DEL-1 deficiency aggravates pressure overload-induced heart failure by promoting neutrophil infiltration and neutrophil extracellular traps formation.

Recent studies have shown that neutrophils play an important role in the development and progression of heart failure. Developmental endothelial locus-1 (DEL-1) is an anti-inflammatory glycoprotein that has been found to have protective effects in various cardiovascular diseases. However, the role of DEL-1 in chronic heart failure is not well understood. In a mouse model of pressure overload-induced non-ischemic cardiac failure, we found that neutrophil infiltration in the heart increased and DEL-1 levels decreased in the early stages of heart failure. DEL-1 deficiency worsened pressure overload-induced cardiac dysfunction and remodeling in mice. Mechanistically, DEL-1 deficiency promotes neutrophil infiltration and the formation of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) through the regulation of P38 signaling. In vitro experiments showed that DEL-1 can inhibit P38 signaling and NETs formation in mouse neutrophils in a MAC-1-dependent manner. Depleting neutrophils, inhibiting NETs formation, and inhibiting P38 signaling all reduced the exacerbation of heart failure caused by DEL-1 deletion. Overall, our findings suggest that DEL-1 deficiency worsens pressure overload-induced heart failure by promoting neutrophil infiltration and NETs formation. Copyright © 2023. Published by Elsevier Inc.

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Mengmeng Zhao, Zihui Zheng, Zheng Yin, Jishou Zhang, Shanshan Peng, Jianfang Liu, Wei Pan, Cheng Wei, Yao Xu, Juan-Juan Qin, Jun Wan, Menglong Wang. DEL-1 deficiency aggravates pressure overload-induced heart failure by promoting neutrophil infiltration and neutrophil extracellular traps formation. Biochemical pharmacology. 2023 Dec;218:115912

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