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Importance of monocytes/macrophages and fibroblasts for healing of micronecroses in porcine myocardium

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In porcine heart, embolization of small coronary arteries with microspheres in 25 μm in diameter induces collateral capillary vessel growth by angiogenesis in and around focal necrosis. By histological analysis the inflammatory infiltrates in this porcine tissue were characterized by numerous monocytes/macrophages and fibroblasts as well as neutrophils and numerous capillaries, some in mitosis. The aim of the present study, therefore, was to clarify the role of monocytes/macrophages and fibroblasts in angiogenesis and in repair in ischemic porcine myocardium. Using a human acidic fibroblast growth factor (aFGF) cDNA probe forin situ hybridisation labeling for aFGF mRNA was seen in monocytes and macrophages only, beginning at day 1, with a maximum at 3 and 7 days, and minimal labeling at 4 weeks. We have also shown, with a specific antibody and fluorescence microscopy, that tumur necrosis factor alpha (TNFα) follows the same time sequence and that it is produced by monocytes/macrophages. The number of capillaries in infiltrates at 3 and 7 days as revealed by the lectin Dolichus Biflorus Agglutinin was high and declined at 4 weeks.In situ hybridisation using a rat cDNA probe for fibronectin showed the increased production of fibronectin mRNA in fibroblasts. To describe the expression of fibronectin and the collagens I, III, VI immunohistochemistry was used. A comparison showed that fibroblasts produced fibronectin mRNA starting at day 3, but the protein was only maximally expressed at day 7 and 4 weeks. Collagen I, III, VI expression was highest at 1–4 weeks. Conclusion: monocytes and macrophages produce the growth factors aFGF and TNFα which seem to be important for angiogenesis in the ischemic myocardium. Fibroblasts, while they produce fibronectin and collagen, exert their major function in repair and scar formation, but may take also part in angiogenesis.

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Weihrauch, D., Arras, M., Zimmermann, R. et al. Importance of monocytes/macrophages and fibroblasts for healing of micronecroses in porcine myocardium. Mol Cell Biochem 147, 13–19 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00944778

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