Letter by Feng and Nie Regarding Article, "Myeloid-Derived Growth Factor Protects Against Pressure Overload-Induced Heart Failure".
Letter by Feng and Nie Regarding Article, "Myeloid-Derived Growth Factor Protects Against Pressure Overload-Induced Heart Failure".
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DOI:
10.1161/circulationaha.121.057874
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发表时间:
2022-03
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影响因子:
37.8
通讯作者:
Jie Feng;Y. Nie
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作者:
Jie Feng;Y. Nie
We read with interest the article by Korf-Klingebiel et al1 illustrating that the monocytes and macrophages producing MYDGF (myeloid-derived growth factor) in pressure-overloaded myocardium stimulate SERCA2a (sarco/endoplasmic reticulum calcium-ATPase 2a) expression in cardiomyocytes, which augments Ca2+ cycling and sarcomere function and establishes an MYDGF-based adaptive crosstalk between inflammatory cells and cardiomyocytes, and protects against pressure overload–induced heart failure. An earlier study by this group reported that the plasma level of MYDGF is elevated in mice and patients with acute myocardial infarction and that MYDGF plays a crucial role during cardiac repair (eg, promoting angiogenesis and inhibiting cardiomyocyte apoptosis in adult mice post myocardial infarction). 2 The findings of the current study broaden the understanding of the reparative effects of MYDGF after heart injury. Our group has also revealed that MYDGF promotes cardiomyocyte proliferation by activating the c-Myc (myc proto-oncogene, BHLH transcription factor)/FoxM1 (forkhead box M1) pathway, improving heart regeneration both in neonatal and adult mice after cardiac injury. 3 Because promoting endogenous cardiomyocyte proliferation could enable major advances in cardiac regeneration, 4, 5 we ask: Did the authors detect the effects of MYDGF on cardiomyocyte proliferation in pressure overload–induced heart failure?The current study showed that monocytes, macrophages, and neutrophils accumulated in the pressure-overloaded left ventricle myocardium, compared with sham-operated hearts, and MYDGF was strongly expressed by monocytes and macrophages. Thus, it was concluded that monocytes and macrophages were the main Mydgf-expressing immune cell types. A question proposed whether the MYDGF expressed by monocytes and macrophages in the pressure-overloaded myocardium was more than that in sham-operated hearts. The authors applied confocal immunofluorescence micros-