通过激活mTOR刺激适应性生长
Xiaoding Wang1, Yingfeng Deng2, Guangyu Zhang1
1Division of Cardiology (X. Wang, G.Z., C.L., G.D., H.I.M., D.H.T., X.L., D.L.L., A.F., T.G.G., Z.V.W.), Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas.
Circulation
|June 11, 2019
概括
由XBP1s调节的未折叠蛋白质反应对心肌细胞生长至关重要. 这一途径涉及FKBP11和mTOR,影响心力衰竭的进展和心脏功能.
科学领域:
- 心血管生物学
- 细胞应激反应
- 分子心脏病学
背景情况:
- 展开的蛋白质反应 (UPR) 在细胞生理和疾病中至关重要,但其在调节心肌细胞生长中的作用尚不清楚.
- 研究UPR与心脏细胞生长的联系对于了解心脏功能和功能障碍至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 阐明UPR,特别是XBP1s (拼接X盒绑定蛋白1) 在调节心肌细胞生长中的作用.
- 定义将UPR信号与心脏细胞生长联系起来的分子机制.
主要方法:
- 在心脏组织中使用增益和丧失功能方法对XBP1s进行基因操纵.
- 使用初级心肌细胞培养来研究细胞自主生长效应.
- 在人类和动物心力衰竭模型中分析XBP1s和FKBP11 (FK506结合蛋白11) 的表达.
主要成果:
- 在人类和动物心力衰竭中,XBP1s的表达下降.
- 缺少XBP1s会加剧心力衰竭,而心脏过度表达则会防止功能障碍.
- 通过FKBP11-mTOR信号轴促进适应性心脏生长.
结论:
- XBP1s-FKBP11-mTOR通路是将UPR与心脏细胞生长联系起来的关键调节器.
- 针对这种途径可能为心力衰竭提供治疗策略.
- 这项研究确定了UPR介导的心脏适应的新机制.
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