Lonafarnib improves cardiovascular function and survival in a mouse model of Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome. 2023

Sae-Il Murtada, and Nicole Mikush, and Mo Wang, and Pengwei Ren, and Yuki Kawamura, and Abhay B Ramachandra, and David S Li, and Demetrios T Braddock, and George Tellides, and Leslie B Gordon, and Jay D Humphrey
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, United States.

Clinical trials have demonstrated that lonafarnib, a farnesyltransferase inhibitor, extends the lifespan in patients afflicted by Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, a devastating condition that accelerates many characteristics of aging and results in premature death due to cardiovascular sequelae. The US Food and Drug Administration approved Zokinvy (lonafarnib) in November 2020 for treating these patients, yet a detailed examination of drug-associated effects on cardiovascular structure, properties, and function has remained wanting. In this paper, we report encouraging outcomes of daily post-weaning treatment with lonafarnib on the composition and biomechanical phenotype of elastic and muscular arteries as well as associated cardiac function in a well-accepted mouse model of progeria that exhibits severe perimorbid cardiovascular disease. Lonafarnib resulted in 100% survival of the treated progeria mice to the study end-point (time of 50% survival of untreated mice), with associated improvements in arterial structure and function working together to significantly reduce pulse wave velocity and improve left ventricular diastolic function. By contrast, neither treatment with the mTOR inhibitor rapamycin alone nor dual treatment with lonafarnib plus rapamycin improved outcomes over that achieved with lonafarnib monotherapy.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D010880 Piperidines A family of hexahydropyridines.
D011371 Progeria An abnormal congenital condition, associated with defects in the LAMIN TYPE A gene, which is characterized by premature aging in children, where all the changes of cell senescence occur. It is manifested by premature graying; hair loss; hearing loss (DEAFNESS); cataracts (CATARACT); ARTHRITIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; atrophy of subcutaneous fat; skeletal hypoplasia; elevated urinary HYALURONIC ACID; and accelerated ATHEROSCLEROSIS. Many affected individuals develop malignant tumors, especially SARCOMA. Hutchinson-Gilford Syndrome,Hutchinson Gilford Progeria Syndrome,Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome,Hutchinson Gilford Syndrome,Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndromes,Progeria Syndrome, Hutchinson-Gilford,Progeria Syndromes, Hutchinson-Gilford
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D051379 Mice The common name for the genus Mus. Mice, House,Mus,Mus musculus,Mice, Laboratory,Mouse,Mouse, House,Mouse, Laboratory,Mouse, Swiss,Mus domesticus,Mus musculus domesticus,Swiss Mice,House Mice,House Mouse,Laboratory Mice,Laboratory Mouse,Mice, Swiss,Swiss Mouse,domesticus, Mus musculus
D020123 Sirolimus A macrolide compound obtained from Streptomyces hygroscopicus that acts by selectively blocking the transcriptional activation of cytokines thereby inhibiting cytokine production. It is bioactive only when bound to IMMUNOPHILINS. Sirolimus is a potent immunosuppressant and possesses both antifungal and antineoplastic properties. Rapamycin,AY 22-989,I-2190A,Rapamune,AY 22 989,AY 22989,I 2190A,I2190A
D034904 Lamin Type A A subclass of developmentally regulated lamins having a neutral isoelectric point. They are found to disassociate from nuclear membranes during mitosis. Lamin A,Lamin A-C,Type A Lamins,Lamin A C,Lamins, Type A
D063177 Pulse Wave Analysis Evaluation of the contour of the PULSE waves which vary in different parts of the circulation and depend on physiological as well as pathophysiological conditions of the individual. Pulse Transit Time,Pulse Wave Transit Time,Pulse Wave Velocity,Analyses, Pulse Wave,Analysis, Pulse Wave,Pulse Transit Times,Pulse Wave Analyses,Pulse Wave Velocities,Time, Pulse Transit,Times, Pulse Transit,Transit Time, Pulse,Transit Times, Pulse,Velocities, Pulse Wave,Velocity, Pulse Wave,Wave Analyses, Pulse,Wave Analysis, Pulse,Wave Velocities, Pulse,Wave Velocity, Pulse

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