses regarding the role played by its thiol group in the beneficial clinical effects exerted compared with other angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors. Here, we investigated hydrogen sulfide (H2S) pathway as accountable for extra-beneficial effects in vascular function. METHODS AND RESULTS:Spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHRs) and control Wistar Kyoto (WKY) rats were treated with either S-zofenopril or enalapril in vivo. Aorta and carotid were harvested and ex vivo vascular reactivity to acetylcholine (Ach) and L-cysteine (L-cys) assessed. Cystathionine-β-synthase (CBS), cystathionine-γ-lyase (CSE), and 3-mercaptosulfur-transferase (3MST) expression, as well as H2S levels, were evaluated in both vascular tissues. The vascular response to Ach in both carotid and aorta was impaired in SHR (~30%, P < 0.001). S-zofenopril, but not enalapril, restored this response, while L-cys-induced relaxation was enhanced. CSE expression in vessels and tissue/plasma H2S levels were restored to WKY values in SHRs receiving S-zofenopril. In contrast, CBS and 3MST expression were not modified by treatments. S-zofenoprilat, an active metabolite of S-zofenopril, releases H2S in a 'cell-free' assay and it directly relaxed vessels in vitro in a concentration-dependent manner (P < 0.001). In vivo administration of R-zofenoprilat diasteroisomer, which does not inhibit ACE, did not modify blood pressure; nonetheless, it retained the beneficial effect on SHR vascular function as well as restored plasma/tissue H2S levels. CONCLUSION:Our findings establish that S-zofenopril improves vascular function by potentiating the H2S pathway in a model of spontaneous hypertension. This novel mechanism, unrelated to ACE inhibition and based on H2S release, could explain the beneficial effects of sulfhydrylated ACE inhibitors reported in the clinical literature.

journal_name

Cardiovasc Res

journal_title

Cardiovascular research

authors

Bucci M,Vellecco V,Cantalupo A,Brancaleone V,Zhou Z,Evangelista S,Calderone V,Papapetropoulos A,Cirino G

doi

10.1093/cvr/cvu026

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2014-04-01 00:00:00

pages

138-47

issue

eissn

0008-6363

issn

1755-3245

pii

cvu026

journal_volume

102

pub_type

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Hydrogen sulfide accounts for the peripheral vascular effects of zofenopril independently of ACE inhibition.