内源和自然补充抑制剂减轻心肌损伤和动脉血栓形成
Vasile I Pavlov1, Mikkel-Ole Skjoedt, Ying Siow Tan
1Center for Experimental Therapeutics and Reperfusion Injury, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA 02115, USA.
Circulation
|October 4, 2012
概括
曼诺结合性莱克 (MBL) / 菲科林相关蛋白-1 (MAP-1) 保护心脏免受损伤和凝血. 药理剂量的MAP-1可能为与莱克通路相关的疾病提供新的治疗方法.
科学领域:
- 免疫学 免疫学 免疫学
- 心血管科学 心血管科学
- 补充系统 补充系统
背景情况:
- 凝血障碍和心肌缺血/反损伤是死亡的重要原因.
- 由曼诺结合性莱克 (MBL) 复合体启动的莱克通路与血栓形成和缺血/再输血有关.
- 内源的MBL/ficolin相关蛋白-1 (MAP-1) 在体外抑制了补充激活.
研究的目的:
- 调查MAP-1在减轻心肌缺血/再输损伤和血栓发生的体内疗效.
- 为了确定MAP-1的药理剂量是否可以作为治疗剂.
主要方法:
- 利用两个小鼠模型来评估MAP-1的影响.
- 测量心脏功能,心脏病发作大小,C3沉积和MBL沉积.
- 研究了MAP-1的机制,通过检查它从MBL复合体中取代MBL/ficolin相关的血清蛋白酶 (MASP).
主要成果:
- 在小鼠模型中,MAP-1的使用可以保持心脏功能,并减少心脏病发作的大小.
- MAP-1降低了C3和MBL沉积,并防止了血栓形成.
- 表明MAP-1可以从MBL复合体中取代MASP-1,MASP-2和MASP-3.
结论:
- 内源的MAP-1在体内有效地抑制了莱克通路的激活.
- 药理学剂量MAP-1代表了潜在的新疗法策略来治疗与莱克通路相关疾病.
- MAP-1的抑制MBL复合体和相关MASP的能力提供了一个有针对性的治疗方法.
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