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Microglia-Mediated Neuroimmune Response Regulates Cardiac Remodeling After Myocardial Infarction.

ABSTRACT: Background Sympathetic hyperactivity contributes to pathological remodeling after myocardial infarction (MI). However, the mechanisms underlying the increase in sympathetic activity remain unknown. Microglia are the predominant immune cells in the central nervous system and can regulate sympathetic neuron activity through neuroimmune response in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus. The present study aimed to investigate whether microglia-mediated neuroimmune response can regulate sympathetic activity and cardiac remodeling after MI. Methods and Results PLX3397 (pexidartinib) was used to deplete central microglia via intragastric injection or intracerebroventricular injection. After that, MI was induced by ligation of the left anterior descending coronary artery. Our study showed that MI resulted in the activation of microglia in the paraventricular nucleus. Microglia depletion, which was induced by PLX3397 treatment via intragastric injection or intracerebroventricular injection, improved cardiac function, reduced infarction size, and attenuated cardiomyocyte apoptosis, fibrosis, pathological electrical remodeling, and myocardial inflammation after MI. Mechanistically, these protective effects were associated with an attenuated neuroimmune response in the paraventricular nucleus, which contributed to the decrease of sympathetic activity and attenuation of sympathetic remodeling in the heart. However, intragastric injection with PLX3397 obviously depleted macrophages and induced neutrophil and T-lymphocyte disorders in the heart, blood, and spleen. Conclusions Microglia depletion in the central nervous system attenuates pathological cardiac remodeling after MI by inhibiting neuroimmune response and sympathetic activity. Intragastric administration of PLX3397 leads to serious deleterious effects in peripheral immune cells, especially macrophages, which should be a cause for concern in animal experiments and clinical practice.

SUBMITTER: Wang M

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10356026 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Microglia-Mediated Neuroimmune Response Regulates Cardiac Remodeling After Myocardial Infarction.

Wang Menglong M Zhang Jishou J Yin Zheng Z Ding Wen W Zhao Mengmeng M Liu Jianfang J Xu Yao Y Xu Shuwan S Pan Wei W Wei Cheng C Jiang Hong H Wan Jun J

Journal of the American Heart Association 20230615 12

Background Sympathetic hyperactivity contributes to pathological remodeling after myocardial infarction (MI). However, the mechanisms underlying the increase in sympathetic activity remain unknown. Microglia are the predominant immune cells in the central nervous system and can regulate sympathetic neuron activity through neuroimmune response in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus. The present study aimed to investigate whether microglia-mediated neuroimmune response can regulate sympatheti ...[more]

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