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  • 1
    In: Circulation, Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), Vol. 144, No. 15 ( 2021-10-12), p. 1227-1240
    Abstract: Inflammation contributes to the pathogenesis of heart failure, but there is limited understanding of inflammation’s potential benefits. Inflammatory cells secrete MYDGF (myeloid-derived growth factor) to promote tissue repair after acute myocardial infarction. We hypothesized that MYDGF has a role in cardiac adaptation to persistent pressure overload. Methods: We defined the cellular sources and function of MYDGF in wild-type (WT), Mydgf -deficient ( Mydgf −/− ), and Mydgf bone marrow–chimeric or bone marrow–conditional transgenic mice with pressure overload–induced heart failure after transverse aortic constriction surgery. We measured MYDGF plasma concentrations by targeted liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry. We identified MYDGF signaling targets by phosphoproteomics and substrate-based kinase activity inference. We recorded Ca 2+ transients and sarcomere contractions in isolated cardiomyocytes. Additionally, we explored the therapeutic potential of recombinant MYDGF. Results: MYDGF protein abundance increased in the left ventricular myocardium and in blood plasma of pressure-overloaded mice. Patients with severe aortic stenosis also had elevated MYDGF plasma concentrations, which declined after transcatheter aortic valve implantation. Monocytes and macrophages emerged as the main MYDGF sources in the pressure-overloaded murine heart. While Mydgf −/− mice had no apparent phenotype at baseline, they developed more severe left ventricular hypertrophy and contractile dysfunction during pressure overload than WT mice. Conversely, conditional transgenic overexpression of MYDGF in bone marrow–derived inflammatory cells attenuated pressure overload–induced hypertrophy and dysfunction. Mechanistically, MYDGF inhibited G protein–coupled receptor agonist–induced hypertrophy and augmented SERCA2a (sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca 2+ -ATPase 2a) expression in cultured neonatal rat ventricular cardiomyocytes by enhancing PIM1 (Pim-1 proto-oncogene, serine/threonine kinase) expression and activity. Along this line, cardiomyocytes from pressure-overloaded Mydgf −/− mice displayed reduced PIM1 and SERCA2a expression, greater hypertrophy, and impaired Ca 2+ cycling and sarcomere function compared with cardiomyocytes from pressure-overloaded WT mice. Transplanting Mydgf −/− mice with WT bone marrow cells augmented cardiac PIM1 and SERCA2a levels and ameliorated pressure overload–induced hypertrophy and dysfunction. Pressure-overloaded Mydgf −/− mice were similarly rescued by adenoviral Serca2a gene transfer. Treating pressure-overloaded WT mice subcutaneously with recombinant MYDGF enhanced SERCA2a expression, attenuated left ventricular hypertrophy and dysfunction, and improved survival. Conclusions: These findings establish a MYDGF-based adaptive crosstalk between inflammatory cells and cardiomyocytes that protects against pressure overload–induced heart failure.
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    ISSN: 0009-7322 , 1524-4539
    Language: English
    Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
    Publication Date: 2021
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  • 2
    In: Circulation Research, Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), Vol. 121, No. suppl_1 ( 2017-07-21)
    Abstract: Capillary endothelial cells influence myocardial growth and function during pathological stress by releasing paracrine factors. We found that the transcription factor GATA2 is suppressed in cardiac endothelial cells by mechanical stimuli, and that GATA2 is downregulated in human failing hearts. To investigate the functional consequence of reduced endothelial GATA2 expression, we exposed endothelial cell specific, inducible GATA2 knock-out (G2-EC-KO) or wild-type (WT) mice to pressure overload through transverse aortic constriction (TAC). G2-EC-KO mice developed aggravated heart failure after TAC, but not enhanced fibrosis or capillary rarefaction. Investigation of stress signaling pathways revealed a prominent activation of p38 MAP kinases and Akt in cardiomyocytes after TAC only in WT mice, but not in G2-EC-KO mice, which in addition exerted increased calcineurin/NFAT activation. Transcriptional profiling revealed a strong upregulation of two distinct previously unknown long non-coding (lnc) RNAs in cardiac endothelial cells from G2-EC-KO mice, which we termed GADLOR1 and GADLOR2 and which were also induced in human failing hearts. Both RNAs were also induced in cultured cardiac endothelial cells in vitro after ablation of GATA2 and were found to be secreted within extracellular vesicles. Isolated cardiomyocytes incubated with extracellular vesicles from GATA2 depleted endothelial cells efficiently incorporated GADLOR1 and 2. Uptake of GADLORs by cardiomyocytes led to a profound reduction of p38 MAPK and Akt activation. Proteomic screening revealed that GADLOR1/2 bind the Ras-like protein TC21 in cardiomyocytes and block downstream signaling by preventing TC21 binding to its target PI3K. Application of both lncRNAs to the mouse myocardium by exosomal gene-transfer triggered aggravated cardiac dysfunction and disturbed stress signaling, while in turn inhibition of GADLOR1/2 by specific GapmeRs rescued stress signaling and cardiac dysfunction in G2-EC-KO mice during TAC. In summary, GATA2 protects the heart during pressure overload by suppressing the endothelial release of two long non-coding RNAs, which interfere with stress signaling in cardiomyocytes and ultimately induce heart failure.
