MerTK Cleavage on Resident Cardiac Macrophages Compromises Repair After Myocardial Ischemia Reperfusion Injury.
MerTK Cleavage on Resident Cardiac Macrophages Compromises Repair After Myocardial Ischemia Reperfusion Injury.
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DOI:
10.1161/circresaha.117.311327
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发表时间:
2017-09-29
影响因子:
20.1
通讯作者:
Thorp EB
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作者:
DeBerge M;Yeap XY;Dehn S;Zhang S;Grigoryeva L;Misener S;Procissi D;Zhou X;Lee DC;Muller WA;Luo X;Rothlin C;Tabas I;Thorp EB
Clinical benefits of reperfusion after myocardial infarction (MI) are offset by maladaptive innate immune cell function and therapeutic interventions are lacking. We sought to test the significance of phagocytic clearance by resident and recruited phagocytes after myocardial ischemia reperfusion (I/R). In humans, we discovered that clinical reperfusion after MI led to significant elevation of the soluble form of MerTK (i.e. solMER), a critical biomarker of compromised phagocytosis by innate macrophages. In reperfused mice, macrophage Mertk-deficiency led to decreased cardiac wound debridement, increased infarct size, and depressed cardiac function, newly implicating MerTK in cardiac repair after myocardial I/R. More notably, Mertk(CR) mice, which are resistant to cleavage, showed significantly reduced infarct sizes and improved systolic function. In contrast to other cardiac phagocyte subsets, resident cardiac MHCIILOCCR2- macrophages expressed higher levels of MerTK and when exposed to apoptotic cells, secreted pro-reparative cytokines, including TGF-β. Mertk-deficiency compromised the accumulation of MHCIILO phagocytes, and this was rescued in Mertk(CR) mice. Interestingly, blockade of CCR2-dependent monocyte infiltration into the heart reduced solMER levels post I/R. Our data implicate monocyte-induced MerTK-cleavage on pro-reparative MHCIILO cardiac macrophages as a novel contributor and therapeutic target of reperfusion injury.