Fig. 4. RBC-derived Sema7a drives PNC formation and aggravates MIRI.
Sema7aloxP/loxPHBBCre+, Sema7aloxP/loxPMyh6Cre+, Sema7aloxP/loxPTie2Cre+, and Sema7aloxP/loxPLysMCre+ animals or littermate controls were exposed to 60 min of ischemia and 120 min reperfusion. a Representative TTC-stained slices of myocardial tissue showing infarcted area (blue/dark = retrograde Evans blue staining; red and white = AAR, white = infarcted tissue) in Sema7aloxP/loxPHBBCre+ or littermate controls with b systematic evaluation of infarct sizes (n = 7;8) and correlating troponin I plasma levels (n = 6;8). c Representative histology sections (scale bar 100 µm) of Sema7aloxP/loxPHBBCre+ animals or littermate controls and d number of PNCs counted from myocardial AAR sections in Sema7aloxP/loxPHBBCre+ animals or littermate controls (n = 9/group). e Representative TTC-stained slices of myocardial tissue showing infarcted area in Sema7aloxP/loxPMyh6Cre+ or littermate controls with f systematic evaluation of infarct sizes and correlating troponin I plasma levels (n = 6;7). g Representative histological sections of Sema7aloxP/loxPMyh6Cre+ animals or littermate controls (scale bar 100 µm) and h number of PNCs counted in myocardial tissue sections of Sema7aloxP/loxPMyh6Cre+ animals or littermate controls (n = 9/group). i Representative TTC-stained heart slices showing myocardial infarcts in Sema7aloxP/loxPTie2Cre+ or littermate controls with j systematic evaluation of infarct sizes (n = 6;5) and correlating troponin I plasma levels (n = 6;6). k Representative histology sections of Sema7alox/loxPTie2Cre+ animals or littermate controls (scale bar 100 µm) and l number of PNCs counted in myocardial tissue sections of Sema7aloxP/loxPTie2Cre+ or littermate controls (n = 9/group). m Representative TTC-stained slices of myocardial tissue showing infarcted area in Sema7aloxP/loxPLysMCre+ or littermate controls with n systematic evaluation of infarct sizes (n = 6/group) and correlating troponin I plasma levels (n = 8/group). o Representative histology sections of Sema7aloxP/loxPLysMCre+ animals or littermate controls (scale bar 100 µm) and p number of PNCs counted from myocardial tissue sections of Sema7aloxP/loxPLysMCre+ or littermate controls (n = 9/group). All comparisons in this figure were analyzed by unpaired two-tailed Student’s t-tests (data are mean ± SD). *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01 and ***p < 0.001 as indicated.