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Liu H, Sacks MS, Simonian NT, Gorman JH, Gorman RC. Simulated Effects of Acute Left Ventricular Myocardial Infarction on Mitral Regurgitation in an Ovine Model. J Biomech Eng 2024; 146:101009. [PMID: 38652602 DOI: 10.1115/1.4065376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2023] [Accepted: 04/18/2024] [Indexed: 04/25/2024]
Abstract
Ischemic mitral regurgitation (IMR) occurs from incomplete coaptation of the mitral valve (MV) after myocardial infarction (MI), typically worsened by continued remodeling of the left ventricular (LV). The importance of LV remodeling is clear as IMR is induced by the post-MI dual mechanisms of mitral annular dilation and leaflet tethering from papillary muscle (PM) distension via the MV chordae tendineae (MVCT). However, the detailed etiology of IMR remains poorly understood, in large part due to the complex interactions of the MV and the post-MI LV remodeling processes. Given the patient-specific anatomical complexities of the IMR disease processes, simulation-based approaches represent an ideal approach to improve our understanding of this deadly disease. However, development of patient-specific models of left ventricle-mitral valve (LV-MV) interactions in IMR are complicated by the substantial variability and complexity of the MR etiology itself, making it difficult to extract underlying mechanisms from clinical data alone. To address these shortcomings, we developed a detailed ovine LV-MV finite element (FE) model based on extant comprehensive ovine experimental data. First, an extant ovine LV FE model (Sci. Rep. 2021 Jun 29;11(1):13466) was extended to incorporate the MV using a high fidelity ovine in vivo derived MV leaflet geometry. As it is not currently possible to image the MVCT in vivo, a functionally equivalent MVCT network was developed to create the final LV-MV model. Interestingly, in pilot studies, the MV leaflet strains did not agree well with known in vivo MV leaflet strain fields. We then incorporated previously reported MV leaflet prestrains (J. Biomech. Eng. 2023 Nov 1;145(11):111002) in the simulations. The resulting LV-MV model produced excellent agreement with the known in vivo ovine MV leaflet strains and deformed shapes in the normal state. We then simulated the effects of regional acute infarctions of varying sizes and anatomical locations by shutting down the local myocardial contractility. The remaining healthy (noninfarcted) myocardium mechanical behaviors were maintained, but allowed to adjust their active contractile patterns to maintain the prescribed pressure-volume loop behaviors in the acute post-MI state. For all cases studied, the LV-MV simulation demonstrated excellent agreement with known LV and MV in vivo strains and MV regurgitation orifice areas. Infarct location was shown to play a critical role in resultant MV leaflet strain fields. Specifically, extensional deformations of the posterior leaflets occurred in the posterobasal and laterobasal infarcts, while compressive deformations of the anterior leaflet were observed in the anterobasal infarct. Moreover, the simulated posterobasal infarct induced the largest MV regurgitation orifice area, consistent with experimental observations. The present study is the first detailed LV-MV simulation that reveals the important role of MV leaflet prestrain and functionally equivalent MVCT for accurate predictions of LV-MV interactions. Importantly, the current study further underscored simulation-based methods in understanding MV function as an integral part of the LV.
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- Hao Liu
- James T. Willerson Center for Cardiovascular Modeling and Simulation, The Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, The Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712
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- James T. Willerson Center for Cardiovascular Modeling and Simulation, The Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, The Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712
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- James T. Willerson Center for Cardiovascular Modeling and Simulation, The Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, The Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712
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- Gorman Cardiovascular Research Group, Smilow Center for Translational Research, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19146-2701
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- Gorman Cardiovascular Research Group, Smilow Center for Translational Research, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19146-2701
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Akam-Baxter EA, Bergemann D, Ridley SJ, To S, Andrea B, Moon B, Ma H, Zhou Y, Aguirre A, Caravan P, Gonzalez-Rosa JM, Sosnovik DE. Dynamics of collagen oxidation and cross linking in regenerating and irreversibly infarcted myocardium. Nat Commun 2024; 15:4648. [PMID: 38858347 PMCID: PMC11164919 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-48604-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2023] [Accepted: 04/29/2024] [Indexed: 06/12/2024] Open
Abstract
In mammalian hearts myocardial infarction produces a permanent collagen-rich scar. Conversely, in zebrafish a collagen-rich scar forms but is completely resorbed as the myocardium regenerates. The formation of cross-links in collagen hinders its degradation but cross-linking has not been well characterized in zebrafish hearts. Here, a library of fluorescent probes to quantify collagen oxidation, the first step in collagen cross-link (CCL) formation, was developed. Myocardial injury in mice or zebrafish resulted in similar dynamics of collagen oxidation in the myocardium in the first month after injury. However, during this time, mature CCLs such as pyridinoline and deoxypyridinoline developed in the murine infarcts but not in the zebrafish hearts. High levels of newly oxidized collagen were still seen in murine scars with mature CCLs. These data suggest that fibrogenesis remains dynamic, even in mature scars, and that the absence of mature CCLs in zebrafish hearts may facilitate their ability to regenerate.
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- Eman A Akam-Baxter
- Cardiovascular Research Center, Cardiology Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
- Institute for Innovation in Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
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- Cardiovascular Research Center, Cardiology Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Cardiovascular Research Center, Cardiology Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Cardiovascular Research Center, Cardiology Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Cardiovascular Research Center, Cardiology Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- A.A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- A.A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Cardiovascular Research Center, Cardiology Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Cardiovascular Research Center, Cardiology Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Institute for Innovation in Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- A.A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Cardiovascular Research Center, Cardiology Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Biology Department, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, USA
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- Cardiovascular Research Center, Cardiology Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Institute for Innovation in Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- A.A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Taylor A, Xu J, Rogozinski N, Fu H, Molina Cortez L, McMahan S, Perez K, Chang Y, Pan Z, Yang H, Liao J, Hong Y. Reduced Graphene-Oxide-Doped Elastic Biodegradable Polyurethane Fibers for Cardiomyocyte Maturation. ACS Biomater Sci Eng 2024; 10:3759-3774. [PMID: 38800901 DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.3c01908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2024]
Abstract
Conductive biomaterials offer promising solutions to enhance the maturity of cultured cardiomyocytes. While the conventional culture of cardiomyocytes on nonconductive materials leads to more immature characteristics, conductive microenvironments have the potential to support sarcomere development, gap junction formation, and beating of cardiomyocytes in vitro. In this study, we systematically investigated the behaviors of cardiomyocytes on aligned electrospun fibrous membranes composed of elastic and biodegradable polyurethane (PU) doped with varying concentrations of reduced graphene oxide (rGO). Compared to PU and PU-4%rGO membranes, the PU-10%rGO membrane exhibited the highest conductivity, approaching levels close to those of native heart tissue. The PU-rGO membranes retained anisotropic viscoelastic behavior similar to that of the porcine left ventricle and a superior tensile strength. Neonatal rat cardiomyocytes (NRCMs) and human-induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (hiPSC-CMs) on the PU-rGO membranes displayed enhanced maturation with cell alignment and enhanced sarcomere structure and gap junction formation with PU-10%rGO having the most improved sarcomere structure and CX-43 presence. hiPSC-CMs on the PU-rGO membranes exhibited a uniform and synchronous beating pattern compared with that on PU membranes. Overall, PU-10%rGO exhibited the best performance for cardiomyocyte maturation. The conductive PU-rGO membranes provide a promising matrix for in vitro cardiomyocyte culture with promoted cell maturation/functionality and the potential for cardiac disease treatment.
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- Alan Taylor
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas 76019, United States
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas 76019, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas 76207, United States
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas 76019, United States
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas 76019, United States
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas 76019, United States
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas 76019, United States
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- Department of Graduate Nursing, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas 76010, United States
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- Department of Graduate Nursing, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas 76010, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas 76207, United States
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas 76019, United States
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas 76019, United States
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Fischer J, Heidrová A, Hermanová M, Bednařík Z, Joukal M, Burša J. Structural parameters defining distribution of collagen fiber directions in human carotid arteries. J Mech Behav Biomed Mater 2024; 153:106494. [PMID: 38507995 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2024.106494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2024] [Revised: 02/16/2024] [Accepted: 03/01/2024] [Indexed: 03/22/2024]
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Collagen fiber arrangement is decisive for constitutive description of anisotropic mechanical response of arterial wall. In this study, their orientation in human common carotid artery was investigated using polarized light microscopy and an automated algorithm giving more than 4·106 fiber angles per slice. In total 113 slices acquired from 18 arteries taken from 14 cadavers were used for fiber orientation in the circumferential-axial plane. All histograms were approximated with unimodal von Mises distribution to evaluate dominant direction of fibers and their concentration parameter. 10 specimens were analyzed also in circumferential-radial and axial-radial planes (2-4 slices per specimen in each plane); the portion of radially oriented fibers was found insignificant. In the circumferential-axial plane, most specimens showed a pronounced unimodal distribution with angle to circumferential direction μ = 0.7° ± 9.4° and concentration parameter b = 3.4 ± 1.9. Suitability of the unimodal fit was confirmed by high values of coefficient of determination (mean R2 = 0.97, median R2 = 0.99). Differences between media and adventitia layers were not found statistically significant. The results are directly applicable as structural parameters in the GOH constitutive model of arterial wall if the postulated two fiber families are unified into one with circumferential orientation.
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- Jiří Fischer
- Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Solid Mechanics, Mechatronics and Biomechanics, Technická 2896/2, Brno, 616 69, Czech Republic.
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- Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Solid Mechanics, Mechatronics and Biomechanics, Technická 2896/2, Brno, 616 69, Czech Republic
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- 1st Department of Pathology, St. Anne's University Hospital Brno and Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Pekařská 664/53, 656 91, Brno, Czech Republic
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- 1st Department of Pathology, St. Anne's University Hospital Brno and Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Pekařská 664/53, 656 91, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Kamenice 126/3, 625 00, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Solid Mechanics, Mechatronics and Biomechanics, Technická 2896/2, Brno, 616 69, Czech Republic
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Sahani R, Hixson K, Blemker SS. It's more than the amount that counts: implications of collagen organization on passive muscle tissue properties revealed with micromechanical models and experiments. J R Soc Interface 2024; 21:20230478. [PMID: 38320599 PMCID: PMC10846937 DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2023.0478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2023] [Accepted: 01/15/2024] [Indexed: 02/08/2024] Open
Abstract
Collagen accumulation is often used to characterize skeletal muscle fibrosis, but the role of collagen in passive muscle mechanics remains debated. Here we combined finite-element models and experiments to examine how collagen organization contributes to macroscopic muscle tissue properties. Tissue microstructure and mechanical properties were measured from in vitro biaxial experiments and imaging in dystrophin knockout (mdx) and wild-type (WT) diaphragm muscle. Micromechanical models of intramuscular and epimuscular extracellular matrix (ECM) regions were developed to account for complex microstructure and predict bulk properties, and directly calibrated and validated with the experiments. The models predicted that intramuscular collagen fibres align primarily in the cross-muscle fibre direction, with greater cross-muscle fibre alignment in mdx models compared with WT. Higher cross-muscle fibre stiffness was predicted in mdx models compared with WT models and differences between ECM and muscle properties were seen during cross-muscle fibre loading. Analysis of the models revealed that variation in collagen fibre distribution had a much more substantial impact on tissue stiffness than ECM area fraction. Taken together, we conclude that collagen organization explains anisotropic tissue properties observed in the diaphragm muscle and provides an explanation for the lack of correlation between collagen amount and tissue stiffness across experimental studies.
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- Ridhi Sahani
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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Mendiola EA, Neelakantan S, Xiang Q, Xia S, Zhang J, Serpooshan V, Vanderslice P, Avazmohammadi R. An image-driven micromechanical approach to characterize multiscale remodeling in infarcted myocardium. Acta Biomater 2024; 173:109-122. [PMID: 37925122 PMCID: PMC10924194 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2023.10.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2023] [Revised: 10/19/2023] [Accepted: 10/24/2023] [Indexed: 11/06/2023]
Abstract
Myocardial infarction (MI) is accompanied by the formation of a fibrotic scar in the left ventricle (LV) and initiates significant alterations in the architecture and constituents of the LV free wall (LVFW). Previous studies have shown that LV adaptation is highly individual, indicating that the identification of remodeling mechanisms post-MI demands a fully subject-specific approach that can integrate a host of structural alterations at the fiber-level to changes in bulk biomechanical adaptation at the tissue-level. We present an image-driven micromechanical approach to characterize remodeling, assimilating new biaxial mechanical data, histological studies, and digital image correlation data within an in-silico framework to elucidate the fiber-level remodeling mechanisms that drive tissue-level adaptation for each subject. We found that a progressively diffused collagen fiber structure combined with similarly disorganized myofiber architecture in the healthy region leads to the loss of LVFW anisotropy post-MI, offering an important tissue-level hallmark for LV maladaptation. In contrast, our results suggest that reductions in collagen undulation are an adaptive mechanism competing against LVFW thinning. Additionally, we show that the inclusion of subject-specific geometry when modeling myocardial tissue is essential for accurate prediction of tissue kinematics. Our approach serves as an essential step toward identifying fiber-level remodeling indices that govern the transition of MI to systolic heart failure. These indices complement the traditional, organ-level measures of LV anatomy and function that often fall short of early prognostication of heart failure in MI. In addition, our approach offers an integrated methodology to advance the design of personalized interventions, such as hydrogel injection, to reinforce and suppress native adaptive and maladaptive mechanisms, respectively, to prevent the transition of MI to heart failure. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: Biomechanical and architectural adaptation of the LVFW remains a central, yet overlooked, remodeling process post-MI. Our study indicates the biomechanical adaptation of the LVFW post-MI is highly individual and driven by altered fiber network architecture and collective changes in collagen fiber content, undulation, and stiffness. Our findings demonstrate the possibility of using cardiac strains to infer such fiber-level remodeling events through in-silico modeling, paving the way for in-vivo characterization of multiscale biomechanical indices in humans. Such indices will complement the traditional, organ-level measures of LV anatomy and function that often fall short of early prognostication of heart failure in MI.
