RNA sequencing analysis of WT and Dusp6-/- rat cardiac infiltrated macrophages transcriptomes

Dual-specificity phosphatase 6 (DUSP6), a member of MAPK phosphatase, serves a specific and conserved function on the dephosphorylation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 (ERK1/2) in multiple species. Utilizing a rat strain harboring nonsense mutation of Dusp6, we found that Dusp6 deficiency improves cardiac function by attenuating cardiomyocyte death and fibrosis in acute inflammatory phase after MI. To investigate the effect of DUSP6 on macrophages in acute inflammatory phase of MI, we performed RNA-seq analysis using CD45+HIS36+ macrophages isolated from Dusp6-deficient and WT infarcted LV tissues 72 h after MI by fluorescent activated cell sorting (FACS). Cardiac infiltrated macrophage mRNA profiles of WT and Dusp6-/- rats.