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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-11-18
pubmed:abstractText
Recent findings indicate that NK cells are involved in cardiac repair following myocardial infarction. The aim of this study is to investigate the role NK cells in infarct angiogenesis and cardiac remodeling. In normal C57BL/6 mice, myelomonocytic inflammatory cells invaded infarcted heart within 24 h followed by a lymphoid/NK cell infiltrate by day 6, accompanied by substantial expression of IL-2, TNF-?, and CCL2. In contrast, NOD SCID mice had virtually no lymphoid cells infiltrating the heart and did not upregulate IL-2 levels. In vitro and in vivo, IL-2-activated NK cells promoted TNF-?-stimulated endothelial cell proliferation, enhanced angiogenesis and reduced fibrosis within the infarcted myocardium. Adoptive transfer of IL-2-activated NK cells to NOD SCID mice improved post-myocardial infarction angiogenesis. RNA silencing technology and neutralizing Abs demonstrated that this process involved ?4?7 integrin/VCAM-1 and killer cell lectin-like receptor 1/N-cadherin-specific binding. In this study, we show that IL-2-activated NK cells reduce myocardial collagen deposition along with an increase in neovascularization following acute cardiac ischemia through specific interaction with endothelial cells. These data define a potential role of activated NK cells in cardiac angiogenesis and open new perspectives for the treatment of ischemic diseases.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1550-6606
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
185
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
7014-25
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:20971926-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:20971926-Cell Communication, pubmed-meshheading:20971926-Cell Proliferation, pubmed-meshheading:20971926-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:20971926-Chemotaxis, Leukocyte, pubmed-meshheading:20971926-Cytotoxicity Tests, Immunologic, pubmed-meshheading:20971926-Endothelium, Vascular, pubmed-meshheading:20971926-Integrins, pubmed-meshheading:20971926-Interleukin-2, pubmed-meshheading:20971926-Killer Cells, Natural, pubmed-meshheading:20971926-Lymphocyte Activation, pubmed-meshheading:20971926-Male, pubmed-meshheading:20971926-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:20971926-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:20971926-Mice, Inbred NOD, pubmed-meshheading:20971926-Mice, SCID, pubmed-meshheading:20971926-Neovascularization, Physiologic, pubmed-meshheading:20971926-Receptors, Immunologic, pubmed-meshheading:20971926-Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Induction of cardiac angiogenesis requires killer cell lectin-like receptor 1 and ?4?7 integrin expression by NK cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't