肝脏侧腔内皮细胞通过IV型原蛋白驱动的侧腔内皮重塑,促进门脉高血压
Can Gan1,2, Usman Yaqoob2, Jianwen Lu2,3
1Department of Gastroenterology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
JCI insight
|May 7, 2024
概括
由肝脏侧腔内皮细胞 (LSECs) 生产的IV型原蛋白 (COL4) 通过促进侧腔重塑,驱动肝纤维化和门性高血压. 在LSEC中准COL4可以缓解这些严重的并发症.
科学领域:
- 肝病学 肝病学是一种肝病学.
- 血管生物学 血管生物学
- 分子生物学分子生物学
背景情况:
- 门性高血压 (PHTN) 是肝硬化的一个严重并发症.
- 由抗性和血管生成驱动的肝脏内侧侧重塑是PHTN的基础.
- 在肝病中,IV型原蛋白 (COL4) 的作用和调节仍不清楚.
研究的目的:
- 在肝纤维化和PHTN中调查COL4的来源和功能.
- 阐明肝脏侧侧内皮细胞 (LSECs) 中COL4表达的调节机制.
- 为了确定在PHTN中准COL4的治疗潜力.
主要方法:
- 使用RNA测序和免疫光学分析人类肝硬化肝脏样本.
- 在小鼠模型中单细胞RNA测序,以识别产生COL4的细胞.
- 使用LSEC进行体外研究,以调查TNF-α/NF-κB信号传递和表观遗传调节.
- 在体内进行CRISPRi-dCas9-KRAB表观基因组编辑以调节COL4表达.
- 在基因改造小鼠中评估鼻状抗性,血管生成和PHTN.
主要成果:
- 人类肝硬化肝脏的表达增加了COL4表达.
- 鉴定出LSECs是纤维化小鼠肝脏中升调的COL4的主要来源.
- 在LSEC中,COL4的表达是由TNF-α/NF-κB信号通过表观遗传机制来调节的.
- 在LSEC中对COL4的表观遗传抑制取消了鼻状抵抗和血管生成.
- 特定于LSEC的COL4抑制减轻了PHTN和sinusoidal重塑在体内.
结论:
- 在肝纤维化期间,LSECs是COL4的关键细胞来源.
- 通过LSECs的COL4沉积促进了鼻状重塑和PHTN.
- 在LSEC中准COL4代表了PHTN.的潜在治疗策略.
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