mTOR信号通路与支气管肺发育不良

mTOR信号通路是在进化上高度保守的细胞内信号通路,参与多条信号通路的传导,主要包括 PI3K/AKT/mTOR 通路、AKT/TSC1-TSC2/Rheb/mTOR 通路、LKB1-AMPK-TSC-mTOR 通路和 FGF-10-Spry2-mTORC1-STAT3/HIF-1α-VEGF-A通路。该信号通路从多个水平多个方面参与肺发育及肺部多种疾病的调控过程,可能与支气管肺发育不良( bronchopulmonary dysplasia,BPD)有关。 BPD是早产儿十分常见的一种慢性肺疾病( chronic lung disease,CLD),是各种理化因素对发育不成熟肺造成急性肺损伤及损伤后异常修复、肺纤维化的过程。该文总结了mTOR信号通路与肺发育、急性肺损伤及肺纤维化可能存在的关系,探索mTOR信号通路在BPD形成过程中的作用,以期为BPD的防治提供新的切入点。

mTOR signaling pathway and bronchopulmonary dysplasia

mTOR signaling pathway is a highly conserved intracellular signaling pathway,which partici-pates in several signaling pathways, such as PI3K/AKT/mTOR, AKT/TSC1-TSC2/Rheb/mTOR, LKB1-AMPK-TSC-mTOR and FGF-10-Spry2-mTORC1-STAT3/HIF-1α-VEGF-A. mTOR signaling implicate in the regulation of the development of lung and many pulmonary diseases in many aspects,may be connected to bron-chopulmonary dysplasia. Bronchopulmonary dysplasia is one of the very common chronic lung diseases in pre-term,physical and chemical factors have been shown to induce acute lung injury, aberrant wound healing and lung fibrosis in the immature lung. This review summarizes relationship of mTOR signaling among lung develop-ment,acute lung injury and lung fibrosis,to explore the role of mTOR signaling in the development of bronchop-ulmonary dysplasia,in hope of providing novel method in the prevention and treatment of bronchopulmonary dysplasia.