Review Article

Novel Molecular Targets Participating in Myocardial Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury and Cardioprotection

Table 3

Recent recognitions upon potential MIRI-related immunity.

ModelEffectorTargetActivity in MIRIRef.

MouseTregsEpicardial YAP/TAZThe novel Hippo signaling effectors YAP/TAZ within epicardial can drive the immune chemokine target IFN-γ of Tregs to the injured myocardium and function as cardioprotectors post-AMI.[93]
CD39 of TregsUnknownAttenuates cardiomyocyte apoptosis and reduces neutrophil infiltration.[92]
Key secreted proteins of TregsUnknownTregs function in a paracrine manner to promote cardiomyocyte proliferation for cardioprotection after AMI. The six secreted proteins including Cst7, Tnfsf11, Il33, Fgl2, Matn2, and Igf2 may be responsible.[94]
IL-2/Anti-IL-2 mAb complex (IL-2C)UnknownIL-2C from the spleen and heart might selectively proliferate cardioprotective Tregs.[95]
N,N-dimethylsphingosine (DMS)IL-10, TGFβDMS applied during early AMI in vivo may be protective against MIRI by recruiting Tregs via the PI3K/Akt pathway.[96]
S1P/FTY720CCL7, MMP-2 and IL-6FTY720 can reduce immune B cells and its associated chemokine CCL7 and suppress MMP-2 and IL-6 in order to prevent the heart from severe cardiac inflammation and immune responses.[102]
TRAF3IP2 (previously known as CIKS or Act1)NF-κB, JNK, p38 MAPKTraf3ip2 gene deletion mediates an overall cardioprotective effects.[104, 105]
IL-21Akt, NF-κB, p38MAPKIncreases chemokine expression by activating Akt/NF-κB signaling in cardiomyocytes and p38 MAPK/NF-κB signaling in cardiac fibroblasts.[106]
Crk adaptor proteinsC3G, RAP1Crk adaptor proteins can mediate the initial steps of T-cells adhesion via its nSH3 domain binding to C3G, which is guanine-nucleotide exchange factors for the small GTPases RAP1.[107]

RatS1P/FTY720(GSK)-3β, mPTP componentsS1P receptor agonist FTY720 can inhibit GSK-3β and regulate opening of mPTP to be cardioprotective.[101]

HumanVildagliptinTGF-β1Vildagliptin can recruit Tregs by overexpressing TGF-β1.[97]