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Nephrotic Syndrome I : Introduction
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ハイパーホモシステインエミアは炎症性モノサイト生成を促進し,トランスゲンシスタチオニンベータ合成酵素欠乏マウスの動脈硬化を加速する
Daqing Zhang1, Xiaohua Jiang, Pu Fang
1Department of Pharmacology and Cardiovascular Research Center, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA.
Circulation
|October 28, 2009
まとめ
ハイパーホモシスタイン血症 (HHcy) は,炎症性モノサイト子群を増やすことで動脈硬化を引き起こす. これはNAD(P) H酸化酵素媒介の酸化ストレスを介して発生し,病変における単細胞の蓄積を促進します.
科学分野:
- 心血管生物学 心血管生物学
- 免疫学 免疫学とは
- メタボリック疾患の研究
背景:
- ハイパーホモシステイン血症 (HHcy) は,心血管疾患の既知の危険因子です.
- 重要な免疫細胞であるモノサイトには,アテロゲネシスに関与する明確なサブセットがあります.
- この研究では,HHcyが単細胞の異質性をどのように影響し,動脈硬化に寄与するかを調査しました.
研究 の 目的:
- HHcyがモノサイト異質性を調節するかどうかを判断する.
- 動脈硬化症の促進におけるHHcyの役割を調査する.
- HHcyが単細胞サブセットに影響を与えるメカニズムを解明する.
主な方法:
- 重度のHHcyと高コレステロール血症を持つ新しいマウスモデル (Tg-hCBS apoE(-/-) Cbs(-/-)) を開発しました.
- 超脂血症がない第二のHHcyマウスモデル (Tg-S466L Cbs(-/-)) を使用しました.
- 血液,,骨髄における単細胞集団とサブセットを分析した.
- l-ホモシステインと酸化ストレス阻害剤のインビトロ実験を行った.
主要な成果:
- 重度のHHcyは動脈硬化を加速し,炎症性モノサイト/マクロファージの累積が病変に起因する.
- HHcyは全体的な単細胞集団を増加させ,炎症性Ly-6C (hi) とLy-6C (mid) のサブセットを拡大した.
- In vitroでは,l-ホモシステインはNADとP) H酸化酵素媒介の酸化ストレスによるLy-6C (中) モノサイト分化を誘導した.
結論:
- HHcyは炎症性モノサイトサブセットの分化を促進します.
- HHcyは,炎症性単細胞の蓄積を増加させることで,動脈硬化病変の発生に寄与する.
- NAD(P) H酸化酵素に依存する酸化ストレスは,HHcyを動脈硬化における単細胞機能障害と結びつける重要なメカニズムである.
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