Overexpression of genes involved in lymphocyte activation and regulation are associated with reduced CRM-derived cardiac remodelling after STEMI.

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  • Perez-Sole, Nerea
  • Forteza, Maria J

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AIMS: Lymphopenia after ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) correlates with deleterious cardiac consequences and worse prognosis. An in-depth examination of genes implicated in lymphocyte proliferation, activation and regulation and their association with short- and long-term cardiac structure and function is therefore of great interest. METHODS: Peripheral blood mononuclear cells were isolated from 10 control subjects and 64 patients with a first STEMI treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention and submitted to cardiac magnetic resonance after 1 week and 6 months. mRNA expression of genes implicated in lymphocyte activation (CD25 and CD69) and regulation [programmed death (PD)-1 and cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen (CTLA)-4] were determined by qRT-PCR. RESULTS: In comparison to controls, STEMI patients showed heightened mRNA expression of CD25 and lower PD-1 and CTLA-4 96 h after coronary reperfusion. Patients with extensive infarctions (>30% of left ventricular mass) at 1 week displayed a notable reduction in CD25, CD69, PD-1, and CTLA-4 expression (p < 0.05). However, CD25 was the only predictor of 1-week extensive infarct size in multivariate logistic regression analysis (odds ratio 0.019; 95% confidence interval [0.001-0.505]; p = 0.018). Regarding long-term ventricular function, mRNA expression of CD25 under the mean value was associated with worse ventricular function and more adverse remodelling. CONCLUSIONS: Following STEMI, heightened expression of genes expressed in regulatory T cells (CD25 and CD69) and immune checkpoints (PD-1 and CTLA-4) correlates with a better short- and long-term cardiac structure and function. Advancing understanding of the pathophysiology of lymphopenia and evaluating novel immunomodulatory therapies will help translate these results into future clinical trials.

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1567-5769, 1878-1705

INTERNATIONAL IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY  Elsevier BV

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107490-107490
PubMed:
33677257

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  • Lymphocyte; Myocardial infarction; Ventricular remodelling

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