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- Emilio A Mendiola
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
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- Department of Molecular Cardiology, Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States
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- Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Emory University School of Medicine and Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, United States; Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States; Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Department of Molecular Cardiology, Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Texas, USA.
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA; J. Mike Walker '66 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA; Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Houston Methodist Academic Institute, Houston, TX, USA.
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Janssens KLPM, Kraamer M, Barbarotta L, Bovendeerd PHM. Post-infarct evolution of ventricular and myocardial function. Biomech Model Mechanobiol 2023; 22:1815-1828. [PMID: 37405536 PMCID: PMC10613149 DOI: 10.1007/s10237-023-01734-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2023] [Accepted: 06/04/2023] [Indexed: 07/06/2023]
Abstract
Adverse ventricular remodeling following acute myocardial infarction (MI) may induce ventricular dilation, fibrosis, and loss of global contractile function, possibly resulting in heart failure (HF). Understanding the relation between the time-dependent changes in material properties of the myocardium and the contractile function of the heart may further our understanding of the development of HF post-MI and guide the development of novel therapies. A finite element model of cardiac mechanics was used to model MI in a thick-walled truncated ellipsoidal geometry. Infarct core and border zone comprised 9.6 and 8.1% of the LV wall volume, respectively. Acute MI was modeled by inhibiting active stress generation. Chronic MI was modeled by the additional effect of infarct material stiffening, wall thinning and fiber reorientation. In acute MI, stroke work decreased by 25%. In the infarct core, fiber stress was reduced but fiber strain was increased, depending on the degree of infarct stiffening. Fiber work density was equal to zero. Healthy tissue adjacent to the infarct showed decreased work density depending on the degree of infarct stiffness and the orientation of the myofibers with respect to the infarct region. Thinning of the wall partially restored this loss in work density while the effects of fiber reorientation were minimal. We found that the relative loss in pump function in the infarcted heart exceeds the relative loss in healthy myocardial tissue due to impaired mechanical function in healthy tissue adjacent to the infarct. Infarct stiffening, wall thinning and fiber reorientation did not affect pump function but did affect the distribution of work density in tissue adjacent to the infarct.
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- K L P M Janssens
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, 5600MB, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, 5600MB, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, 5600MB, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, 5600MB, The Netherlands
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Kafili G, Kabir H, Jalali Kandeloos A, Golafshan E, Ghasemi S, Mashayekhan S, Taebnia N. Recent advances in soluble decellularized extracellular matrix for heart tissue engineering and organ modeling. J Biomater Appl 2023; 38:577-604. [PMID: 38006224 PMCID: PMC10676626 DOI: 10.1177/08853282231207216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2023]
Abstract
Despite the advent of tissue engineering (TE) for the remodeling, restoring, and replacing damaged cardiovascular tissues, the progress is hindered by the optimal mechanical and chemical properties required to induce cardiac tissue-specific cellular behaviors including migration, adhesion, proliferation, and differentiation. Cardiac extracellular matrix (ECM) consists of numerous structural and functional molecules and tissue-specific cells, therefore it plays an important role in stimulating cell proliferation and differentiation, guiding cell migration, and activating regulatory signaling pathways. With the improvement and modification of cell removal methods, decellularized ECM (dECM) preserves biochemical complexity, and bio-inductive properties of the native matrix and improves the process of generating functional tissue. In this review, we first provide an overview of the latest advancements in the utilization of dECM in in vitro model systems for disease and tissue modeling, as well as drug screening. Then, we explore the role of dECM-based biomaterials in cardiovascular regenerative medicine (RM), including both invasive and non-invasive methods. In the next step, we elucidate the engineering and material considerations in the preparation of dECM-based biomaterials, namely various decellularization techniques, dECM sources, modulation, characterizations, and fabrication approaches. Finally, we discuss the limitations and future directions in fabrication of dECM-based biomaterials for cardiovascular modeling, RM, and clinical translation.
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- Golara Kafili
- Institute for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
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- Molecular Cell Biomechanics Laboratory, Departments of Bioengineering and Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Institute for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
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- Institute for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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Lei XX, Hu JJ, Zou CY, Jiang YL, Zhao LM, Zhang XZ, Li YX, Peng AN, Song YT, Huang LP, Li-Ling J, Xie HQ. Multifunctional two-component in-situ hydrogel for esophageal submucosal dissection for mucosa uplift, postoperative wound closure and rapid healing. Bioact Mater 2023; 27:461-473. [PMID: 37152711 PMCID: PMC10160347 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioactmat.2023.04.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2023] [Revised: 03/29/2023] [Accepted: 04/16/2023] [Indexed: 05/09/2023] Open
Abstract
Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) for gastrointestinal tumors and premalignant lesions needs submucosal fluid cushion (SFC) for mucosal uplift before dissection, and wound care including wound closure and rapid healing postoperatively. Current SFC materials as well as materials and/or methods for post-ESD wound care have single treatment effect and hold corresponding drawbacks, such as easy dispersion, short duration, weak hemostasis and insufficient repair function. Thus, designing materials that can serve as both SFC materials and wound care is highly desired, and remains a challenge. Herein, we report a two-component in-situ hydrogel prepared from maleimide-based oxidized sodium alginate and sulfhydryl carboxymethyl-chitosan, which gelated mainly based on "click" chemistry and Schiff base reaction. The hydrogels showed short gelation time, outstanding tissue adhesion, favorable hemostatic properties, and good biocompatibility. A rat subcutaneous ultrasound model confirmed the ability of suitable mucosal uplift height and durable maintenance time of AM solution. The in vivo/in vitro rabbit liver hemorrhage model demonstrated the effects of hydrogel in rapid hemostasis and prevention of delayed bleeding. The canine esophageal ESD model corroborated that the in-situ hydrogel provided good mucosal uplift and wound closure effects, and significantly accelerated wound healing with accelerating re-epithelization and ECM remodeling post-ESD. The two-component in-situ hydrogels exhibited great potential in gastrointestinal tract ESD.
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- Xiong-Xin Lei
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Orthopedic Research Institute, Laboratory of Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, China
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Orthopedic Research Institute, Laboratory of Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, China
- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, China
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Orthopedic Research Institute, Laboratory of Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, China
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Orthopedic Research Institute, Laboratory of Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, China
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Orthopedic Research Institute, Laboratory of Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, China
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Orthopedic Research Institute, Laboratory of Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, China
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Orthopedic Research Institute, Laboratory of Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, China
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Informatics, Ilmenau University of Technology, Gustav-Kirchh Off Str. 2, 98693, Ilmenau, Germany
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Orthopedic Research Institute, Laboratory of Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, China
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Orthopedic Research Institute, Laboratory of Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, China
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Orthopedic Research Institute, Laboratory of Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, China
- Department of Medical Genetics, West China Second Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, China
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Orthopedic Research Institute, Laboratory of Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, China
- Corresponding author.
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Chang Z, Zhang J, Liu Y, Gao H, Xu GK. New Mechanical Markers for Tracking the Progression of Myocardial Infarction. NANO LETTERS 2023; 23:7350-7357. [PMID: 37580044 PMCID: PMC10450805 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c01712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2023] [Revised: 08/09/2023] [Indexed: 08/16/2023]
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The mechanical properties of soft tissues can often be strongly correlated with the progression of various diseases, such as myocardial infarction (MI). However, the dynamic mechanical properties of cardiac tissues during MI progression remain poorly understood. Herein, we investigate the rheological responses of cardiac tissues at different stages of MI (i.e., early-stage, mid-stage, and late-stage) with atomic force microscopy-based microrheology. Surprisingly, we discover that all cardiac tissues exhibit a universal two-stage power-law rheological behavior at different time scales. The experimentally found power-law exponents can capture an inconspicuous initial rheological change, making them particularly suitable as markers for early-stage MI diagnosis. We further develop a self-similar hierarchical model to characterize the progressive mechanical changes from subcellular to tissue scales. The theoretically calculated mechanical indexes are found to markedly vary among different stages of MI. These new mechanical markers are applicable for tracking the subtle changes of cardiac tissues during MI progression.
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- Zhuo Chang
- Laboratory
for Multiscale Mechanics and Medical Science, State Key Laboratory
for Strength and Vibration of Mechanical Structures, School of Aerospace
Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
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- Department
of Cardiovascular Medicine, The First Affiliated
Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, 710061, China
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- Laboratory
for Multiscale Mechanics and Medical Science, State Key Laboratory
for Strength and Vibration of Mechanical Structures, School of Aerospace
Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
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- School
of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore
- Institute
of High Performance Computing, A*STAR, Singapore 138632, Singapore
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- Laboratory
for Multiscale Mechanics and Medical Science, State Key Laboratory
for Strength and Vibration of Mechanical Structures, School of Aerospace
Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
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Hall C, Law JP, Reyat JS, Cumberland MJ, Hang S, Vo NTN, Raniga K, Weston CJ, O'Shea C, Townend JN, Gehmlich K, Ferro CJ, Denning C, Pavlovic D. Chronic activation of human cardiac fibroblasts in vitro attenuates the reversibility of the myofibroblast phenotype. Sci Rep 2023; 13:12137. [PMID: 37495732 PMCID: PMC10372150 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-39369-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2022] [Accepted: 07/24/2023] [Indexed: 07/28/2023] Open
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Activation of cardiac fibroblasts and differentiation to myofibroblasts underlies development of pathological cardiac fibrosis, leading to arrhythmias and heart failure. Myofibroblasts are characterised by increased α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) fibre expression, secretion of collagens and changes in proliferation. Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-β) and increased mechanical stress can initiate myofibroblast activation. Reversibility of the myofibroblast phenotype has been observed in murine cells but has not been explored in human cardiac fibroblasts. In this study, chronically activated adult primary human ventricular cardiac fibroblasts and human induced pluripotent stem cell derived cFbs (hiPSC-cFbs) were used to investigate the potential for reversal of the myofibroblast phenotype using either subculture on soft substrates or TGF-β receptor inhibition. Culture on softer plates (25 or 2 kPa Young's modulus) did not alter proliferation or reduce expression of α-SMA and collagen 1. Similarly, culture of myofibroblasts in the presence of TGF-β inhibitor did not reverse myofibroblasts back to a quiescent phenotype. Chronically activated hiPSC-cFbs also showed attenuated response to TGF-β receptor inhibition and inability to reverse to quiescent fibroblast phenotype. Our data demonstrate substantial loss of TGF-β signalling plasticity as well as a loss of feedback from the surrounding mechanical environment in chronically activated human myofibroblasts.
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- Caitlin Hall
- Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- Department of Stem Cell Biology, Biodiscovery Institute, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
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- Department of Stem Cell Biology, Biodiscovery Institute, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
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- Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
- Department of Cardiology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2GW, UK
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
- Department of Renal Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2GW, UK
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- Department of Stem Cell Biology, Biodiscovery Institute, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK.
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK.
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Akam EA, Bergemann D, Ridley SJ, To S, Andrea B, Moon B, Ma H, Zhou Y, Aguirre A, Caravan P, Gonzalez-Rosa JM, Sosnovik DE. Dynamics of Collagen Oxidation and Cross Linking in Regenerating and Irreversibly Infarcted Myocardium. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.07.25.549713. [PMID: 37546963 PMCID: PMC10402057 DOI: 10.1101/2023.07.25.549713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/08/2023]
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In mammalian hearts myocardial infarction produces a permanent collagen-rich scar. Conversely, in zebrafish a collagen-rich scar forms but is completely resorbed as the myocardium regenerates. The formation of cross-links in collagen hinders its degradation but cross-linking has not been well characterized in zebrafish hearts. Here, a library of fluorescent probes to quantify collagen oxidation, the first step in collagen cross-link (CCL) formation, was developed. Myocardial injury in mice or zebrafish resulted in similar dynamics of collagen oxidation in the myocardium in the first month after injury. However, during this time, mature CCLs such as pyridinoline and deoxypyridinoline developed in the murine infarcts but not in the zebrafish hearts. High levels of newly oxidized collagen were still seen in murine scars with mature CCLs. These data suggest that fibrogenesis remains dynamic, even in mature scars, and that the absence of mature CCLs in zebrafish hearts may facilitate their ability to regenerate.
