在内皮和血管光滑肌细胞中的循环氧化酶-2抑制了高脂血症小鼠中的腺体发生
Soon Yew Tang1, James Monslow, Leslie Todd
1Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics (S.Y.T., J.M., J.L., G.A.F.) and Perelman School of Medicine, Department of Animal Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine (L.T., E.P.), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
Circulation
|February 13, 2014
概括
血管细胞中选择性COX-2丧失加速动脉样硬化,并提高血压. 将循环氧化酶-2 (COX-2) 抑制剂向巨细胞可能会减轻与NSAID相关的心血管风险.
科学领域:
- 心血管科学 心血管科学
- 药理学 药理学是指药理学的学科.
- 分子生物学分子生物学
背景情况:
- 针对循环氧化酶-2 (COX-2) 的非类固醇抗炎药物 (NSAIDs) 显示出心血管风险.
- 全球COX-2删除在小鼠中加速动脉样硬化.
- 在巨细胞中选择性COX-2删除延迟了动脉动脉生成.
研究的目的:
- 研究COX-2在血管细胞中的作用与大细胞在动脉生成中的作用.
- 确定COX-2减少在特定细胞类型对心血管参数的影响.
主要方法:
- 在Ldlr淘汰赛小鼠的血管光滑肌细胞和内皮细胞中选择性产后删除COX-2.
- 对前列腺素和血小板素生物合成的分析.
- 评估血压和动脉样硬化病变的发展.
主要成果:
- 血管细胞中COX-2的枯竭减少了前列腺素I2和E2的生物合成,增加了血压,并加速了动脉动脉生成.
- 血管细胞中COX-2的缺失导致了病变巨细胞中COX-2表达的增加和血栓糖的升高.
- 病变显示原蛋白,拉米宁,α-光滑肌动蛋白和纤维化增加.
结论:
- 在巨细胞和血管细胞中,COX-2 具有与异的作用,涉及到动脉动脉生成.
- 全球COX-2抑制可能掩盖在NSAID心血管风险中观察到的细胞特异性影响.
- 向向巨细胞输送COX-2抑制剂可以保持有效性,同时降低心血管风险.
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