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Abstract Number: 1906

Stimulators of Soluble Guanylate Cyclase (sGC) Improve Wound Healing in the Tsk-1 Mouse Skin Fibrosis Mode

Peter Sandner1,2, Christian Beyer3, Joerg H. W. Distler3 and Emanuel Haasbach1, 1Bayer HealthCare, Bayer Pharma AG, Wuppertal, Germany, 2Institute of Pharmacology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, 3Department of Internal Medicine 3, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany

Meeting: 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

Date of first publication: September 29, 2015

Keywords: Skin fibrosis and wounds

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Date: Monday, November 9, 2015

Session Title: Systemic Sclerosis, Fibrosing Syndromes and Raynaud's - Pathogenesis, Animal Models and Genetics Poster I

Session Type: ACR Poster Session B

Session Time: 9:00AM-11:00AM

Background/Purpose:

Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a multisystem disorder characterized by thickening of the skin and distinctive involvement of multiple internal organs. In addition to skin fibrosis, SSc causes alterations of the microvasculature and severe peripheral vasculopathies, including perivascular fibrosis, Raynaud´s phenomena and the formation of digital ulcers (DU). Many drugs, proposed to have anti-fibrotic effects, inhibit wound healing and might thus further complicate the healing of ischemic ulcers in SSc.

Soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC) stimulators like Riociguat inhibit the release of collagen in fibrosis models, and improve acral perfusion due to their vasodilatory effects. Therefore we hypothesize that the vasodilatory effects of Riociguat may balance its inhibitory effects on collagen release in wound healing and may thus not negatively affect wound healing in SSc patients. The aim of these studies was to characterize the effects of the sGC stimulators BAY 63-2521 (Riociguat) and BAY 41-2272 on wound healing in the tsk-1 mouse skin fibrosis model.

Methods:

The tight-skin (tsk-1) mouse model of SSc was used to evaluate the effects of the sGC stimulators BAY 63-2521 (Riociguat) and BAY 41-2272 on wound closure in mice with skin fibrosis. During anesthesia, WT mice and tsk-1 mice were bilaterally punched, establishing a defined round wound with 4 mm in diameter. WT mice and tsk-1 mice were treated with either placebo, BAY 63-2521 or BAY 41-2272 and efficacy was measured by reduction of wound area, 3 days after punching.

Results:

In WT mice a reduction in wound size by 68% ± 2% was found after 3 days. Compared to WT mice, wound closure was significantly attenuated in tsk-1 mice with a reduction in wound size of only 52% ± 2 %. Treatment with the sGC stimulator BAY 63-2521 (Riociguat) had no influence on wound healing in WT mice. In tsk-1 mice both sGC stimulators caused a dose-dependent and significant improvement of wound healing. Wound sizes were reduced by 59% ± 4%, 65% ± 3% (p < 0.05) and 70% ± 2% (p < 0.0001) with 0.3, 1 or 3 mg/kg BAY 63-2521, respectively. And tsk-1 mice treated with 1 or 3 mg/kg BAY 41-2272 showed a reduction of 64% ± 3% and 73% ± 2% (p < 0.0005).

Conclusion:

These data imply that the sGC stimulators BAY 63-2521 (Riociguat) and BAY 41-2272 could become a efficacious treatment option for SSc-related vasculopathies, especially for prevention and healing of DU.


Disclosure: P. Sandner, Bayer Pharma AG, 3; C. Beyer, None; J. H. W. Distler, consultancy relationships and/or has received research funding from Actelion, Active Biotech, Array Biopharma, Bayer Pharma AG, Boehringer Ingelheim, Celgene, GlaxoSmithKline, JB Therapeutics, Karo Bio, Novartis, Sanofi-Aventis, SigmaTau, UCB Pharma and i, 2; E. Haasbach, Bayer Pharma AG, 3.

To cite this abstract in AMA style:

Sandner P, Beyer C, Distler JHW, Haasbach E. Stimulators of Soluble Guanylate Cyclase (sGC) Improve Wound Healing in the Tsk-1 Mouse Skin Fibrosis Mode [abstract]. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2015; 67 (suppl 10). https://acrabstracts.org/abstract/stimulators-of-soluble-guanylate-cyclase-sgc-improve-wound-healing-in-the-tsk-1-mouse-skin-fibrosis-mode/. Accessed March 8, 2021.
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