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Infiltration of macrophages through the atrial endocardium of inflammation-induced rats: contribution of fractalkine.

AbstractBACKGROUND:
Inflammatory processes in the atria during systemic inflammation remain unclear, so this study tested the hypothesis that macrophages infiltrate the atrial myocardium mainly through the atrial endocardium with the contribution of fractalkine.
METHODS AND RESULTS:
Sprague-Dawley rats were injected with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) to simulate inflammation in the atria. Inflammation was immunohistologically assessed by the presence of macrophages. Macrophage infiltration was diffuse throughout the atrial myocardium after LPS injection. At an earlier phase after LPS injection, the number of macrophages dramatically increased, mainly in the atrial endocardium, and the expression of fractalkine protein was markedly increased by treatment with LPS in the atrial endocardium. The LPS-induced increase in atrial macrophage infiltration was significantly suppressed by neutralizing the fractalkine protein (P<0.01).
CONCLUSIONS:
In an experimental model of atrial inflammation, macrophages infiltrated the myocardium mainly through the atrial endocardium with the contribution of fractalkine. Inhibition of macrophage infiltration by suppressing chemokine expression could be a novel therapeutic approach to controling acute inflammation in the atria.
AuthorsTaro Date, Takeshi Yamashita, Akiko Sekiguchi, Yu-ki Iwasaki, Tadanori Aizawa, Teiichi Yamane, Yasuko Aramaki, Kimiaki Komukai, Ikuo Taniguchi, Michihiro Yoshimura
JournalCirculation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society (Circ J) Vol. 73 Issue 5 Pg. 932-7 (May 2009) ISSN: 1346-9843 [Print] Japan
PMID19282612 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Antibodies
  • Chemokine CX3CL1
  • Cx3cl1 protein, rat
  • Lipopolysaccharides
Topics
  • Animals
  • Antibodies (administration & dosage)
  • Chemokine CX3CL1 (metabolism)
  • Chemotaxis
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Endocardium (immunology)
  • Heart Atria (immunology)
  • Inflammation (chemically induced, immunology)
  • Injections, Intraperitoneal
  • Lipopolysaccharides
  • Macrophages (immunology)
  • Male
  • Rats
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley

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