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Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor “Lisinopril” Antagonizes Hepatic TGF-β1, improving Hepatic Fibrosis Caused by Experimental Schistosomiasis mansoni

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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Schistosomiasis mansoni leads to liver fibrosis that was believed to be irreversible once established leading to life-threatening complications in most cases. Praziquantel (PZQ) is considered the best drug in treatment, for decades. A universal approach towards drug repurposing is recommended, to be combined with other known drugs that may expand their efficiencies or/and discover new mechanisms of action of the used drugs. In this work Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEI) “Lisinopril" was used alone or with Praziquantel (PZQ), versus long-duration PZQ (LD-PZQ) to test for their anti-fibrotic properties, applying Transforming Growth factor beta 1 (TGF-β1 ) as an indicator of activated fibrotic fibroblasts, to be automatically quantified within hepatic tissues of experimentally infected mice, using a software image analyzer. All treated groups showed significant reduction within TGF-β1 local hepatic expression, with the greatest reduction occurring among groups treated with LD-PZQ followed by those which received combined ACEI and PZQ.  The highest TGF-β1 local hepatic expression values were obtained by groups receiving the classic anti-bilharzial single oral dose praziquantel (S.O.D PZQ) regimen, indicating its ineffectiveness as a monotherapeutic agent to minimize liver fibro-sclerotic threats in acute and chronic phases of schistosomiasis. Lisinopril alone or when combined with PZQ, succeeded in causing a drop in TGF-β1 hepatic expression as LD-PZQ regimen, thus increasing the chance of healing without hepatic scarring. Yet, its usage as an adjuvant to PZQ, instead of LD-PZQ has the additional benefit of not exposing the community to unwarranted resistance to PZQ, a drug that is to date still indispensable for the treatment of bilharziasis.

DOI

10.21608/eajbse.2023.294651

Keywords

lisinopril, Schistosomiasis mansoni, TGF-B1, Hepatic fibrosis

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Reham

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Mostafa

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R.

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Medical Parasitology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.

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dr_reham_kamal@hotmail.com

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Egypt

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Maha

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Elarousy

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H.

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Medical Parasitology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.

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Egypt

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First Name

Maisa

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Shalaby

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A.

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Medical Parasitology Department, Theodor Bilharz Research Institute (TBRI), Giza, Egypt.

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Egypt

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First Name

Amany

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Abdelaal

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A.

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Medical Parasitology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Armed Forces College of Medicine (AFCM), Cairo, Egypt.

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Egypt

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First Name

Soheir

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Mahmoud

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S.

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Medical Parasitology Department, Theodor Bilharz Research Institute (TBRI), Giza, Egypt.

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Egypt

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Manal

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Badawi

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A.

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Pathology Department, National Research Institute, Giza, Egypt.

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Sherif

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Ismail

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M.

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Pathology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.

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Egypt

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First Name

Reham

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Nahnoush

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K.

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Medical Parasitology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Armed Forces College of Medicine (AFCM), Cairo, Egypt.

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Egypt

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15

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1

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39738

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2023-06-01

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2023-02-15

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2023-04-08

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45

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59

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2090-0783

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2090-0856

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Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences, E. Medical Entomology & Parasitology

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Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor “Lisinopril” Antagonizes Hepatic TGF-β1, improving Hepatic Fibrosis Caused by Experimental Schistosomiasis mansoni

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