Hepatotrophic properties in dogs of human FKBP, the binding protein for FK506 and rapamycin.
Hepatotrophic properties in dogs of human FKBP, the binding protein for FK506 and rapamycin.
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人 FKBP(FK506 和雷帕霉素的结合蛋白)对狗的保肝特性。
DOI:
10.1097/00007890-199110000-00038
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发表时间:
1991
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影响因子:
6.2
通讯作者:
Francavilla,A
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作者:
Starzl,TE;Schreiber,SL;Albers,MW;Porter,KA;Foglieni,CS;Francavilla,A
Cyclosporine and FK506 have been shown with two experimental models to influence liver structure, function, and the capacity for regeneration. Both drugs augment the liver regeneration in rats that is the normal response to partial hepatectomy (1). In addition, the increase in hepatocyte replication that is caused by portacaval shunt in dogs is more than doubled by intrahepatic infusion of these drugs via the tied-off central portal vein. Also, the atrophy and organelle disruption caused by portacaval shunt is prevented (2, 3). Immune modulation of lymphocytes and NK cells as an explanation for these so-called “hepatotrophic” effects has been ruled out by direct experimentation in nude rats (4).The foregoing findings, as well as observations of manifold metabolic effects in patients treated either with FK506 or with cyclosporine, have led to a hypothesis that these drugs modify signal transduction in a variety of cells, not limited to those of the immune system (3, 5). Consistent with the hypothesis is the recent demonstration that FK506 and cyclosporine inhibit signaling processes in the mast cell at concentrations similar to those used to block signaling pathways in T cells (6; also Schreiber SL, et al., unpublished observations). Central to the signal transduction hypothesis was the discovery that the cytosolic receptors for FK506 and rapamycin (FK506-binding protein, FKBP)* and cyclosporine (cyclophilin) are distinct proteins that exhibit peptidyl-prolyl cis trans isomerase (rotamase) activity (7, 8). Rotamases have been shown to facilitate protein folding (9, 10) and to catalyze the interconversion of rotamers of peptidyl-prolyl bonds in vitro (11, 12). However, the inhibition of this enzymatic activity is not related to the action of these drugs in the T cell (13) or the mast cell (Schreiber SL, Hohman RJ, et al., unpublished observations). Instead, these proteins are envisioned as members of a class of small molecular weight cytoplasmic proteins (collectively called immunophilins) that modulate a wide variety of calcium-dependent signal transduction pathways by forming complexes with immunosuppressive drugs (13, 14). The potential importance and pleiotropism of the immunophilin network is emphasized by the ubiquitous distribution of cyclophilin as detected by immunocytochemical techniques in the cytoplasm of virtually all cells in the body, and in the nuclei of some (15, 16).