内皮细胞代谢调控:治疗湿性年龄相关性黄斑变性的新时代。
Metabolic Regulation of Endothelial Cells: A New Era for Treating Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration.
机构信息
Department of Ophthalmology, Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200011, China.
Shanghai Key Laboratory of Orbital Diseases and Ocular Oncology, Shanghai 200011, China.
出版信息
Int J Mol Sci. 2024 May 29;25(11):5926. doi: 10.3390/ijms25115926.
Wet age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD) is a primary contributor to visual impairment and severe vision loss globally, but the prevailing treatments are often unsatisfactory. The development of conventional treatment strategies has largely been based on the understanding that the angiogenic switch of endothelial cells (ECs) is mainly dictated by angiogenic growth factors. Even though treatments targeting vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), like ranibizumab, are widely administered, more than half of patients still exhibit inadequate or null responses, suggesting the involvement of other pathogenic mechanisms. With advances in research in recent years, it has become well recognized that EC metabolic regulation plays an active rather than merely passive responsive role in angiogenesis. Disturbances of these metabolic pathways may lead to excessive neovascularization in angiogenic diseases such as wet AMD, therefore targeted modulation of EC metabolism represents a promising therapeutic strategy for wet AMD. In this review, we comprehensively discuss the potential applications of EC metabolic regulation in wet AMD treatment from multiple perspectives, including the involvement of ECs in wet AMD pathogenesis, the major endothelial metabolic pathways, and novel therapeutic approaches targeting metabolism for wet AMD.
湿性年龄相关性黄斑变性(湿性 AMD)是全球范围内导致视力损害和严重视力丧失的主要原因,但目前的治疗方法往往不尽如人意。传统治疗策略的发展在很大程度上基于这样的理解,即内皮细胞(EC)的血管生成开关主要由血管生成生长因子决定。尽管针对血管内皮生长因子(VEGF)的治疗方法,如雷珠单抗,已被广泛应用,但仍有一半以上的患者表现出反应不足或无效,这表明存在其他致病机制。近年来,随着研究的进展,人们越来越认识到 EC 的代谢调节在血管生成中发挥着积极作用,而不仅仅是被动反应。这些代谢途径的紊乱可能导致湿性 AMD 等血管生成性疾病中过度的新生血管形成,因此针对 EC 代谢的靶向调节代表了湿性 AMD 的一种有前途的治疗策略。在这篇综述中,我们从多个角度全面讨论了 EC 代谢调节在湿性 AMD 治疗中的潜在应用,包括 EC 在湿性 AMD 发病机制中的作用、主要的内皮代谢途径以及针对湿性 AMD 的代谢治疗的新方法。