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Kinin receptors regulate skeletal muscle regeneration: differential effects for B1 and B2 receptors

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Title:Kinin receptors regulate skeletal muscle regeneration: differential effects for B1 and B2 receptors
Creators Name:Martins, L., Amorim, W.W., Gregnani, M.F., de Carvalho Araújo, R., Qadri, F., Bader, M. and Pesquero, J.B.
Abstract:OBJECTIVE AND DESIGN: After traumatic skeletal muscle injury, muscle healing is often incomplete and produces extensive fibrosis. Bradykinin (BK) reduces fibrosis in renal and cardiac damage models through the B2 receptor. The B1 receptor expression is induced by damage, and blocking of the kallikrein-kinin system seems to affect the progression of muscular dystrophy. We hypothesized that both kinin B1 and B2 receptors could play a differential role after traumatic muscle injury, and the lack of the B1 receptor could produce more cellular and molecular substrates for myogenesis and fewer substrates for fibrosis, leading to better muscle healing. MATERIAL AND METHODS: To test this hypothesis, tibialis anterior muscles of kinin receptor knockout animals were subjected to traumatic injury. Myogenesis, angiogenesis, fibrosis, and muscle functioning were evaluated. RESULTS: Injured B1KO mice showed a faster healing progression of the injured area with a larger amount of central nucleated fiber post-injury when compared to control mice. In addition, they exhibited higher neovasculogenic capacity, maintaining optimal tissue perfusion for the post-injury phase; had higher amounts of myogenic markers with less inflammatory infiltrate and tissue destruction. This was followed by higher amounts of SMAD7 and lower amounts of p-SMAD2/3, which resulted in less fibrosis. In contrast, B2KO and B1B2KO mice showed more severe tissue destruction and excessive fibrosis. B1KO animals had better results in post-injury functional tests compared to control animals. CONCLUSIONS: We demonstrate that injured skeletal muscle tissues have a better repair capacity with less fibrosis in the presence of B2 receptor and absence of B1 receptor, including better performances in functional tests.
Keywords:Fibrosis, Skeletal Muscle, Injury, Myogenesis, Kinin, Contusion, Animals, Mice
Source:Inflammation Research
ISSN:1023-3830
Publisher:Springer
Volume:72
Number:8
Page Range:1583-1601
Date:August 2023
Official Publication:https://doi.org/10.1007/s00011-023-01766-4
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