Mapping Macrophage Polarization and Origin during the Progression of the Foreign Body Response to a Poly(ethylene glycol) Hydrogel Implant.
Mapping Macrophage Polarization and Origin during the Progression of the Foreign Body Response to a Poly(ethylene glycol) Hydrogel Implant.
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10.1002/adhm.202102209
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2022-05
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Poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) hydrogels hold promise for in vivo applications but induce a foreign body response (FBR). While macrophages are key in the FBR, many questions remain. This study investigates temporal changes in the transcriptome of implant-associated monocytes (i.e., newly arrived) and macrophages. Pro-inflammatory pathways are up-regulated in implant-associated monocytes compared to control monocytes but subsided by day 14. Implant-associated macrophages are initially pro-inflammatory but shift to an alternatively activated pro-fibrotic state by day 14, coinciding with the fibrous capsule emergence. Next, this study assesses the origin of macrophages responsible for fibrous encapsulation using wildtype, CCR2−/− mice that lack recruited macrophages, and MaFIA mice that enable ablation of all macrophages. Subpopulations of recruited and tissue-resident macrophages are identified. Fibrous encapsulation proceeds in CCR2−/− mice similar to wildtype mice. However, studies in MaFIA mice indicate that macrophages are necessary for fibrous capsule formation. These findings suggest that macrophage origin impacts the FBR progression and provides evidence that tissue-resident macrophages and not the recruited macrophages may drive fibrosis in the FBR to PEG hydrogels. This study demonstrates that implant-associated monocytes and macrophages have temporally distinct transcriptomes in the FBR and that pro-fibrotic pathways associated with macrophages may be enriched in tissue-resident macrophages. Implant-associated monocytes and macrophages exhibit temporally distinct transcriptomes during the foreign body response to PEG hydrogel implants. Findings from this study implicate tissue-resident macrophages and not recruited macrophages as the driver of fibrous encapsulation in the FBR.