瘤衍生的与PTH相关的蛋白质触发脂肪组织色和癌症缓解症
Serkan Kir1, James P White1, Sandra Kleiner1
1Department of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA.
Nature
|July 22, 2014
概括
瘤衍生副甲状腺激素相关蛋白 (PTHrP) 驱动棕色脂肪活动和癌症缓解症中的肌肉消耗. 在小鼠中中和PTHrP降低了这些影响,这表明了改善患者治疗结果的潜在治疗标.
科学领域:
- 在瘤学瘤学.
- 代谢障碍 代谢障碍 代谢障碍
- 分子生物学分子生物学
背景情况:
- 癌症缓解症是一种使人虚弱的消耗障碍,影响大约50%的癌症患者.
- 卡切西亚的特点是显著的体重减轻,肌肉缩,以及增加休息能量消耗.
- 棕色脂肪组织中热生成的增加与缓解症有关,但潜在的瘤诱导机制仍然不清楚.
研究的目的:
- 调查瘤衍生因素在诱导棕色脂肪活性和缓解症中的作用.
- 为了确定特定的分子途径,将瘤与缓解症中的代谢失调联系起来.
主要方法:
- 利用一个易斯肺癌小鼠模型来研究癌症缓解症.
- 进行的副甲状腺激素相关蛋白 (PTHrP) 中和疗法.
- 评估脂肪组织色,与热生成相关的基因表达,肌肉质量和力量.
主要成果:
- 来自瘤的PTHrP被确定为脂肪组织色和热生成的关键媒介.
- 对PTHrP的中和有效地阻止了脂肪组织的色,并防止了瘤携带小鼠的肌肉质量和力量损失.
- 在脂肪组织中,PTHrP直接驱动参与热生成的基因的表达.
结论:
- PTHrP在调解通过脂肪组织色的能量浪费在癌症缓解症中发挥着关键作用.
- 向PTHrP提供了一种有前途的治疗策略,可以改善癌症缓解和潜在地改善患者的生存率和生活质量.
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