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Telle Å, Bargellini C, Chahine Y, Del Álamo JC, Akoum N, Boyle PM. Personalized biomechanical insights in atrial fibrillation: opportunities & challenges. Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther 2023; 21:817-837. [PMID: 37878350 PMCID: PMC10841537 DOI: 10.1080/14779072.2023.2273896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2023] [Accepted: 10/18/2023] [Indexed: 10/26/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Atrial fibrillation (AF) is an increasingly prevalent and significant worldwide health problem. Manifested as an irregular atrial electrophysiological activation, it is associated with many serious health complications. AF affects the biomechanical function of the heart as contraction follows the electrical activation, subsequently leading to reduced blood flow. The underlying mechanisms behind AF are not fully understood, but it is known that AF is highly correlated with the presence of atrial fibrosis, and with a manifold increase in risk of stroke. AREAS COVERED In this review, we focus on biomechanical aspects in atrial fibrillation, current and emerging use of clinical images, and personalized computational models. We also discuss how these can be used to provide patient-specific care. EXPERT OPINION Understanding the connection betweenatrial fibrillation and atrial remodeling might lead to valuable understanding of stroke and heart failure pathophysiology. Established and emerging imaging modalities can bring us closer to this understanding, especially with continued advancements in processing accuracy, reproducibility, and clinical relevance of the associated technologies. Computational models of cardiac electromechanics can be used to glean additional insights on the roles of AF and remodeling in heart function.
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- Åshild Telle
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
- Center for Cardiovascular Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
- Division of Cardiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
- Center for Cardiovascular Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
- Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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Pearce DP, Nemcek MT, Witzenburg CM. Don't go breakin' my heart: cardioprotective alterations to the mechanical and structural properties of reperfused myocardium during post-infarction inflammation. Biophys Rev 2023; 15:329-353. [PMID: 37396449 PMCID: PMC10310682 DOI: 10.1007/s12551-023-01068-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2023] [Accepted: 05/21/2023] [Indexed: 07/04/2023] Open
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Myocardial infarctions (MIs) kickstart an intense inflammatory response resulting in extracellular matrix (ECM) degradation, wall thinning, and chamber dilation that leaves the heart susceptible to rupture. Reperfusion therapy is one of the most effective strategies for limiting adverse effects of MIs, but is a challenge to administer in a timely manner. Late reperfusion therapy (LRT; 3 + hours post-MI) does not limit infarct size, but does reduce incidences of post-MI rupture and improves long-term patient outcomes. Foundational studies employing LRT in the mid-twentieth century revealed beneficial reductions in infarct expansion, aneurysm formation, and left ventricle dysfunction. The mechanism by which LRT acts, however, is undefined. Structural analyses, relying largely on one-dimensional estimates of ECM composition, have found few differences in collagen content between LRT and permanently occluded animal models when using homogeneous samples from infarct cores. Uniaxial testing, on the other hand, revealed slight reductions in stiffness early in inflammation, followed soon after by an enhanced resistance to failure for cases of LRT. The use of one-dimensional estimates of ECM organization and gross mechanical function have resulted in a poor understanding of the infarct's spatially variable mechanical and structural anisotropy. To resolve these gaps in literature, future work employing full-field mechanical, structural, and cellular analyses is needed to better define the spatiotemporal post-MI alterations occurring during the inflammatory phase of healing and how they are impacted following reperfusion therapy. In turn, these studies may reveal how LRT affects the likelihood of rupture and inspire novel approaches to guide scar formation.
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- Daniel P. Pearce
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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Chin IL, Amos SE, Jeong JH, Hool L, Hwang Y, Choi YS. Volume adaptation of neonatal cardiomyocyte spheroids in 3D stiffness gradient GelMA. J Biomed Mater Res A 2023; 111:801-813. [PMID: 36239543 PMCID: PMC10952714 DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.37456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2022] [Revised: 08/25/2022] [Accepted: 09/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Present understandings of cardiomyocyte mechanobiology have primarily been developed using 2-dimensional, monocellular cell cultures, however the emergence of 3-dimensional (3D) multicellular cardiac constructs has enabled us to develop more sophisticated recapitulations of the cardiac microenvironment. Several of these strategies have illustrated that incorporating elements of the extracellular matrix (ECM) can promote greater maturation and enhance desirable cardiac functions, such as contractility, but the responses of these cardiac constructs to biophysically aberrant conditions, such as in the post-infarct heart, has remained relatively unexplored. In our study, we employ a stiffness gradient gelatin methacryloyl (GelMA) hydrogel platform to unpack the mechanobiology of cardiac spheroids. We encapsulated neonatal rat cardiac cell spheroids in a 4.4-18.7 kPa linear stiffness gradient up to 120 h. We found the proportion of viable cells within the spheroids increased over time, but the cell number per spheroid decreased. Spheroids expand more in softer matrices while stiffer matrices promote larger nuclei without changing nuclei shape. Volume expansion came primarily from cells expressing vimentin. We did not observe any correlations between stiffness and mechanomarker expression, however we found that after 120 h post-encapsulation, the localization of YAP, the localization of MRTF-A and the expression of Lamin-A was correlated with spheroid morphology. The same trends were not observed 24 h post-encapsulation, indicating that volume adaptation can take a relatively long time. Our data demonstrates that cardiac spheroids are mechanosensitive and that their capacity to respond to ECM-based cues depends on their capacity to adapt their volume with a 3D microenvironment.
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- Ian L. Chin
- School of Human SciencesThe University of Western AustraliaPerthWestern AustraliaAustralia
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- School of Human SciencesThe University of Western AustraliaPerthWestern AustraliaAustralia
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- Soonchunhyang Institute of Medi‐bio Science (SIMS)Soonchunhyang UniversityCheonan‐siChungnam‐doRepublic of Korea
- Department of Integrated Biomedical ScienceSoonchunhyang UniversityAsan‐siChungnam‐doRepublic of Korea
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- School of Human SciencesThe University of Western AustraliaPerthWestern AustraliaAustralia
- Victor Chang Cardiac Research InstituteSydneyNew South WalesAustralia
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- Soonchunhyang Institute of Medi‐bio Science (SIMS)Soonchunhyang UniversityCheonan‐siChungnam‐doRepublic of Korea
- Department of Integrated Biomedical ScienceSoonchunhyang UniversityAsan‐siChungnam‐doRepublic of Korea
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- School of Human SciencesThe University of Western AustraliaPerthWestern AustraliaAustralia
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Grilo GA, Cakir SN, Shaver PR, Iyer RP, Whitehead K, McClung JM, Vahdati A, de Castro Brás LE. Collagen matricryptin promotes cardiac function by mediating scar formation. Life Sci 2023; 321:121598. [PMID: 36963720 PMCID: PMC10120348 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2023.121598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2023] [Revised: 03/07/2023] [Accepted: 03/15/2023] [Indexed: 03/26/2023]
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AIMS A peptide mimetic of a collagen-derived matricryptin (p1159) was shown to reduce left ventricular (LV) dilation and fibrosis after 7 days delivery in a mouse model of myocardial infarction (MI). This suggested p1159 long-term treatment post-MI could have beneficial effects and reduce/prevent adverse LV remodeling. This study aimed to test the potential of p1159 to reduce adverse cardiac remodeling in a chronic MI model and to elucidate p1159 mode-of-action. MATERIALS AND METHODS Using a permanent occlusion MI rodent model, animals received p1159 or vehicle solution up to 28 days. We assessed peptide treatment effects on scar composition and structure and on systolic function. To assess peptide effects on scar vascularization, a cohort of mice were injected with Griffonia simplicifolia isolectin-B4. To investigate p1159 mode-of-action, LV fibroblasts from naïve animals were treated with increasing doses of p1159. KEY FINDINGS Matricryptin p1159 significantly improved systolic function post-MI (2-fold greater EF compared to controls) by reducing left ventricular dilation and inducing the formation of a compliant and organized infarct scar, which promoted LV contractility and preserved the structural integrity of the heart. Specifically, infarcted scars from p1159-treated animals displayed collagen fibers aligned parallel to the epicardium, to resist circumferential stretching, with reduced levels of cross-linking, and improved tissue perfusion. In addition, we found that p1159 increases cardiac fibroblast migration by activating RhoA pathways via the membrane receptor integrin α4. SIGNIFICANCE Our data indicate p1159 treatment reduced adverse LV remodeling post-MI by modulating the deposition, arrangement, and perfusion of the fibrotic scar.
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- Gabriel A Grilo
- Department of Physiology, The Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27834, United States of America
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- Department of Physiology, The Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27834, United States of America
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- Department of Physiology, The Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27834, United States of America
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- Department of Physiology, The Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27834, United States of America
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- Department of Physiology, The Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27834, United States of America
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- Department of Physiology, The Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27834, United States of America; Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, The Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27834, United States of America; East Carolina Diabetes and Obesity Institute, The Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27834, United States of America
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- Department of Engineering, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, United States of America
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- Department of Physiology, The Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27834, United States of America; Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, The Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27834, United States of America.
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Sivaraj D, Noishiki C, Kosaric N, Kiwanuka H, Kussie HC, Henn D, Fischer KS, Trotsyuk AA, Greco AH, Kuehlmann BA, Quintero F, Leeolou MC, Granoski MB, Hostler AC, Hahn WW, Januszyk M, Murad F, Chen K, Gurtner GC. Nitric oxide-releasing gel accelerates healing in a diabetic murine splinted excisional wound model. Front Med (Lausanne) 2023; 10:1060758. [PMID: 36999070 PMCID: PMC10045479 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2023.1060758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2022] [Accepted: 02/09/2023] [Indexed: 03/06/2023] Open
Abstract
IntroductionAccording to the American Diabetes Association (ADA), 9–12 million patients suffer from chronic ulceration each year, costing the healthcare system over USD $25 billion annually. There is a significant unmet need for new and efficacious therapies to accelerate closure of non-healing wounds. Nitric Oxide (NO) levels typically increase rapidly after skin injury in the inflammatory phase and gradually diminish as wound healing progresses. The effect of increased NO concentration on promoting re-epithelization and wound closure has yet to be described in the context of diabetic wound healing.MethodsIn this study, we investigated the effects of local administration of an NO-releasing gel on excisional wound healing in diabetic mice. The excisional wounds of each mouse received either NO-releasing gel or a control phosphate-buffered saline (PBS)-releasing gel treatment twice daily until complete wound closure.ResultsTopical administration of NO-gel significantly accelerated the rate of wound healing as compared with PBS-gel-treated mice during the later stages of healing. The treatment also promoted a more regenerative ECM architecture resulting in shorter, less dense, and more randomly aligned collagen fibers within the healed scars, similar to that of unwounded skin. Wound healing promoting factors fibronectin, TGF-β1, CD31, and VEGF were significantly elevated in NO vs. PBS-gel-treated wounds.DiscussionThe results of this work may have important clinical implications for the management of patients with non-healing wounds.
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- Dharshan Sivaraj
- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States
- Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States
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- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States
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- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States
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- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States
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- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States
- Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States
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- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States
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- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States
- Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States
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- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States
- Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States
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- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States
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- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States
- Center for Plastic, Reconstructive, Aesthetic and Hand Surgery, University Hospital Regensburg and Caritas Hospital St. Josef, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States
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- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States
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- Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States
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- Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States
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- Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States
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- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States
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- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States
- Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States
- Kellen Chen,
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- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States
- Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States
- *Correspondence: Geoffrey C. Gurtner,
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Pruett LJ, Kenny HL, Swift WM, Catallo KJ, Apsel ZR, Salopek LS, Scumpia PO, Cottler PS, Griffin DR, Daniero JJ. De novo tissue formation using custom microporous annealed particle hydrogel provides long-term vocal fold augmentation. NPJ Regen Med 2023; 8:10. [PMID: 36823180 PMCID: PMC9950481 DOI: 10.1038/s41536-023-00281-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2022] [Accepted: 01/25/2023] [Indexed: 02/25/2023] Open
Abstract
Biomaterial-enabled de novo formation of non-fibrotic tissue in situ would provide an important tool to physicians. One example application, glottic insufficiency, is a debilitating laryngeal disorder wherein vocal folds do not fully close, resulting in difficulty speaking and swallowing. Preferred management of glottic insufficiency includes bulking of vocal folds via injectable fillers, however, the current options have associated drawbacks including inflammation, accelerated resorption, and foreign body response. We developed a novel iteration of microporous annealed particle (MAP) scaffold designed to provide persistent augmentation. Following a 14-month study of vocal fold augmentation using a rabbit vocal paralysis model, most MAP scaffolds were replaced with tissue de novo that matched the mixture of fibrotic and non-fibrotic collagens of the contralateral vocal tissue. Further, persistent tissue augmentation in MAP-treated rabbits was observed via MRI and via superior vocal function at 14 months relative to the clinical standard.
