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Persello A, Dupas T, Vergnaud A, Blangy-Letheule A, Aillerie V, Erraud A, Guilloux Y, Denis M, Lauzier B. Changes in transcriptomic landscape with macronutrients intake switch are independent from O-GlcNAcylation levels in heart throughout postnatal development in rats. Heliyon 2024; 10:e30526. [PMID: 38737268 PMCID: PMC11087977 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e30526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2023] [Revised: 04/27/2024] [Accepted: 04/29/2024] [Indexed: 05/14/2024] Open
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Background Dietary intake and metabolism variations are associated with molecular changes and more particularly in the transcriptome. O-GlcNAcylation is a post-translational modification added and removed respectively by OGT and OGA. The UDP-GlcNAc, the substrate of OGT, is produced by UAP1 and UAP1L1. O-GlcNAcylation is qualified as a metabolic sensor and is involved in the modulation of gene expression. We wanted to unveil if O-GlcNAcylation is linking metabolic transition to transcriptomic changes and to highlight modifications of O-GlcNAcylation during the postnatal cardiac development. Methods Hearts were harvested from rats at birth (D0), before (D12) and after suckling to weaning transition with normal (D28) or delayed weaning diet from D12 to D28 (D28F). O-GlcNAcylation levels and proteins expression were evaluated by Western blot. Cardiac transcriptomes were evaluated via 3'SRP analysis. Results Cardiac O-GlcNAcylation levels and nucleocytoplasmic OGT (ncOGT) were decreased at D28 while full length OGA (OGA) was increased. O-GlcNAcylation levels did not changed with delayed weaning diet while ncOGT and OGA were respectively increased and decreased. Uapl1 was the only O-GlcNAcylation-related gene identified as differentially expressed throughout postnatal development. Conclusion Macronutrients switch promotes changes in the transcriptome landscape that are independent from O-GlcNAcylation levels. UAP1 and UAP1L1 are not the main regulator element of O-GlcNAcylation throughout postnatal development.
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- Antoine Persello
- Nantes Université, CNRS, INSERM, l'institut du thorax, F-44000, Nantes, France
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- Nantes Université, CNRS, INSERM, l'institut du thorax, F-44000, Nantes, France
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- Nantes Université, CNRS, INSERM, l'institut du thorax, F-44000, Nantes, France
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- Nantes Université, CNRS, INSERM, l'institut du thorax, F-44000, Nantes, France
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- Nantes Université, CNRS, INSERM, l'institut du thorax, F-44000, Nantes, France
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- Nantes Université, Inserm UMR 1307, CNRS UMR 6075, Université d’Angers, CRCI2NA, F-44000, Nantes, France
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- Nantes Université, CHU Nantes, CNRS, INSERM, l'institut du thorax, F-44000, Nantes, France
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- Nantes Université, CNRS, INSERM, l'institut du thorax, F-44000, Nantes, France
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Ballesteros-Pla C, Sánchez-Alonso MG, Pizarro-Delgado J, Zuccaro A, Sevillano J, Ramos-Álvarez MP. Pleiotrophin and metabolic disorders: insights into its role in metabolism. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2023; 14:1225150. [PMID: 37484951 PMCID: PMC10360176 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1225150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2023] [Accepted: 06/26/2023] [Indexed: 07/25/2023] Open
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Pleiotrophin (PTN) is a cytokine which has been for long studied at the level of the central nervous system, however few studies focus on its role in the peripheral organs. The main aim of this review is to summarize the state of the art of what is known up to date about pleiotrophin and its implications in the main metabolic organs. In summary, pleiotrophin promotes the proliferation of preadipocytes, pancreatic β cells, as well as cells during the mammary gland development. Moreover, this cytokine is important for the structural integrity of the liver and the neuromuscular junction in the skeletal muscle. From a metabolic point of view, pleiotrophin plays a key role in the maintenance of glucose and lipid as well as whole-body insulin homeostasis and favors oxidative metabolism in the skeletal muscle. All in all, this review proposes pleiotrophin as a druggable target to prevent from the development of insulin-resistance-related pathologies.
