在心脏移植拒绝过程中通过PCSK9/CD36途径对肝脏进行免疫调节
Xi Zhang1,2, Heng Xu1, Jizhang Yu1,2
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery (X.Z., H.X., J.Y., J.C., Z.C., Y.L., Y.N., S.W., S.R., Y.Z., J.W., J.X.), Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Circulation
|May 26, 2023
概括
在心脏移植排斥 (HTR) 期间高PCSK9水平会促进炎症. 通过调节CD36通路,阻断PCSK9 (proprotein转化酶亚素/ kexin 9) 可能通过调节巨细胞功能来防止HTR.
科学领域:
- 免疫学
- 肝病学
- 心血管科学
背景情况:
- 蛋白转化酶亚素/ 素9 (PCSK9) 是肝脏分泌的蛋白质,用于高脂血症和心血管疾病.
- 已知PCSK9在免疫调节中的作用,但其在心脏移植排斥 (HTR) 中的作用尚不清楚.
研究的目的:
- 研究PCSK9和肝脏在HTR中的作用.
- 阐明HTR中PCSK9介导的免疫调节的潜在机制.
主要方法:
- 在小鼠和人类HTR模型中评估血清PCSK9水平.
- 使用PCSK9淘汰小鼠和中和抗体来研究PCSK9剥离效应.
- 进行多器官组织学,转录组,多组学和单细胞RNA测序分析.
- 研究了PCSK9/CD36通路对巨细胞表型和功能的影响.
主要成果:
- 在HTR期间,在小鼠和人类接受者中观察到血清PCSK9水平升高.
- 切除PCSK9延长了心脏移植的存活时间,并减少了炎症细胞的透.
- 肝脏被确定为HTR期间受TNF-α和IFN-γ影响的PCSK9上调的主要来源.
- PCSK9抑制了巨细胞的CD36表达,并促进了亲炎性表型,增强了T细胞的反应.
结论:
- 肝脏通过PCSK9/CD36途径调节HTR,影响巨细胞的功能.
- 向PCSK9/CD36通路是预防HTR的潜在治疗策略.
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