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Yin D, Liu Y, Xue B, Ding R, Wang G, Xia S, Zhang D. IL-37 Modulates Myocardial Calcium Handling via the p-STAT3/SERCA2a Axis in HF-Related Engineered Human Heart Tissue. Adv Healthc Mater 2024:e2303957. [PMID: 38339835 DOI: 10.1002/adhm.202303957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2023] [Revised: 02/03/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024]
Abstract
Interleukin-37 (IL-37) is a potent anti-inflammatory cytokine belonging to the IL-1 family. This study investigates the regulatory mechanism and reparative effects of IL-37 on HF-related human induced pluripotent stem cells derived cardiomyocytes (hiPSC-CMs) and engineered human heart tissue subjected to hypoxia and H2 O2 treatment. The contractile force and Ca2+ conduction capacity of the tissue are assessed using a stretching platform and high-resolution fluorescence imaging system. This investigation reveals that IL-37 treatment significantly enhances cell viability, calcium transient levels, contractile force, and Ca2+ conduction capacity in HF-related hiPSC-CMs and engineered human heart tissue. Notably, IL-37 facilitates the upregulation of sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium ATPase 2a (SERCA2a) through enhancing nuclear p-STAT3 levels. This effect is mediated by the binding of p-STAT3 to the SERCA2a promoter, providing a novel insight on the reparative potential of IL-37 in HF. IL-37 demonstrates its ability to enhance systolic function by modulating myocardial calcium handling via the p-STAT3/SERCA2a axis in HF-related engineered human heart tissue (as shown in schematic diagram).
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Affiliation(s)
- Dan Yin
- State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, School of Life Science, Hubei University, Wuhan, 430062, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, School of Life Science, Hubei University, Wuhan, 430062, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, School of Life Science, Hubei University, Wuhan, 430062, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, School of Life Science, Hubei University, Wuhan, 430062, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, School of Life Science, Hubei University, Wuhan, 430062, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, School of Life Science, Hubei University, Wuhan, 430062, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, School of Life Science, Hubei University, Wuhan, 430062, China
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Kim HR, Warrington SJ, López-Guajardo A, Al Hennawi K, Cook SL, Griffith ZDJ, Symmes D, Zhang T, Qu Z, Xu Y, Chen R, Gad AKB. ALD-R491 regulates vimentin filament stability and solubility, cell contractile force, cell migration speed and directionality. Front Cell Dev Biol 2022; 10:926283. [PMID: 36483676 PMCID: PMC9723350 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2022.926283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2022] [Accepted: 11/07/2022] [Indexed: 08/12/2023] Open
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Metastasizing cells express the intermediate filament protein vimentin, which is used to diagnose invasive tumors in the clinic. However, the role of vimentin in cell motility, and if the assembly of non-filamentous variants of vimentin into filaments regulates cell migration remains unclear. We observed that the vimentin-targeting drug ALD-R491 increased the stability of vimentin filaments, by reducing filament assembly and/or disassembly. ALD-R491-treatment also resulted in more bundled and disorganized filaments and an increased pool of non-filamentous vimentin. This was accompanied by a reduction in size of cell-matrix adhesions and increased cellular contractile forces. Moreover, during cell migration, cells showed erratic formation of lamellipodia at the cell periphery, loss of coordinated cell movement, reduced cell migration speed, directionality and an elongated cell shape with long thin extensions at the rear that often detached. Taken together, these results indicate that the stability of vimentin filaments and the soluble pool of vimentin regulate the speed and directionality of cell migration and the capacity of cells to migrate in a mechanically cohesive manner. These observations suggest that the stability of vimentin filaments governs the adhesive, physical and migratory properties of cells, and expands our understanding of vimentin functions in health and disease, including cancer metastasis.
