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Innate immune memory after brain injury drives inflammatory cardiac dysfunction.
Cell 187, 4637-4655.e26 (2024)
The medical burden of stroke extends beyond the brain injury itself and is largely determined by chronic comorbidities that develop secondarily. We hypothesized that these comorbidities might share a common immunological cause, yet chronic effects post-stroke on systemic immunity are underexplored. Here, we identify myeloid innate immune memory as a cause of remote organ dysfunction after stroke. Single-cell sequencing revealed persistent pro-inflammatory changes in monocytes/macrophages in multiple organs up to 3 months after brain injury, notably in the heart, leading to cardiac fibrosis and dysfunction in both mice and stroke patients. IL-1β was identified as a key driver of epigenetic changes in innate immune memory. These changes could be transplanted to naive mice, inducing cardiac dysfunction. By neutralizing post-stroke IL-1β or blocking pro-inflammatory monocyte trafficking with a CCR2/5 inhibitor, we prevented post-stroke cardiac dysfunction. Such immune-targeted therapies could potentially prevent various IL-1β-mediated comorbidities, offering a framework for secondary prevention immunotherapy.
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Brain Ischemia ; Cardiac Fibrosis ; Cenicriviroc ; Innate Immune Memory ; Interleukin-1 ; Myeloid Cells ; Stroke ; Systemic Inflammation ; Trained Immunity; Heart-failure; Diastolic Dysfunction; Transcription-factor; Web Server; Stroke; Macrophages; State; Arrhythmias; Predictors; Activation
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2024
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30204 - Cell Programming and Repair
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German Ministry of Research and Education
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Munich School for Data Science (MUDS)
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2024-07-25