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Role of Integrin-β3 Protein in Macrophage Polarization and Regeneration of Injured Muscle*

Liping Zhang,Yanjun Dong,Yanlan Dong,Jizhong Cheng,Jie Du

Published 2011 in Journal of Biological Chemistry

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Background: Integrin-β3 is important for the cell migration and proliferation linked to muscle regeneration. Results: In mice with global integrin-β3 KO, an initial macrophage polarization impairs muscle regeneration and stimulates fibrosis via TGF-β1 production. Conclusion: In bone marrow cells, integrin-β3 expression is necessary for macrophage-dependent processes of muscle repair. Significance: Stimulating integrin-β3 could improve muscle regeneration. Following injury, skeletal muscle achieves repair by a highly coordinated, dynamic process resulting from interplay among numerous inflammatory, growth factors and myogenic regulators. To identify genes involved in muscle regeneration, we used a microarray analysis; there was a significant increase in the expression of a group of integrin genes. To verify these results, we used RT-PCR and Western blotting and found that 12 integrins were up-regulated from 3 h to 15 days following injury. Following muscle injury, integrin-β3 was initially expressed, mainly in macrophages. In integrin-β3 global KO mice, the expression of myogenic genes was decreased and muscle regeneration was impaired, whereas fibrosis was enhanced versus events in wild type (WT) mice. The mechanism for these responses in integrin-β3 KO mice included an infiltration of macrophages that were polarized into the M2 phenotype. These macrophages produced more TGF-β1 and increased TGF-β1/Smad signaling. In vitro, we confirmed that M2 macrophages lacking integrin-β3 produced more TGF-β1. Furthermore, transplantation of bone marrow cells from integrin-β3 KO mice into WT mice led to suppression of the infiltration and accumulation of macrophages into injured muscles. There was also impaired muscle regeneration with an increase in muscle fibrosis. Our results demonstrate that integrin-β3 plays a fundamental role in muscle regeneration through a regulation of macrophage infiltration and polarization leading to suppressed TGF-β1 production. This promotes efficient muscle regeneration. Thus, an improvement in integrin-β3 function could stimulate muscle regeneration.

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