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- Hyejeong Rosemary Kim
- Department of Oncology and Metabolism, The Medical School, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Department of Oncology and Metabolism, The Medical School, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Department of Oncology and Metabolism, The Medical School, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Department of Oncology and Metabolism, The Medical School, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Department of Oncology and Metabolism, The Medical School, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Aluda Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Menlo Park, CA, United States
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- Cambridge-Su Genomic Resource Center, Medical School of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Cambridge-Su Genomic Resource Center, Medical School of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Cambridge-Su Genomic Resource Center, Medical School of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Aluda Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Menlo Park, CA, United States
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- Department of Oncology and Metabolism, The Medical School, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
- Madeira Chemistry Research Centre, University of Madeira, Funchal, Portugal
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He C, Wei X, Liang T, Liu M, Jiang D, Zhuang L, Wang P. Quantifying the Compressive Force of 3D Cardiac Tissues via Calculating the Volumetric Deformation of Built-In Elastic Gelatin Microspheres. Adv Healthc Mater 2021; 10:e2001716. [PMID: 34197053 DOI: 10.1002/adhm.202001716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2020] [Revised: 12/30/2020] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Quantifying cardiac contractile force is of paramount important in studying mechanical heart failure and screening therapeutic drugs. However, most existing methods can only measure the in-plane component of twitch force of cardiomyocytes, such that mismatching the centripetal compressive stress of heart beating in physiology. Here, a non-destructive method is developed for quantifying the compressive stress and mapping the distribution of the local stress within the 3D cardiac tissues. In detail, elastic gelatin microspheres labeled with fluorescence beads are fabricated by microfluidic chips with high throughput, and they serve as built-in pressure sensors which are wrapped by cardiomyocytes in 3D tissues. The deformation of microspheres and the displacements of fluorescent beads induced by the contraction of cardiomyocytes are demonstrated to characterize the amount and distribution of the centripetal compressive stress. Further, the method shows a potent capability to locally quantify contractile force variation of 3D cardiac tissues, which is induced by agonist (norepinephrine) and inhibitor (blebbistatin). On the whole, the method significantly improves the 3D measurement of mechanical force in vitro and provides a solution for locally quantifying the compressive stress within engineered cardiac tissues.
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- Chuanjiang He
- Biosensor National Special Laboratory Key Laboratory for Biomedical Engineering Ministry of Education Department of Biomedical Engineering Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 China
- State Key Laboratory of Transducer Technology Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai 200050 China
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- Biosensor National Special Laboratory Key Laboratory for Biomedical Engineering Ministry of Education Department of Biomedical Engineering Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 China
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- Biosensor National Special Laboratory Key Laboratory for Biomedical Engineering Ministry of Education Department of Biomedical Engineering Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 China
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- Biosensor National Special Laboratory Key Laboratory for Biomedical Engineering Ministry of Education Department of Biomedical Engineering Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 China
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- Biosensor National Special Laboratory Key Laboratory for Biomedical Engineering Ministry of Education Department of Biomedical Engineering Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 China
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- Biosensor National Special Laboratory Key Laboratory for Biomedical Engineering Ministry of Education Department of Biomedical Engineering Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 China
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- Biosensor National Special Laboratory Key Laboratory for Biomedical Engineering Ministry of Education Department of Biomedical Engineering Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 China
- State Key Laboratory of Transducer Technology Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai 200050 China
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Zhang G, Wang Z, Han F, Jin G, Xu L, Xu H, Su H, Wang H, Le Y, Fu Y, Ju J, Li B, Hou R. Mechano-regulation of vascular network formation without branches in 3D bioprinted cell-laden hydrogel constructs. Biotechnol Bioeng 2021; 118:3787-3798. [PMID: 34110009 DOI: 10.1002/bit.27854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2021] [Revised: 05/18/2021] [Accepted: 06/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Restoration of a wound is a common surgical procedure in clinic. Currently, the skin required for clinical use is taken from the patient's own body. However, it can be difficult to obtain enough skin sources for large-sized wounds and thus surgeons have started using commercial skin substitutes. The current commercial skin, which includes epidermis substitute, dermis substitute, and bilateral skin substitute, has been popularized in clinic. However, the application is limited by the occurrence of ischemia necrosis after transplantation. Recent studies suggest the use of pre-vascularized skin substitutes for wound healing is a promising area in the research field of skin tissue engineering. Pre-vascularization can be induced by changes in cultivation periods, exertion of mechanical stimuli, or coculture with endothelial cells and various factors. However, few methods could control the formation of vascular branches in engineering tissue in a self-assembly way. In this study, we use three-dimensional (3D) printing technology to confirm that a mechanical force can control the growth of blood vessels in the direction of mechanical stimulation with no branches, and that Yes-associated protein activity is involved in the regulatory progress. In vivo experiments verified that the blood vessels successfully function for blood circulation, and maintain the same direction. Results provide a theoretical basis for products of pre-vascularized skin tissues and other organs created by 3D bioprinting.
