催产素调节肠道干细胞的自我更新和分化
Junfei Liu1, Mengnan Guo2, Mingze Geng2
1Department of Gastroenterology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, China; Laboratory of Translational Gastroenterology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, China; Shandong Provincial Clinical Research Center for digestive disease, Jinan 250012, China.
Cellular signalling
|December 21, 2025
概括
催产素 (OXT) 信号通过增强干细胞自我更新,促进肠道上皮再生. 这一途径涉及前列腺素E2 (PGE2) 和Hippo途径,为治疗化疗诱导的肠道损伤提供了潜力.
科学领域:
- 胃肠病学 胃肠病学
- 细胞生物学 细胞生物学
- 分子医学是分子医学.
背景情况:
- 肠道平衡依赖于受调节的上皮细胞增殖和分化.
- 催产素 (OXT) 是一种新的胃肠道激素,涉及到肠道损伤.
- 在肠上皮细胞 (IECs) 中OXT的作用需要进一步阐明.
研究的目的:
- 研究IEC中的OXT/OXTR信号轴的功能意义.
- 阐明OXT影响肠道上皮质再生的分子机制.
- 评估OXT在减轻肠道损伤方面的治疗潜力.
主要方法:
- 使用小鼠小肠器官来研究OXT/OXTR信号.
- 在IEC中使用了OXTR的药理抑制和遗传淘汰 (KO).
- 研究了OXT介导的前列腺素E2 (PGE2) 生产和EP4受体激活.
- 评估了YAP激活和Hippo路径调制.
主要成果:
- 通过OXT/OXTR信号,增强了IEC的扩散和差异化.
- 缺少OXTR会影响干细胞自我更新,减少帕内斯细胞,并恶化5-FU诱导的粘膜炎.
- OXT上调调节了COX-1/COX-2以刺激PGE2的产生,从而激活了EP4.
- 由OXT驱动的效应依赖于PGE2/EP4信号和通过Hippo通路调节的YAP激活.
结论:
- 通过PGE2/EP4/Hippo/YAP信号级联,OXT协调肠道上皮的再生.
- OXT促进干细胞自我更新,对肠道屏障完整性至关重要.
- 对于化疗引起的肠损伤,OXT 是一种潜在的治疗剂.
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