孕前患者的抗体通过血管激素受体激活刺激细胞内Ca2+调动的增加
Theingi M Thway1, Sergiy G Shlykov, Mary-Clare Day
1Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Circulation
|September 24, 2004
概括
针对血管激素II型I (AT1) 受体的母体抗体激活了这些受体,增加了先兆子患者的细胞内水平. 这一发现将AT1受体-激动性抗体 (AT1-AAAs) 与预先怀孕症中观察到的细胞变化联系在一起.
科学领域:
- 产科和妇科 产科和妇科
- 免疫学 免疫学 免疫学
- 心血管生理学心血管生理学
背景情况:
- 孕前是一种妊娠障碍,其特征是高血压和血管异常.
- 孕前的细胞变化包括细胞内的升高.
- 对血管素II型I (AT1) 受体的抗体与孕前有关.
研究的目的:
- 为了调查AT1受体-激动性抗体 (AT1-AAs) 是否激活AT1受体.
- 为了确定AT1-AA是否增加细胞内和激活下游信号通路.
主要方法:
- 检查了30名孕妇的IgG (16名孕产前,14名孕产后) 的细胞内调动能力.
- 使用洛萨坦和特定抗剂测试AT1-AA活性阻断.
- 在AT1-AA刺激后,评估激活T细胞核因子 (NFAT) 的激活.
主要成果:
- 来自所有预先结核患者的IgG激活了AT1受体,并增加了细胞内自由.
- 没有一个正常压力个体的IgG激活了AT1受体.
- AT1-AA诱导的调动被洛萨坦和抗体阻断,并激活了NFAT.
结论:
- 母亲的AT1-AAAs激活AT1受体,导致细胞内的增加.
- 这些抗体可能有助于细胞变化和基因表达变化在孕前.
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