Bajec Tine, Poglajen Gregor
Department of Internal Medicine, University Medical Centre, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Center, Department of Cardiology, University Medical Centre, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Cells. 2025 Sep 8;14(17):1400. doi: 10.3390/cells14171400.
The recent advancements in the medical management of patients with chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) is the soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC) stimulator, vericiguat. Clinical trials have demonstrated that vericiguat effectively lowers plasma levels of NT-proBNP and reduces the risk of cardiovascular death or hospitalization in HFrEF patients, making it a class IIb recommendation for patients with worsening heart failure despite receiving guideline-directed medical therapy. However, the precise pathophysiological mechanisms underlying these clinical benefits remain unexplored. This review aims to present the signalling pathways associated with maladaptive remodeling and heart failure progression that can be modulated by sGC stimulators, focusing on the antihypertrophic, antifibrotic, and anti-inflammatory effects of NO-sGC-cGMP signalling observed in preclinical studies. A better understanding of the mechanisms of action of sGC stimulators could optimize heart failure treatment strategies and enable tailoring of therapies to individual patient profiles.
射血分数降低的慢性心力衰竭(HFrEF)患者医学管理方面的最新进展是可溶性鸟苷酸环化酶(sGC)刺激剂维立西呱。临床试验表明,维立西呱可有效降低HFrEF患者的NT-proBNP血浆水平,并降低心血管死亡或住院风险,这使其成为尽管接受了指南指导的药物治疗但心力衰竭仍在恶化的患者的IIb类推荐药物。然而,这些临床益处背后的确切病理生理机制仍未得到探索。本综述旨在介绍与适应性不良重塑和心力衰竭进展相关的信号通路,这些通路可被sGC刺激剂调节,重点关注临床前研究中观察到的NO-sGC-cGMP信号通路的抗肥厚、抗纤维化和抗炎作用。更好地理解sGC刺激剂的作用机制可以优化心力衰竭治疗策略,并实现针对个体患者情况的治疗方案定制。