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American heart journal · Jul 2003
ReviewVasopressin: a new target for the treatment of heart failure.
- Craig R Lee, Michael L Watkins, J Herbert Patterson, Wendy Gattis, Christopher M O'connor, Mihai Gheorghiade, and Kirkwood F Adams.
- School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27599-7075, USA.
- Am. Heart J. 2003 Jul 1; 146 (1): 9-18.
BackgroundArginine vasopressin is a peptide hormone that modulates a number of processes implicated in the pathogenesis of heart failure. Numerous vasopressin antagonists are currently under development for the treatment of this syndrome.MethodsPreclinical and clinical data describing the effects of vasopressin and the vasopressin antagonists on both normal physiology and heart failure were reviewed.ResultsThrough activation of V(1a) and V(2) receptors, vasopressin regulates various physiological processes including body fluid regulation, vascular tone regulation, and cardiovascular contractility. Vasopressin synthesis is significantly and chronically elevated in patients with heart failure despite the volume overload and reductions in plasma osmolality often observed in these patients. Vasopressin also appears to adversely effect hemodynamics and cardiac remodeling, while potentiating the effects of norepinephrine and angiotensin II. The selective V(2) and dual V(1a)/V(2) receptor antagonists tolvaptan and conivaptan, respectively, substantially increase free water excretion and plasma osmolality, reduce body weight, improve symptoms of congestion, and moderately increase serum sodium concentrations in patients with heart failure who present with symptoms of fluid overload. Tolvaptan effectively normalizes serum sodium concentrations in hyponatremic heart failure patients. Conivaptan significantly reduces pulmonary capillary wedge pressure without affecting systemic vascular resistance or cardiac output. The clinical significance of V(1a) receptor antagonism requires further investigation.ConclusionsCurrent preclinical and clinical findings with the vasopressin antagonists appear promising, however further evaluation in phase III clinical trials is necessary to define the role of vasopressin antagonism in the treatment of heart failure.
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