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ヒューマンアポリポプロテインA-Iの遺伝子転送は,実験的な糖尿病性心筋症の発達を減少させます
Sophie Van Linthout1, Frank Spillmann, Alexander Riad
1Abteilung für Kardiologie und Pneumologie, Charité-Universitätsklinikum Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12200 Berlin, Germany.
Circulation
|March 12, 2008
まとめ
アポリポプロテインA-I (apoA-I) の遺伝子転送により,高密度リポプロテイン (HDL) レベルが上昇し,ネズミの糖尿病性心筋病を効果的に軽減しました. この治療は,心臓の酸化ストレス,炎症,アポトーシスを軽減し,心臓の機能を改善しました.
科学分野:
- 心血管生物学 心血管生物学
- メタボリック疾患
- 遺伝子療法の遺伝子治療法
背景:
- 糖尿病性心筋症は,心臓の酸化ストレス,炎症,線維症,アポトーシスによって特徴付けられます.
- 高密度リポプロテイン (HDL) は,抗酸化,抗炎症,抗アポプトティックな性質を持っています.
研究 の 目的:
- ヒトアポリポプロテインA-I (apoA-I) の遺伝子転送 (GT) によるHDL増加が糖尿病性心筋病を予防できるかどうかを評価する.
主な方法:
- ネズミは,糖尿病を誘発するためにストレプトゾトシン (STZ) を投与し,その後,アポA-I発現ベクトル (Ad.hapoA-I) またはコントロールベクトル (Ad.Null) の静脈内GTを投与した.
- 心臓機能,酸化ストレス,炎症,線維症,アポトーシス,および関連する分子経路は,GTの6週間後に評価されました.
主要な成果:
- ApoA-I GTはHDLコレステロールのレベルを大幅に上昇させ,インビボ左心房収縮性とエクビボ心筋細胞収縮性を改善しました.
- 心臓の酸化ストレス,心筋内炎症,線維症,およびグリコゲン蓄積は,apoA-I GTグループで減少しました.
- アポプトシスマーカー (カスパース活性) は減少し,反アポプトシスマーカー (Bcl-2/Bax比) は増加し,心筋細胞および内皮細胞のアポプトシスが減少しました.
結論:
- apoA-Iの遺伝子転送は,STZ誘発の糖尿病性心筋症の発症を効果的に軽減しました.
- 保護効果は,心臓機能の改善と,疾患の病理学的特徴の減少と関連していた.
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