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Cho KW, Andrade M, Bae S, Kim S, Kim JE, Jang EY, Lee S, Husain A, Sutliff RL, Calvert JW, Park C, Yoon YS. Polycomb Group Protein CBX7 Represses Cardiomyocyte Proliferation Through Modulation of the TARDBP/RBM38 Axis. Circulation 2023; 147:1823-1842. [PMID: 37158107 PMCID: PMC10330362 DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.122.061131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2022] [Accepted: 04/13/2023] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND Shortly after birth, cardiomyocytes exit the cell cycle and cease proliferation. At present, the regulatory mechanisms for this loss of proliferative capacity are poorly understood. CBX7 (chromobox 7), a polycomb group (PcG) protein, regulates the cell cycle, but its role in cardiomyocyte proliferation is unknown. METHODS We profiled CBX7 expression in the mouse hearts through quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction, Western blotting, and immunohistochemistry. We overexpressed CBX7 in neonatal mouse cardiomyocytes through adenoviral transduction. We knocked down CBX7 by using constitutive and inducible conditional knockout mice (Tnnt2-Cre;Cbx7fl/+ and Myh6-MCM;Cbx7fl/fl, respectively). We measured cardiomyocyte proliferation by immunostaining of proliferation markers such as Ki67, phospho-histone 3, and cyclin B1. To examine the role of CBX7 in cardiac regeneration, we used neonatal cardiac apical resection and adult myocardial infarction models. We examined the mechanism of CBX7-mediated repression of cardiomyocyte proliferation through coimmunoprecipitation, mass spectrometry, and other molecular techniques. RESULTS We explored Cbx7 expression in the heart and found that mRNA expression abruptly increased after birth and was sustained throughout adulthood. Overexpression of CBX7 through adenoviral transduction reduced proliferation of neonatal cardiomyocytes and promoted their multinucleation. On the other hand, genetic inactivation of Cbx7 increased proliferation of cardiomyocytes and impeded cardiac maturation during postnatal heart growth. Genetic ablation of Cbx7 promoted regeneration of neonatal and adult injured hearts. Mechanistically, CBX7 interacted with TARDBP (TAR DNA-binding protein 43) and positively regulated its downstream target, RBM38 (RNA Binding Motif Protein 38), in a TARDBP-dependent manner. Overexpression of RBM38 inhibited the proliferation of CBX7-depleted neonatal cardiomyocytes. CONCLUSIONS Our results demonstrate that CBX7 directs the cell cycle exit of cardiomyocytes during the postnatal period by regulating its downstream targets TARDBP and RBM38. This is the first study to demonstrate the role of CBX7 in regulation of cardiomyocyte proliferation, and CBX7 could be an important target for cardiac regeneration.
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- Kyu-Won Cho
- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Carlyle Fraser Heart Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30308, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Louisiana State University Health Science Center, Shreveport, LA 71103, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
- Severance Biomedical Science Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Mortensen NP, Pathmasiri W, Snyder RW, Caffaro MM, Watson SL, Patel PR, Beeravalli L, Prattipati S, Aravamudhan S, Sumner SJ, Fennell TR. Oral administration of TiO 2 nanoparticles during early life impacts cardiac and neurobehavioral performance and metabolite profile in an age- and sex-related manner. Part Fibre Toxicol 2022; 19:3. [PMID: 34986857 PMCID: PMC8728993 DOI: 10.1186/s12989-021-00444-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2021] [Accepted: 12/23/2021] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Nanoparticles (NPs) are increasingly incorporated in everyday products. To investigate the effects of early life exposure to orally ingested TiO2 NP, male and female Sprague-Dawley rat pups received four consecutive daily doses of 10 mg/kg body weight TiO2 NP (diameter: 21 ± 5 nm) or vehicle control (water) by gavage at three different pre-weaning ages: postnatal day (PND) 2-5, PND 7-10, or PND 17-20. Cardiac assessment and basic neurobehavioral tests (locomotor activity, rotarod, and acoustic startle) were conducted on PND 20. Pups were sacrificed at PND 21. Select tissues were collected, weighed, processed for neurotransmitter and metabolomics analyses. RESULTS Heart rate was found to be significantly decreased in female pups when dosed between PND 7-10 and PND 17-20. Females dosed between PND 2-5 showed decrease acoustic startle response and when dosed between PND 7-10 showed decreased performance in the rotarod test and increased locomotor activity. Male pups dosed between PND 17-20 showed decreased locomotor activity. The concentrations of neurotransmitters and related metabolites in brain tissue and the metabolomic profile of plasma were impacted by TiO2 NP administration for all dose groups. Metabolomic pathways perturbed by TiO2 NP administration included pathways involved in amino acid and lipid metabolism. CONCLUSION Oral administration of TiO2 NP to rat pups impacted basic cardiac and neurobehavioral performance, neurotransmitters and related metabolites concentrations in brain tissue, and the biochemical profiles of plasma. The findings suggested that female pups were more likely to experience adverse outcome following early life exposure to oral TiO2 NP than male pups. Collectively the data from this exploratory study suggest oral administration of TiO2 NP cause adverse biological effects in an age- and sex-related manner, emphasizing the need to understand the short- and long-term effects of early life exposure to TiO2 NP.
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- Ninell P Mortensen
- Discovery Sciences, RTI International, 3040 E Cornwallis Road, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709, USA.