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- Guangliang Zhang
- Department of Hand Surgery, Ruihua Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China.,Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Institute, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Internal Medicine Section on Molecular Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Institute, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Hand Surgery, Ruihua Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Hand Surgery, Ruihua Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Institute, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Hand Surgery, Ruihua Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Institute, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nutrition, Metabolism and Food Safety, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Human Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, School of Biology and Basic Medical Sciences, Medical College, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Hand Surgery, Ruihua Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Institute, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Hand Surgery, Ruihua Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
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Mierke CT, Sauer F, Grosser S, Puder S, Fischer T, Käs JA. The two faces of enhanced stroma: Stroma acts as a tumor promoter and a steric obstacle. NMR Biomed 2018; 31:e3831. [PMID: 29215759 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.3831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2017] [Revised: 07/24/2017] [Accepted: 08/16/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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In addition to genetic, morphological and biochemical alterations in cells, a key feature of the malignant progression of cancer is the stroma, including cancer cell motility as well as the emergence of metastases. Our current knowledge with regard to the biophysically driven experimental approaches of cancer progression indicates that mechanical aberrations are major contributors to the malignant progression of cancer. In particular, the mechanical probing of the stroma is of great interest. However, the impact of the tumor stroma on cellular motility, and hence the metastatic cascade leading to the malignant progression of cancer, is controversial as there are two different and opposing effects within the stroma. On the one hand, the stroma can promote and enhance the proliferation, survival and migration of cancer cells through mechanotransduction processes evoked by fiber alignment as a result of increased stroma rigidity. This enables all types of cancer to overcome restrictive biological capabilities. On the other hand, as a result of its structural constraints, the stroma acts as a steric obstacle for cancer cell motility in dense three-dimensional extracellular matrices, when the pore size is smaller than the cell's nucleus. The mechanical properties of the stroma, such as the tissue matrix stiffness and the entire architectural network of the stroma, are the major players in providing the optimal environment for cancer cell migration. Thus, biophysical methods determining the mechanical properties of the stroma, such as magnetic resonance elastography, are critical for the diagnosis and prediction of early cancer stages. Fibrogenesis and cancer are tightly connected, as there is an elevated risk of cancer on cystic fibrosis or, subsequently, cirrhosis. This also applies to the subsequent metastatic process.
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- Claudia Tanja Mierke
- Faculty of Physics and Earth Science, Peter Debye Institute of Soft Matter Physics, Biological Physics Division, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Faculty of Physics and Earth Science, Peter Debye Institute of Soft Matter Physics, Biological Physics Division, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Faculty of Physics and Earth Science, Peter Debye Institute of Soft Matter Physics, Soft Matter Physics Division, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Faculty of Physics and Earth Science, Peter Debye Institute of Soft Matter Physics, Soft Matter Physics Division, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Faculty of Physics and Earth Science, Peter Debye Institute of Soft Matter Physics, Biological Physics Division, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Faculty of Physics and Earth Science, Peter Debye Institute of Soft Matter Physics, Biological Physics Division, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Faculty of Physics and Earth Science, Peter Debye Institute of Soft Matter Physics, Soft Matter Physics Division, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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Cellular motility is essential for many processes such as embryonic development, wound healing processes, tissue assembly and regeneration, immune cell trafficing and diseases such as cancer. The migration efficiency and the migratory potential depend on the type of migration mode. The previously established migration modes such as epithelial (non-migratory) and mesenchymal (migratory) as well as amoeboid (squeezing motility) relay mainly on phenomenological criteria such as cell morphology and molecular biological criteria such as gene expression. However, the physical view on the migration modes is still not well understood. As the process of malignant cancer progression such as metastasis depends on the migration of single cancer cells and their migration mode, this review focuses on the different migration strategies and discusses which mechanical prerequisites are necessary to perform a special migration mode through a 3-dimensional microenvironment. In particular, this review discusses how cells can distinguish and finally switch between the migration modes and what impact do the physical properties of cells and their microenvironment have on the transition between the novel migration modes such as blebbing and protrusive motility.
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- Claudia Tanja Mierke
- a Faculty of Physics and Earth Science; Institute of Experimental Physics I; Biological Physics Division; University of Leipzig ; Leipzig , Germany
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