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    ISSN: 0009-7330 , 1524-4571
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    Publication Date: 2017
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  • 3
    In: Circulation Research, Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), Vol. 120, No. 1 ( 2017-01-06), p. 66-77
    Abstract: Myocardial endothelial cells promote cardiomyocyte hypertrophy, possibly through the release of growth factors. The identity of these factors, however, remains largely unknown, and we hypothesized here that the secreted CTRP9 (C1q-tumor necrosis factor–related protein-9) might act as endothelial-derived protein to modulate heart remodeling in response to pressure overload. Objective: To examine the source of cardiac CTRP9 and its function during pressure overload. Methods and Results: CTRP9 was mainly derived from myocardial capillary endothelial cells. CTRP9 mRNA expression was enhanced in hypertrophic human hearts and in mouse hearts after transverse aortic constriction (TAC). CTRP9 protein was more abundant in the serum of patients with severe aortic stenosis and in murine hearts after TAC. Interestingly, heterozygous and especially homozygous knock-out C1qtnf9 (CTRP9) gene-deleted mice were protected from the development of cardiac hypertrophy, left ventricular dilatation, and dysfunction during TAC. CTRP9 overexpression, in turn, promoted hypertrophic cardiac remodeling and dysfunction after TAC in mice and induced hypertrophy in isolated adult cardiomyocytes. Mechanistically, CTRP9 knock-out mice showed strongly reduced levels of activated prohypertrophic ERK5 (extracellular signal-regulated kinase 5) during TAC compared with wild-type mice, while CTRP9 overexpression entailed increased ERK5 activation in response to pressure overload. Inhibition of ERK5 by a dominant negative MEK5 mutant or by the ERK5/MEK5 inhibitor BIX02189 blunted CTRP9 triggered hypertrophy in isolated adult cardiomyocytes in vitro and attenuated mouse cardiomyocyte hypertrophy and cardiac dysfunction in vivo, respectively. Downstream of ERK5, we identified the prohypertrophic transcription factor GATA4, which was directly activated through ERK5-dependent phosphorylation. Conclusions: The upregulation of CTRP9 during hypertrophic heart disease facilitates maladaptive cardiac remodeling and left ventricular dysfunction and might constitute a therapeutic target in the future.
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  • 4
    In: Circulation Research, Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), Vol. 119, No. suppl_1 ( 2016-07-22)
    Abstract: Background: Here, we examined the currently unknown cardiac expression and function of Tip30, which has previously emerged as a tumor suppressor gene. Results: Myocardial TIP30 mRNA and protein were significantly upregulated in response to experimental transverse aortic constriction (TAC). TIP30 contributed to cardiac compensation, since a reduction of cardiac TIP30 in heterozygous Tip30 knock-out mice (HET) led to exaggerated hypertrophy and cardiac dysfunction compared to wild-type mice (WT) after TAC. In turn, TIP30 overexpression by an adenovirus in isolated neonatal cardiomyocytes or by an adeno-associated-virus (AAV9) in mouse hearts led to reduced hypertrophy after pro-hypertrophic stimulation in cells and reduced hypertrophy and improved cardiac function after TAC in mice. Interestingly, cardiac TIP30 levels were strongly diminished in mouse models of genetic cardiomyopathy (mdx mice) and in endstage human cardiomyopathy. Reduced cardiac TIP30 contributed to disease progression, since reconstitution of myocardial TIP30 via AAV9 in mdx mice prevented hypertrophy and improved cardiac function. A protein interaction screen and subsequent characterization showed that TIP30 interacts with the middle domain of the eukaryotic translation factor 1A1 (eEF1A1). As revealed by immunoprecipitation and in situ proximity ligation assay, the cellular interaction of eEF1A1 and its essential cofactor eEF1B was diminished by TIP30 overexpression, but enhanced in cardiomyocytes isolated from HET mice after pro-hypertrophic stimulation. Because eEF1A1 is a crucial mediator of translational elongation, we hypothesized that TIP30 regulates cardiac hypertrophy by interfering with protein synthesis. Indeed, overexpression of TIP30 inhibited cardiac protein synthesis during pro-hypertrophic stimulation, while reduced TIP30 levels in HET (vs. WT) mice triggered enhanced protein synthesis after TAC. Interestingly, administration of the eEF1A1 inhibitor narciclasine ablated the increased hypertrophy in HET mice after TAC. Conclusion: TIP30 inhibits protein synthesis by binding to eEF1A1 and inhibiting its interaction with eEF1B. It thereby reduces pathological hypertrophy and supports cardiac compensation during overload.
