Aberrations in Carnitine Homeostasis in Congenital Heart Disease With Increased Pulmonary Blood Flow

Summary

Infants with congenital heart disease and increased pulmonary blood flow have altered carnitine homeostasis that is associated with clinical outcomes; and L-carnitine treatment will attenuate these alterations and improve clinical outcomes. The investigators will pilot a trial assessing the safety and pharmacokinetics of perioperative IV L-carnitine administration in these patients. To this end, a pilot clinical trial is proposed. Infants with ventricular septal defects or atrioventricular septal defects undergoing complete surgical repair will receive L-carnitine (25, 50, or 100 mg/kg, IV) just prior to cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) and 2hr after CPB. Carnitine levels will be measured before CPB, and before and 0.5, 1.5, 3, 5, 9, 12, and 24h after the second dose. The safety, pharmacokinetic profile, feasibility, and effect of L-carnitine administration on biochemical parameters, as well as clinical outcomes will be determined. The investigators expect this pilot to provide the data needed to proceed with a placebo-based randomized, controlled, trial.

Timeline

Start

2014-12

Primary completion

2020-07

Completion

2020-07

Publications

• Background Ghorishi Z, Milstein JM, Poulain FR, Moon-Grady A, Tacy T, Bennett SH, Fineman JR, Eldridge MW. Shear stress paradigm for perinatal fractal arterial network remodeling in lambs with pulmonary hypertension and increased pulmonary blood flow. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2007 Jun;292(6):H3006-18. doi: 10.1152/ajpheart.01012.2006. Epub 2007 Feb 16.
• Background Black SM, Kumar S, Wiseman D, Ravi K, Wedgwood S, Ryzhov V, Fineman JR. Pediatric pulmonary hypertension: Roles of endothelin-1 and nitric oxide. Clin Hemorheol Microcirc. 2007;37(1-2):111-20.
• Background Sharma S, Grobe AC, Wiseman DA, Kumar S, Englaish M, Najwer I, Benavidez E, Oishi P, Azakie A, Fineman JR, Black SM. Lung antioxidant enzymes are regulated by development and increased pulmonary blood flow. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2007 Oct;293(4):L960-71. doi: 10.1152/ajplung.00449.2006. Epub 2007 Jul 13.
• Background Lakshminrusimha S, Wiseman D, Black SM, Russell JA, Gugino SF, Oishi P, Steinhorn RH, Fineman JR. The role of nitric oxide synthase-derived reactive oxygen species in the altered relaxation of pulmonary arteries from lambs with increased pulmonary blood flow. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2007 Sep;293(3):H1491-7. doi: 10.1152/ajpheart.00185.2007. Epub 2007 May 18.
• Background Oishi P, Sharma S, Grobe A, Azakie A, Harmon C, Johengen MJ, Hsu JH, Fratz S, Black SM, Fineman JR. Alterations in cGMP, soluble guanylate cyclase, phosphodiesterase 5, and B-type natriuretic peptide induced by chronic increased pulmonary blood flow in lambs. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2007 Nov;42(11):1057-71. doi: 10.1002/ppul.20696.
• Background Sud N, Sharma S, Wiseman DA, Harmon C, Kumar S, Venema RC, Fineman JR, Black SM. Nitric oxide and superoxide generation from endothelial NOS: modulation by HSP90. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2007 Dec;293(6):L1444-53. doi: 10.1152/ajplung.00175.2007. Epub 2007 Sep 7.
• Background Oishi PE, Wiseman DA, Sharma S, Kumar S, Hou Y, Datar SA, Azakie A, Johengen MJ, Harmon C, Fratz S, Fineman JR, Black SM. Progressive dysfunction of nitric oxide synthase in a lamb model of chronically increased pulmonary blood flow: a role for oxidative stress. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2008 Nov;295(5):L756-66. doi: 10.1152/ajplung.00146.2007. Epub 2008 Aug 29.
• Background Sharma S, Sud N, Wiseman DA, Carter AL, Kumar S, Hou Y, Rau T, Wilham J, Harmon C, Oishi P, Fineman JR, Black SM. Altered carnitine homeostasis is associated with decreased mitochondrial function and altered nitric oxide signaling in lambs with pulmonary hypertension. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2008 Jan;294(1):L46-56. doi: 10.1152/ajplung.00247.2007. Epub 2007 Nov 16.
• Background Kumar S, Sun X, Sharma S, Aggarwal S, Ravi K, Fineman JR, Black SM. GTP cyclohydrolase I expression is regulated by nitric oxide: role of cyclic AMP. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2009 Aug;297(2):L309-17. doi: 10.1152/ajplung.90538.2008. Epub 2009 May 15.
• Background Sharma S, Kumar S, Sud N, Wiseman DA, Tian J, Rehmani I, Datar S, Oishi P, Fratz S, Venema RC, Fineman JR, Black SM. Alterations in lung arginine metabolism in lambs with pulmonary hypertension associated with increased pulmonary blood flow. Vascul Pharmacol. 2009 Nov-Dec;51(5-6):359-64. doi: 10.1016/j.vph.2009.09.005. Epub 2009 Oct 8.
• Background Tian J, Smith A, Nechtman J, Podolsky R, Aggarwal S, Snead C, Kumar S, Elgaish M, Oishi P, Goerlach A, Fratz S, Hess J, Catravas JD, Verin AD, Fineman JR, She JX, Black SM. Effect of PPARgamma inhibition on pulmonary endothelial cell gene expression: gene profiling in pulmonary hypertension. Physiol Genomics. 2009 Dec 30;40(1):48-60. doi: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00094.2009. Epub 2009 Oct 13.
• Background Aggarwal S, Gross C, Fineman JR, Black SM. Oxidative stress and the development of endothelial dysfunction in congenital heart disease with increased pulmonary blood flow: lessons from the neonatal lamb. Trends Cardiovasc Med. 2010 Oct;20(7):238-46. doi: 10.1016/j.tcm.2011.11.010.
• Background Sharma S, Kumar S, Wiseman DA, Kallarackal S, Ponnala S, Elgaish M, Tian J, Fineman JR, Black SM. Perinatal changes in superoxide generation in the ovine lung: Alterations associated with increased pulmonary blood flow. Vascul Pharmacol. 2010 Jul-Aug;53(1-2):38-52. doi: 10.1016/j.vph.2010.03.005. Epub 2010 Mar 31.
• Background Aggarwal S, Gross CM, Kumar S, Datar S, Oishi P, Kalkan G, Schreiber C, Fratz S, Fineman JR, Black SM. Attenuated vasodilatation in lambs with endogenous and exogenous activation of cGMP signaling: role of protein kinase G nitration. J Cell Physiol. 2011 Dec;226(12):3104-13. doi: 10.1002/jcp.22692.
• Background Sharma S, Sun X, Kumar S, Rafikov R, Aramburo A, Kalkan G, Tian J, Rehmani I, Kallarackal S, Fineman JR, Black SM. Preserving mitochondrial function prevents the proteasomal degradation of GTP cyclohydrolase I. Free Radic Biol Med. 2012 Jul 15;53(2):216-29. doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2012.03.016. Epub 2012 Apr 16.

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