The role of macrophage polarization in tendon healing and therapeutic strategies: Insights from animal models

Wang, Yicheng; Lu, Xiao; Lu, Jianxi; Hernigou, Philippe; Jin, Fangchun

doi:10.3389/fbioe.2024.1366398

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Pharmacological antagonism of Ccr2+ cell recruitment to facilitate regenerative tendon healing

Smolyak,

Rodenhouse,

Nichols

et al. 2024

Journal Orthopaedic Research

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Successful tendon healing requires sufficient deposition and remodeling of new extracellular matrix at the site of injury, with this process mediating in part through fibroblast activation via communication with macrophages. Moreover, resolution of healing requires clearance or reversion of activated cells, with chronic interactions with persistent macrophages impairing resolution and facilitating the conversion to fibrotic healing. As such, modulation of the macrophage environment represents an important translational target to improve the tendon healing process. Circulating monocytes are recruited to sites of tissue injury, including the tendon, via upregulation of cytokines including Ccl2, which facilitates recruitment of Ccr2+ macrophages to the healing tendon. Our prior work has demonstrated that Ccr2−/− can modulate fibroblast activation and myofibroblast differentiation. However, this approach lacked temporal control and resulted in healing impairments. Thus, in the current study we have leveraged a Ccr2 antagonist to blunt macrophage recruitment to the healing tendon in a time‐dependent manner. We first tested the effects of Ccr2 antagonism during the acute inflammatory phase and found that this had no effect on the healing process. In contrast, Ccr2 antagonism during the early proliferative/granulation tissue period resulted in significant improvements in mechanical properties of the healing tendon. Collectively, these data demonstrate the temporally distinct impacts of modulating Ccr2+ cell recruitment and Ccr2 antagonism during tendon healing and highlight the translational potential of transient Ccr2 antagonism to improve the tendon healing process.

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Pharmacological antagonism of Ccr2+ cell recruitment to facilitate regenerative tendon healing

Smolyak,

Rodenhouse,

Nichols

et al. 2024

Journal Orthopaedic Research

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Pharmacological Antagonism of Ccr2+ Cell Recruitment to Facilitate Regenerative Tendon Healing

Smolyak,

Rodenhouse,

Nichols

et al. 2024

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Successful tendon healing requires sufficient deposition and remodeling of new extracellular matrix at the site of injury, with this process mediating in part through fibroblast activation via communication with macrophages. Moreover, resolution of healing requires clearance or reversion of activated cells, with chronic interactions with persistent macrophages impairing resolution and facilitating the conversion the conversion to fibrotic healing. As such, modulation of the macrophage environment represents an important translational target to improve the tendon healing process. Circulating monocytes are recruited to sites of tissue injury, including the tendon, via upregulation of cytokines including Ccl2, which facilitates recruitment of Ccr2+ macrophages to the healing tendon. Our prior work has demonstrated that Ccr2-/-can modulate fibroblast activation and myofibroblast differentiation. However, this approach lacked temporal control and resulted in healing impairments. Thus, in the current study we have leveraged a Ccr2 antagonist to blunt macrophage recruitment to the healing tendon in a time-dependent manner. We first tested the effects of Ccr2 antagonism during the acute inflammatory phase and found that this had no effect on the healing process. In contrast, Ccr2 antagonism during the late inflammatory/ early proliferative period resulted in significant improvements in mechanical properties of the healing tendon. Collectively, these data demonstrate the temporally distinct impacts of modulating Ccr2+ cell recruitment and Ccr2 antagonism during tendon healing and highlight the translational potential of transient Ccr2 antagonism to improve the tendon healing process.

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Oxidized Phospholipids Regulate Tenocyte Function via Induction of Amphiregulin in Dendritic Cells

Pinnarò,

Kirchberger,

Künig

et al. 2024

IJMS

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Inflammation is a driving force of tendinopathy. The oxidation of phospholipids by free radicals is a consequence of inflammatory reactions and is an important indicator of tissue damage. Here, we have studied the impact of oxidized phospholipids (OxPAPC) on the function of human tenocytes. We observed that treatment with OxPAPC did not alter the morphology, growth and capacity to produce collagen in healthy or diseased tenocytes. However, since OxPAPC is a known modulator of the function of immune cells, we analyzed whether OxPAPC-treated immune cells might influence the fate of tenocytes. Co-culture of tenocytes with immature, monocyte-derived dendritic cells treated with OxPAPC (Ox-DCs) was found to enhance the proliferation of tenocytes, particularly those from diseased tendons. Using transcriptional profiling of Ox-DCs, we identified amphiregulin (AREG), a ligand for EGFR, as a possible mediator of this proliferation enhancing effect, which we could confirm using recombinant AREG. Of note, diseased tenocytes were found to express higher levels of EGFR compared to tenocytes isolated from healthy donors and show a stronger proliferative response upon co-culture with Ox-DCs, as well as AREG treatment. In summary, we identify an AREG-EGFR axis as a mediator of a DC-tenocyte crosstalk, leading to increased tenocyte proliferation and possibly tendon regeneration.

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The role of macrophage polarization in tendon healing and therapeutic strategies: Insights from animal models

Cited by 3 publications

References 97 publications

Pharmacological antagonism of Ccr2+ cell recruitment to facilitate regenerative tendon healing

Pharmacological antagonism of Ccr2+ cell recruitment to facilitate regenerative tendon healing

Pharmacological Antagonism of Ccr2+ Cell Recruitment to Facilitate Regenerative Tendon Healing

Oxidized Phospholipids Regulate Tenocyte Function via Induction of Amphiregulin in Dendritic Cells

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