Article ; Online: Distinct cytoskeletal regulators of mechanical memory in cardiac fibroblasts and cardiomyocytes.
2024 Volume 119, Issue 2, Page(s) 277–289
Abstract: Recognizing that cells "feel" and respond to their mechanical environment, recent studies demonstrate that many cells exhibit a phenomenon of "mechanical memory" in which features induced by prior mechanical cues persist after the mechanical stimulus has ...
| Abstract | Recognizing that cells "feel" and respond to their mechanical environment, recent studies demonstrate that many cells exhibit a phenomenon of "mechanical memory" in which features induced by prior mechanical cues persist after the mechanical stimulus has ceased. While there is a general recognition that different cell types exhibit different responses to changes in extracellular matrix stiffening, the phenomenon of mechanical memory within myocardial cell types has received little attention to date. To probe the dynamics of mechanical memory in cardiac fibroblasts (CFs) and cardiomyocytes derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC-CMs), we employed a magnetorheological elastomer (MRE) cell culture substrate with tunable and reversible stiffness spanning the range from normal to diseased myocardium. In CFs, using increased cell area and increases in α-smooth muscle actin as markers of cellular responses to matrix stiffening, we found that induction of mechanical memory required seven days of stiff priming. Both induction and maintenance of persistent CF activation were blocked with the F-actin inhibitor cytochalasin D, while inhibitors of microtubule detyrosination had no impact on CFs. In iPSC-CMs, mechanical memory was invoked after only 24 h of stiff priming. Moreover, mechanical memory induction and maintenance were microtubule-dependent in CMs with no dependence on F-actin. Overall, these results identify the distinct temporal dynamics of mechanical memory in CFs and iPSC-CMs with different cytoskeletal mediators responsible for inducing and maintaining the stiffness-activated phenotype. Due to its flexibility, this model is broadly applicable to future studies interrogating mechanotransduction and mechanical memory in the heart and might inform strategies for attenuating the impact of load-induced pathology and excess myocardial stiffness. |
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| MeSH term(s) | Humans ; Myocytes, Cardiac/metabolism ; Actins/metabolism ; Mechanotransduction, Cellular ; Cell Differentiation/physiology ; Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells ; Fibroblasts/metabolism |
| Chemical Substances | Actins |
| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2024-02-13 |
| Publishing country | Germany |
| Document type | Journal Article |
| ZDB-ID | 189755-x |
| ISSN | 1435-1803 ; 0300-8428 ; 0175-9418 |
| ISSN (online) | 1435-1803 |
| ISSN | 0300-8428 ; 0175-9418 |
| DOI | 10.1007/s00395-023-01030-0 |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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