Effects of mast cells on the behavior of isolated heart fibroblasts: Modulation of collagen remodeling and gene expression
- 19 February 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Cellular Physiology
- Vol. 191 (1), 51-59
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jcp.10071
Abstract
The extracellular matrix plays a critical role in the development and maintenance of the vertebrate heart. Changes in the accumulation, composition, or organization of the extracellular matrix are known to deleteriously affect heart function. Mast cells are thought to stimulate collagen expression and fibroblast proliferation accompanying fibrosis in some organs; however, the effects of mast cells on the heart interstitium are largely unexplored. The present studies were carried out to determine the effects of mast cells on isolated heart fibroblasts. Several in vitro assays were used including collagen gel contraction to examine the effects of mast cells on the function of isolated fibroblasts. Neonatal heart fibroblasts were cultured either with mast cells, mast cell-conditioned medium, or mast cell extracts, and their ability to contract collagen gels measured. Results from these experiments indicated that mast cells inhibit heart fibroblast migration and contraction of 3-dimensional collagen gels. Further experiments indicated that incubation of neonatal heart fibroblasts with extracts of mast cells altered the expression of collagen, matrix metalloproteases, and matrix receptors of the integrin family. These studies suggest that mast cells play an important role in the regulation of the cardiac interstitial matrix. Further studies are warranted to determine the mechanisms whereby mast cells modulate fibroblast activity. J. Cell. Physiol. 191: 51–59, 2002.Keywords
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