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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
概括
肝脏X受体 (LXR) 的激活通过氧化醇增加可溶性内分泌素 (sEng) 的释放,从而导致子前症和高血压. 阻止这种途径可能为血管疾病提供治疗潜力.
科学领域:
- 生殖生物学 生殖生物学
- 血管生理学 血管生理学
- 分子内分泌学分子内分泌学
背景情况:
- 孕前的发病与胎盘缺血有关.
- 溶性内分泌物 (sEng) 是预兆和病原性标记在孕前.
研究的目的:
- 研究缺氧诱导的sEng释放通路.
- 阐明肝脏X受体 (LXR) 在sEng调节中的作用.
主要方法:
- 使用了JAR细胞系和人类胎盘扩张剂.
- 使用的LXR激活剂 (22-(R) - 氧胆固醇,T0901317).
- 评估了sEng水平,活性氧物种,矩阵金属蛋白酶-14 (MMP-14) 和组织金属蛋白酶-3抑制剂 (TIMP-3) 在体外和体内小鼠模型中.
主要成果:
- 低氧增加了JAR细胞中的sEng和活性氧物种.
- LXR激动剂在细胞,扩散剂和小鼠中显著提高了sEng水平.
- 激活LXR会增加MMP-14的活性,并降低TIMP-3,从而促进sEng的释放.
- 在小鼠中使用LXR激活剂治疗导致sEng和动脉压的增加.
- 在小鼠中,sEng的过度表达导致了高血压.
- 一种MMP-14切割部位抑制了氧诱导的高血压和sEng增加.
结论:
- 这种LXR途径与sEng释放有关.
- 由LXR介导的sEng释放有助于血管疾病,如孕前.
- 准LXR-sEng轴可能为高血压提供治疗策略.
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