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オキシステロール誘発の溶解性エンドグリン放出と高血圧への関与
Ana C Valbuena-Diez1, Francisco J Blanco, Barbara Oujo
1Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, c/Ramiro de Maeztu 9, Madrid 28040, Spain.
Circulation
|November 1, 2012
まとめ
肝臓のX受容体 (LXR) の活性化により,オキシステロール経由で溶性エンドグリン (sEng) の放出が増加し,妊娠前出血症と高血圧に寄与する. この経路を遮断すると,血管疾患の治療の可能性が生まれます.
科学分野:
- 生殖生物学 生殖生物学
- 血管生理学 血管の生理学
- 分子内分泌学は分子内分泌学である.
背景:
- 妊娠前の不妊症の病原性は,胎盤不血症と関連しています.
- 溶解性エンドグリン (sEng) は,妊娠前出血症における予後および病原性マーカーである.
研究 の 目的:
- 低酸素に誘発されたsEng放出経路を調査する.
- sEngの調節における肝臓X受容体 (LXR) の役割を明らかにする.
主な方法:
- 利用したJAR細胞系とヒトの胎盤のエキスプラント.
- 投与されたLXRアゴニスト (22-(R) -ヒドロキシコレステロール,T0901317).
- sEng濃度,活性酸素種,マトリックスメタルプロテインアゼ-14 (MMP-14) およびメタルプロテインアゼ-3の組織阻害剤 (TIMP-3) を in vitro および in vivo マウスモデルで評価した.
主要な成果:
- 低酸素症は,JAR細胞のsEngと活性酸素種を増加させた.
- LXRアゴニストは,細胞,エキスプラント,マウスにおいて,sEngレベルを著しく上昇させた.
- LXRの活性化により,MMP-14の活性が増加し,TIMP-3の活性が低下し,sEngの放出を促進した.
- ネズミのLXRアゴニスト治療は,sEngと動脈圧の上昇につながった.
- マウスにおけるsEngの過剰発現は高血圧を引き起こした.
- MMP-14の割れ部位ペプチドは,オキシステロール誘発の高血圧とsEng増加を抑制しました.
結論:
- LXR経路は,sEngの放出に関与しています.
- LXR媒介のsEng放出は,子宮内閉塞などの血管疾患に寄与する.
- LXR-sEng軸をターゲットにすることで,高血圧の治療戦略を提供することができます.
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