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Eosinophil-derived IL-4 drives progression of myocarditis to inflammatory dilated cardiomyopathy.

ABSTRACT: Inflammatory dilated cardiomyopathy (DCMi) is a major cause of heart failure in children and young adults. DCMi develops in up to 30% of myocarditis patients, but the mechanisms involved in disease progression are poorly understood. Patients with eosinophilia frequently develop cardiomyopathies. In this study, we used the experimental autoimmune myocarditis (EAM) model to determine the role of eosinophils in myocarditis and DCMi. Eosinophils were dispensable for myocarditis induction but were required for progression to DCMi. Eosinophil-deficient ?dblGATA1 mice, in contrast to WT mice, showed no signs of heart failure by echocardiography. Induction of EAM in hypereosinophilic IL-5Tg mice resulted in eosinophilic myocarditis with severe ventricular and atrial inflammation, which progressed to severe DCMi. This was not a direct effect of IL-5, as IL-5Tg?dblGATA1 mice were protected from DCMi, whereas IL-5-/- mice exhibited DCMi comparable with WT mice. Eosinophils drove progression to DCMi through their production of IL-4. Our experiments showed eosinophils were the major IL-4-expressing cell type in the heart during EAM, IL-4-/- mice were protected from DCMi like ?dblGATA1 mice, and eosinophil-specific IL-4 deletion resulted in improved heart function. In conclusion, eosinophils drive progression of myocarditis to DCMi, cause severe DCMi when present in large numbers, and mediate this process through IL-4.

SUBMITTER: Diny NL

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5379983 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Eosinophil-derived IL-4 drives progression of myocarditis to inflammatory dilated cardiomyopathy.

Diny Nicola L NL Baldeviano G Christian GC Talor Monica V MV Barin Jobert G JG Ong SuFey S Bedja Djahida D Hays Allison G AG Gilotra Nisha A NA Coppens Isabelle I Rose Noel R NR Čiháková Daniela D

The Journal of experimental medicine 20170316 4

Inflammatory dilated cardiomyopathy (DCMi) is a major cause of heart failure in children and young adults. DCMi develops in up to 30% of myocarditis patients, but the mechanisms involved in disease progression are poorly understood. Patients with eosinophilia frequently develop cardiomyopathies. In this study, we used the experimental autoimmune myocarditis (EAM) model to determine the role of eosinophils in myocarditis and DCMi. Eosinophils were dispensable for myocarditis induction but were re ...[more]

PMID: 28302646

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Project description:BackgroundMyocarditis is one of the most common causes leading to heart failure in children and a possible genetic background has been postulated. We sought to characterize the clinical and genetic characteristics in patients with myocarditis ≤18 years of age to predict outcome.MethodsA cohort of 42 patients (Genetics in Pediatric Myocarditis) with biopsy-proven myocarditis underwent genetic testing with targeted panel sequencing of cardiomyopathy-associated genes. Genetics in Pediatric Myocarditis patients were divided into subgroups according to the phenotype of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) at presentation, resulting in 22 patients without DCM (myocarditis without phenotype of DCM) and 20 patients with DCM (myocarditis with phenotype of DCM).ResultsMyocarditis with phenotype of DCM patients (median age 1.4 years) were younger than myocarditis without phenotype of DCM patients (median age 16.1 years; P<0.001) and were corresponding to heart failure-like and coronary syndrome-like phenotypes, respectively. At least one likely pathogenic/pathogenic variant was identified in 9 out of 42 patients (22%), 8 of them were heterozygous, and 7 out of 9 were in myocarditis with phenotype of DCM. Likely pathogenic/pathogenic variants were found in genes validated for primary DCM (BAG3, DSP, LMNA, MYH7, TNNI3, TNNT2, and TTN). Rare variant enrichment analysis revealed significant accumulation of high-impact disease variants in myocarditis with phenotype of DCM versus healthy individuals (P=0.0003). Event-free survival was lower (P=0.008) in myocarditis with phenotype of DCM patients compared with myocarditis without phenotype of DCM and primary DCM.ConclusionsWe report heterozygous likely pathogenic/pathogenic variants in biopsy-proven pediatric myocarditis. Myocarditis patients with DCM phenotype were characterized by early-onset heart failure, significant enrichment of likely pathogenic/pathogenic variants, and poor outcome. These phenotype-specific and age group-specific findings will be useful for personalized management of these patients. Genetic evaluation in children newly diagnosed with myocarditis and DCM phenotype is warranted.

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Eosinophil-derived IL-4 drives progression of myocarditis to inflammatory dilated cardiomyopathy.

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Eosinophil-derived IL-4 drives progression of myocarditis to inflammatory dilated cardiomyopathy.

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