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AGING CELL
卷 20, 期 8, 页码 -出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/acel.13438
关键词
aging; cardiac macrophages; infection and inflammation
资金
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases [A146252]
- American Heart Association [AHA-17GRNT33420101]
Aging affects the phenotype and function of cardiac immune cells, leading to immune dysregulation and cardiac electrical dysfunction during infection in aged mice.
Aging-mediated immune dysregulation affects the normal cardiac immune cell phenotypes and functions, resulting in cardiac distress. During cardiac inflammation, immune activation is critical for mounting the regenerative responses to maintain normal heart function. We investigated the impact of aging on myeloid cell phenotype and function during cardiac inflammation induced by a sub-lethal dose of LPS. Our data show that hearts of old mice contain more myeloid cells than the hearts of young mice. However, while the number of monocytic-derived suppressor cells did not differ between young and old mice, monocytic-derived suppressor cells from old mice were less able to suppress T-cell proliferation. Since cardiac resident macrophages (CRMs) are important for immune surveillance, clearance of dead cells, and tissue repair, we focused our studies on CRMs phenotype and function during steady state and LPS treatment. In the steady state, we observed significantly more MHC-IIlow and MHC-IIhigh CRMs in the hearts of old mice; however, these populations were decreased in both young and aged mice upon LPS treatment and the decrease in CRM populations correlated with defects in cardiac electrical activity. Notably, mice treated with a liver X receptor (LXR) agonist showed an increase in MerTK expression in CRMs of both young and old mice, which resulted in the reversal of cardiac electrical dysfunction caused by lipopolysaccharide (LPS). We conclude that aging alters the phenotype of CRMs, which contributes to the dysregulation of cardiac electrical dysfunction during infection in aged mice.
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