Interleukin-6 knockout reverses macrophage differentiation imbalance and alleviates cardiac dysfunction in aging mice

Several interleukins (ILs) have been shown to be involved in aging, but the effects of IL-6 on aging-related cardiac dysfunction remain unknown. In this study, the expression and sources of cardiac IL-6 in aging hearts were investigated for the first time. The results showed that cardiac IL-6 expression in mice gradually increased with age, and the expression at 16 months, 20 months and 25 months was higher than that at 3 months. In addition, cardiac macrophages (Møs) were shown to be the main sources of IL-6 in aging mice. IL-6 knockout (KO) significantly alleviated cardiac dysfunction, increased M2 macrophage (Mø2) differentiation, reduced M1 macrophage (Mø1) differentiation and protected against cardiomyocyte apoptosis in aging mice. IL-6 KO also reversed the stimulatory effect of doxorubicin (DOX) treatment on Mø1s and the inhibitory effect of DOX treatment on Mø2s in vitro. Furthermore, the mRNA expression of both aging markers and apoptosis-related markers was markedly inhibited by IL-6 KO. Our results suggest that aging can be significantly reversed by IL-6 KO and that the mechanisms of this effect are related to alleviation of Mø1/Mø2 imbalance and protection against apoptosis in cardiomyocytes.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

Aging - 12(2020), 20 vom: 25. Okt., Seite 20184-20197

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wang, Yuan [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Shan [VerfasserIn]
Wei, Wen [VerfasserIn]
Tu, Yi [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Chuang [VerfasserIn]
Song, Junlong [VerfasserIn]
Li, Juanjuan [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Changhua [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Zhiliang [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Shengrong [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

80168379AG
Aging
Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins
Cardiac dysfunction
Cardiomyocyte apoptosis
Doxorubicin
Interleukin-6
Interleukin-6, mouse
Journal Article
Macrophages differentiation
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 19.04.2021

Date Revised 19.04.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.18632/aging.103749

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM316683671