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- Lauren J. Pruett
- grid.27755.320000 0000 9136 933XDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903 USA
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- grid.27755.320000 0000 9136 933XSchool of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903 USA
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- grid.27860.3b0000 0004 1936 9684Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, Davis, CA 95616 USA
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- grid.27755.320000 0000 9136 933XDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903 USA
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- grid.27755.320000 0000 9136 933XDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903 USA
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- grid.27755.320000 0000 9136 933XDepartment of Plastic Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903 USA
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- grid.19006.3e0000 0000 9632 6718Department of Medicine, Division of Dermatology and Department of Pathology, Division of Dermatopathology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA
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- grid.27755.320000 0000 9136 933XDepartment of Plastic Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903 USA
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- grid.27755.320000 0000 9136 933XDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903 USA ,grid.27755.320000 0000 9136 933XDepartment of Chemical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903 USA
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- grid.27755.320000 0000 9136 933XDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903 USA
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Chin IL, Amos SE, Jeong JH, Hool L, Hwang Y, Choi YS. Mechanosensation mediates volume adaptation of cardiac cells and spheroids in 3D. Mater Today Bio 2022; 16:100391. [PMID: 36042852 PMCID: PMC9420370 DOI: 10.1016/j.mtbio.2022.100391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2022] [Revised: 08/02/2022] [Accepted: 08/02/2022] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
Abstract
With the adoption of 3-dimensional (3D) cell culture for in vitro modelling of cardiac function and regenerative medicine applications, there is an increased need to understand cardiomyocyte mechanosensation in 3D. With existing studies of cardiomyocyte mechanosensation primarily focussed on the behaviour of individual cells in a 2-Dimensional context, it is unclear whether mechanosensation is the same in a 3D, multicellular context. In this study, H9C2 cardiac-derived myoblasts were encapsulated as individual cells and as cell spheroids within stiffness gradient gelatin methacryloyl (GelMA) hydrogels to investigate individual and collective cardiac cell mechanosensation in 3D. Over a 3.68–17.52 kPa stiffness range, it was found that H9C2 cells have a limited capacity to adapt their volume to increasing substrate stiffness, demonstrated by the lack of changes in cell volume and shape across the stiffness gradient. Morphological trends were reflected by the expression of the mechanomarkers YAP, MRTF-A and Lamin-A, which were better correlated with cell and nuclear volume than with substrate stiffness. The localisation of YAP and MRTF-A were dependent on the relative volumes of the cytoplasm and nucleus while Lamin-A expression was elevated with increasing cytoplasmic and nuclear volumes. When cultured as spheroids rather than as individual cells, H9C2 cells adopted a distinct morphology with comparably smaller nuclei than individually cultured cells, while retaining the same overall cell volume. As spheroids, H9C2 cells were sensitive to stiffness cues, shown by decreasing YAP and MRTF-A nuclear localisation, increasing Lamin-A expression, and increasing vinculin expression with increasing substrate stiffness. Like the individually cultured H9C2 cells, mechanomarker expression was correlated to volume adaptation. With increasing cytoplasmic volume, YAP and MRTF-A became less nuclear localised, vinculin expression was increased, and with increasing nuclear volume, the Lamin-A expression fincreased. Together, these data suggest that cardiac cell volume adaptation may be enhanced by cell-cell interactions.
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- Ian L Chin
- School of Human Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
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- School of Human Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
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- Soonchunhyang Institute of Medi-bio Science (SIMS), Soonchunhyang University, Cheonan-si, Chungnam-do, 31151, Republic of Korea.,Department of Integrated Biomedical Science, Soonchunhyang University, Asan-si, Chungnam-do, 31538, Republic of Korea
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- School of Human Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia.,Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Soonchunhyang Institute of Medi-bio Science (SIMS), Soonchunhyang University, Cheonan-si, Chungnam-do, 31151, Republic of Korea.,Department of Integrated Biomedical Science, Soonchunhyang University, Asan-si, Chungnam-do, 31538, Republic of Korea
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- School of Human Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
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Schumacher D, Curaj A, Staudt M, Simsekyilmaz S, Kanzler I, Boor P, Klinkhammer BM, Li X, Bucur O, Kaabi A, Xu Y, Zheng H, Nilcham P, Schuh A, Rusu M, Liehn EA. Endogenous Modulation of Extracellular Matrix Collagen during Scar Formation after Myocardial Infarction. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms232314571. [PMID: 36498897 PMCID: PMC9741070 DOI: 10.3390/ijms232314571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2022] [Revised: 11/18/2022] [Accepted: 11/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Myocardial infarction is remains the leading cause of death in developed countries. Recent data show that the composition of the extracellular matrix might differ despite similar heart function and infarction sizes. Because collagen is the main component of the extracellular matrix, we hypothesized that changes in inflammatory cell recruitment influence the synthesis of different collagen subtypes in myofibroblasts, thus changing the composition of the scar. We found that neutrophils sustain the proliferation of fibroblasts, remodeling, differentiation, migration and inflammation, predominantly by IL-1 and PPARγ pathways (n = 3). They also significantly inhibit the mRNA expression of fibrillar collagen, maintaining a reduced stiffness in isolated myofibroblasts (n = 4-5). Reducing the neutrophil infiltration in CCR1-/- resulted in increased mRNA expression of collagen 11, moderate expression of collagen 19 and low expression of collagen 13 and 26 in the scar 4 weeks post infarction compared with other groups (n = 3). Mononuclear cells increased the synthesis of all collagen subtypes and upregulated the NF-kB, angiotensin II and PPARδ pathways (n = 3). They increased the synthesis of collagen subtypes 1, 3, 5, 16 and 23 but reduced the expression of collagens 5 and 16 (n = 3). CCR2-/- scar tissue showed higher levels of collagen 13 (n = 3), in association with a significant reduction in stiffness (n = 4-5). Upregulation of the inflammation-related genes in myofibroblasts mostly modulated the fibrillar collagen subtypes, with less effect on the FACIT, network-forming and globular subtypes (n = 3). The upregulation of proliferation and differentiation genes in myofibroblasts seemed to be associated only with the fibrillar collagen subtype, whereas angiogenesis-related genes are associated with fibrillar, network-forming and multiplexin subtypes. In conclusion, although we intend for our findings to deepen the understanding of the mechanism of healing after myocardial infarction and scar formation, the process of collagen synthesis is highly complex, and further intensive investigation is needed to put together all the missing puzzle pieces in this still incipient knowledge process.
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- David Schumacher
- Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany
- Institute of Experimental Medicine and Systems Biology, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany
- Institute for Molecular Cardiovascular Research (IMCAR), RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Cardiovascular Research (IMCAR), RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany
- Department for Cardiology, Angiology and Internal Intensive Care, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Cardiovascular Research (IMCAR), RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Cardiovascular Research (IMCAR), RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Cardiovascular Research (IMCAR), RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute for Pathology, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany
- Division of Nephrology and Clinical Immunology, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany
- Institute of Molecular Biomedicine, Comenius University, 811 08 Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Institute for Molecular Cardiovascular Research (IMCAR), RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- “Victor Babes” National Institute of Pathology, 050096 Bucharest, Romania
- Viron Molecular Medicine Institute, 1 Boston Place, Ste 2600, Boston, MA 02108, USA
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- Department for Cardiology, Angiology and Internal Intensive Care, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Department for Cardiology, Angiology and Internal Intensive Care, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany
- Institute for Molecular Medicine, University of Southern Denmark, 5230 Odense, Denmark
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- Department for Cardiology, Angiology and Internal Intensive Care, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany
- Institute for Molecular Medicine, University of Southern Denmark, 5230 Odense, Denmark
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- Department for Cardiology, Angiology and Internal Intensive Care, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Department for Cardiology, Angiology and Internal Intensive Care, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Department for Cardiology, Angiology and Internal Intensive Care, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany
- Correspondence: (M.R.); (E.A.L.); Tel.: +49-241-80-35984 (M.R.); +45-6550-4015 (E.A.L.)
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- Department for Cardiology, Angiology and Internal Intensive Care, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany
- “Victor Babes” National Institute of Pathology, 050096 Bucharest, Romania
- Institute for Molecular Medicine, University of Southern Denmark, 5230 Odense, Denmark
- National Heart Center Singapore, 5 Hospital Dr., Singapore 169609, Singapore
- Correspondence: (M.R.); (E.A.L.); Tel.: +49-241-80-35984 (M.R.); +45-6550-4015 (E.A.L.)
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Das SL, Sutherland BP, Lejeune E, Eyckmans J, Chen CS. Mechanical response of cardiac microtissues to acute localized injury. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2022; 323:H738-H748. [PMID: 36053751 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00305.2022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
Abstract
After a myocardial infarction (MI), the heart undergoes changes including local remodeling that can lead to regional abnormalities in mechanical and electrical properties, ultimately increasing the risk of arrythmias and heart failure. While these responses have been successfully recapitulated in animal models of MI, local changes in tissue and cell-level mechanics caused by MI remain difficult to study in vivo. Here, we developed an in vitro cardiac microtissue (CMT) injury system which through acute focal injury recapitulates aspects of the regional responses seen following an MI. Using a pulsed laser, cell death was induced in the center of the microtissue causing a loss of calcium signaling and a complete loss of contractile function in the injured region and resulting in a 39% reduction in the CMT's overall force production. After 7 days, the injured area remained void of CMs and showed increased expression of vimentin and fibronectin, two markers for fibrotic remodeling. Interestingly, while the injured region showed minimal recovery, calcium amplitudes in uninjured regions returned to levels comparable to control. Furthermore, overall force production returned to pre-injury levels despite the lack of contractile function in the injured region. Instead, uninjured regions exhibited elevated contractile function, compensating for the loss of function in the injured region, drawing parallels to changes in tissue-level mechanics seen in vivo. Overall, this work presents a new in vitro model to study cardiac tissue remodeling and electromechanical changes after injury.
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- Shoshana L Das
- Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology, Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States.,Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States.,Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States.,Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States.,Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA, United States
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Yi B, Xu Q, Liu W. An overview of substrate stiffness guided cellular response and its applications in tissue regeneration. Bioact Mater 2022; 15:82-102. [PMID: 35386347 PMCID: PMC8940767 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioactmat.2021.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2021] [Revised: 12/03/2021] [Accepted: 12/03/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Cell-matrix interactions play a critical role in tissue repair and regeneration. With gradual uncovering of substrate mechanical characteristics that can affect cell-matrix interactions, much progress has been made to unravel substrate stiffness-mediated cellular response as well as its underlying mechanisms. Yet, as a part of cell-matrix interaction biology, this field remains in its infancy, and the detailed molecular mechanisms are still elusive regarding scaffold-modulated tissue regeneration. This review provides an overview of recent progress in the area of the substrate stiffness-mediated cellular responses, including 1) the physical determination of substrate stiffness on cell fate and tissue development; 2) the current exploited approaches to manipulate the stiffness of scaffolds; 3) the progress of recent researches to reveal the role of substrate stiffness in cellular responses in some representative tissue-engineered regeneration varying from stiff tissue to soft tissue. This article aims to provide an up-to-date overview of cell mechanobiology research in substrate stiffness mediated cellular response and tissue regeneration with insightful information to facilitate interdisciplinary knowledge transfer and enable the establishment of prognostic markers for the design of suitable biomaterials. Substrate stiffness physically determines cell fate and tissue development. Rational design of scaffolds requires the understanding of cell-matrix interactions. Substrate stiffness depends on scaffold molecular-constituent-structure interaction. Substrate stiffness-mediated cellular responses vary in different tissues.
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Schnellmann R, Ntekoumes D, Choudhury MI, Sun S, Wei Z, Gerecht S. Stiffening Matrix Induces Age-Mediated Microvascular Phenotype Through Increased Cell Contractility and Destabilization of Adherens Junctions. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2022; 9:e2201483. [PMID: 35657074 PMCID: PMC9353494 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202201483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2022] [Revised: 05/02/2022] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Aging is a major risk factor in microvascular dysfunction and disease development, but the underlying mechanism remains largely unknown. As a result, age-mediated changes in the mechanical properties of tissue collagen have gained interest as drivers of endothelial cell (EC) dysfunction. 3D culture models that mimic age-mediated changes in the microvasculature can facilitate mechanistic understanding. A fibrillar hydrogel capable of changing its stiffness after forming microvascular networks is established. This hydrogel model is used to form vascular networks from induced pluripotent stem cells under soft conditions that mimic young tissue mechanics. Then matrix stiffness is gradually increased, thus exposing the vascular networks to the aging-mimicry process in vitro. It is found that upon dynamic matrix stiffening, EC contractility is increased, resulting in the activation of focal adhesion kinase and subsequent dissociation of β-catenin from VE-Cadherin mediated adherens junctions, leading to the abruption of the vascular networks. Inhibiting cell contractility impedes the dissociation of β-catenin, thereby preventing the deconstruction of adherens junctions, thus partially rescuing the age-mediated vascular phenotype. The findings provide the first direct evidence of matrix's dynamic mechano-changes in compromising microvasculature with aging and highlight the importance of hydrogel systems to study tissue-level changes with aging in basic and translational studies.
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- Rahel Schnellmann
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringJohns Hopkins UniversityBaltimoreMD 21218USA
- The Institute for NanoBioTechnologyPhysical Sciences‐Oncology CenterJohns Hopkins UniversityBaltimoreMD 21218USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringJohns Hopkins UniversityBaltimoreMD 21218USA
- The Institute for NanoBioTechnologyPhysical Sciences‐Oncology CenterJohns Hopkins UniversityBaltimoreMD 21218USA
- Department of Biomedical EngineeringDuke UniversityDurhamNC 27708USA
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- The Institute for NanoBioTechnologyPhysical Sciences‐Oncology CenterJohns Hopkins UniversityBaltimoreMD 21218USA
- Department of Mechanical EngineeringJohns Hopkins UniversityBaltimoreMD 21218USA
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- The Institute for NanoBioTechnologyPhysical Sciences‐Oncology CenterJohns Hopkins UniversityBaltimoreMD 21218USA
- Department of Mechanical EngineeringJohns Hopkins UniversityBaltimoreMD 21218USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringJohns Hopkins UniversityBaltimoreMD 21218USA
- The Institute for NanoBioTechnologyPhysical Sciences‐Oncology CenterJohns Hopkins UniversityBaltimoreMD 21218USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringJohns Hopkins UniversityBaltimoreMD 21218USA
- The Institute for NanoBioTechnologyPhysical Sciences‐Oncology CenterJohns Hopkins UniversityBaltimoreMD 21218USA
- Department of Materials Science and EngineeringJohns Hopkins UniversityBaltimoreMD 21218USA
- Department of Biomedical EngineeringJohns Hopkins UniversityBaltimoreMD 21218USA
- Department of Biomedical EngineeringDuke UniversityDurhamNC 27708USA
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Chen K, Henn D, Gurtner GC. Holy grail of tissue regeneration: Size. Bioessays 2022; 44:e2200047. [PMID: 35835730 DOI: 10.1002/bies.202200047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2022] [Revised: 06/29/2022] [Accepted: 07/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Cells and tissue within injured organs undergo a complicated healing process that still remains poorly understood. Interestingly, smaller organisms respond to injury with tissue regeneration and restoration of function, while humans and other large organisms respond to injury by forming dysfunctional, fibrotic scar tissue. Over the past few decades, allometric scaling principles have been well established to show that larger organisms experience exponentially higher tissue forces during movement and locomotion and throughout the organism's lifespan. How these evolutionary adaptations may affect tissue injury has not been thoroughly investigated in humans. We discuss how these adapations may affect healing and demonstrate that blocking the most evolutionary conserved biologic force sensor enables large organisms to heal after injury with true tissue regeneration. Future strategies to disrupt tissue force sensors may unlock the key to regenerating after injury in a wide range of organ systems.
