在骨肌中抑制CERS1会加剧与年龄相关的肌肉功能障碍
Martin Wohlwend1, Pirkka-Pekka Laurila1, Ludger J E Goeminne1
1Laboratory of Integrative Systems Physiology, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
eLife
|March 20, 2024
概括
降低的CERS1酶水平有助于与年龄相关的肌肉消耗和功能障碍. 恢复CERS1可能会改善老年人肌肉健康和功能.
科学领域:
- 生物化学 生物化学
- 老年学是指老年学的学科.
- 分子生物学分子生物学
背景情况:
- 与年龄相关的肌肉衰竭 (肉类衰竭) 会导致脆弱和失去独立性.
- 驱动与年龄相关的肌肉衰退的机制尚未完全理解.
- 甲状腺脂质代谢在细胞平衡中发挥作用.
研究的目的:
- 研究CERS1酶在与年龄相关的骨肌肉损伤中的作用.
- 探索CERS1水平与衰老过程中的肌肉功能之间的联系.
- 为了确定CERS1作为潜在的治疗的治疗标.
主要方法:
- 在不同年龄段的人类骨肌中分析CERS1表达.
- 在老年小鼠模型中抑制CERS1.
- 在*Caenorhabditis elegans*中进行遗传研究.
- 在英国生物银行队列中的孟德尔随机化分析.
主要成果:
- 人类骨肌肉中的CERS1丰度随着年龄的增长而下降,与肌肉功能途径相关.
- 在老年小鼠中抑制CERS1会损害肌肉发育,减少肌肉质量,并恶化功能,诱导炎症和纤维化.
- 在*C. elegans*中失去CERS1正向的*lagr-1*会加剧与年龄相关的肌肉衰退.
- 减少CERS1表达的基因变异与人类握力降低和整体健康状况较差有关.
结论:
- 降低的CERS1与与年龄相关的骨肌肉功能障碍的发病有关.
- 通过CERS1,脂生物合成途径对于在衰老过程中维持肌肉平衡至关重要.
- 准CERS1可能为与年龄相关的肌肉损伤提供一种新的治疗策略.
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