Yamanaka Tomoyasu, Ueki Takatoshi, Mase Mitsuhito, Inoue Koichi
Department of Neurosurgery, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan.
Department of Integrative Anatomy, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan.
Front Pharmacol. 2023 Jan 10;13:1076116. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2022.1076116. eCollection 2022.
Modern western dietary habits and low physical activity cause metabolic abnormalities and abnormally elevated levels of metabolites such as low-density lipoprotein, which can lead to immune cell activation, and inflammatory reactions, and atherosclerosis. Appropriate stimulation of vascular endothelial cells can confer protective responses against inflammatory reactions and atherosclerotic conditions. This study aims to determine whether a designed optogenetic approach is capable of affecting functional changes in vascular endothelial cells and to evaluate its potential for therapeutic regulation of vascular inflammatory responses . We employed a genetically engineered, blue light-activated Ca channel switch molecule that utilizes an endogenous store-operated calcium entry system and induces intracellular Ca influx through blue light irradiation and observed an increase in intracellular Ca in vascular endothelial cells. Ca-dependent activation of the nuclear factor of activated T cells and nitric oxide production were also detected. Microarray analysis of Ca-induced changes in vascular endothelial cells explored several genes involved in cellular contractility and inflammatory responses. Indeed, there was an increase in the gene expression of molecules related to anti-inflammatory and vasorelaxant effects. Thus, a combination of human blue light-activated Ca channel switch 2 (hBACCS2) and blue light possibly attenuates TNFα-induced inflammatory NF-κB activity. We propose that extrinsic cellular Ca regulation could be a novel approach against vascular inflammation.
现代西方饮食习惯和低体力活动会导致代谢异常以及低密度脂蛋白等代谢产物水平异常升高,进而引发免疫细胞活化、炎症反应和动脉粥样硬化。对血管内皮细胞进行适当刺激可产生针对炎症反应和动脉粥样硬化状况的保护反应。本研究旨在确定一种设计的光遗传学方法是否能够影响血管内皮细胞的功能变化,并评估其对血管炎症反应进行治疗性调节的潜力。我们使用了一种基因工程改造的蓝光激活钙通道开关分子,该分子利用内源性储存-操作性钙内流系统,通过蓝光照射诱导细胞内钙内流,并观察到血管内皮细胞内钙增加。还检测到了钙依赖性激活的活化T细胞核因子和一氧化氮生成。对钙诱导的血管内皮细胞变化进行微阵列分析,探索了几个参与细胞收缩性和炎症反应的基因。确实,与抗炎和血管舒张作用相关分子的基因表达有所增加。因此,人蓝光激活钙通道开关2(hBACCS2)与蓝光的组合可能会减弱肿瘤坏死因子α诱导的炎症性核因子κB活性。我们提出,外源性细胞钙调节可能是一种对抗血管炎症的新方法。
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