TY - JOUR
T1 - Toll-like receptor 2 mediates mesenchymal stem cell-associated myocardial recovery and VEGF production following acute ischemia-reperfusion injury
AU - Abarbanell, Aaron M.
AU - Wang, Yue
AU - Herrmann, Jeremy L.
AU - Weil, Brent R.
AU - Poynter, Jeffrey A.
AU - Manukyan, Mariuxi C.
AU - Meldrum, Daniel R.
PY - 2010/5
Y1 - 2010/5
N2 - Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2), a key component of the innate immune system, is linked to inflammation and myocardial dysfunction after ischemia-reperfusion injury (I/R). Treatment of the heart with mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) is known to improve myocardial recovery after I/R in part by paracrine factors such as VEGF. However, it is unknown whether TLR2 activation on the MSCs affects MSC-mediated myocardial recovery and VEGF production. We hypothesized that the knockout of TLR2 on the MSCs (TLR2KO MSCs) would 1) improve MSC-mediated myocardial recovery and 2) increase myocardial and MSC VEGF release. With the isolated heart perfusion system, Sprague-Dawley rat hearts were subjected to I/R and received one of three intracoronary treatments: vehicle, male wild-type MSCs (MWT MSCs), or TL2KO MSCs. All treatments were performed immediately before ischemia, and heart function was measured continuously. Postreperfusion, heart homogenates were analyzed for myocardial VEGF production. Contrary to our hypothesis, only MWT MSC treatment significantly improved the recovery of left ventricular developed pressure and the maximal positive and negative values of the first derivative of pressure. In addition, VEGF production was greatest in hearts treated with MWT MSCs. To investigate MSC production of VEGF, MSCs were activated with TNF in vitro and the supernatants collected for ELISA. In vitro basal levels of MSC VEGF production were similar. However, with TNF activation, MWT MSCs produced significantly more VEGF, whereas activated TLR2KO MSC production of VEGF was unchanged. Finally, we observed that MWT MSCs proliferated more rapidly than TLR2KO MSCs. These data indicate that TLR2 may be essential to MSC-mediated myocardial recovery and VEGF production.
AB - Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2), a key component of the innate immune system, is linked to inflammation and myocardial dysfunction after ischemia-reperfusion injury (I/R). Treatment of the heart with mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) is known to improve myocardial recovery after I/R in part by paracrine factors such as VEGF. However, it is unknown whether TLR2 activation on the MSCs affects MSC-mediated myocardial recovery and VEGF production. We hypothesized that the knockout of TLR2 on the MSCs (TLR2KO MSCs) would 1) improve MSC-mediated myocardial recovery and 2) increase myocardial and MSC VEGF release. With the isolated heart perfusion system, Sprague-Dawley rat hearts were subjected to I/R and received one of three intracoronary treatments: vehicle, male wild-type MSCs (MWT MSCs), or TL2KO MSCs. All treatments were performed immediately before ischemia, and heart function was measured continuously. Postreperfusion, heart homogenates were analyzed for myocardial VEGF production. Contrary to our hypothesis, only MWT MSC treatment significantly improved the recovery of left ventricular developed pressure and the maximal positive and negative values of the first derivative of pressure. In addition, VEGF production was greatest in hearts treated with MWT MSCs. To investigate MSC production of VEGF, MSCs were activated with TNF in vitro and the supernatants collected for ELISA. In vitro basal levels of MSC VEGF production were similar. However, with TNF activation, MWT MSCs produced significantly more VEGF, whereas activated TLR2KO MSC production of VEGF was unchanged. Finally, we observed that MWT MSCs proliferated more rapidly than TLR2KO MSCs. These data indicate that TLR2 may be essential to MSC-mediated myocardial recovery and VEGF production.
KW - Inflammation
KW - Innate immunity
KW - Paracrine signaling
KW - Stem cell therapy
KW - Vascular endothelial growth factor
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U2 - 10.1152/ajpheart.01087.2009
DO - 10.1152/ajpheart.01087.2009
M3 - Article
C2 - 20173040
AN - SCOPUS:77951804977
SN - 0363-6135
VL - 298
SP - H1529-H1536
JO - American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology
JF - American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology
IS - 5
ER -