NOTCH経路を遮断すると,大血管性血管炎における血管炎を抑制する
Kisha Piggott1, Jiusheng Deng, Kenneth Warrington
1Lowance Center for Human Immunology and Rheumatology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Circulation
|January 12, 2011
まとめ
巨細胞動脈炎 (GCA) のNOTCHシグナル伝達をブロックすると,T細胞の活性化が抑制され,血管炎症が軽減されます. この経路調節は,大血管性血管炎に対する有望な新しい免疫抑制療法を提供します.
科学分野:
- 免疫学 免疫学とは
- 血管生物学 血管生物学
- 細胞シグナル伝達 細胞信号伝達
背景:
- 巨大細胞動脈炎 (GCA) は,大きな動脈に影響する深刻な自己免疫性血管炎です.
- CD4 T細胞は,GCAの病原性において重要であり, dendritic 細胞は,その分化に指示する.
- 現在のGCA治療は長期にわたるコルチコステロイドに依存しており,代替療法が必要である.
研究 の 目的:
- GCAの病原性におけるNOTCHシグナル伝達経路の役割を調査する.
- GCAにおけるNOTCH経路阻害の治療の可能性を評価する.
主な方法:
- NOTCH受容体およびリガンド発現のためのヒト側頭動脈の分析.
- 炎症した血管内のT細胞におけるNOTCH経路の活性化の評価.
- ヒト化したマウスモデルで, γ-分泌酵素阻害剤と溶解性リガンドを用いたNOTCH信号伝達の薬理学的抑制.
主要な成果:
- NOTCH経路のコンポーネント (受容体,ジャグデッド1,デルタ1) は,GCA 側頭動脈で高度に発現していました.
- NOTCHの活性化は,大血管性血管炎のT細胞では観察されたが,小血管性血管炎では観察されなかった.
- NOTCHの抑制により,T細胞の活性化が抑制され,血管炎症が軽減され,マウスモデルにおけるTh17/Th1応答が低下しました.
結論:
- NOTCH-リガンドの相互作用は,炎症した血管壁におけるT細胞の保持と生存に不可欠です.
- NOTCHシグナル伝達経路をターゲットにすることは,GCAのような大血管性血管炎に対する新しい治療戦略を表しています.
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