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Ventricular myocyte caspasesは,エンドトキシン誘発の心臓機能不全に直接責任を負っている
Steve Lancel1, Olivier Joulin, Raphael Favory
1EA 2689, CHRU, and Université de Lille 2, IFR 114 IMPRT, Lille, France.
Circulation
|May 18, 2005
まとめ
敗血症は,左心室 (LV) の心筋細胞のカスパスを活性化することによって,心機能障害を引き起こし,収縮性の低下とサルコメアの損傷につながります. zVAD.fmkでカスペスを阻害すると,これらの有害な効果がセプシスモデルで防止されます.
科学分野:
- 心臓病学 心臓病学
- 分子生物学は分子生物学である.
- 細胞生物学 細胞生物学
背景:
- セプシス誘発のアポトーシスは,リンパ球死亡としばしば関連しています.
- カスパースの活性化は,臓器系細胞機能を直接損なう可能性があります.
- この研究では,セプシス中の左心室 (LV) の心筋細胞におけるカスパース活性化を調査しています.
研究 の 目的:
- 左心室 (LV) の心筋細胞のカスパース活性化が,セプシス誘発の心臓収縮機能不全に直接寄与するかどうかを判断する.
- セプシスと心臓機能不全を細胞レベルで結びつける分子メカニズムを探求する.
主な方法:
- エンドトキシンを注入したラットから分離されたLV心筋細胞は,収縮機能とカスパース活性について分析されました.
- ウェスタン・ブロッティングと酵素分析を用いて,カスパース活性化とミオフィラメント分裂を評価した.
- zVAD.fmkとzDEVD.cmkを用いたカスパースの抑制は,体内および体外で行われました.
主要な成果:
- ネズミにエンドトキシンを注射すると,LV心筋細胞の収縮準備とカルシウムに対するミオフィラメントの反応が低下しました.
- LV心筋細胞では,カスパース-3, -8, -9のような活性が増加しており,サルコメアの破壊とトロポニンT分裂と相関しています.
- zVAD.fmkの治療は,セプシス誘発のLV心筋細胞機能不全,サルコメア損傷,トロポニンT分裂を予防しました.
- エンドトキシンで治療されたネズミの血清は,ナイヴ心筋細胞における収縮機能障害とカスパース活性化を誘発し,カスパース阻害剤によって効果が阻害されました.
結論:
- エンドトキシン誘発のカスパース活性化と,LV心筋細胞の収縮性準備力の低下との間に重要な関連性がある.
- カスパースの活性化は,サルコメアの乱れと,セプシスに関連した心臓機能障害の機能的低下に直接寄与する.
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