FLRT2 通过调控 ITGB4/mTORC2/p53 信号通路预防血管内皮细胞衰老和血管老化。
FLRT2 prevents endothelial cell senescence and vascular aging by regulating the ITGB4/mTORC2/p53 signaling pathway.
机构信息
Research Center for Controlling Intercellular Communication and.
Department of Molecular Medicine, College of Medicine, Inha University, Incheon, Korea.
出版信息
JCI Insight. 2024 Apr 8;9(7):e172678. doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.172678.
The roles of fibronectin leucine-rich transmembrane protein 2 (FLRT2) in physiological and pathological processes are not well known. Here, we identify a potentially novel function of FLRT2 in preventing endothelial cell senescence and vascular aging. We found that FLRT2 expression was lower in cultured senescent endothelial cells as well as in aged rat and human vascular tissues. FLRT2 mediated endothelial cell senescence via the mTOR complex 2, AKT, and p53 signaling pathway in human endothelial cells. We uncovered that FLRT2 directly associated with integrin subunit beta 4 (ITGB4) and thereby promoted ITGB4 phosphorylation, while inhibition of ITGB4 substantially mitigated the induction of senescence triggered by FLRT2 depletion. Importantly, FLRT2 silencing in mice promoted vascular aging, and overexpression of FLRT2 rescued a premature vascular aging phenotype. Therefore, we propose that FLRT2 could be targeted therapeutically to prevent senescence-associated vascular aging.
纤维连接蛋白富含亮氨酸跨膜蛋白 2(FLRT2)在生理和病理过程中的作用尚不清楚。在这里,我们鉴定了 FLRT2 在防止内皮细胞衰老和血管老化中的一个潜在新功能。我们发现,培养的衰老内皮细胞以及年老大鼠和人血管组织中 FLRT2 的表达水平较低。FLRT2 通过人内皮细胞中的 mTOR 复合物 2、AKT 和 p53 信号通路介导内皮细胞衰老。我们发现 FLRT2 与整合素亚基β4(ITGB4)直接相关,从而促进 ITGB4 磷酸化,而 ITGB4 的抑制则大大减轻了由 FLRT2 耗竭引发的衰老诱导。重要的是,在小鼠中沉默 FLRT2 会促进血管老化,而过表达 FLRT2 可挽救过早的血管老化表型。因此,我们提出可以针对 FLRT2 进行治疗,以预防与衰老相关的血管老化。