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- Kellen Chen
- Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, 94305, USA.,Department of Surgery, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, Arizona, 85724, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, 94305, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, 94305, USA.,Department of Surgery, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, Arizona, 85724, USA
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Ghanta RK, Pugazenthi A, Zhao Y, Sylvester C, Wall MJ, Mazur RA, Russell LN, Lampe KJ. Influence of Supraphysiologic Biomaterial Stiffness on Ventricular Mechanics and Myocardial Infarct Reinforcement. Acta Biomater 2022; 149:30-39. [PMID: 35820592 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2022.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2019] [Revised: 07/02/2022] [Accepted: 07/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Injectable intramyocardial biomaterials have promise to limit adverse ventricular remodeling through mechanical and biologic mechanisms. While some success has been observed by injecting materials to regenerate new tissue, optimal biomaterial stiffness to thicken and stiffen infarcted myocardium to limit adverse remodeling has not been determined. In this work, we present an in-vivo study of the impact of biomaterial stiffness over a wide range of stiffness moduli on ventricular mechanics. We utilized injectable methacrylated polyethylene glycol (PEG) hydrogels fabricated at 3 different mechanical moduli: 5 kPa (low), 25 kPa (medium/myocardium), and 250 kPa (high/supraphysiologic). We demonstrate that the supraphysiological high stiffness favorably alters post-infarct ventricular mechanics and prevents negative tissue remodeling. Lower stiffness materials do not alter mechanics and thus to be effective, must instead target biological reparative mechanisms. These results may influence rationale design criteria for biomaterials developed for infarct reinforcement therapy. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: Acellular biomaterials for cardiac application can provide benefit via mechanical and biological mechanisms post myocardial infarction. We study the role of biomaterial mechanical characteristics on ventricular mechanics in myocardial infarcts. Previous studies have not measured the influence of injected biomaterials on ventricular mechanics, and consequently rational design criteria is unknown. By utilizing an in-vivo assessment of ventricular mechanics, we demonstrate that low stiffness biomaterial do not alter pathologic ventricular mechanics. Thus, to be effective, low stiffness biomaterials must target biological reparative mechanisms. Physiologic and supra-physiologic biomaterials favorably alter post-infarct mechanics and prevents adverse ventricular remodeling.
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- Ravi K Ghanta
- Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX United States; Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Texas Heart Institute, Houston, TX United States.
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- Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX United States
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- Department of Surgery, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD United States
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- Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX United States; Medical Scientist Training Program, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX United States
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- Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA United States
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Martonová D, Holz D, Brackenhammer D, Weyand M, Leyendecker S, Alkassar M. Support Pressure Acting on the Epicardial Surface of a Rat Left Ventricle—A Computational Study. Front Cardiovasc Med 2022; 9:850274. [PMID: 35872914 PMCID: PMC9299250 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.850274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2022] [Accepted: 05/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The present computational study investigates the effects of an epicardial support pressure mimicking a heart support system without direct blood contact. We chose restrictive cardiomyopathy as a model for a diseased heart. By changing one parameter representing the amount of fibrosis, this model allows us to investigate the impairment in a diseased left ventricle, both during diastole and systole. The aim of the study is to determine the temporal course and value of the support pressure that leads to a normalization of the cardiac parameters in diseased hearts. These are quantified via the end-diastolic pressure, end-diastolic volume, end-systolic volume, and ejection fraction. First, the amount of fibrosis is increased to model diseased hearts at different stages. Second, we determine the difference in the left ventricular pressure between a healthy and diseased heart during a cardiac cycle and apply for the epicardial support as the respective pressure difference. Third, an epicardial support pressure is applied in form of a piecewise constant step function. The support is provided only during diastole, only during systole, or during both phases. Finally, the support pressure is adjusted to reach the corresponding parameters in a healthy rat. Parameter normalization is not possible to achieve with solely diastolic or solely systolic support; for the modeled case with 50% fibrosis, the ejection fraction can be increased by 5% with purely diastolic support and 14% with purely systolic support. However, the ejection fraction reaches the value of the modeled healthy left ventricle (65.6%) using a combination of diastolic and systolic support. The end-diastolic pressure of 13.5 mmHg cannot be decreased with purely systolic support. However, the end-diastolic pressure reaches the value of the modeled healthy left ventricle (7.5 mmHg) with diastolic support as well as with the combination of the diastolic and systolic support. The resulting negative diastolic support pressure is −4.5 mmHg, and the positive systolic support pressure is 90 mmHg. We, thereby, conclude that ventricular support during both diastole and systole is beneficial for normalizing the left ventricular ejection fraction and the end-diastolic pressure, and thus it is a potentially interesting therapy for cardiac insufficiency.
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- Denisa Martonová
- Institute of Applied Dynamics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
- *Correspondence: Denisa Martonová
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- Institute of Applied Dynamics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Applied Dynamics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Applied Dynamics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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Chen K, Henn D, Januszyk M, Barrera JA, Noishiki C, Bonham CA, Griffin M, Tevlin R, Carlomagno T, Shannon T, Fehlmann T, Trotsyuk AA, Padmanabhan J, Sivaraj D, Perrault DP, Zamaleeva AI, Mays CJ, Greco AH, Kwon SH, Leeolou MC, Huskins SL, Steele SR, Fischer KS, Kussie HC, Mittal S, Mermin-Bunnell AM, Diaz Deleon NM, Lavin C, Keller A, Longaker MT, Gurtner GC. Disrupting mechanotransduction decreases fibrosis and contracture in split-thickness skin grafting. Sci Transl Med 2022; 14:eabj9152. [PMID: 35584231 DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abj9152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
Burns and other traumatic injuries represent a substantial biomedical burden. The current standard of care for deep injuries is autologous split-thickness skin grafting (STSG), which frequently results in contractures, abnormal pigmentation, and loss of biomechanical function. Currently, there are no effective therapies that can prevent fibrosis and contracture after STSG. Here, we have developed a clinically relevant porcine model of STSG and comprehensively characterized porcine cell populations involved in healing with single-cell resolution. We identified an up-regulation of proinflammatory and mechanotransduction signaling pathways in standard STSGs. Blocking mechanotransduction with a small-molecule focal adhesion kinase (FAK) inhibitor promoted healing, reduced contracture, mitigated scar formation, restored collagen architecture, and ultimately improved graft biomechanical properties. Acute mechanotransduction blockade up-regulated myeloid CXCL10-mediated anti-inflammation with decreased CXCL14-mediated myeloid and fibroblast recruitment. At later time points, mechanical signaling shifted fibroblasts toward profibrotic differentiation fates, and disruption of mechanotransduction modulated mesenchymal fibroblast differentiation states to block those responses, instead driving fibroblasts toward proregenerative, adipogenic states similar to unwounded skin. We then confirmed these two diverging fibroblast transcriptional trajectories in human skin, human scar, and a three-dimensional organotypic model of human skin. Together, pharmacological blockade of mechanotransduction markedly improved large animal healing after STSG by promoting both early, anti-inflammatory and late, regenerative transcriptional programs, resulting in healed tissue similar to unwounded skin. FAK inhibition could therefore supplement the current standard of care for traumatic and burn injuries.
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- Kellen Chen
- Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.,Department of Surgery, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Chair for Clinical Bioinformatics, Saarland University, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Chair for Clinical Bioinformatics, Saarland University, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany.,Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.,Department of Surgery, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA
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Wickramasinghe NM, Sachs D, Shewale B, Gonzalez DM, Dhanan-Krishnan P, Torre D, LaMarca E, Raimo S, Dariolli R, Serasinghe MN, Mayourian J, Sebra R, Beaumont K, Iyengar S, French DL, Hansen A, Eschenhagen T, Chipuk JE, Sobie EA, Jacobs A, Akbarian S, Ischiropoulos H, Ma'ayan A, Houten SM, Costa K, Dubois NC. PPARdelta activation induces metabolic and contractile maturation of human pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes. Cell Stem Cell 2022; 29:559-576.e7. [PMID: 35325615 PMCID: PMC11072853 DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2022.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2020] [Revised: 06/30/2021] [Accepted: 02/24/2022] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
Abstract
Pluripotent stem-cell-derived cardiomyocytes (PSC-CMs) provide an unprecedented opportunity to study human heart development and disease, but they are functionally and structurally immature. Here, we induce efficient human PSC-CM (hPSC-CM) maturation through metabolic-pathway modulations. Specifically, we find that peroxisome-proliferator-associated receptor (PPAR) signaling regulates glycolysis and fatty acid oxidation (FAO) in an isoform-specific manner. While PPARalpha (PPARa) is the most active isoform in hPSC-CMs, PPARdelta (PPARd) activation efficiently upregulates the gene regulatory networks underlying FAO, increases mitochondrial and peroxisome content, enhances mitochondrial cristae formation, and augments FAO flux. PPARd activation further increases binucleation, enhances myofibril organization, and improves contractility. Transient lactate exposure, which is frequently used for hPSC-CM purification, induces an independent cardiac maturation program but, when combined with PPARd activation, still enhances oxidative metabolism. In summary, we investigate multiple metabolic modifications in hPSC-CMs and identify a role for PPARd signaling in inducing the metabolic switch from glycolysis to FAO in hPSC-CMs.
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- Nadeera M Wickramasinghe
- Department of Cell, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA; Mindich Child Health and Development Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA; Black Family Stem Cell Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Department of Cell, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA; Mindich Child Health and Development Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA; Black Family Stem Cell Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Department of Cell, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA; Mindich Child Health and Development Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA; Black Family Stem Cell Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Department of Oncological Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA; Mount Sinai Institute for Systems Biomedicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg 20246, Germany
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- Department of Oncological Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Department of Cell, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA; Mindich Child Health and Development Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA.
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Chen K, Sivaraj D, Davitt M, Leeolou MC, Henn D, Steele SR, Huskins SL, Trotsyuk AA, Kussie HC, Greco A, Padmanabhan J, Perrault DP, Zamaleeva AI, Longaker MT, Gurtner GC. Pullulan-Collagen Hydrogel Wound Dressing Promotes Dermal Remodeling and Wound Healing Compared to Commercially Available Collagen Dressings. Wound Repair Regen 2022; 30:397-408. [PMID: 35384131 PMCID: PMC9321852 DOI: 10.1111/wrr.13012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2021] [Revised: 03/09/2022] [Accepted: 03/31/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Biological scaffolds such as hydrogels provide an ideal, physio‐mimetic of native extracellular matrix (ECM) that can improve wound healing outcomes after cutaneous injury. While most studies have focused on the benefits of hydrogels in accelerating wound healing, there are minimal data directly comparing different hydrogel material compositions. In this study, we utilized a splinted excisional wound model that recapitulates human‐like wound healing in mice and treated wounds with three different collagen hydrogel dressings. We assessed the feasibility of applying each dressing and performed histologic and histopathologic analysis on the explanted scar tissues to assess variations in collagen architecture and alignment, as well as the tissue response. Our data indicate that the material properties of hydrogel dressings can significantly influence healing time, cellular response, and resulting architecture of healed scars. Specifically, our pullulan‐collagen hydrogel dressing accelerated wound closure and promoted healed tissue with less dense, more randomly aligned, and shorter collagen fibres. Further understanding of how hydrogel properties affect the healing and resulting scar architecture of wounds may lead to novel insights and further optimization of the material properties of wound dressings.
