RAAS 阻断与 COVID-19:Mas 和 AT1 受体占有率的机械建模作为促炎和抗炎平衡的指标。
RAAS Blockade and COVID-19: Mechanistic Modeling of Mas and AT1 Receptor Occupancy as Indicators of Pro-Inflammatory and Anti-Inflammatory Balance.
机构信息
School of Chemical, Materials, and Biomedical Engineering, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA.
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA.
出版信息
Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2021 Apr;109(4):1092-1103. doi: 10.1002/cpt.2177. Epub 2021 Mar 10.
ACE inhibitors (ACEis) and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) are standard-of-care treatments for hypertension and diabetes, common comorbidities among hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Their use in the setting of COVID-19 has been heavily debated due to potential interactions with ACE2, an enzyme that links the pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory arms of the renin angiotensin system, but also the entryway by which severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) invades cells. ACE2 expression is altered by age, hypertension, diabetes, and the virus itself. This study integrated available information about the renin angiotensin aldosterone system (RAAS) and effects of SARS-CoV-2 and its comorbidities on ACE2 into a mechanistic mathematical model and aimed to quantitatively predict effects of ACEi/ARBs on the RAAS pro-inflammatory/anti-inflammatory balance. RAAS blockade prior to SARS-CoV-2 infection is predicted to increase the mas-AT1 receptor occupancy ratio up to 20-fold, indicating that in patients already taking an ACEi/ARB before infection, the anti-inflammatory arm is already elevated while the pro-inflammatory arm is suppressed. Predicted pro-inflammatory shifts in the mas-AT1 ratio due to ACE2 downregulation by SARS-CoV-2 were small relative to anti-inflammatory shifts induced by ACEi/ARB. Predicted effects of changes in ACE2 expression with comorbidities of diabetes, hypertension, or aging on mas-AT1 occupancy ratio were also relatively small. Last, predicted changes in the angiotensin (Ang(1-7)) production rate with ACEi/ARB therapy, comorbidities, or infection were all small relative to exogenous Ang(1-7) infusion rates shown experimentally to protect against acute lung injury, suggesting that any changes in the ACE2-Ang(1-7)-mas arm may not be large enough to play a major role in COVID-19 pathophysiology.
血管紧张素转换酶抑制剂(ACEi)和血管紧张素受体阻滞剂(ARB)是治疗高血压和糖尿病的标准治疗方法,这两种疾病是住院 COVID-19 患者的常见合并症。由于它们可能与 ACE2 相互作用,ACE2 是连接肾素血管紧张素系统促炎和抗炎臂的酶,也是严重急性呼吸系统综合征冠状病毒 2(SARS-CoV-2)入侵细胞的途径,因此它们在 COVID-19 中的使用受到了广泛的争论。ACE2 的表达受年龄、高血压、糖尿病和病毒本身的影响。本研究将肾素血管紧张素醛固酮系统(RAAS)的现有信息以及 SARS-CoV-2 及其合并症对 ACE2 的影响整合到一个机制数学模型中,并旨在定量预测 ACEi/ARB 对 RAAS 促炎/抗炎平衡的影响。在 SARS-CoV-2 感染之前进行 RAAS 阻断预计会使 mas-AT1 受体占有率增加 20 倍,表明在感染前已经服用 ACEi/ARB 的患者中,抗炎臂已经升高,而促炎臂受到抑制。由于 SARS-CoV-2 下调 ACE2,预计 mas-AT1 比值的促炎转移相对较小,而 ACEi/ARB 诱导的抗炎转移较大。由于糖尿病、高血压或衰老等合并症引起的 ACE2 表达变化对 mas-AT1 占有率的预测影响也相对较小。最后,ACEi/ARB 治疗、合并症或感染引起的血管紧张素(Ang(1-7))产生率的预测变化与实验中显示的保护急性肺损伤的外源性 Ang(1-7)输注率相比均较小,表明 ACE2-Ang(1-7)-mas 臂的任何变化都可能不足以在 COVID-19 病理生理学中发挥主要作用。