西姆瓦斯塔丁抑制了黄金葡萄球菌α毒素的炎症性质
Diethard Pruefer1, Joachim Makowski, Martin Schnell
1Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany.
Circulation
|October 16, 2002
概括
西姆瓦斯塔丁的预治疗显著降低了葡萄球黄金菌α毒素诱导的白细胞相互作用在血管. 这一发现表明,他类药物可能是传染病的新疗法策略.
科学领域:
- 血管生物学 血管生物学
- 免疫学 免疫学 免疫学
- 药理学 药理学是指药理学的学科.
背景情况:
- 辛巴斯塔丁是一种HMG-CoA减少酶抑制剂,通过抑制白细胞活性,降低胆固醇,有利于血管疾病.
- 类药物减少白细胞滚动,粘附和转移,这在血管炎症中至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查simvastatin的预治疗是否可以减轻在外致氧化症期间由黄金葡萄球菌α毒素诱导的白细胞-内皮细胞相互作用.
主要方法:
- 在大鼠中腔微循环中进行肠道显微镜,观察白细胞-内皮细胞相互作用.
- 西姆瓦斯塔丁在S. aureus alfa-toxin诱导出氧化血症发生18小时前服用.
- 对白细胞滚动,粘附,转移和P-选择蛋白表达的分析.
主要成果:
- 西姆瓦斯塔丁治疗前显著抑制了外毒素诱导的白细胞滚动 (71+/-10至14+/-4.7细胞/分钟) 和粘附 (14+/-3.5至0.4+/-0.2细胞).
- 白细胞转移也被simvastatin显著降低 (10.5+/-1.2到4.2+/-0.9细胞).
- 辛巴斯塔丁降低了50%的P-选择因表达,并增强了内皮氧化合成酶III的表达.
结论:
- 西姆瓦斯塔丁有效地干扰了外毒素诱导的白细胞-内皮细胞相互作用.
- 这些发现表明,他类药物治疗可能代表了感染性疾病的新疗法,包括外毒性血症.
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