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- Kellen Chen
- Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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Caggiano LR, Holmes JW, Witzenburg CM. Individual variability in animal-specific hemodynamic compensation following myocardial infarction. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2022; 163:156-166. [PMID: 34756992 PMCID: PMC11138241 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2021.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2021] [Revised: 10/08/2021] [Accepted: 10/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Ventricular enlargement and heart failure are common in patients who survive a myocardial infarction (MI). There is striking variability in the degree of post-infarction ventricular remodeling, however, and no one factor or set of factors have been identified that predicts heart failure risk well. Sympathetic activation directly and indirectly modulates hypertrophic stimuli by altering both neurohormonal milieu and ventricular loading. In a recent study, we developed a method to identify the balance of reflex compensatory mechanisms employed by individual animals following MI based on measured hemodynamics. Here, we conducted prospective studies of acute myocardial infarction in rats to test the degree of variability in reflex compensation as well as whether responses to pharmacologic agents targeted at those reflex mechanisms could be anticipated in individual animals. We found that individual animals use very different mixtures of reflex compensation in response to experimental coronary ligation. Some of these mechanisms were related - animals that compensated strongly with venoconstriction tended to exhibit a decrease in the contractility of the surviving myocardium and those that increased contractility tended to exhibit venodilation. Furthermore, some compensatory mechanisms - such as venoconstriction - increased the extent of predicted ventricular enlargement. Unfortunately, initial reflex responses to infarction were a poor predictor of subsequent responses to pharmacologic agents, suggesting that customizing pharmacologic therapy to individuals based on an initial response will be challenging.
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- Laura R Caggiano
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- School of Engineering, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA.
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Wang H, Wisneski A, Imbrie-Moore AM, Paulsen MJ, Wang Z, Xuan Y, Lopez Hernandez H, Hironaka CE, Lucian HJ, Shin HS, Anilkumar S, Thakore AD, Farry JM, Eskandari A, Williams KM, Grady F, Wu MA, Jung J, Stapleton LM, Steele AN, Zhu Y, Woo YJ. Natural cardiac regeneration conserves native biaxial left ventricular biomechanics after myocardial infarction in neonatal rats. J Mech Behav Biomed Mater 2022; 126:105074. [PMID: 35030471 PMCID: PMC8899021 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2022.105074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2020] [Revised: 12/23/2021] [Accepted: 01/02/2022] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
Abstract
After myocardial infarction (MI), adult mammals exhibit scar formation, adverse left ventricular (LV) remodeling, LV stiffening, and impaired contractility, ultimately resulting in heart failure. Neonatal mammals, however, are capable of natural heart regeneration after MI. We hypothesized that neonatal cardiac regeneration conserves native biaxial LV mechanics after MI. Wistar rat neonates (1 day old, n = 46) and adults (8-10 weeks old, n = 20) underwent sham surgery or permanent left anterior descending coronary artery ligation. At 6 weeks after neonatal MI, Masson's trichrome staining revealed negligible fibrosis. Echocardiography for the neonatal MI (n = 15) and sham rats (n = 14) revealed no differences in LV wall thickness or chamber diameter, and both groups had normal ejection fraction (72.7% vs 77.5%, respectively, p = 0.1946). Biaxial tensile testing revealed similar stress-strain curves along both the circumferential and longitudinal axes across a full range of physiologic stresses and strains. The circumferential modulus (267.9 kPa vs 274.2 kPa, p = 0.7847), longitudinal modulus (269.3 kPa vs 277.1 kPa, p = 0.7435), and maximum shear stress (3.30 kPa vs 3.95 kPa, p = 0.5418) did not differ significantly between the neonatal MI and sham groups, respectively. In contrast, transmural scars were observed at 4 weeks after adult MI. Adult MI hearts (n = 7) exhibited profound LV wall thinning (p < 0.0001), chamber dilation (p = 0.0246), and LV dysfunction (ejection fraction 45.4% vs 79.7%, p < 0.0001) compared to adult sham hearts (n = 7). Adult MI hearts were significantly stiffer than adult sham hearts in both the circumferential (321.5 kPa vs 180.0 kPa, p = 0.0111) and longitudinal axes (315.4 kPa vs 172.3 kPa, p = 0.0173), and also exhibited greater maximum shear stress (14.87 kPa vs 3.23 kPa, p = 0.0162). Our study is the first to show that native biaxial LV mechanics are conserved after neonatal heart regeneration following MI, thus adding biomechanical support for the therapeutic potential of cardiac regeneration in the treatment of ischemic heart disease.
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- Hanjay Wang
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA; Stanford Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA; Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA; Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA; Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA; Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA; Stanford Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA; Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW The pathological remodeling of cardiac tissue after injury or disease leads to scar formation. Our knowledge of the role of nonmyocytes, especially fibroblasts, in cardiac injury and repair continues to increase with technological advances in both experimental and clinical studies. Here, we aim to elaborate on cardiac fibroblasts by describing their origins, dynamic cellular states after injury, and heterogeneity in order to understand their role in cardiac injury and repair. RECENT FINDINGS With the improvement in genetic lineage tracing technologies and the capability to profile gene expression at the single-cell level, we are beginning to learn that manipulating a specific population of fibroblasts could mitigate severe cardiac fibrosis and promote cardiac repair after injury. Cardiac fibroblasts play an indispensable role in tissue homeostasis and in repair after injury. Activated fibroblasts or myofibroblasts have time-dependent impacts on cardiac fibrosis. Multiple signaling pathways are involved in modulating fibroblast states, resulting in the alteration of fibrosis. Modulating a specific population of cardiac fibroblasts may provide new opportunities for identifying novel treatment options for cardiac fibrosis.
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- Maoying Han
- State Key Laboratory of Cell Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200031, China.,School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, 100 Haike Road, Shanghai, 201210, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cell Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200031, China. .,School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, 100 Haike Road, Shanghai, 201210, China. .,School of Life Science, Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, 310024, China.
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Mathieu PS, Fitzpatrick E, Di Luca M, Cahill PA, Lally C. Native extracellular matrix orientation determines multipotent vascular stem cell proliferation in response to cyclic uniaxial tensile strain and simulated stent indentation. Biochem Biophys Rep 2022; 29:101183. [PMID: 35005255 PMCID: PMC8715293 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrep.2021.101183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2021] [Revised: 11/17/2021] [Accepted: 12/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
Abstract
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide, with multipotent vascular stem cells (MVSC) implicated in contributing to diseased vessels. MVSC are mechanosensitive cells which align perpendicular to cyclic uniaxial tensile strain. Within the blood vessel wall, collagen fibers constrain cells so that they are forced to align circumferentially, in the primary direction of tensile strain. In these experiments, MVSC were seeded onto the medial layer of decellularized porcine carotid arteries, then exposed to 10%, 1 Hz cyclic tensile strain for 10 days with the collagen fiber direction either parallel or perpendicular to the direction of strain. Cells aligned with the direction of the collagen fibers regardless of the orientation to strain. Cells aligned with the direction of strain showed an increased number of proliferative Ki67 positive cells, while those strained perpendicular to the direction of cell alignment showed no change in cell proliferation. A bioreactor system was designed to simulate the indentation of a single, wire stent strut. After 10 days of cyclic loading to 10% strain, MVSC showed regions of densely packed, highly proliferative cells. Therefore, MVSC may play a significant role in in-stent restenosis, and this proliferative response could potentially be controlled by controlling MVSC orientation relative to applied strain. ECM constrained MVSC align with collagen fibers when cells are strained parallel to collagen. Straining MVSC aligned parallel to the direction of strain increased cell proliferation. Simulated stent strut indentation showed increased cell density surrounding the indented wire.
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- P S Mathieu
- Trinity Centre for Biomedical Engineering, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.,Department of Mechanical, Manufacturing & Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
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- Trinity Centre for Biomedical Engineering, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.,Department of Mechanical, Manufacturing & Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
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- School of Biotechnology, Vascular Biology & Therapeutics Group, Dublin City University, Glasnevin, Dublin 9, Ireland
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- School of Biotechnology, Vascular Biology & Therapeutics Group, Dublin City University, Glasnevin, Dublin 9, Ireland
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- Trinity Centre for Biomedical Engineering, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.,Department of Mechanical, Manufacturing & Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.,Advanced Materials and Bioengineering Research Centre (AMBER), Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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Sauty B, Santesarti G, Fleischhammer T, Lindner P, Lavrentieva A, Pepelanova I, Marino M. Enabling Technologies for Obtaining Desired Stiffness Gradients in GelMA Hydrogels Constructs. MACROMOL CHEM PHYS 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/macp.202100326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Bastien Sauty
- Department of Mechanical Engineering ENS Paris Saclay 4 avenue des sciences Gif‐sur‐Yvette 91190 France
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- Department of Civil Engineering and Computer Science University of Rome Tor Vergata Via del Politecnico 1 Rome 00133 Italy
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- Institute of Technical Chemistry Leibniz University of Hannover Callinstrasse 5 Hannover 30167 Germany
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- Institute of Technical Chemistry Leibniz University of Hannover Callinstrasse 5 Hannover 30167 Germany
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- Institute of Technical Chemistry Leibniz University of Hannover Callinstrasse 5 Hannover 30167 Germany
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- Institute of Technical Chemistry Leibniz University of Hannover Callinstrasse 5 Hannover 30167 Germany
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- Department of Civil Engineering and Computer Science University of Rome Tor Vergata Via del Politecnico 1 Rome 00133 Italy
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Brazhkina O, Park JH, Park HJ, Bheri S, Maxwell JT, Hollister SJ, Davis ME. Designing a 3D Printing Based Auxetic Cardiac Patch with hiPSC-CMs for Heart Repair. J Cardiovasc Dev Dis 2021; 8:jcdd8120172. [PMID: 34940527 PMCID: PMC8706296 DOI: 10.3390/jcdd8120172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2021] [Revised: 11/22/2021] [Accepted: 11/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Myocardial infarction is one of the largest contributors to cardiovascular disease and reduces the ability of the heart to pump blood. One promising therapeutic approach to address the diminished function is the use of cardiac patches composed of biomaterial substrates and cardiac cells. These patches can be enhanced with the application of an auxetic design, which has a negative Poisson’s ratio and can be modified to suit the mechanics of the infarct and surrounding cardiac tissue. Here, we examined multiple auxetic models (orthogonal missing rib and re-entrant honeycomb in two orientations) with tunable mechanical properties as a cardiac patch substrate. Further, we demonstrated that 3D printing based auxetic cardiac patches of varying thicknesses (0.2, 0.4, and 0.6 mm) composed of polycaprolactone and gelatin methacrylate can support induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocyte function for 14-day culture. Taken together, this work shows the potential of cellularized auxetic cardiac patches as a suitable tissue engineering approach to treating cardiovascular disease.
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- Olga Brazhkina
- Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA; (O.B.); (H.-J.P.); (S.B.)
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- Center for 3D Medical Fabrication, Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA;
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- Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA; (O.B.); (H.-J.P.); (S.B.)
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- Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA; (O.B.); (H.-J.P.); (S.B.)
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- Children’s Heart Research & Outcomes (HeRO) Center, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta & Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA;
- Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
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- Center for 3D Medical Fabrication, Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA;
- Correspondence: (S.J.H.); (M.E.D.)
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- Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA; (O.B.); (H.-J.P.); (S.B.)
- Children’s Heart Research & Outcomes (HeRO) Center, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta & Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA;
- Correspondence: (S.J.H.); (M.E.D.)
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Lindsey ML, Brunt KR, Kirk JA, Kleinbongard P, Calvert JW, de Castro Brás LE, DeLeon-Pennell KY, Del Re DP, Frangogiannis NG, Frantz S, Gumina RJ, Halade GV, Jones SP, Ritchie RH, Spinale FG, Thorp EB, Ripplinger CM, Kassiri Z. Guidelines for in vivo mouse models of myocardial infarction. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2021; 321:H1056-H1073. [PMID: 34623181 PMCID: PMC8834230 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00459.2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2021] [Revised: 10/05/2021] [Accepted: 10/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Despite significant improvements in reperfusion strategies, acute coronary syndromes all too often culminate in a myocardial infarction (MI). The consequent MI can, in turn, lead to remodeling of the left ventricle (LV), the development of LV dysfunction, and ultimately progression to heart failure (HF). Accordingly, an improved understanding of the underlying mechanisms of MI remodeling and progression to HF is necessary. One common approach to examine MI pathology is with murine models that recapitulate components of the clinical context of acute coronary syndrome and subsequent MI. We evaluated the different approaches used to produce MI in mouse models and identified opportunities to consolidate methods, recognizing that reperfused and nonreperfused MI yield different responses. The overall goal in compiling this consensus statement is to unify best practices regarding mouse MI models to improve interpretation and allow comparative examination across studies and laboratories. These guidelines will help to establish rigor and reproducibility and provide increased potential for clinical translation.
