氨酸通过调节氧化应激和炎症来缓解腹腔大动脉动脉瘤,防止VSMC亡
Jing-Yu Li1, Jing Li2, Rui-Kang Guo2
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
International immunopharmacology
|November 9, 2025
概括
氨酸 (HG) 通过激活AKT/mTOR通路和抑制NF-κB/PTGS2轴,为腹腔大动脉动脉瘤 (AAA) 显示治疗潜力,从而提供血管保护. 这种天然化合物表现出抗亡和抗炎作用,支持其在AAA治疗中的使用.
科学领域:
- 血管生物学和药理学
- 自然产品化学 自然产品化学
- 分子医学是分子医学.
背景情况:
- 腹腔大动脉瘤 (AAA) 是一种血管疾病,其特征是VSMC亡,ECM降解和炎症,目前没有药理治疗方法.
- 研究了AAA中天然类化合物氨酸 (HG) 的治疗潜力和分子机制.
研究的目的:
- 评估胺 (HG) 在治疗腹腔大动脉瘤 (AAA) 的疗效.
- 阐明HG对AAA治疗作用的分子机制,重点关注VSMC亡,炎症和信号通路.
主要方法:
- 使用了体外VSMC模型 (H2O2和LPS诱导) 和体内弹性酶诱导的AAA小鼠模型.
- 采用网络药理学,分子对接,动力学模拟,CETSA,Western blot,RT-qPCR和免疫组织化学来识别目标和途径.
- 研究了HG.对AKT/mTOR和NF-κB/PTGS2信号轴的调制.
主要成果:
- HG改善了VSMC活力,减少了细胞亡和ROS,并保留了收缩标志物.
- 在体内,HG减少了大动脉扩张,弹性质降解,以及亡和矩阵金属蛋白酶的标志物.
- HG激活了AKT/mTOR通路并抑制了NF-κB/PTGS2轴,显示出抗炎和抗亡作用.
结论:
- 氨酸 (HG) 通过激活AKT/mTOR和抑制NF-κB/PTGS2.2来减弱AAA的进展.
- HG通过抗亡和抗炎机制提供血管保护.
- HG是一种有前途的多目标天然化合物,用于AAA治疗开发.
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