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    Publication Date: 2016
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  • 5
    In: Circulation Research, Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), Vol. 125, No. 9 ( 2019-10-11), p. 787-801
    Abstract: Mechanistic insight into the inflammatory response after acute myocardial infarction may inform new molecularly targeted treatment strategies to prevent chronic heart failure. Objective: We identified the sulfatase SULF2 in an in silico secretome analysis in bone marrow cells from patients with acute myocardial infarction and detected increased sulfatase activity in myocardial autopsy samples. SULF2 (Sulf2 in mice) and its isoform SULF1 (Sulf1) act as endosulfatases removing 6- O -sulfate groups from heparan sulfate (HS) in the extracellular space, thus eliminating docking sites for HS-binding proteins. We hypothesized that the Sulfs have a role in tissue repair after myocardial infarction. Methods and Results: Both Sulfs were dynamically upregulated after coronary artery ligation in mice, attaining peak expression and activity levels during the first week after injury. Sulf2 was expressed by monocytes and macrophages, Sulf1 by endothelial cells and fibroblasts. Infarct border zone capillarization was impaired, scar size increased, and cardiac dysfunction more pronounced in mice with a genetic deletion of either Sulf1 or Sulf2. Studies in bone marrow-chimeric Sulf-deficient mice and Sulf-deficient cardiac endothelial cells established that inflammatory cell-derived Sulf2 and endothelial cell-autonomous Sulf1 promote angiogenesis. Mechanistically, both Sulfs reduced HS sulfation in the infarcted myocardium, thereby diminishing Vegfa (vascular endothelial growth factor A) interaction with HS. Along this line, both Sulfs rendered infarcted mouse heart explants responsive to the angiogenic effects of HS-binding Vegfa 164 but did not modulate the angiogenic effects of non-HS-binding Vegfa 120 . Treating wild-type mice systemically with the small molecule HS-antagonist surfen (bis-2-methyl-4-amino-quinolyl-6-carbamide, 1 mg/kg/day) for 7 days after myocardial infarction released Vegfa from HS, enhanced infarct border-zone capillarization, and exerted sustained beneficial effects on cardiac function and survival. Conclusions: These findings establish HS-editing Sulfs as critical inducers of postinfarction angiogenesis and identify HS sulfation as a therapeutic target for ischemic tissue repair.
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    Publication Date: 2019
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  • 6
    In: European Heart Journal, Oxford University Press (OUP), Vol. 38, No. 39 ( 2017-10-14), p. 2936-2943
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 0195-668X , 1522-9645
    Language: English
    Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
    Publication Date: 2017
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  • 7
    In: Nature Medicine, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, Vol. 22, No. 4 ( 2016-4), p. 446-446
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 1078-8956 , 1546-170X
    Language: English
    Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
    Publication Date: 2016
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    In:  Cardiovascular Research Vol. 117, No. 5 ( 2021-04-23), p. 1257-1273
    In: Cardiovascular Research, Oxford University Press (OUP), Vol. 117, No. 5 ( 2021-04-23), p. 1257-1273
    Abstract: Acute myocardial infarction (MI) inflicts massive injury to the coronary microcirculation leading to vascular disintegration and capillary rarefication in the infarct region. Tissue repair after MI involves a robust angiogenic response that commences in the infarct border zone and extends into the necrotic infarct core. Technological advances in several areas have provided novel mechanistic understanding of postinfarction angiogenesis and how it may be targeted to improve heart function after MI. Cell lineage tracing studies indicate that new capillary structures arise by sprouting angiogenesis from pre-existing endothelial cells (ECs) in the infarct border zone with no meaningful contribution from non-EC sources. Single-cell RNA sequencing shows that ECs in infarcted hearts may be grouped into clusters with distinct gene expression signatures, likely reflecting functionally distinct cell populations. EC-specific multicolour lineage tracing reveals that EC subsets clonally expand after MI. Expanding EC clones may arise from tissue-resident ECs with stem cell characteristics that have been identified in multiple organs including the heart. Tissue repair after MI involves interactions among multiple cell types which occur, to a large extent, through secreted proteins and their cognate receptors. While we are only beginning to understand the full complexity of this intercellular communication, macrophage and fibroblast populations have emerged as major drivers of the angiogenic response after MI. Animal data support the view that the endogenous angiogenic response after MI can be boosted to reduce scarring and adverse left ventricular remodelling. The improved mechanistic understanding of infarct angiogenesis therefore creates multiple therapeutic opportunities. During preclinical development, all proangiogenic strategies should be tested in animal models that replicate both cardiovascular risk factor(s) and the pharmacotherapy typically prescribed to patients with acute MI. Considering that the majority of patients nowadays do well after MI, clinical translation will require careful selection of patients in need of proangiogenic therapies.
