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Estrogen modulates the influence of cardiac inflammatory cells on function of cardiac fibroblasts

BACKGROUND: Inflammatory cells play a major role in the pathology of heart failure by stimulating cardiac fibroblasts to regulate the extracellular matrix in an adverse way. In view of the fact that inflammatory cells have estrogen receptors, we hypothesized that estrogen provides cardioprotection b...

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Autores principales: Mclarty, Jennifer L, Li, Jianping, Levick, Scott P, Janicki, Joseph S
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3780290/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24062614
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/JIR.S48422
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Li, Jianping
Levick, Scott P
Janicki, Joseph S
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description BACKGROUND: Inflammatory cells play a major role in the pathology of heart failure by stimulating cardiac fibroblasts to regulate the extracellular matrix in an adverse way. In view of the fact that inflammatory cells have estrogen receptors, we hypothesized that estrogen provides cardioprotection by decreasing the ability of cardiac inflammatory cells to influence fibroblast function. METHODS: Male rats were assigned to either an untreated or estrogen-treated group. In the treated group, estrogen was delivered for 2 weeks via a subcutaneous implanted pellet containing 17β-estradiol. A mixed population of cardiac inflammatory cells, including T-lymphocytes (about 70%), macrophages (about 12%), and mast cells (about 12%), was isolated from each rat and cultured in a Boyden chamber with cardiac fibroblasts from untreated adult male rats for 24 hours. To examine if tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) produced by inflammatory cells represents a mechanism contributing to the stimulatory effects of inflammatory cells on cardiac fibroblasts, inflammatory cells from the untreated group were incubated with cardiac fibroblasts in a Boyden chamber system for 24 hours in the presence of a TNF-α-neutralizing antibody. Cardiac fibroblasts were also incubated with 5 ng/mL of TNF-α for 24 hours. Fibro-blast proliferation, collagen synthesis, matrix metalloproteinase activity, β1 integrin protein levels, and the ability of fibroblasts to contract collagen gels were determined in all groups and statistically compared via one-way analysis of variance. RESULTS: Inflammatory cells from the untreated group resulted in: 1) an increased fibroblast proliferation, collagen production and matrix metalloproteinase activity; and 2) a loss of β1 integrin protein and a reduced ability to contract collagen gels. In contrast, inflammatory cells from the treated group resulted in: 1) an attenuated fibroblast proliferation; 2) a nonsignificant reduction in collagen production; 3) the prevention of matrix metalloproteinase activation and the loss of β1 integrin by fibroblasts and 4) a preservation of the fibroblasts’ ability to contract collagen gels. The TNF-α neutralizing antibody attenuated or prevented the untreated inflammatory cell-induced fibroblast proliferation, collagen production, matrix metalloproteinase activation and loss of β1 integrin protein as well as preserved fibroblast contractile ability. Incubation with TNF-α yielded changes in the cardiac fibroblast parameters that were directionally similar to the results obtained with untreated inflammatory cells. CONCLUSION: These results and those of our previous in vivo studies suggest that a major mechanism by which estrogen provides cardioprotection is its ability to modulate synthesis of TNF-α by inflammatory cells, thereby preventing inflammatory cell induction of cardiac fibroblast events that contribute to adverse extracellular matrix remodeling.
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spelling pubmed-37802902013-09-23 Estrogen modulates the influence of cardiac inflammatory cells on function of cardiac fibroblasts Mclarty, Jennifer L Li, Jianping Levick, Scott P Janicki, Joseph S J Inflamm Res Original Research BACKGROUND: Inflammatory cells play a major role in the pathology of heart failure by stimulating cardiac fibroblasts to regulate the extracellular matrix in an adverse way. In view of the fact that inflammatory cells have estrogen receptors, we hypothesized that estrogen provides cardioprotection by decreasing the ability of cardiac inflammatory cells to influence fibroblast function. METHODS: Male rats were assigned to either an untreated or estrogen-treated group. In the treated group, estrogen was delivered for 2 weeks via a subcutaneous implanted pellet containing 17β-estradiol. A mixed population of cardiac inflammatory cells, including T-lymphocytes (about 70%), macrophages (about 12%), and mast cells (about 12%), was isolated from each rat and cultured in a Boyden chamber with cardiac fibroblasts from untreated adult male rats for 24 hours. To examine if tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) produced by inflammatory cells represents a mechanism contributing to the stimulatory effects of inflammatory cells on cardiac fibroblasts, inflammatory cells from the untreated group were incubated with cardiac fibroblasts in a Boyden chamber system for 24 hours in the presence of a TNF-α-neutralizing antibody. Cardiac fibroblasts were also incubated with 5 ng/mL of TNF-α for 24 hours. Fibro-blast proliferation, collagen synthesis, matrix metalloproteinase activity, β1 integrin protein levels, and the ability of fibroblasts to contract collagen gels were determined in all groups and statistically compared via one-way analysis of variance. RESULTS: Inflammatory cells from the untreated group resulted in: 1) an increased fibroblast proliferation, collagen production and matrix metalloproteinase activity; and 2) a loss of β1 integrin protein and a reduced ability to contract collagen gels. In contrast, inflammatory cells from the treated group resulted in: 1) an attenuated fibroblast proliferation; 2) a nonsignificant reduction in collagen production; 3) the prevention of matrix metalloproteinase activation and the loss of β1 integrin by fibroblasts and 4) a preservation of the fibroblasts’ ability to contract collagen gels. The TNF-α neutralizing antibody attenuated or prevented the untreated inflammatory cell-induced fibroblast proliferation, collagen production, matrix metalloproteinase activation and loss of β1 integrin protein as well as preserved fibroblast contractile ability. Incubation with TNF-α yielded changes in the cardiac fibroblast parameters that were directionally similar to the results obtained with untreated inflammatory cells. CONCLUSION: These results and those of our previous in vivo studies suggest that a major mechanism by which estrogen provides cardioprotection is its ability to modulate synthesis of TNF-α by inflammatory cells, thereby preventing inflammatory cell induction of cardiac fibroblast events that contribute to adverse extracellular matrix remodeling. Dove Medical Press 2013-08-19 /pmc/articles/PMC3780290/ /pubmed/24062614 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/JIR.S48422 Text en © 2013 McLarty et al. This work is published by Dove Medical Press Ltd, and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License The full terms of the License are available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Ltd, provided the work is properly attributed.
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Janicki, Joseph S
Estrogen modulates the influence of cardiac inflammatory cells on function of cardiac fibroblasts
title Estrogen modulates the influence of cardiac inflammatory cells on function of cardiac fibroblasts
title_full Estrogen modulates the influence of cardiac inflammatory cells on function of cardiac fibroblasts
title_fullStr Estrogen modulates the influence of cardiac inflammatory cells on function of cardiac fibroblasts
title_full_unstemmed Estrogen modulates the influence of cardiac inflammatory cells on function of cardiac fibroblasts
title_short Estrogen modulates the influence of cardiac inflammatory cells on function of cardiac fibroblasts
title_sort estrogen modulates the influence of cardiac inflammatory cells on function of cardiac fibroblasts
topic Original Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3780290/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24062614
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/JIR.S48422
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