Min-Soo Ahn1, Young Woo Eom2, Ji-Eun Oh2, Seung-Kuy Cha3, Kyu Sang Park3, Jung-Woo Son1, Jun-Won Lee1, Young Jin Youn1, Sung Gyun Ahn1, Jang-Young Kim1, Seung-Hwan Lee1, Junghan Yoon1, Byung-Su Yoo4. 1. Cardiology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea, Republic Of. 2. Cell Therapy and Tissue Engineering Center, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea, Republic Of. 3. Department of Physiology, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea, Republic Of. 4. Cardiology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea, Republic Of. yubs@yonsei.ac.kr.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Cardiac fibroblasts (CFs) are principal extracellular matrix-producing cells. In response to injury, CFs transdifferentiate into myofibroblasts. Intracellular calcium (Ca2+) signaling, involved in fibroblast proliferation and differentiation, is activated in fibroblasts through transient receptor potential (TRP) channels, but the function of these channels has not been investigated in human ventricular CFs. Under evaluation in this study, was the role of TRP channels in the differentiation of human ventricular CFs induced by transforming the growth factor beta (TGF-β), a pro-fibrotic cytokine. METHODS: Human ventricular CFs were used in this study. The differentiation of CFs into myofibroblast was induced with TGF-β and was identified by the expression of smooth muscle actin. RESULTS: Results indicate that Ca2+ signaling was an essential component of ventricular CF dif-ferentiation. CFs treated with TGF-β demonstrated increased expression of a TRP channel, TRPV4, both at the mRNA and protein levels, which corresponded with CF-myofibroblast trans-differentiation, as evidenced by the upregulation of α-smooth muscle actin, a myofibroblast marker, and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1, which are fibrogenesis markers. An agonist of TRPV4 induced the conversion of CFs into myofibroblasts, whereas it's antagonist as well a Ca2+ chelating agent reduced it, indicating that the Ca2+ influx throughTRPV4 is required for CF trans-differentiation. Overall, these results dem-onstrate that TRPV4-mediated Ca2+ influx participates in regulating the differentiation of human ventricular CFs into myofibroblasts through the MAPK/ERK pathway. CONCLUSIONS: Overall, these results demonstrate that TRPV4-mediated Ca2+ influx participates in regulating the differentiation of human ventricular CFs into myofibroblasts through the MAPK/ERK pathway.
BACKGROUND: Cardiac fibroblasts (CFs) are principal extracellular matrix-producing cells. In response to injury, CFs transdifferentiate into myofibroblasts. Intracellular calcium (Ca2+) signaling, involved in fibroblast proliferation and differentiation, is activated in fibroblasts through transient receptor potential (TRP) channels, but the function of these channels has not been investigated in humanventricular CFs. Under evaluation in this study, was the role of TRP channels in the differentiation of humanventricular CFs induced by transforming the growth factor beta (TGF-β), a pro-fibrotic cytokine. METHODS:Humanventricular CFs were used in this study. The differentiation of CFs into myofibroblast was induced with TGF-β and was identified by the expression of smooth muscle actin. RESULTS: Results indicate that Ca2+ signaling was an essential component of ventricular CF dif-ferentiation. CFs treated with TGF-β demonstrated increased expression of a TRP channel, TRPV4, both at the mRNA and protein levels, which corresponded with CF-myofibroblast trans-differentiation, as evidenced by the upregulation of α-smooth muscle actin, a myofibroblast marker, and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1, which are fibrogenesis markers. An agonist of TRPV4 induced the conversion of CFs into myofibroblasts, whereas it's antagonist as well a Ca2+ chelating agent reduced it, indicating that the Ca2+ influx throughTRPV4 is required for CF trans-differentiation. Overall, these results dem-onstrate that TRPV4-mediated Ca2+ influx participates in regulating the differentiation of humanventricular CFs into myofibroblasts through the MAPK/ERK pathway. CONCLUSIONS: Overall, these results demonstrate that TRPV4-mediated Ca2+ influx participates in regulating the differentiation of humanventricular CFs into myofibroblasts through the MAPK/ERK pathway.
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