GSK3β 抑制剂 抑制 TGFβ 信号在人类的尾管网
Chenna Kesavulu Sugali1, Naga Pradeep Rayana1, Jiannong Dai1
1Eugene & Marilyn Glick Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States.
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science
|August 1, 2024
概括
小分子Wnt激活剂可以抑制青光眼模型中状眼网 (TM) 和较低眼内压力 (IOP) 的变化. 这表明,通过准TGFβ信号传递,对初级开角青光眼 (POAG) 提出了潜在的新疗法.
科学领域:
- 眼科医生 眼科 眼科
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 细胞生物学 细胞生物学
背景情况:
- 主要的开角玻璃眼 (POAG) 是导致失明的主要原因.
- 由状眼网 (TM) 功能障碍驱动的眼内压升高 (IOP) 是POAG的主要危险因素.
- 在TM中,转化生长因子β (TGFβ) 和Wnt信号通路之间存在交叉抑制.
研究的目的:
- 调查使用小分子Wnt激活剂激活Wnt信号通路是否可以抵消TGFβ2诱导的TM变化和眼睛高血压 (OHT).
主要方法:
- 主要的人类TM (pHTM) 细胞和SBE-GTM3细胞被Wnt和/或TGFβ激活剂治疗.
- 测试包括化酶,西方免疫涂抹和免疫光染色.
- 一个ex vivo人眼 perfusion 模型被用来评估 Wnt 激活剂对 IOP 的影响.
主要成果:
- 小分子Wnt激活剂 (BIO,SB216763,CHIR99021) 在没有毒性的pHTM细胞中激活了Wnt信号.
- Wnt激活抑制了TGFβ信号传递,细胞外基质沉积和交叉链接的actin网络.
- 观察到Smad4和β-catenin的核转位,这表明核交叉抑制.
- 在人眼中,CHIR99021抑制了TGFβ2诱导的OHT.
结论:
- 小分子Wnt激活剂在POAG患者中显示出治疗TGFβ信号诱导OHT的潜力.
- 针对Wnt和TGFβ通路之间的交叉抑制提供了一个有前途的治疗策略.
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