Macrophages promote endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition via MT1-MMP/ TGF$\beta 1$ after myocardial infarction
Macrophages (M $\varphi s$ ) produce factors that participate in cardiac repair and remodeling after myocardial infarction (MI); however, how these factors crosstalk with other cell types mediating repair is not fully understood. Here we demonstrated that cardiac M $\varphi$ s increased the expressi...
| Autores: | , , , , , , , , , , , , |
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2020 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de Barcelona |
| Repositorio: | Dipòsit Digital de la UB |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/194621 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/2445/194621 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Infart de miocardi Codi genètic Cultiu cel·lular Malalties cardiovasculars Myocardial infarction Genetic code Cell culture Cardiovascular diseases |
| Sumario: | Macrophages (M $\varphi s$ ) produce factors that participate in cardiac repair and remodeling after myocardial infarction (MI); however, how these factors crosstalk with other cell types mediating repair is not fully understood. Here we demonstrated that cardiac M $\varphi$ s increased the expression of Mmp14 (MT1-MMP) 7 days post-MI. We selectively inactivated the $M m p 14$ gene in $\mathrm{M} \varphi$ s using a genetic strategy (Mmp14ff: Lyz2-Cre). This conditional KO (MAC-Mmp14 KO) resulted in attenuated post-MI cardiac dysfunction, reduced fibrosis, and preserved cardiac capillary network. Mechanistically, we showed that MT1-MMP activates latent TGF $\beta 1$ in M $\varphi$ s, leading to paracrine SMAD2-mediated signaling in endothelial cells (ECs) and endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EndMT). Post-MI MAC-Mmp14 KO hearts contained fewer cells undergoing EndMT than their wild-type counterparts, and Mmp14-deficient $\mathrm{M} \varphi \mathrm{s}$ showed a reduced ability to induce EndMT in co-cultures with ECs. Our results indicate the contribution of EndMT to cardiac fibrosis and adverse remodeling post-MI and identify M $\varphi$ MT1-MMP as a key regulator of this process. |
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