生长停滞特异性蛋白6(growth arrest specific protein 6,GAS6)在肿瘤发生发展中发挥重要作用,其信号转导参与细胞增殖、黏附与迁移,但它在子宫内膜异位症(endometriosis, EMs)的相关功能及分子机制尚不明确。本研究从GEO数据库检索并...生长停滞特异性蛋白6(growth arrest specific protein 6,GAS6)在肿瘤发生发展中发挥重要作用,其信号转导参与细胞增殖、黏附与迁移,但它在子宫内膜异位症(endometriosis, EMs)的相关功能及分子机制尚不明确。本研究从GEO数据库检索并下载子宫内膜异位症相关转录物组数据集,并对其进行GEO在线分析,筛选差异表达基因并进行GO聚类和KEGG通路富集分析。利用10例无内异症且无明确疾病妇女的在位子宫内膜,以及11例卵巢巧克力囊肿病人异位子宫内膜,对3个以上数据集共有的差异基因的mRNA水平进行实时荧光定量PCR验证。在子宫内膜异位症临床样本中,采用免疫组化、实时荧光定量PCR验证关键调控因子GAS6及上皮间充质转化(epithelial mesenchymal transition, EMT)标记基因的表达水平,并利用免疫荧光对GAS6和E-钙黏着蛋白(E-cadherin)进行共标。研究发现:从4个转录物组数据集中共筛选出47个差异表达基因,其主要富集于细胞迁移等过程以及MAPK、PI3K-AKT、紧密连接等相关信号通路。3个以上数据集所共有的9个差异基因在子宫内膜异位症病人中的mRNA水平均符合生物信息学分析的结果。GAS6在子宫内膜异位症病人异位内膜中的表达水平高于对照组(P<0.05),并且子宫内膜异位症病人的内膜组织中存在EMT现象,EMT的标志物E-钙黏着蛋白表达水平下调(P<0.05)、波形蛋白(vimentin)表达水平上调(P<0.01)。在GAS6高表达的子宫内膜异位症患者异位子宫内膜腺上皮细胞中,E-cadherin显示低表达,提示GAS6可能在子宫内膜异位症中介导EMT过程。综上所述,本研究初步揭示GAS6在子宫内膜异位症病人中高表达,及其可能介导EMT过程参与子宫内膜异位症的发生与发展,为子宫内膜异位症的临床治疗提供潜在靶标。展开更多
The TAM family of receptors is preferentially expressed by professional and non-professional phagocytes,including macrophages,dendritic cells and natural killer cells in the immune system,osteoclasts in bone,Sertoli c...The TAM family of receptors is preferentially expressed by professional and non-professional phagocytes,including macrophages,dendritic cells and natural killer cells in the immune system,osteoclasts in bone,Sertoli cells in testis,and retinal pigmental epithelium cells in the retina.Mutations in the Mertk single gene or in different combinations of the double or triple gene mutations in the same cell cause complete or partial impairment in phagocytosis of their preys;and as a result,either the normal apoptotic cells cannot be efficiently removed or the tissue neighbor cells die by apoptosis.This scenario of TAM regulation represents a widely adapted model system used by phagocytes in all different tissues.The present review will summarize current known functional roles of TAM receptors and their ligands,Gas 6 and protein S,in the regulation of phagocytosis.展开更多
文摘生长停滞特异性蛋白6(growth arrest specific protein 6,GAS6)在肿瘤发生发展中发挥重要作用,其信号转导参与细胞增殖、黏附与迁移,但它在子宫内膜异位症(endometriosis, EMs)的相关功能及分子机制尚不明确。本研究从GEO数据库检索并下载子宫内膜异位症相关转录物组数据集,并对其进行GEO在线分析,筛选差异表达基因并进行GO聚类和KEGG通路富集分析。利用10例无内异症且无明确疾病妇女的在位子宫内膜,以及11例卵巢巧克力囊肿病人异位子宫内膜,对3个以上数据集共有的差异基因的mRNA水平进行实时荧光定量PCR验证。在子宫内膜异位症临床样本中,采用免疫组化、实时荧光定量PCR验证关键调控因子GAS6及上皮间充质转化(epithelial mesenchymal transition, EMT)标记基因的表达水平,并利用免疫荧光对GAS6和E-钙黏着蛋白(E-cadherin)进行共标。研究发现:从4个转录物组数据集中共筛选出47个差异表达基因,其主要富集于细胞迁移等过程以及MAPK、PI3K-AKT、紧密连接等相关信号通路。3个以上数据集所共有的9个差异基因在子宫内膜异位症病人中的mRNA水平均符合生物信息学分析的结果。GAS6在子宫内膜异位症病人异位内膜中的表达水平高于对照组(P<0.05),并且子宫内膜异位症病人的内膜组织中存在EMT现象,EMT的标志物E-钙黏着蛋白表达水平下调(P<0.05)、波形蛋白(vimentin)表达水平上调(P<0.01)。在GAS6高表达的子宫内膜异位症患者异位子宫内膜腺上皮细胞中,E-cadherin显示低表达,提示GAS6可能在子宫内膜异位症中介导EMT过程。综上所述,本研究初步揭示GAS6在子宫内膜异位症病人中高表达,及其可能介导EMT过程参与子宫内膜异位症的发生与发展,为子宫内膜异位症的临床治疗提供潜在靶标。
基金This study was partially supported by NIH EY018830,RR017702,and RR018733Research to Prevent Blindnessand the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.30400229,30670643 and 30870788).
文摘The TAM family of receptors is preferentially expressed by professional and non-professional phagocytes,including macrophages,dendritic cells and natural killer cells in the immune system,osteoclasts in bone,Sertoli cells in testis,and retinal pigmental epithelium cells in the retina.Mutations in the Mertk single gene or in different combinations of the double or triple gene mutations in the same cell cause complete or partial impairment in phagocytosis of their preys;and as a result,either the normal apoptotic cells cannot be efficiently removed or the tissue neighbor cells die by apoptosis.This scenario of TAM regulation represents a widely adapted model system used by phagocytes in all different tissues.The present review will summarize current known functional roles of TAM receptors and their ligands,Gas 6 and protein S,in the regulation of phagocytosis.
