生物技术进展 ›› 2026, Vol. 16 ›› Issue (1): 18-28.DOI: 10.19586/j.2095-2341.2025.0127
收稿日期:2025-09-23
接受日期:2025-11-04
出版日期:2026-01-25
发布日期:2026-02-12
通讯作者:
谢飞
作者简介:赵茹萍 E-mail: Zhaoruping@emails.bjut.edu.cn;
基金资助:
Ruping ZHAO(
), Xue JIANG, Yue JING, Xinyuan DUAN, Fei XIE(
)
Received:2025-09-23
Accepted:2025-11-04
Online:2026-01-25
Published:2026-02-12
Contact:
Fei XIE
摘要:
硫氧还蛋白系统是机体内重要的抗氧化和还原系统,主要由硫氧还蛋白、硫氧还蛋白还原酶以及辅因子烟酰胺腺嘌呤二核苷酸磷酸构成。该系统在维持细胞内氧化还原平衡、调控信号转导、调节细胞增殖和凋亡等方面发挥关键作用。近年来,大量研究揭示了硫氧还蛋白系统在多种疾病发生发展中的作用,为相关疾病的治疗提供了新的靶点和策略。综述了硫氧还蛋白系统的分子结构、作用机制、在生理及病理状态下的功能,以及其作为药物靶点的潜在应用,并对未来研究方向进行了展望,为深入理解其在生理病理过程中的作用机制,以及相关疾病的靶向治疗提供理论依据和新的思路。
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赵茹萍, 姜雪, 静悦, 段鑫源, 谢飞. 硫氧还蛋白系统的研究进展[J]. 生物技术进展, 2026, 16(1): 18-28.
Ruping ZHAO, Xue JIANG, Yue JING, Xinyuan DUAN, Fei XIE. The Thioredoxin System: Recent Progress and Developments[J]. Current Biotechnology, 2026, 16(1): 18-28.
图1 硫氧还蛋白系统的组成[1]注:NADPH—还原型烟酰胺腺嘌呤二核苷酸磷酸;NADP+—氧化型烟酰胺腺嘌呤二核苷酸磷酸;TrxR—硫氧还蛋白还原酶;Trx-(SH)2—还原型硫氧还蛋白;Trx-S2—氧化型硫氧还蛋白;Prx-S2—氧化型过氧化物酶;Prx-(SH)2—还原型过氧化物酶;H2O2—过氧化氢。
Fig. 1 Components of the thioredoxin systeme[1]
图2 鲍曼不动杆菌硫氧还蛋白[3]及马来布鲁线虫硫氧还蛋白还原酶[4]的结构示意图
Fig. 2 Structures representations of Acinetobacter baumannii thioredoxin and Brugia malayi thioredoxin reductase
表1 硫氧还蛋白系统抑制剂的分类
Table 1 Classification of thioredoxin system inhibitors
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