血管内皮生长因子B控制内皮脂肪酸的吸收
Carolina E Hagberg1, Annelie Falkevall, Xun Wang
1Tissue Biology Group, Division of Matrix Biology, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden.
Nature
|March 16, 2010
概括
血管内皮生长因子-B (VEGF-B) 意外地调节了内皮细胞如何将脂质向组织. VEGF-B控制脂肪酸的吸收,影响小鼠的脂质分布和新陈代谢.
科学领域:
- 心血管生物学 心血管生物学
- 代谢调节 代谢调节 代谢调节 代谢调节
- 内皮细胞生理学 内皮细胞生理学
背景情况:
- 血管内皮生长因子 (VEGFs) 是血管形成和功能的关键调节者.
- 在内皮细胞生理学和脂质代谢中VEGF-B的特定作用在很大程度上仍未被定义.
研究的目的:
- 阐明VEGF-B在内皮脂运输中的功能及其对组织代谢的影响.
- 调查VEGF-B介导的脂质向背后的分子机制.
主要方法:
- 在小鼠中对基因共同表达的生物信息分析.
- 在野生型和Vegfb淘汰赛小鼠中评估脂质吸收和积累.
- 研究VEGF受体1和神经皮林1的参与.
主要成果:
- VEGF-B表达与核编码的线粒体基因相关,这表明它在代谢中起着作用.
- 通过控制运输蛋白质,VEGF-B特别调节内皮脂肪酸的吸收.
- Vegfb(-/-) 小鼠表现出脂质分布的改变,肌肉,心脏和棕色脂肪组织的吸收减少,并增加向白色脂肪组织的转移.
结论:
- VEGF-B在脂质的内皮向外围组织中发挥着关键的,意想不到的作用.
- VEGF-B协调了内皮脂的吸收与线粒体脂的利用,为代谢调节提供了新的见解.
- 向VEGF-B可能为糖尿病,肥胖和心血管疾病等代谢疾病提供新的治疗策略.
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