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慢性的なベータアドレナージック刺激は,心筋の炎症性サイトカイン発現を誘発する
D R Murray1, S D Prabhu, B Chandrasekar
1Department of Medicine/Cardiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, South Texas Veterans Healthcare System-Audie Murphy Division, San Antonio, Texas, USA. murrayd@uthscsa.edu
Circulation
|May 24, 2000
まとめ
慢性ベータ・アドレナージック刺激は,ミオカルディアルのサイトカインである腫瘍ネクロシス因子-アルファ (TNF-alpha),インタールイキン-1β (IL-1β),およびIL-6をラットで増加させる. この効果は心臓組織に局限しており,全身循環では見られない.
科学分野:
- 心血管生理学 心血管の生理学
- 神経免疫学 神経免疫学とは
- 分子生物学は分子生物学である.
背景:
- 閉塞性心不全の病理生理学には,交感神経系と炎症誘発性サイトカインが関与する.
- これらの神経ホルモン系間の関係については,さらなる調査が必要である.
研究 の 目的:
- 慢性ベータアドレナジック刺激が心筋および腫瘍死滅因子アルファ (TNF-alpha),インタールイキン-1β (IL-1β),およびIL-6の全身的なエラボレーションに及ぼす影響を調査する.
主な方法:
- オスラットは,L-イソプロテレノールまたは塩水で7日間治療された.
- 心筋のサイトカイン発現 (mRNAとタンパク質) は,ノース・ブロッティング,ウエスタン・ブロッティング,免疫ヒスト化学を用いて分析された.
- 循環中のサイトカインレベルは,ELISAで測定した.
主要な成果:
- L-イソプロテレノールは,TNF-α,IL-1β,およびIL-6の心筋筋mRNAおよびタンパク質発現を有意に増加させた.
- 免疫ヒストキミストリーは,これらのサイトカインが治療を受けたラットの心筋内にあることを確認した.
- これらのサイトカインの検出可能なレベルは,治療群のいずれの血清でも見つかりませんでした.
結論:
- 慢性的なベータアドレネージ刺激は,心筋内におけるTNF-α,IL-1β,およびIL-6の分泌を誘発する.
- この効果は心臓に局限しており,これらのサイトカインの全身的な上昇にはつながらない.
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