黄体生成素/绒毛膜促性腺激素受体在人类青少年血管纤维瘤中的广泛分布:对性别特异性鼻肿瘤的影响。

Widespread Distribution of Luteinizing Hormone/Choriogonadotropin Receptor in Human Juvenile Angiofibroma: Implications for a Sex-Specific Nasal Tumor.

机构信息

Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Saarland University Medical Center, 66424 Homburg, Germany.

Center for Integrative Physiology and Molecular Medicine (CIPMM), Saarland University, 66424 Homburg, Germany.

出版信息

Cells. 2024 Jul 19;13(14):1217. doi: 10.3390/cells13141217.

Abstract

Juvenile angiofibroma (JA) is a rare, sex-specific, and highly vascularized nasal tumor that almost exclusively affects male adolescents, but its etiology has been controversial. The G protein-coupled hormone receptor LHCGR [luteinizing hormone (LH)/choriogonadotropin (hCG) receptor] represents a promising new candidate for elucidating the underlying mechanisms of sex specificity, pubertal manifestation, and JA progression. We used highly sensitive RNAscope technology, together with immunohistochemistry, to investigate the cellular expression, localization, and distribution of LHCGR in tissue samples from JA patients. Our results provide evidence for LHCGR expression in subsets of cells throughout JA tissue sections, with the majority of LHCGR cells located in close vicinity to blood vessels, rendering them susceptible to endocrine LH/hCG signaling, but LHCGR cells were also detected in fibrocollagenous stroma. A majority of LHCGR cells located near the vascular lumen co-expressed the neural crest stem cell marker CD271. These results are intriguing as both LH and hCG are produced in a time- and sex-dependent manner, and are known to be capable of inducing cell proliferation and angiogenesis. Our results give rise to a new model that suggests endocrine mechanisms involving LHCGR and its ligands, together with autocrine and paracrine signaling, in JA vascularization and cell proliferation.

摘要

青少年血管纤维瘤(JA)是一种罕见的、性别特异性的、高度血管化的鼻腔肿瘤,几乎只影响男性青少年,但它的病因一直存在争议。G 蛋白偶联激素受体 LHCGR(促黄体激素[LH]/绒毛膜促性腺激素[hCG]受体)代表了一个有前途的新候选者,可以阐明性别特异性、青春期表现和 JA 进展的潜在机制。我们使用高度敏感的 RNAscope 技术,结合免疫组织化学,研究了 JA 患者组织样本中 LHCGR 的细胞表达、定位和分布。我们的结果提供了证据表明 LHCGR 在 JA 组织切片中的细胞亚群中表达,大多数 LHCGR 细胞位于血管附近,使它们容易受到内分泌 LH/hCG 信号的影响,但也在纤维胶原基质中检测到 LHCGR 细胞。位于血管腔附近的大多数 LHCGR 细胞共同表达神经嵴干细胞标记物 CD271。这些结果令人感兴趣,因为 LH 和 hCG 都是以时间和性别依赖的方式产生的,并且已知能够诱导细胞增殖和血管生成。我们的结果提出了一个新的模型,表明内分泌机制涉及 LHCGR 及其配体,以及 JA 血管生成和细胞增殖中的自分泌和旁分泌信号。

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