PDGF-BB/EGR1轴驱动纤维细胞激活蛋白表达以促进腹腔大动脉动脉瘤
Zhihao Zhou1, Lin Huang2, Hui Luo3
1Division of Vascular Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510800, China; National-Guangdong Joint Engineering Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Vascular Disease, First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China.
International journal of medical sciences
|June 16, 2025
概括
纤维细胞激活蛋白 (FAP) 在腹腔大动脉动脉瘤 (AAA) 发育期间在血管光滑肌细胞中升级. 针对PDGF-BB/EGR1/FAP途径可能为AAA提供新的治疗策略.
科学领域:
- 心血管生物学 心血管生物学
- 分子医学是分子医学.
- 血管生物学 血管生物学
背景情况:
- 腹腔大动脉瘤 (AAA) 是一种危及生命的疾病,具有复杂的分子基础.
- 血管光滑肌细胞 (VSMCs) 在AAA病变发生过程中发挥着关键作用.
- 在AAA中驱动VSMC功能障碍的精确分子机制仍然不完全理解.
研究的目的:
- 在AAA开发过程中调查纤维细胞激活蛋白 (FAP) 在VSMC中的作用.
- 阐明调节VSMC中的FAP表达的分子信号通路.
- 评估在AAA中准FAP的治疗潜力.
主要方法:
- 批量和单细胞RNA测序的AAA衍生的VSMCs.
- 猪胰腺弹性酶 (PPE) 诱导的AAA小鼠模型.
- 药理上抑制FAP和转录因子EGR1.
- 临床的18F-FAP抑制剂PET/CT成像.
主要成果:
- 在AAA衍生的VSMC中,FAP表达显著升高.
- 在小鼠模型中,FAP抑制减弱了动脉瘤的形成和减少了巨细胞的透.
- 通过EGR1-介导的转录激活,PDGF-BB通过EGR1-介导的转录激活在VSMC中调节FAP表达.
- 临床成像证实了感染性AAA患者的高FAP表达.
结论:
- PDGF-BB/EGR1/FAP信号轴是AAA病变发生的一个关键驱动器.
- 准FAP为管理AAA提供了一个有前途的治疗策略.
- FAP作为AAA活动的潜在生物标志物.
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