%0 Journal Article
%T Anti-Remodeling Effects of Xanthohumol-Fortified Beer in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Mediated by ERK and AKT Inhibition
%A Adelino Leite-Moreira
%A Ana Filipa Silva
%A Daniel Moreira-Gon£żalves
%A Delfim Duarte
%A F¨˘bio Sousa-Nunes
%A Gabriel Faria-Costa
%A Ilda Rodrigues
%A Jo£żo Tiago Guimar£żes
%A Manuel Filipe Santos
%A Manuel Jo£żo Ferreira-Pinto
%A Rita Negr£żo
%A Tiago Henriques-Coelho
%J Archive of "Nutrients".
%D 2019
%R 10.3390/nu11030583
%X Polyphenols present in some alcoholic beverages have been linked to beneficial effects in preventing cardiovascular diseases. Polyphenols found in beer with anti-proliferative and anti-cancer properties are appealing in the context of the quasi-malignant phenotype of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Our purpose was to evaluate if the chronic ingestion of a xanthohumol-fortified beer (FB) would be able to modulate the pathophysiology of experimental PAH. Male Wistar rats with monocrotaline (MCT)-induced PAH (60 mg/kg) were allowed to drink either xanthohumol-fortified beer (MCT + FB) or 5.2% ethanol (MCT + SHAM) for a period 4 weeks. At the end of the protocol, cardiopulmonary exercise testing and hemodynamic recordings were performed, followed by sample collection for further analysis. FB intake resulted in a significant attenuation of the pulmonary vascular remodeling in MCT + FB animals. This improvement was paralleled with the downregulation in expression of proteins responsible for proliferation (ERK1/2), cell viability (AKT), and apoptosis (BCL-XL). Moreover, MCT + FB animals presented improved right ventricle (RV) function and remodeling accompanied by VEGFR-2 pathway downregulation. The present study demonstrates that a regular consumption of xanthohumol through FB modulates major remodeling pathways activated in experimental PAH
%K pulmonary arterial hypertension
%K polyphenol
%K remodeling
%K xanthohumol
%K beer
%K monocrotaline
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6472147/