Figure 2.

Type 2 myocardial infarction–like myocardial injury activates the DC population in the heart and the heart-draining lymph nodes. C57BL/6J mice were treated with 160 mg/kg isoproterenol to induce T2MI-like myocardial injury and flow cytometry was performed on a single cell preparation of the heart and mediastinal lymph nodes. A and B, Example micrographs (modified from Hasham et al34) of isoproterenol-induced myocardial histopathology as assessed by hematoxylin and eosin staining for immunopathology (A) and Picrosirius red staining for fibrosis (B). C, Flow cytometry contour plots showing the gating for CD11c+ population among total CD45+ and corresponding quantification of cells/mg tissue (heart) or percent of total CD45+ cells (lymph node). D, Representative contour plots of CD11b and MHC-II staining in the CD11c+ population of hearts and lymph nodes of isoproterenol-treated versus control mice and corresponding quantification of CD11c+MHC-II+ cells/mg tissue (heart) or as percent of total CD11c+ cells (lymph node). E, Composition of the CD11c+ cell population in heart and lymph nodes based on CD11b and MHC-II expression. F, Representative contour blots of CD11b and XCR1 staining within the CD11c+ population of hearts and lymph nodes of isoproterenol-treated versus control mice and corresponding quantification of CD11b−XCR1+ cells/mg tissue (heart) or as percent of total CD11c+ cells (lymph node). G, Composition of the CD11c+ cell population in heart and lymph nodes based on CD11b and XCR1 expression. H, Levels of MHC-II expression (MFI) in CD11b−XCR1+ cDC1 cells in heart and lymph node and corresponding representative contour blots. Symbols represent individual mice. Error bars show mean±SEM; *P<0.05; **P<0.001; ***P<0.0001; ****P<0.00001 (1-way ANOVA with Dunnett multiple comparisons post hoc test comparing each time point to baseline, multiplicity-adjusted P values). cDC1, classical dendritic cell 1; DC, dendritic cells; MFI, mean fluorescence intensity; and MHC, major histocompatibility complex.