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La acumulación regulada de desmosterol integra el metabolismo de los lípidos de los macrófagos y las respuestas
Nathanael J Spann1, Lana X Garmire, Jeffrey G McDonald
1Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0651, USA.
Cell
|October 2, 2012
Resumen
La acumulación de colesterol en los macrófagos suprime sorprendentemente la inflamación. La acumulación de desmosterol impulsa respuestas homeostáticas, lo que sugiere que las señales externas desencadenan la inflamación en la aterosclerosis.
Área de la Ciencia:
- La bioquímica es la bioquímica.
- Biología Molecular Biología Molecular
- Inmunología Inmunología.
Sus antecedentes:
- La inflamación y las células de espuma de los macrófagos son características de la aterosclerosis.
- Los mecanismos que vinculan la acumulación de colesterol con la inflamación y las vías LXR no están claros.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Investigar la relación entre la acumulación de colesterol y la inflamación en los macrófagos.
- Evaluar el impacto de la dieta y el genotipo del receptor de LDL en la formación de células espumosas.
Principales métodos:
- Análisis lipidómicos y transcriptómicos en modelos de ratón.
- Evaluación de la formación de células de espuma de macrófagos en las cavidades peritoneas.
Principales resultados:
- La formación de células espumosas causó cambios significativos en los lípidos y suprimió la expresión génica inflamatoria.
- La acumulación de desmosterol se relacionó con la activación del gen diana LXR y la inhibición del gen diana SREBP.
- El desmosterol regulaba el metabolismo de los ácidos grasos y suprimía los genes inflamatorios.
Conclusiones:
- La acumulación regulada de desmosterol media las respuestas homeostáticas en las células de espuma de los macrófagos.
- Las señales proinflamatorias extrínsecas en la pared de la arteria pueden anular las funciones antiinflamatorias del desmosterol en la aterosclerosis.
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