The application relates to application of a
medicine taking ACLY
gene as an action target in preparation of a
medicine for preventing and treating
vascular calcification, and belongs to the technical field of biological
medicine. In order to solve the problem that effective clinical means for treating
vascular calcification is lacked at present, the application provides application of a medicine taking ACLY
gene as an action target in preparation of a medicine for preventing and treating
vascular calcification, the transcription or translation of the ACLY
gene of
vascular smooth muscle cells is efficiently and specifically inhibited, or the expression or activity of the ACLY
protein of the
vascular smooth muscle cells is efficiently and specifically reduced, the osteogenic differentiation of
smooth muscle is reduced, the deposition of hydroxyapatite in the vascular media is reduced, and the progress of vascular
calcification is alleviated. The medicine for preventing and treating vascular
calcification is prepared on the basis of inhibition of the ACLY of
vascular smooth muscle, has important clinical application potential for vascular
calcification treatment, and can provide a new treatment option for patients with vascular calcification.