Activation in M1 but not M2 Macrophages Contributes to Cardiac Remodeling after Myocardial Infarction in Rats: a Critical Role of the Calcium Sensing Receptor/NRLP3 Inflammasome

Abstract

We suggest that the CaSR/NLRP3 inflammasome plays an essential role via the PLC-IP3 pathway in M1MΦ to promote cardiac remodeling post-MI in rats, including accelerated cardiac fibroblast phenotypic transversion, increased collagen and extracellular matrix (ECM) secretion; however, the CaSR/NLRP3 inflammasome does not play a role in this process in M2MΦ.