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肺间质中过度活跃的 mTORC1 诱导内皮细胞功能障碍和肺血管重塑。

Hyperactive mTORC1 in lung mesenchyme induces endothelial cell dysfunction and pulmonary vascular remodeling.

机构信息

Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine.

Lung Biology Institute, and.

出版信息

J Clin Invest. 2023 Dec 20;134(4):e172116. doi: 10.1172/JCI172116.

Abstract

Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is a progressive cystic lung disease caused by tuberous sclerosis complex 1/2 (TSC1/2) gene mutations in pulmonary mesenchymal cells, resulting in activation of the mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1). A subset of patients with LAM develop pulmonary vascular remodeling and pulmonary hypertension. Little, however, is known regarding how LAM cells communicate with endothelial cells (ECs) to trigger vascular remodeling. In end-stage LAM lung explants, we identified EC dysfunction characterized by increased EC proliferation and migration, defective angiogenesis, and dysmorphic endothelial tube network formation. To model LAM disease, we used an mTORC1 gain-of-function mouse model with a Tsc2 KO (Tsc2KO) specific to lung mesenchyme (Tbx4LME-Cre Tsc2fl/fl), similar to the mesenchyme-specific genetic alterations seen in human disease. As early as 8 weeks of age, ECs from mice exhibited marked transcriptomic changes despite an absence of morphological changes to the distal lung microvasculature. In contrast, 1-year-old Tbx4LME-Cre Tsc2fl/fl mice spontaneously developed pulmonary vascular remodeling with increased medial thickness. Single-cell RNA-Seq of 1-year-old mouse lung cells identified paracrine ligands originating from Tsc2KO mesenchyme, which can signal through receptors in arterial ECs. These ECs had transcriptionally altered genes including those in pathways associated with blood vessel remodeling. The proposed pathophysiologic mesenchymal ligand-EC receptor crosstalk highlights the importance of an altered mesenchymal cell/EC axis in LAM and other hyperactive mTORC1-driven diseases. Since ECs in patients with LAM and in Tbx4LME-Cre Tsc2fl/fl mice did not harbor TSC2 mutations, our study demonstrates that constitutively active mTORC1 lung mesenchymal cells orchestrated dysfunctional EC responses that contributed to pulmonary vascular remodeling.

摘要

淋巴管平滑肌瘤病(LAM)是一种进行性囊性肺疾病,由肺间质细胞中的结节性硬化复合物 1/2(TSC1/2)基因突变引起,导致雷帕霉素靶蛋白复合物 1(mTORC1)的激活。一小部分 LAM 患者会发生肺血管重塑和肺动脉高压。然而,对于 LAM 细胞如何与内皮细胞(EC)相互作用以触发血管重塑,人们知之甚少。在晚期 LAM 肺组织中,我们发现了 EC 功能障碍的特征,包括 EC 增殖和迁移增加、血管生成缺陷以及血管内皮管网络形态异常。为了模拟 LAM 疾病,我们使用了一种 mTORC1 功能获得型小鼠模型,该模型具有肺间质特异性 Tsc2KO(Tsc2KO)(Tbx4LME-Cre Tsc2fl/fl),类似于人类疾病中观察到的间质特异性遗传改变。早在 8 周龄时,尽管远端肺微血管的形态结构没有变化,但来自小鼠的 EC 表现出明显的转录组变化。相比之下,1 岁的 Tbx4LME-Cre Tsc2fl/fl 小鼠会自发发生肺血管重塑,伴有中膜厚度增加。1 岁小鼠肺细胞的单细胞 RNA-Seq 鉴定出起源于 Tsc2KO 间质的旁分泌配体,这些配体可以通过动脉 EC 中的受体信号传递。这些 EC 具有转录改变的基因,包括与血管重塑相关的基因。提出的病理生理间充质配体-EC 受体串扰突出了改变的间充质细胞/EC 轴在 LAM 和其他高活性 mTORC1 驱动疾病中的重要性。由于 LAM 患者和 Tbx4LME-Cre Tsc2fl/fl 小鼠的 EC 中不携带 TSC2 突变,我们的研究表明,持续激活的 mTORC1 肺间质细胞协调了导致肺血管重塑的功能失调的 EC 反应。

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