周细胞中核心岩藻糖基化诱导肺纤维化的机制。

Mechanisms of pulmonary fibrosis induced by core fucosylation in pericytes.

作者信息

Sun Wei, Tang HaiYing, Gao Lili, Sun Xiuna, Liu Jia, Wang WeiDong, Wu Taihua, Lin Hongli

机构信息

Departments of Respiratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, 222# Zhongshan Road, Dalian, Liaoning 116011, PR China.

Departments of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, 222# Zhongshan Road, Dalian, Liaoning 116011, PR China.

出版信息

Int J Biochem Cell Biol. 2017 Jul;88:44-54. doi: 10.1016/j.biocel.2017.05.010. Epub 2017 May 5.

Abstract

Pulmonary fibrosis is a common outcome of a variety of pulmonary interstitial diseases, and myofibroblasts are the main culprit for this process. Recent studies have found that pericytes are one of the major sources of myofibroblasts; the transformation of which involves a complex process of activation of TGF-β/Smad2/3 and PDGFβ/Erk signaling pathways. We have reported that the transforming growth factor-β receptor and platelet-derived growth factor-β receptor (TGF-βR I and PDGFβR, respectively) are modified by glycosylation. Thus, we hope to regulate the above-mentioned signal pathways through core fucosylation (CF) catalyzed by α-1,6-fucosyltransferase (FUT8). Previous work has confirmed that TGF-β1 can induce the transformation of pericytes into myofibroblasts, while FUT8siRNA can inhibit such transformation. In the present study, we used an adenovirus packaging FUT8 shRNA to infect a bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis mouse model and determined the effect of CF on pulmonary fibrosis by analyzing the mechanism of CF-mediated pericyte transformation. Our findings may shed new light on the mechanism of pulmonary interstitial fibrosis and provide a novel therapeutic target for clinical applications.

摘要

肺纤维化是多种肺间质疾病的常见结局,而成肌纤维细胞是这一过程的主要元凶。最近的研究发现,周细胞是成肌纤维细胞的主要来源之一;其转化涉及TGF-β/Smad2/3和PDGFβ/Erk信号通路激活的复杂过程。我们曾报道,转化生长因子-β受体和血小板衍生生长因子-β受体(分别为TGF-βR I和PDGFβR)会发生糖基化修饰。因此,我们希望通过α-1,6-岩藻糖基转移酶(FUT8)催化的核心岩藻糖基化(CF)来调节上述信号通路。先前的研究证实,TGF-β1可诱导周细胞转化为成肌纤维细胞,而FUT8siRNA可抑制这种转化。在本研究中,我们使用包装有FUT8 shRNA的腺病毒感染博来霉素诱导的肺纤维化小鼠模型,并通过分析CF介导的周细胞转化机制来确定CF对肺纤维化的影响。我们的研究结果可能为肺间质纤维化的机制提供新的见解,并为临床应用提供新的治疗靶点。

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