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Thrombospondin-1 levels correlate with macrophage activity and disease progression in dysferlin deficient mice

2016; Elsevier BV; Volume: 26; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.nmd.2016.01.002

1873-2364

Norifumi Urao, Rita E. Mirza, Ahlke Heydemann, Jesús Garcı́a, Timothy J. Koh,

Protease and Inhibitor Mechanisms

Abstract Dysferlinopathy is associated with accumulation of thrombospondin (TSP)-1 and macrophages, both of which may contribute to the pathogenesis of the disease. The purpose of this study was to determine whether TSP-1 levels can predict macrophage activity and disease progression in dysferlin deficient BlaJ mice, focusing on the early disease process. In 3 month-old BlaJ mice, muscle TSP-1 levels exhibited strong positive correlations with both accumulation of F4/80hi macrophages and with their in vivo phagocytic activity in psoas muscles as measured by magnetic resonance imaging and flow cytometry. Muscle TSP-1 levels also exhibited a strong negative correlation with muscle mass and strong positive correlations with histological measurements of muscle fiber infiltration and regeneration. Over the course of disease progression from 3 to 12 months of age, muscle TSP-1 levels showed more complicated relationships with macrophage activity and an inverse relationship with muscle mass. Importantly, blood TSP-1 levels showed strong correlations with macrophage activity and muscle degeneration, particularly early in disease progression in BlaJ mice. These data indicate that TSP-1 may contribute to a destructive macrophage response in dysferlinopathy and pose the intriguing possibility that TSP-1 levels may serve as a biomarker for disease progression.