Pneumonectomy combined with SU5416 or monocrotaline pyrrole does not cause severe pulmonary hypertension in mice

Abstract

We attempted to establish a mouse model of severe and irreversible pulmonary hypertension by substituting hypoxia with pulmonary overcirculation. To do so, we treated mice with either SU5416 or monocrotaline pyrrole after pneumonectomy and performed hemodynamic evaluations for PH. Despite this “two-hit” protocol, mice did not exhibit signs of severe pulmonary hypertension or exacerbated pulmonary vascular remodeling compared with PNx alone.