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The therapeutic potential of amonafide, a topoisomerase II inhibitor, was also evaluated in these models. Integrated transcriptomic and metabolomic analyses were used to identify amonafide\u2010regulated pathways. The role of neurotensin receptor 1 (NTSR1) was further investigated through overexpression and knockdown experiments in pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec xml:lang=\"en\">\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p xml:lang=\"en\">Topoisomerase II \u03b1 was significantly upregulated in the lungs of patients with idiopathic PAH, SU5416 combined with hypoxia\u2010, and monocrotaline\u2010induced rodent PAH models, and PDGF\u2010BB\u2010stimulated pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells. This upregulation was associated with increased DNA damage and apoptosis resistance. Amonafide treatment markedly improved hemodynamics, attenuated right ventricular hypertrophy, and suppressed pulmonary vascular remodeling in both animal models. In\u00a0vitro, amonafide inhibited PDGF\u2010BB\u2010induced pulmonary artery smooth muscle cell proliferation, migration, apoptosis resistance, and DNA damage. Mechanistically, amonafide downregulated NTSR1 expression and inhibited the phosphoinositide 3\u2010kinase\/protein kinase B\/mammalian target of rapamycin \u00a0signaling pathway. 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