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    ISSN: 0008-6363 , 1755-3245
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    Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
    Publication Date: 2021
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  • 9
    In: Circulation, Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), Vol. 132, No. suppl_3 ( 2015-11-10)
    Abstract: Limited clinical benefit of exogenous stem cell therapy has renewed interest in strategies to enhance endogenous cell recruitment after myocardial infarction (MI). Nuclear imaging of stem cell trafficking has been restricted to exogenous stem cells, and may be compromised by low cell retention and continuous expression of reporter genes. We evaluated the feasibility of transplanting reporter gene-labeled endogenous bone marrow under an inducible promoter as a platform for imaging endogenous cell recruitment in MI. Sodium iodide symporter (NIS) was cloned into a lentiviral vector under constitutive (c-NIS) or doxycycline-inducible (i-NIS) promoter. Hematopoetic stem cells (HSCs) were transduced with c-NIS, i-NIS, or a null lentivirus. C57Bl/6 mice (n=57) underwent bone marrow ablation by irradiation and bone marrow was replaced with transduced HSCs (5x105). After 8 weeks, mice underwent coronary artery ligation. Doxycycline (dox) was provided to a subset of i-NIS mice 4d before surgery. Serial SPECT imaging demonstrated increased radioiodine uptake in the perfusion defect of c-NIS compared to NIS-null mice (TBR infarct: MI+3d, 3.0±0.3 v 1.6±0.1 p 〈 0.001; MI+7d, 3.1±0.9 v 1.4±0.3 p 〈 0.01), and comparable uptake in i-NIS transplanted mice. Infarct-to-remote-myocardium radioiodine uptake ratio was 6.5±0.2% higher in c-NIS versus NIS null (p 〈 0.05). Dox-induced i-NIS mice exhibited increased radioiodine uptake in whole myocardium compared to non-induced i-NIS at 1d post-MI (TBR: 2.0±0.3 v 1.6±0.3, p=0.04). This difference dissipated at 7d (TBR 1.5±0.5 v 1.3±0.1, p=0.27). Multi-isotope autoradiography confirmed the presence of radioiodine within the infarct region, associated with histologic markers of inflammation. Bone marrow transplant with NIS reporter gene-labeled HSCs enabled tracking of cell homing post-MI. The inducible construct has the advantage for delivery and/or monitoring of a therapeutic agent with exquisite temporal control.
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    ISSN: 0009-7322 , 1524-4539
    Language: English
    Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
    Publication Date: 2015
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  • 10
    In: Biology, MDPI AG, Vol. 11, No. 12 ( 2022-11-29), p. 1736-
    Abstract: Capillary endothelial cells modulate myocardial growth and function during pathological stress, but it is unknown how and whether this contributes to the development of heart failure. We found that the endothelial cell transcription factor GATA2 is downregulated in human failing myocardium. Endothelial GATA2 knock-out (G2-EC-KO) mice develop heart failure and defective myocardial signal transduction during pressure overload, indicating that the GATA2 downregulation is maladaptive. Heart failure and perturbed signaling in G2-EC-KO mice could be induced by strong upregulation of two unknown, endothelial cell-derived long non-coding (lnc) RNAs (AK037972, AK038629, termed here GADLOR1 and 2). Mechanistically, the GADLOR1/2 lncRNAs transfer from endothelial cells to cardiomyocytes, where they block stress-induced signalling. Thereby, lncRNAs can contribute to disease as paracrine effectors of signal transduction and therefore might serve as therapeutic targets in the future.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 2079-7737
    Language: English
    Publisher: MDPI AG
    Publication Date: 2022
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