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TREM2(hi) resident macrophages protect the septic heart by maintaining cardiomyocyte homeostasis

Sepsis-induced cardiomyopathy (SICM) is common in septic patients with a high mortality and is characterized by an abnormal immune response. Owing to cellular heterogeneity, understanding the roles of immune cell subsets in SICM has been challenging. Here we identify a unique subpopulation of cardia...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Kai, Wang, Yang, Chen, Shiyu, Mao, Jiali, Jin, Yue, Ye, Hui, Zhang, Yan, Liu, Xiwang, Gong, Chenchen, Cheng, Xuejun, Huang, Xiaoli, Hoeft, Andreas, Chen, Qixing, Li, Xuekun, Fang, Xiangming
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9886554/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36635449
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s42255-022-00715-5
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Sumario:Sepsis-induced cardiomyopathy (SICM) is common in septic patients with a high mortality and is characterized by an abnormal immune response. Owing to cellular heterogeneity, understanding the roles of immune cell subsets in SICM has been challenging. Here we identify a unique subpopulation of cardiac-resident macrophages termed CD163(+)RETNLA(+) (Mac1), which undergoes self-renewal during sepsis and can be targeted to prevent SICM. By combining single-cell RNA sequencing with fate mapping in a mouse model of sepsis, we demonstrate that the Mac1 subpopulation has distinct transcriptomic signatures enriched in endocytosis and displays high expression of TREM2 (TREM2(hi)). TREM2(hi) Mac1 cells actively scavenge cardiomyocyte-ejected dysfunctional mitochondria. Trem2 deficiency in macrophages impairs the self-renewal capability of the Mac1 subpopulation and consequently results in defective elimination of damaged mitochondria, excessive inflammatory response in cardiac tissue, exacerbated cardiac dysfunction and decreased survival. Notably, intrapericardial administration of TREM2(hi) Mac1 cells prevents SICM. Our findings suggest that the modulation of TREM2(hi) Mac1 cells could serve as a therapeutic strategy for SICM.