Clinical Center/Critical Care Medicine Department, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States.
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2023 Jun 1;324(6):L783-L798. doi: 10.1152/ajplung.00171.2022. Epub 2023 Apr 11.
NR2F2 is expressed in endothelial cells (ECs) and knockout produces lethal cardiovascular defects. In humans, reduced expression is associated with cardiovascular diseases including congenital heart disease and atherosclerosis. Here, silencing in human primary ECs led to inflammation, endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EndMT), proliferation, hypermigration, apoptosis-resistance, and increased production of reactive oxygen species. These changes were associated with STAT and AKT activation along with increased production of DKK1. Co-silencing and prevented NR2F2-loss-induced STAT and AKT activation and reversed EndMT. Serum DKK1 concentrations were elevated in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and DKK1 was secreted by ECs in response to in vitro loss of either BMPR2 or CAV1, which are genetic defects associated with the development of PAH. In human primary ECs, NR2F2 suppressed DKK1, whereas its loss conversely induced DKK1 and disrupted endothelial homeostasis, promoting phenotypic abnormalities associated with pathologic vascular remodeling. Activating NR2F2 or blocking DKK1 may be useful therapeutic targets for treating chronic vascular diseases associated with EC dysfunction. NR2F2 loss in the endothelial lining of blood vessels is associated with cardiovascular disease. Here, -silenced human endothelial cells were inflammatory, proliferative, hypermigratory, and apoptosis-resistant with increased oxidant stress and endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition. DKK1 was induced in -silenced endothelial cells, while co-silencing and prevented NR2F2-loss-associated abnormalities in endothelial signaling and phenotype. Activating NR2F2 or blocking DKK1 may be useful therapeutic targets for treating vascular diseases associated with endothelial dysfunction.
NR2F2 在血管内皮细胞 (ECs) 中表达,其敲除会导致致命的心血管缺陷。在人类中,NR2F2 表达降低与心血管疾病相关,包括先天性心脏病和动脉粥样硬化。在这里,在人原代 ECs 中沉默会导致炎症、内皮-间充质转化 (EndMT)、增殖、过度迁移、抗凋亡和活性氧物质产生增加。这些变化与 STAT 和 AKT 的激活以及 DKK1 的增加有关。同时沉默 和 可以防止 NR2F2 缺失诱导的 STAT 和 AKT 激活,并逆转 EndMT。肺动脉高压 (PAH) 患者的血清 DKK1 浓度升高,并且 ECs 在体外 BMPR2 或 CAV1 缺失时会分泌 DKK1,BMPR2 或 CAV1 的缺失与 PAH 的发展有关。在人原代 ECs 中,NR2F2 抑制 DKK1,而其缺失则相反地诱导 DKK1 并破坏内皮稳态,促进与病理性血管重塑相关的表型异常。激活 NR2F2 或阻断 DKK1 可能是治疗与 EC 功能障碍相关的慢性血管疾病的有用治疗靶点。血管内皮细胞中 NR2F2 的缺失与心血管疾病有关。在这里,沉默的人内皮细胞具有炎症性、增殖性、过度迁移性和抗凋亡性,氧化应激和内皮-间充质转化增加。在沉默的内皮细胞中诱导了 DKK1,而同时沉默 和 可以防止 NR2F2 缺失相关的内皮信号和表型异常。激活 NR2F2 或阻断 DKK1 可能是治疗与内皮功能障碍相关的血管疾病的有用治疗靶点。