摘要
引起子宫内膜病变的原因尚未完全清楚,其中PI3K/AKT/mTOR信号通路导致多囊卵巢综合征患者发生子宫内膜病变这一机制日益在越来越多的研究中得到相关证实,但这两者具体的关系仍需更多的实验研究证实。本文主要从多囊卵巢综合征引起的子宫内膜病变、PI3K/AKT/mTOR信号通路以及两者之间的关系进行研究,作一综述。
多囊卵巢综合征(Polycystic Ovary Syndrome,PCOS)是一种生殖内分泌紊乱性疾病,常见于生育期妇女,且其发病率正在逐渐上
越来越多的证据表明,长期患有PCOS的妇女的子宫内膜往往会受到一定的影响,导致其患上不孕症和子宫内膜疾病的风险增加。在PCOS妇女中,由于其稀发排卵或无排卵,子宫内膜中的孕酮和孕酮退缩的调节作用不理想或不存在。组织单一地受到雌二醇的刺激和促有丝分裂作用,不会经历正常子宫内膜由细胞“增殖-分化-蜕膜”的基因表达过程和相关性类固醇激素的变化,进而性类固醇激素失衡,从而可能导致PCOS患者子宫内膜过度增生和异常子宫出血,以及发生相关癌症的风险增加。
据报道,目前患有PCOS的女性发生子宫内膜增生的几率为12%至49
子宫内膜癌是常见的妇科肿瘤之一。90%的子宫内膜癌往往表现出惰性的I型子宫内膜样变即雌激素依赖性模式,而剩下10%则是症情较为严重的II型浆液性/透明细胞瘤,或罕见但极具侵略性的癌肉
PI3K/AKT/mTOR信号通路能够促进蛋白合成、细胞生长和能量代谢,且在调控细胞周期上也起着积极的作用;还能够促进细胞的增殖、抑制细胞的凋亡,同时在对细胞自噬的调控上也占有一席之
PI3K是一种脂质激酶,其通过接收来自G蛋白偶联受体(GPCR)和受体酪氨酸激酶(RTK)的信号。PI3K的激活主要发生在质膜靠近其基质的内侧。其细胞外生长因子,如成纤维细胞生长因子、血管内皮生长因子(VEGF)、胰岛素(INS)和信号传导化合物等,均可以通过激活RTK或GPCR,引起自磷酸化,从而激活PI3K,激活整个下游通路。
AKT是一种蛋白激酶,在整个信号通路上起着关键性的作用,其活化可以介导其下游效应子的磷酸化。其中Akt对抑癌基因P27的磷酸化,使P27对卵母细胞发育的抑制作用丧
雷帕霉素的哺乳动物靶点mTOR是一种蛋白激酶,其位于整个通路的尾端,主要也是通过通路的激活,起到促进细胞增殖,蛋白合成以及能量代谢的作用。mTOR主要分为两类:mTORC1和mTORC2。两者最大的区别是对于雷帕霉素的敏感性不同,前者对雷帕霉素敏感,后者对雷帕霉素不敏
众所周知,INS在PCOS中起主要作用。而PI3K-Akt-mTOR信号通路促进细胞生长,且是不同细胞类型中细胞增殖所必需的。PI3K-Akt-mTOR途径在胰岛素途径中起主要调节作用,且是经典的胰岛素信号通
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临床上部分实验也进一步证实相关药物可能通过调控PI3K/AKT信号通路来改善PCOS。林
既往学者普遍认为,PCOS患者发生子宫内膜病变是由于患者孕酮稀少或无,子宫内膜长期且单一地在雌激素的作用下增殖所导致的。而目前的研究证实了其还受PI3K/AKT/mTOR信号通路的影响,主要是由于胰岛素相关因子在子宫内膜组织中的过度表达,从而使PI3K/AKT途径过度激活,进而导致子宫内膜病变。而这一发现,不禁让人思考,抑制该通路的过度激活或者该通路上某个蛋白是否可以减缓或抑制PCOS患者子宫内膜病变的形成,如果可以,则拓宽了PCOS子宫内膜病变在新的领域的治疗手段。
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