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Submitted on June 21, 2006
Accepted on October 31, 2006

Cyclooxygenase-2 Inhibition Increases Mortality, Enhances Left Ventricular Remodeling, and Impairs Systolic Function After Myocardial Infarction in the Pig

Leo Timmers MD, Joost P.G. Sluijter PhD, Cees W.J. Verlaan BSc, Paul Steendijk MD, PhD, Maarten Jan Cramer MD, PhD, Maringa Emons BSc, Chaylendra Strijder BSc, Paul F. Gründeman MD, PhD, Siu Kwan Sze PhD, Lin Hua PhD, Jan J. Piek MD, PhD, Cornelius Borst MD, PhD, Gerard Pasterkamp MD, PhD, and Dominique P.V. de Kleijn PhD*

From the Department of Cardiology, UMC Utrecht (L.T., J.P.G.S., C.W.J.V., M.J.C., M.E., C.S., P.F.G., C.B., G.P., D.P.V.d.K.), Utrecht, the Netherlands; Department of Cardiology, Leiden UMC (P.S.), Leiden, the Netherlands; Department of Cardiology, AMC Amsterdam (L.T., J.J.P.), Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Genome Institute of Singapore (S.K.S., L.H.), Genome, Singapore; and Interuniversity Cardiology Institute of the Netherlands (J.P.G.S., D.P.V.d.K.), Utrecht, the Netherlands.

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: d.dekleijn{at}umcutrecht.nl.

Background--Cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 expression in the heart increases after myocardial infarction (MI). In murine models of MI, COX-2 inhibition preserves left ventricular dimensions and function. We studied the effect of selective COX-2 inhibition on left ventricular remodeling and function after MI in a pig model.

Methods and Results--Twenty-two pigs were assigned to COX-2 inhibition with a COX-2 inhibitor (COX-2i; celecoxib 400 mg twice daily; n=14) or a control group (n=8). MI was induced by left circumflex coronary artery ligation, and the animals were euthanized 6 weeks later. Cardiac dimensions and function were assessed with echocardiography and conductance catheters. Infarct size and collagen density were analyzed with triphenyltetrazolium chloride staining and picrosirius red staining, respectively. COX-2 inhibition increased mortality compared with controls (50% versus 0%, P=0.022), whereas infarct size was similar (13.1±0.7% versus 14.1±0.1%, P=0.536). The decrease in thickness of the infarcted myocardial wall was more pronounced in the COX-2i group (60.6±9.6% versus 36.2±5.7%, P=0.001). End-diastolic volume was higher in the COX-2i group (133.9±33.5 versus 91.1±24.0 mL; P=0.021), as was the end-systolic volume at 100 mm Hg (81.7±27.8 versus 56.3±21.1 mL; P=0.037), which indicates that systolic function was more severely impaired. Infarct collagen density was lower after COX-2i treatment (25.3±3.9 versus 56.1±23.8 gray value/mm2; P=0.005).

Conclusions--In pigs, COX-2 inhibition after MI is associated with increased mortality, enhanced left ventricular remodeling, and impaired systolic function, probably due to decreased infarct collagen fiber density.


Key words: myocardial infarction • heart failure • remodeling • enzymes




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