Reciprocal analyses in zebrafish and medaka reveal that harnessing the immune response promotes cardiac regeneration

Abstract

Zebrafish display a distinct ability to regenerate their heart following injury. However, this ability is not shared by another teleost, the medaka. In order to identify cellular and molecular bases for this difference, we performed comparative transcriptomic analyses following cardiac cryoinjury. This comparison points to major differences in immune cell dynamics between these models. Upon closer examination, we observed delayed and reduced macrophage recruitment in medaka, along with delayed neutrophil clearance. To investigate the role of immune responses in cardiac regeneration, we delayed macrophage recruitment in zebrafish and observed compromised neovascularization, neutrophil clearance, cardiomyocyte proliferation and scar resolution. In contrast, stimulating Toll-like receptor signaling in medaka enhanced immune cell dynamics and promoted neovascularization, neutrophil clearance, cardiomyocyte proliferation and scar resolution. Altogether, these data provide further insight into the complex role of the immune response during regeneration, and serve as a platform to identify and test additional regulators of cardiac repair.

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  1. Shih-Lei Lai

    Department of Developmental Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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    ben.s.lai@gmail.com
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  2. Rubén Marín-Juez

    Department of Developmental Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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  3. Pedro Luís Moura

    Department of Developmental Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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  4. Carsten Kuenne

    ECCPS Bioinformatics and deep sequencing platform, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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  5. Jason Kuan Han Lai

    Department of Developmental Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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  6. Ayele Taddese Tsedeke

    Department of Developmental Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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  7. Stefan Guenther

    ECCPS Bioinformatics and deep sequencing platform, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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  8. Mario Looso

    ECCPS Bioinformatics and deep sequencing platform, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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  9. Didier YR Stainier

    Department of Developmental Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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    Didier.Stainier@mpi-bn.mpg.de
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    Didier YR Stainier, Senior editor, eLife.
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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (Open-access funding)

  • Didier YR Stainier

The funder had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

Ethics

Animal experimentation: All zebrafish and medaka husbandry was performed under standard conditions, and all animal experiments were done in accordance with institutional (MPG) and national ethical and animal welfare guidelines approved by the ethics committee for animal experiments at the Regierungspräsidium Darmstadt, Germany (permit numbers B2-1023 and B2-1111).

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© 2017, Stainier et al.

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  1. Shih-Lei Lai
  2. Rubén Marín-Juez
  3. Pedro Luís Moura
  4. Carsten Kuenne
  5. Jason Kuan Han Lai
  6. Ayele Taddese Tsedeke
  7. Stefan Guenther
  8. Mario Looso
  9. Didier YR Stainier
(2017)
Reciprocal analyses in zebrafish and medaka reveal that harnessing the immune response promotes cardiac regeneration
eLife 6:e25605.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.25605

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