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1. Sex- and age-related differences in the inflammatory properties of cardiac fibroblasts: impact on the cardiosplenic axis and cardiac fibrosis

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Kathleen Pappritz, Sarah-Lena Puhl, Isabel Matz, Erik Brauer, Yi Xuan Shia, Muhammad El-Shafeey, Suzanne E. Koch, Kapka Miteva, Christin Mucha, Georg N. Duda, Ansgar Petersen, Sabine Steffens, Carsten Tschöpe, and Sophie Van Linthout

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aging, sex, cardiac fibroblasts, cardiosplenic axis, monocytes, fibrosis, Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system, RC666-701
Abstract

BackgroundAge and sex are prominent risk factors for heart failure and determinants of structural and functional changes of the heart. Cardiac fibroblasts (cFB) are beyond their task as extracellular matrix-producing cells further recognized as inflammation-supporting cells. The present study aimed to evaluate the impact of sex and age on the inflammatory potential of cFB and its impact on the cardiosplenic axis and cardiac fibrosis.MaterialsLeft ventricles (LV) of 3- and 12-months old male and female C57BL/6J mice were harvested for immunohistochemistry, immunofluorescence and cFB outgrowth culture and the spleen for flow cytometry. LV-derived cFB and respective supernatants were characterized.ResultsLV-derived cFB from 3-months old male mice exhibited a higher inflammatory capacity, as indicated by a higher gene expression of CC-chemokine ligand (CCL) 2, and CCL7 compared to cFB derived from 3-months old female mice. The resulting higher CCL2/chemokine C-X3-C motif ligand (Cx3CL1) and CCL7/Cx3CL1 protein ratio in cell culture supernatants of 3-months old male vs. female cFB was reflected by a higher migration of Ly6Chigh monocytes towards supernatant from 3-months old male vs. female cFB. In vivo a lower ratio of splenic pro-inflammatory Ly6Chigh to anti-inflammatory Ly6Clow monocytes was found in 3-months old male vs. female mice, suggesting a higher attraction of Ly6Chigh compared to Ly6Clow monocytes towards the heart in male vs. female mice. In agreement, the percentage of pro-inflammatory CD68+ CD206− macrophages was higher in the LV of male vs. female mice at this age, whereas the percentage of anti-inflammatory CD68+ CD206+ macrophages was higher in the LV of 3-months old female mice compared to age-matched male animals. In parallel, the percentage of splenic TGF-β+ cells was higher in both 3- and 12-months old female vs. male mice, as further reflected by the higher pro-fibrotic potential of female vs. male splenocytes at both ages. In addition, female mice displayed a higher total LV collagen content compared to age-matched male mice, whereby collagen content of female cFB was higher compared to male cFB at the age of 12-months.ConclusionAge- and sex-dependent differences in cardiac fibrosis and inflammation are related to age- and sex-dependent variations in the inflammatory properties of cardiac fibroblasts.

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2023
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2. Prognostic significance of Dicer expression in ovarian cancer-link to global microRNA changes and oestrogen receptor expression

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Jan Budczies, Carsten Denkert, Areeg Faggad, Radoslav Chekerov, Christin Mucha, Berit Maria Müller, Reinhold Schäfer, Wilko Weichert, Oleg I. Tchernitsa, Bruno Valentin Sinn, Jalid Sehouli, Manfred Dietel, Ralph M. Wirtz, Silvia Darb-Esfahani, and Nasr E. Elwali

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biology, Cancer, medicine.disease, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, RNA interference, Ovarian carcinoma, microRNA, Immunology, Gene expression, medicine, biology.protein, Cancer research, Gene silencing, Ovarian cancer, Dicer
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MicroRNA (miRNA) deregulation is a hallmark of human cancer. However, the mechanisms underlying miRNA alteration and the specific role of proteins involved in miRNA processing remains to be elucidated. Dicer is a key enzyme in the miRNA processing pathway that is essential for the production of mature miRNAs from their precursors. We tested the hypothesis that Dicer has biological and clinical relevance in ovarian cancer, using a range of methods including in vitro manipulation of Dicer expression. We observed down-regulation of Dicer in a subgroup of ovarian carcinomas, and found that decreased Dicer expression correlates significantly with reduced patient survival in serous cancers and advanced disease stages. Moreover, microarray and functional analysis suggest that reduced Dicer expression is connected with a global down-regulation of the microRNAome and with gene expression changes, particularly reduced expression of oestrogen receptor (ER) mRNA and protein in tumour tissue and in cell culture. Our data suggest a common mechanism for miRNAs changes by alterations in the basic machinery controlling miRNA biogenesis, of which Dicer is a central enzyme. These alterations of miRNA processing are of prognostic value and may play a role in the molecular pathogenesis of ovarian carcinoma and, possibly, other tumours. Knowledge of these molecular pathways may help toward new targeted therapeutic approaches for ovarian cancer.

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2009
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3. Prognostic significance of Dicer expression in ovarian cancer-link to global microRNA changes and oestrogen receptor expression

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Areeg, Faggad, Jan, Budczies, Oleg, Tchernitsa, Silvia, Darb-Esfahani, Jalid, Sehouli, Berit M, Müller, Ralph, Wirtz, Radoslav, Chekerov, Wilko, Weichert, Bruno, Sinn, Christin, Mucha, Nasr E, Elwali, Reinhold, Schäfer, Manfred, Dietel, and Carsten, Denkert

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Adult, Aged, 80 and over, Ovarian Neoplasms, Ribonuclease III, Gene Expression Profiling, Middle Aged, Prognosis, Survival Analysis, Neoplasm Proteins, MicroRNAs, Receptors, Estrogen, Gene Knockdown Techniques, Biomarkers, Tumor, Tumor Cells, Cultured, Humans, Female, RNA, Neoplasm, Aged, Neoplasm Staging
Abstract

MicroRNA (miRNA) deregulation is a hallmark of human cancer. However, the mechanisms underlying miRNA alteration and the specific role of proteins involved in miRNA processing remains to be elucidated. Dicer is a key enzyme in the miRNA processing pathway that is essential for the production of mature miRNAs from their precursors. We tested the hypothesis that Dicer has biological and clinical relevance in ovarian cancer, using a range of methods including in vitro manipulation of Dicer expression. We observed down-regulation of Dicer in a subgroup of ovarian carcinomas, and found that decreased Dicer expression correlates significantly with reduced patient survival in serous cancers and advanced disease stages. Moreover, microarray and functional analysis suggest that reduced Dicer expression is connected with a global down-regulation of the microRNAome and with gene expression changes, particularly reduced expression of oestrogen receptor (ER) mRNA and protein in tumour tissue and in cell culture. Our data suggest a common mechanism for miRNAs changes by alterations in the basic machinery controlling miRNA biogenesis, of which Dicer is a central enzyme. These alterations of miRNA processing are of prognostic value and may play a role in the molecular pathogenesis of ovarian carcinoma and, possibly, other tumours. Knowledge of these molecular pathways may help toward new targeted therapeutic approaches for ovarian cancer.

Published
2009

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