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- Merry L Lindsey
- Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Center for Heart and Vascular Research, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
- Research Service, Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System, Omaha, Nebraska
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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- Institute for Pathophysiology, West German Heart and Vascular Center, University of Essen Medical School, Essen, Germany
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- Carlyle Fraser Heart Center of Emory University Hospital Midtown, Atlanta, Georgia
- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Department of Physiology, The Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
- Research Service, Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina
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- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, The Wilf Family Cardiovascular Research Institute, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio
- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio
- The Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio
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- Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Department of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
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- Department of Medicine, Diabetes and Obesity Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky
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- Drug Discovery Biology, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University (Parkville Campus), Victoria, Australia
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- Cardiovascular Translational Research Center, University of South Carolina School of Medicine and the Columbia Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Columbia, South Carolina
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- Department of Pathology and Feinberg Cardiovascular and Renal Research Institute, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Davis, California
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- Department of Physiology, Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Potter MJ, Richardson WJ. Fabrication and characterization methods for investigating cell-matrix interactions in environments possessing spatial orientation heterogeneity. Acta Biomater 2021; 136:420-428. [PMID: 34601105 PMCID: PMC8627456 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2021.09.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2021] [Revised: 09/24/2021] [Accepted: 09/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Fibrillar collagen is a ubiquitous structural protein that plays a significant role in determining the mechanical properties of various tissues. The constituent collagen architecture can give direct insight into the respective functional role of the tissue due to the strong structure-function relationship that is exhibited. In such tissues, matrix structure can vary across local subregions contributing to mechanical heterogeneity which can be implicated in tissue function or failure. The post-myocardial infarction scar environment is an example of note where mechanically insufficient collagen can result in impaired cardiac function and possibly tissue rupture due to post-MI cellular response and matrix interactions. In order to further develop the understanding of cell-matrix interactions within heterogeneous environments, we developed a method of heterogeneous collagen gel fabrication which produces a region of randomly oriented fibers directly adjacent to an interconnected region of anisotropic alignment. To fully capture and evaluate the degree of alignment and spatial orientation heterogeneity, several image processing and automated analysis methods were employed. Our analysis revealed the successful fabrication of an interconnected spatially heterogeneous collagen gel possessing distinct regions of random or preferential alignment. Additionally, embedded cell populations were observed to recognize and reorient with their underlying and surrounding architectures through our cell-centric analysis techniques. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: Fibrillar collagen is a structural protein that contributes to the architecture-function relationship exhibited by various tissues where mechanically insufficient collagen architecture can lead to tissue failure. One environment where this can occur is the post-myocardial infarction scar environment where too much or too little collagen accumulation coupled with spatial fiber orientation heterogeneity can lead to environments incapable of normal mechanical functionality. While there are methodologies capable of generating aligned constructs, they do so with varying degrees of control and complexity with many producing uniform construct alignment. The presented platform is simple and produces continuous constructs possessing inherent spatial orientation heterogeneity. Coupling this with image processing and automated analysis methods enables the probing of fundamental cell-matrix interactions within heterogeneous environments.
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- Michael J Potter
- Department of Bioengineering, 301 Rhodes Research Center Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA.
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- Department of Bioengineering, 301 Rhodes Research Center Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA; Biomedical Data Science & Informatics Program, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA.
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Richardson WJ, Rogers JD, Spinale FG. Does the Heart Want What It Wants? A Case for Self-Adapting, Mechano-Sensitive Therapies After Infarction. Front Cardiovasc Med 2021; 8:705100. [PMID: 34568449 PMCID: PMC8460777 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2021.705100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2021] [Accepted: 08/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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There is a critical need for interventions to control the development and remodeling of scar tissue after myocardial infarction. A significant hurdle to fibrosis-related therapy is presented by the complex spatial needs of the infarcted ventricle, namely that collagenous buildup is beneficial in the ischemic zone but detrimental in the border and remote zones. As a new, alternative approach, we present a case to develop self-adapting, mechano-sensitive drug targets in order to leverage local, microenvironmental mechanics to modulate a therapy's pharmacologic effect. Such approaches could provide self-tuning control to either promote fibrosis or reduce fibrosis only when and where it is beneficial to do so.
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- Department of Bioengineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, United States
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- Cardiovascular Translational Research Center, University of South Carolina School of Medicine and Columbia Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Columbia, SC, United States
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Disrupting biological sensors of force promotes tissue regeneration in large organisms. Nat Commun 2021; 12:5256. [PMID: 34489407 PMCID: PMC8421385 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-25410-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2020] [Accepted: 08/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Tissue repair and healing remain among the most complicated processes that occur during postnatal life. Humans and other large organisms heal by forming fibrotic scar tissue with diminished function, while smaller organisms respond with scarless tissue regeneration and functional restoration. Well-established scaling principles reveal that organism size exponentially correlates with peak tissue forces during movement, and evolutionary responses have compensated by strengthening organ-level mechanical properties. How these adaptations may affect tissue injury has not been previously examined in large animals and humans. Here, we show that blocking mechanotransduction signaling through the focal adhesion kinase pathway in large animals significantly accelerates wound healing and enhances regeneration of skin with secondary structures such as hair follicles. In human cells, we demonstrate that mechanical forces shift fibroblasts toward pro-fibrotic phenotypes driven by ERK-YAP activation, leading to myofibroblast differentiation and excessive collagen production. Disruption of mechanical signaling specifically abrogates these responses and instead promotes regenerative fibroblast clusters characterized by AKT-EGR1. Humans and other large mammals heal wounds by forming fibrotic scar tissue with diminished function. Here, the authors show that disrupting mechanotransduction through the focal adhesion kinase pathway in large animals accelerates healing, prevents fibrosis, and enhances skin regeneration.
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Gottlieb LA, Dekker LRC, Coronel R. The Blinding Period Following Ablation Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation: Proarrhythmic and Antiarrhythmic Pathophysiological Mechanisms. JACC Clin Electrophysiol 2021; 7:416-430. [PMID: 33736761 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacep.2021.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2020] [Revised: 01/14/2021] [Accepted: 01/17/2021] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Atrial fibrillation (AF) causes heart failure, ischemic strokes, and poor quality of life. The number of patients with AF is estimated to increase to 18 million in Europe in 2050. Pharmacological therapy does not cure AF in all patients. Ablative pulmonary vein isolation is recommended for patients with drug-resistant symptomatic paroxysmal AF but is successful in only about 60%. In patients in whom ablative therapy is successful on the long term, recurrence of AF may occur in the first weeks to months after pulmonary vein ablation. The early recurrence (or delayed cure) of AF is not understood but forms the basis for the generally accepted 3-month blinding (or blanking) period after ablation therapy, which is not included in the evaluation of the eventual success rate of the procedures. The underlying pathophysiological processes responsible for early recurrence and the delayed cure are unknown. The implicit assumption of the blinding period is that the AF mechanism in this period is different from the ablation-targeted AF mechanism (ectopy from the pulmonary veins). In this review, we evaluate the temporary and long-lasting pro- and antiarrhythmic effects of each of the pathophysiological processes and interventions (necrosis, ischemia, oxidative stress, edema, inflammation, autonomic nervous activity, tissue repair, mechanical remodeling, and use of antiarrhythmic drugs) occurring in the blinding period that can modulate AF mechanisms. We propose that stretch-reducing ablation scar is a permanent antiarrhythmic mechanism that develops during the blinding period and is the reason for delayed cure.
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- Lisa A Gottlieb
- Electrophysiology and Heart Modelling Institute, University of Bordeaux, Pessac, France; Department of Experimental Cardiology, Amsterdam University Medical Centre, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Technology, Eindhoven, the Netherlands; Cardiology Department, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
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- Electrophysiology and Heart Modelling Institute, University of Bordeaux, Pessac, France; Department of Experimental Cardiology, Amsterdam University Medical Centre, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Li X, Li L, Lei W, Chua HZ, Li Z, Huang X, Wang Q, Li N, Zhang H. Traditional Chinese medicine as a therapeutic option for cardiac fibrosis: Pharmacology and mechanisms. Biomed Pharmacother 2021; 142:111979. [PMID: 34358754 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2021.111979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2021] [Revised: 07/05/2021] [Accepted: 07/26/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Cardiovascular diseases are one of the leading causes of death worldwide and cardiac fibrosis is a common pathological process for cardiac remodeling in cardiovascular diseases. Cardiac fibrosis not only accelerates the deterioration progress of diseases but also becomes a pivotal contributor for futile treatment in clinical cardiovascular trials. Although cardiac fibrosis is common and prevalent, effective medicines to provide sufficient clinical intervention for cardiac fibrosis are still unavailable. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is the natural essence experienced boiling, fry, and other processing methods, including active ingredients, extracts, and herbal formulas, which have been applied to treat human diseases for a long history. Recently, research has increasingly focused on the great potential of TCM for the prevention and treatment of cardiac fibrosis. Here, we aim to clarify the identified pro-fibrotic mechanisms and intensively summarize the application of TCM in improving cardiac fibrosis by working on these mechanisms. Through comprehensively analyzing, TCM mainly regulates the following pathways during ameliorating cardiac fibrosis: attenuation of inflammation and oxidative stress, inhibition of cardiac fibroblasts activation, reduction of extracellular matrix accumulation, modulation of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system, modulation of autophagy, regulation of metabolic-dependent mechanisms, and targeting microRNAs. We also discussed the deficiencies and the development direction of anti-fibrotic therapies on cardiac fibrosis. The data reviewed here demonstrates that TCM shows a robust effect on alleviating cardiac fibrosis, which provides us a rich source of new drugs or drug candidates. Besides, we also hope this review may give some enlightenment for treating cardiac fibrosis in clinical practice.
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- Xiao Li
- State Key Laboratory of Component-based Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China; Key Laboratory of Pharmacology of Traditional Chinese Medical Formulae, Ministry of Education, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China; Innovation Team of Research on Compound Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China; Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Component-based Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China; Key Laboratory of Pharmacology of Traditional Chinese Medical Formulae, Ministry of Education, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China; Innovation Team of Research on Compound Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China; Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Component-based Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China; Key Laboratory of Pharmacology of Traditional Chinese Medical Formulae, Ministry of Education, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China; Innovation Team of Research on Compound Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China; Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China.
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- Evidence-Based Medicine Center, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Component-based Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China; Key Laboratory of Pharmacology of Traditional Chinese Medical Formulae, Ministry of Education, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China; Innovation Team of Research on Compound Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China; Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China.
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- First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300381, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Component-based Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China; Key Laboratory of Pharmacology of Traditional Chinese Medical Formulae, Ministry of Education, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China; Innovation Team of Research on Compound Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China; Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Component-based Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China; Key Laboratory of Pharmacology of Traditional Chinese Medical Formulae, Ministry of Education, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China; Innovation Team of Research on Compound Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China; Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Component-based Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China; Key Laboratory of Pharmacology of Traditional Chinese Medical Formulae, Ministry of Education, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China; Innovation Team of Research on Compound Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China; Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China.
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Caggiano LR, Holmes JW. A Comparison of Fiber Based Material Laws for Myocardial Scar. JOURNAL OF ELASTICITY 2021; 145:321-337. [PMID: 35095176 PMCID: PMC8797542 DOI: 10.1007/s10659-021-09845-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2020] [Accepted: 06/10/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The mechanics of most soft tissues in the human body are determined by the organization of their collagen fibers. Predicting how mechanics will change during growth and remodeling of those tissues requires constitutive laws that account for the density and dispersion of collagen fibers. Post-infarction scar in the heart, a mechanically and structurally complex material, does not yet have a validated fiber-based constitutive model. In this study, we tested four different constitutive laws employing exponential or polynomial strain-energy functions and accounting for either mean fiber orientation alone or the details of the fiber distribution about that mean. We quantified the goodness of fit of each law to mechanical testing data from 6-week-old myocardial scar in the rat using both sum of squared error (SSE) and the Akaike Information Criterion (AIC) to account for differences in the number of material parameters within the constitutive laws. We then compared their ability to prospectively predict the mechanics of independent myocardial scar samples from other time points during healing. Our analysis suggests that a constitutive law with a polynomial form that incorporates detailed information about collagen fiber distribution using a structure tensor provides excellent fits with just two parameters and reasonable predictions of myocardial scar mechanics from measured structure alone in scars containing sufficiently high collagen content.
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- Laura R. Caggiano
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
- School of Engineering, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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Montgomery J, Richardson WJ, Marsh S, Rhett JM, Bustos F, Degen K, Ghatnekar GS, Grek CL, Jourdan LJ, Holmes JW, Gourdie RG. The connexin 43 carboxyl terminal mimetic peptide αCT1 prompts differentiation of a collagen scar matrix in humans resembling unwounded skin. FASEB J 2021; 35:e21762. [PMID: 34246197 DOI: 10.1096/fj.202001881r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2020] [Revised: 06/02/2021] [Accepted: 06/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Phase II clinical trials have reported that acute treatment of surgical skin wounds with the therapeutic peptide alpha Connexin Carboxy-Terminus 1 (αCT1) improves cutaneous scar appearance by 47% 9-month postsurgery. While Cx43 and ZO-1 have been identified as molecular targets of αCT1, the mode-of-action of the peptide in scar mitigation at cellular and tissue levels remains to be further characterized. Scar histoarchitecture in αCT1 and vehicle-control treated skin wounds within the same patient were compared using biopsies from a Phase I clinical trial at 29-day postwounding. The sole effect on scar structure of a range of epidermal and dermal variables examined was that αCT1-treated scars had less alignment of collagen fibers relative to control wounds-a characteristic that resembles unwounded skin. The with-in subject effect of αCT1 on scar collagen order observed in Phase I testing in humans was recapitulated in Sprague-Dawley rats and the IAF hairless guinea pig. Transient increase in histologic collagen density in response to αCT1 was also observed in both animal models. Mouse NIH 3T3 fibroblasts and primary human dermal fibroblasts treated with αCT1 in vitro showed more rapid closure in scratch wound assays, with individual cells showing decreased directionality in movement. An agent-based computational model parameterized with fibroblast motility data predicted collagen alignments in simulated scars consistent with that observed experimentally in human and the animal models. In conclusion, αCT1 prompts decreased directionality of fibroblast movement and the generation of a 3D collagen matrix postwounding that is similar to unwounded skin-changes that correlate with long-term improvement in scar appearance.
