O'Neill Brian T, Abel E Dale
Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes and Program in Human Molecular Biology and Genetics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA.
J Clin Invest. 2005 Aug;115(8):2059-64. doi: 10.1172/JCI25900.
Akt is an important signaling molecule that modulates many cellular processes such as cell growth, survival, and metabolism. Akt activation has been proposed as a potential strategy for increasing cardiomyocyte survival following ischemia. In mammalian cells, 3 distinct isoforms of Akt exist, but their precise roles in cardiovascular biology were previously unknown. Three separate studies published in this issue of the JCI now provide important new insight into the central role of Akt1 in the regulation of angiogenesis and the maladaptive or deleterious consequences of chronic unregulated Akt activation in the heart (see the related articles beginning on pages 2108, 2119, and 2128). Here we discuss the implications of these exciting new studies.
Akt是一种重要的信号分子,可调节许多细胞过程,如细胞生长、存活和代谢。Akt激活已被提议作为增加缺血后心肌细胞存活的潜在策略。在哺乳动物细胞中,存在3种不同的Akt亚型,但它们在心血管生物学中的精确作用此前尚不清楚。本期《临床研究杂志》发表的三项独立研究,现在为Akt1在血管生成调节中的核心作用以及心脏中慢性不受调控的Akt激活的不良或有害后果提供了重要的新见解(见第2108、2119和2128页开始的相关文章)。在此我们讨论这些令人兴奋的新研究的意义。