Abstract
Cardiovascular (CV) diseases are caused by vascular dysfunction. The enhanced sensitivity to vasoconstrictors, reduced endothelium-derived vasodilators nitric oxide (NO) and prostacyclin (PGI2), and endothelium-derived hyperpolarization (EDH) indicate CV dysfunction. In recent years, recombinant human relaxin, known as serelaxin, has emerged as a new vasoactive drug that is useful in acute heart failure. First part of this review article encompasses the role of endogenous relaxin in CV homeostasis. Subsequently, vascular effects of serelaxin and the underlying modes of action in comparison to other vasodilators are discussed. Finally, the usefulness of treatment with serelaxin in vascular dysfunction in different CV diseases, particularly due to oxidative stress, is explained.
Keywords: Recombinant human relaxin, acute heart failure, cardiovascular, endothelium-derived hyperpolarization, homeostasis, nitric oxide, prostacyclin, vasoconstrictors.
Current Protein & Peptide Science
Title:Recent Progress in the Therapeutic Role of Serelaxin in Vascular Dysfunction
Volume: 19 Issue: 11
Author(s): Ghulam Murtaza*, Adeel Siddiqui and Izhar Hussain
Affiliation:
- Department of Pharmacy, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus,Pakistan
Keywords: Recombinant human relaxin, acute heart failure, cardiovascular, endothelium-derived hyperpolarization, homeostasis, nitric oxide, prostacyclin, vasoconstrictors.
Abstract: Cardiovascular (CV) diseases are caused by vascular dysfunction. The enhanced sensitivity to vasoconstrictors, reduced endothelium-derived vasodilators nitric oxide (NO) and prostacyclin (PGI2), and endothelium-derived hyperpolarization (EDH) indicate CV dysfunction. In recent years, recombinant human relaxin, known as serelaxin, has emerged as a new vasoactive drug that is useful in acute heart failure. First part of this review article encompasses the role of endogenous relaxin in CV homeostasis. Subsequently, vascular effects of serelaxin and the underlying modes of action in comparison to other vasodilators are discussed. Finally, the usefulness of treatment with serelaxin in vascular dysfunction in different CV diseases, particularly due to oxidative stress, is explained.
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Murtaza Ghulam *, Siddiqui Adeel and Hussain Izhar , Recent Progress in the Therapeutic Role of Serelaxin in Vascular Dysfunction, Current Protein & Peptide Science 2018; 19 (11) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1389203719666180709103020
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1389203719666180709103020 |
Print ISSN 1389-2037 |
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