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- Jade Montgomery
- Fralin Biomedical Research Institute, Center for Vascular and Heart Research, Virginia Tech Carilion, Roanoke, VA, USA.,Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
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- Fralin Biomedical Research Institute, Center for Vascular and Heart Research, Virginia Tech Carilion, Roanoke, VA, USA
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
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- Fralin Biomedical Research Institute, Center for Vascular and Heart Research, Virginia Tech Carilion, Roanoke, VA, USA.,Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke, VA, USA
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- Fralin Biomedical Research Institute, Center for Vascular and Heart Research, Virginia Tech Carilion, Roanoke, VA, USA.,Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
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- Fralin Biomedical Research Institute, Center for Vascular and Heart Research, Virginia Tech Carilion, Roanoke, VA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Fralin Biomedical Research Institute, Center for Vascular and Heart Research, Virginia Tech Carilion, Roanoke, VA, USA.,Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA.,Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke, VA, USA
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Lafci Büyükkahraman M, Sabine GK, Kojouharov HV, Chen-Charpentier BM, McMahan SR, Liao J. Using models to advance medicine: mathematical modeling of post-myocardial infarction left ventricular remodeling. Comput Methods Biomech Biomed Engin 2021; 25:298-307. [PMID: 34266318 DOI: 10.1080/10255842.2021.1953487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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The heart is an organ with limited capacity for regeneration and repair. The irreversible cell death and corresponding diminished ability of the heart to repair after myocardial infarction (MI), is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. In this paper, a new mathematical model is presented to study the left ventricular (LV) remodeling and associated events after MI. The model accurately describes and predicts the interactions among heart cells and the immune system post-MI in the absence of medical interventions. The resulting system of nonlinear ordinary differential equations is studied both analytically and numerically in order to demonstrate the functionality and performance of the new model. To the best of our knowledge, this model is the only one of its kind to consider and correctly apply all of the known factors in diseased heart LV modeling. This model has the potential to provide researchers with a predictive computational tool to better understand the MI pathology and develop various cell-based treatment options, with benefits of lowering the cost and reducing the development time.
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- Mehtap Lafci Büyükkahraman
- Department of Mathematics, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA.,Department of Mathematics, Uşak University, Uşak, Turkey
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- Department of Mathematics, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA
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- Department of Mathematics, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA
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Dwyer KD, Coulombe KL. Cardiac mechanostructure: Using mechanics and anisotropy as inspiration for developing epicardial therapies in treating myocardial infarction. Bioact Mater 2021; 6:2198-2220. [PMID: 33553810 PMCID: PMC7822956 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioactmat.2020.12.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2020] [Revised: 12/18/2020] [Accepted: 12/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The mechanical environment and anisotropic structure of the heart modulate cardiac function at the cellular, tissue and organ levels. During myocardial infarction (MI) and subsequent healing, however, this landscape changes significantly. In order to engineer cardiac biomaterials with the appropriate properties to enhance function after MI, the changes in the myocardium induced by MI must be clearly identified. In this review, we focus on the mechanical and structural properties of the healthy and infarcted myocardium in order to gain insight about the environment in which biomaterial-based cardiac therapies are expected to perform and the functional deficiencies caused by MI that the therapy must address. From this understanding, we discuss epicardial therapies for MI inspired by the mechanics and anisotropy of the heart focusing on passive devices, which feature a biomaterials approach, and active devices, which feature robotic and cellular components. Through this review, a detailed analysis is provided in order to inspire further development and translation of epicardial therapies for MI.
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- Kiera D. Dwyer
- Center for Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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- Center for Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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Vo J, Mastoor Y, Mathieu PS, Clyne AM. A simple method to align cells on 3D hydrogels using 3D printed molds. BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING ADVANCES 2021; 1. [PMID: 35663509 PMCID: PMC9165732 DOI: 10.1016/j.bea.2021.100001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Vascular smooth muscle cells align circumferentially around the vessel lumen, which allows these cells to control vascular tone by contracting and relaxing. It is essential that this circumferential alignment is recapitulated in tissue engineered blood vessels. While many methods have been reported to align cells on 2D polymeric substrates, few techniques enable cell alignment on a 3D physiologically relevant hydrogel substrate. We hypothesized that the ridges inherent to the sides of fused deposition modeling 3D printed molds could be used to topographically pattern both stiff and soft substrates and thereby align cells on flat and curved surfaces. Flat and curved molds with 150, 250, and 350 μm ridges were 3D printed and used to topographically pattern polydimethylsiloxane and gelatin-methacryloyl. The ridges transferred to both substrates with less than 10% change in ridge size. Vascular smooth muscle cells were then seeded on each substrate, and nuclear and actin alignment were quantified. Cells were highly aligned with the molded ridges to a similar extent on both the stiffer polydimethylsiloxane and the softer gelatin-methacryloyl substrates. These data confirm that fused deposition modeling 3D printed molds are a rapid, cost-effective way to topographically pattern stiff and soft substrates in varied 3D shapes. This method will enable investigators to align cells on 3D polymeric and hydrogel structures for tissue engineering and other applications.
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Rogers JD, Holmes JW, Saucerman JJ, Richardson WJ. Mechano-chemo signaling interactions modulate matrix production by cardiac fibroblasts. Matrix Biol Plus 2021; 10:100055. [PMID: 34195592 PMCID: PMC8233457 DOI: 10.1016/j.mbplus.2020.100055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2020] [Revised: 11/23/2020] [Accepted: 11/23/2020] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Extracellular matrix remodeling after myocardial infarction occurs in a dynamic environment in which local mechanical stresses and biochemical signaling species stimulate the accumulation of collagen-rich scar tissue. It is well-known that cardiac fibroblasts regulate post-infarction matrix turnover by secreting matrix proteins, proteases, and protease inhibitors in response to both biochemical stimuli and mechanical stretch, but how these stimuli act together to dictate cellular responses is still unclear. We developed a screen of cardiac fibroblast-secreted proteins in response to combinations of biochemical agonists and cyclic uniaxial stretch in order to elucidate the relationships between stretch, biochemical signaling, and cardiac matrix turnover. We found that stretch significantly synergized with biochemical agonists to inhibit the secretion of matrix metalloproteinases, with stretch either amplifying protease suppression by individual agonists or antagonizing agonist-driven upregulation of protease expression. Stretch also modulated fibroblast sensitivity towards biochemical agonists by either sensitizing cells towards agonists that suppress protease secretion or de-sensitizing cells towards agonists that upregulate protease secretion. These findings suggest that the mechanical environment can significantly alter fibrosis-related signaling in cardiac fibroblasts, suggesting caution when extrapolating in vitro data to predict effects of fibrosis-related cytokines in situations like myocardial infarction where mechanical stretch occurs.
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- Jesse D. Rogers
- Department of Bioengineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA
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- Departments of Biomedical Engineering, Medicine/Cardiovascular Disease, and Surgery/Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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Elkenhans B, Protti A, Shah A, Onthank D, Botnar R. Visualization of elastin using cardiac magnetic resonance imaging after myocardial infarction as inflammatory response. Sci Rep 2021; 11:11004. [PMID: 34040032 PMCID: PMC8155029 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-90092-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2020] [Accepted: 04/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The aim of this study was to investigate the merits of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) using an elastin-binding contrast agent after myocardial infarction in mouse models with deletions of monocyte populations. Permanent ligation of the left anterior descending (LAD) artery was conducted in 10 wild-type mice and 10 each of three knockout models: CX3CR-/-, CCR2-/-, and MCP-1-/-. At 7 days and 30 days after permanent ligation, cardiac MRI was performed with a 7 T-Bruker horizontal scanner for in vivo detection of elastin with an elastin/tropoelastin-specific contrast agent (ESMA). Histology was performed with staining for elastin, collagen I and III, and F4/80. Real-time PCR was conducted to quantify the expression of genes for collagen I and III, F4/80, and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFα). Histological and ESMA-indicated elastin areas were strongly correlated (r = 0.8). 30 days after permanent ligation, CCR2-deficient mice demonstrated higher elastin levels in the scar relative to MCP-1-/- (p < 0.04) and wild-type mice (p < 0.02). The ejection fraction was lower in CCR2-deficient mice. In vivo MRI in mouse models of MI can detect elastin deposition after myocardial infarction, highlighting the pivotal role of elastin in myocardial remodeling in mouse models with deletions of monocyte populations.
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- Britta Elkenhans
- Department of Cardiology, Pneumology, and Angiology, University Hospital Aachen, Heinrich Heine University Duesseldorf, Moorenstr. 5, 40225, Duesseldorf, Germany.
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- Harvard Medical School, Department of Imaging, Lurie Family Imaging Center, Boston, USA
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- Cardiovascular Division, King's College London, London, UK
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- Cardiovascular Division, King's College London, London, UK
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McGee OM, Nolan DR, Mathieu PS, Lally C. An in-silico Investigation Into the Role of Strain and Structure on Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Growth. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2021; 9:641794. [PMID: 33959595 PMCID: PMC8093633 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2021.641794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2020] [Accepted: 03/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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The orientation of vascular cells can greatly influence the in vivo mechanical properties and functionality of soft vascular tissues. How cell orientation mediates the growth response of cells is of critical importance in understanding the response of soft tissues to mechanical stimuli or injury. To date, considerable evidence has shown that cells align with structural cues such as collagen fibers. However, in the presence of uniaxial cyclic strain on unstructured substrates, cells generally align themselves perpendicularly to the mechanical stimulus, such as strain, a phenomenon known as “strain avoidance.” The cellular response to this interplay between structural cues and a mechanical stimulus is poorly understood. A recent in vitro experimental study in our lab has investigated both the individual and collective response of rat aortic smooth muscle cells (RASMC) to structural (collagenous aligned constructs) and mechanical (cyclic strain) cues. In this study, a 2D agent-based model (ABM) is developed to simulate the collective response of RASMC to varying amplitudes of cyclic strain (0–10%, 2–8%, 4–6%) when seeded on unstructured (PDMS) and structured (decellularized collagenous tissue) constructs. An ABM is presented that is fit to the experimental outcomes in terms of cellular alignment and cell growth on PDMS substrates, under cyclic strain amplitudes of (4–6%, 2–8%, 0–10%) at 24 and 72 h timepoints. Furthermore, the ABM can predict RASMC alignment and change in cell number on a structured construct at a cyclic strain amplitude of 0–10% after 10 days. The ABM suggests that strain avoidance behavior observed in cells is dominated by selective cell proliferation and apoptosis at these early time points, as opposed to cell re-orientation, i.e., cells perpendicular to the strain increase their rate of proliferation, whilst the rate of apoptosis simultaneously increases in cells parallel to the strain direction. The development of in-silico modeling platforms, such as that presented here, allow for further understanding of the response of cells to changes in their mechanical environment. Such models offer an efficient and robust means to design and optimize the compliance and topological structure of implantable devices and could be used to aid the design of next-generation vascular grafts and stents.
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- Orla M McGee
- Trinity Centre for Biomedical Engineering, Trinity College Dublin, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Dublin, Ireland.,Department of Mechanical, Manufacturing & Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Trinity Centre for Biomedical Engineering, Trinity College Dublin, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Dublin, Ireland.,Department of Mechanical, Manufacturing & Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Trinity Centre for Biomedical Engineering, Trinity College Dublin, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Dublin, Ireland.,Department of Mechanical, Manufacturing & Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Trinity Centre for Biomedical Engineering, Trinity College Dublin, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Dublin, Ireland.,Department of Mechanical, Manufacturing & Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.,Advanced Materials and Bioengineering Research Centre (AMBER), Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland & Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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Johnston RD, Gaul RT, Lally C. An investigation into the critical role of fibre orientation in the ultimate tensile strength and stiffness of human carotid plaque caps. Acta Biomater 2021; 124:291-300. [PMID: 33571712 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2021.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2020] [Revised: 01/28/2021] [Accepted: 02/03/2021] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The development and subsequent rupture of atherosclerotic plaques in human carotid arteries is a major cause of ischaemic stroke. Mechanical characterization of atherosclerotic plaques can aid our understanding of this rupture risk. Despite this however, experimental studies on human atherosclerotic carotid plaques, and fibrous plaque caps in particular, are very limited. This study aims to provide further insights into atherosclerotic plaque rupture by mechanically testing human fibrous plaque caps, the region of the atherosclerotic lesion most often attributed the highest risk of rupture. The results obtained highlight the variability in the ultimate tensile stress, strain and stiffness experienced in atherosclerotic plaque caps. By pre-screening all samples using small angle light scattering (SALS) to determine the dominant fibre direction in the tissue, along with supporting histological analysis, this work suggests that the collagen fibre alignment in the circumferential direction plays the most dominant role for determining plaque structural stability. The work presented in this study could provide the basis for new diagnostic approaches to be developed, which non-invasively identify carotid plaques at greatest risk of rupture. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: Mechanical characterisation of the atherosclerotic plaque cap is of utmost importance for understanding the mechanisms that govern the rupture strength of this tissue in-vivo. Studies has shown that plaque tissue is heterogenous and comprises of many structural components, each of which exhibits a varying mechanical response. However, rupture generally is located to the plaque cap, whereby the stress exerted on this location exceeds its mechanical strength causing failure. This work shows, for the first time, that the underlying collagen fibre architecture of carotid plaque caps governs their strength and stiffness. This study shows that plaque caps with collagen fibres aligned in the predominately circumferential direction experience higher stresses and lower strains before failure while those with predominately axial fibres display the opposite trend. Furthermore, total collagen content was found not to play a dominant role in determining the mechanical response of the tissue. The present study provides critical insights into human atherosclerotic plaque tissue mechanics and offers clinically relevant insights for mechanically sensitive imaging techniques, such as strain-based ultrasound or MRI.
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