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上海士鋒生物關于VDR配體對肝纖維化的調(diào)控的報告
點擊次數(shù):1026 發(fā)布時間:2013-5-13
VDR配體對肝纖維化的調(diào)控
肝纖維化(Liver fibrosis)是可逆的愈傷反應,肝星狀細胞(hepatic slate cells, HSCs)的TGFβ1/SMAD活化參與了這個過程。它由細胞外基質(zhì)成分的過度沉積而引起,可導致肝功能損害。
這項研究發(fā)現(xiàn),維生素D受體(vitamin D receptor, VDR)的配體可通過TGFβ1來抑制HSC活性和消除肝纖維化,而Vdr基因敲除小鼠會自發(fā)形成肝纖維化。研究人員發(fā)現(xiàn),TGFβ1信號可導致在HSC中基因組范圍內(nèi)VDR結(jié)合位點(VDR順反組,VDR cistrome)的重新分布,并促進在SMAD3纖維化靶基因與VDR的結(jié)合,這是通過TGFβ1依賴性染色質(zhì)重組而實現(xiàn)的。在VDR配基存在的情況下,VDR與共調(diào)控基因的結(jié)合,可以減少SMAD3對這些位點的占據(jù),從而抑制纖維化。
這些實驗結(jié)果揭示了一個相互關聯(lián)的可調(diào)節(jié)肝纖維化的VDR/SMAD基因組通路,并確認了VDR可作為內(nèi)分泌檢查點(checkpoint)來對肝臟愈傷反應進行調(diào)控。更重要的是,這項研究成果預示了VDR配體可以作為肝纖維化的一種潛在治療手段。
A Vitamin D Receptor/SMAD Genomic Circuit Gates Hepatic Fibrotic Response
Ning Ding, Ruth T. Yu, Nanthakumar Subramaniam, Mara H. Sherman, Caroline Wilson, Renuka Rao, Mathias Leblanc, Sally Coulter, Mingxiao He, Christopher Scott, Sue L. Lau, Annette R. Atkins, Grant D. Barish, Jenny E. Gunton, Christopher Liddle, Michael Downes, Ronald M. Evans
Liver fibrosis is a reversible wound-healing response involving TGFβ1/SMAD activation of hepatic slate cells (HSCs). It results from excessive deposition of extracellular matrix components and can lead to impairment of liver function. Here, we show that vitamin D receptor (VDR) ligands inhibit HSC activation by TGFβ1 and abrogate liver fibrosis, whereas Vdr knockout mice spontaneously develop hepatic fibrosis. Mechanistically, we show that TGFβ1 signaling causes a redistribution of genome-wide VDR-binding sites (VDR cistrome) in HSCs and facilitates VDR binding at SMAD3 profibrotic target genes via TGFβ1-dependent chromatin remodeling. In the presence of VDR ligands, VDR binding to the coregulated genes reduces SMAD3 occupancy at these sites, inhibiting fibrosis. These results reveal an intersecting VDR/SMAD genomic circuit that regulates hepatic fibrogenesis and define a role for VDR as an endocrine checkpoint to modulate the wound-healing response in liver. Furthermore, the findings suggest VDR ligands as a potential therapy for liver fibrosis.