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- UNC Nutrition Research Institute, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 500 Laureate Way, Kannapolis, NC, 28081, USA
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- Discovery Sciences, RTI International, 3040 E Cornwallis Road, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709, USA
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- Discovery Sciences, RTI International, 3040 E Cornwallis Road, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709, USA
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- Discovery Sciences, RTI International, 3040 E Cornwallis Road, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709, USA
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- Discovery Sciences, RTI International, 3040 E Cornwallis Road, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709, USA
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- Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, 2907 East Gate City Blvd., Greensboro, NC, 27401, USA
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- Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, 2907 East Gate City Blvd., Greensboro, NC, 27401, USA
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- Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, 2907 East Gate City Blvd., Greensboro, NC, 27401, USA
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- UNC Nutrition Research Institute, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 500 Laureate Way, Kannapolis, NC, 28081, USA
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- Discovery Sciences, RTI International, 3040 E Cornwallis Road, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709, USA
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Bilal AS, Thuerauf DJ, Blackwood EA, Glembotski CC. Design and Production of Heart Chamber-Specific AAV9 Vectors. Methods Mol Biol 2022; 2573:89-113. [PMID: 36040589 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2707-5_8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
Abstract
Adeno-associated virus serotype 9 (AAV9) is often used in heart research involving gene delivery due to its cardiotropism, high transduction efficiency, and little to no pathogenicity, making it highly applicable for gene manipulation, in vivo. However, current AAV9 technology is limited by the lack of strains that can selectively express and elucidate gene function in an atrial- and ventricular-specific manner. In fact, study of gene function in cardiac atria has been limited due to the lack of an appropriate tool to study atrial gene expression in vivo, hindering progress in the study of atrial-specific diseases such as atrial fibrillation, the most common cardiac arrhythmia in the USA.This chapter describes the method for the design and production of such chamber-specific AAV9 vectors, with the use of Nppa and Myl2 promoters to enhance atrial- and ventricular-specific expression. While several gene promoter candidates were considered and tested, Nppa and Myl2 were selected for use here because of their clearly defined regulatory elements that confer cardiac chamber-specific expression. Accordingly, Nppa (-425/+25) and Myl2 (-226/+36) promoter fragments are inserted into AAV9 vectors. The atrial- and ventricular-specific expression conferred by these new recombinant AAV9 was confirmed in a double-fluorescent Cre-dependent reporter mouse model. At only 450 and 262 base pairs of Nppa and Myl2 promoters, respectively, these AAV9 that drive chamber-specific AAV9 transgene expression address two major limitations of AAV9 technology, i.e., achieving chamber-specificity while maximizing space in the AAV genome for insertion of larger transgenes.
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- Alina S Bilal
- Translational Cardiovascular Research Center and Department of Internal Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ, USA
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Translational Cardiovascular Research Center and Department of Internal Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ, USA
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- Translational Cardiovascular Research Center and Department of Internal Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
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Katraki-Pavlou S, Kastana P, Bousis D, Ntenekou D, Varela A, Davos CH, Nikou S, Papadaki E, Tsigkas G, Athanasiadis E, Herradon G, Mikelis CM, Beis D, Papadimitriou E. Protein tyrosine phosphatase receptor zeta 1 deletion triggers defective heart morphogenesis in mice and zebrafish. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2021; 322:H8-H24. [PMID: 34767486 PMCID: PMC8754060 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00400.2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
Protein tyrosine phosphatase receptor-ζ1 (PTPRZ1) is a transmembrane
tyrosine phosphatase receptor highly expressed in embryonic stem cells. In the
present work, gene expression analyses of Ptprz1−/− and Ptprz1+/+ mice endothelial cells and hearts pointed to
an unidentified role of PTPRZ1 in heart development through the regulation of
heart-specific transcription factor genes. Echocardiography analysis in mice
identified that both systolic and diastolic functions are affected in Ptprz1−/− compared with Ptprz1+/+ hearts, based on a dilated left
ventricular (LV) cavity, decreased ejection fraction and fraction shortening,
and increased angiogenesis in Ptprz1−/−
hearts, with no signs of cardiac hypertrophy. A zebrafish ptprz1−/− knockout was also generated and exhibited
misregulated expression of developmental cardiac markers, bradycardia, and
defective heart morphogenesis characterized by enlarged ventricles and defected
contractility. A selective PTPRZ1 tyrosine phosphatase inhibitor affected
zebrafish heart development and function in a way like what is observed in the
ptprz1−/− zebrafish. The same
inhibitor had no effect in the function of the adult zebrafish heart, suggesting
that PTPRZ1 is not important for the adult heart function, in line with data
from the human cell atlas showing very low to negligible PTPRZ1 expression in
the adult human heart. However, in line with the animal models, Ptprz1 was expressed in many different cell types in
the human fetal heart, such as valvar, fibroblast-like, cardiomyocytes, and
endothelial cells. Collectively, these data suggest that PTPRZ1 regulates
cardiac morphogenesis in a way that subsequently affects heart function and
warrant further studies for the involvement of PTPRZ1 in idiopathic congenital
cardiac pathologies. NEW & NOTEWORTHY Protein tyrosine phosphatase receptor
ζ1 (PTPRZ1) is expressed in fetal but not adult heart and seems
to affect heart development. In both mouse and zebrafish animal models, loss of
PTPRZ1 results in dilated left ventricle cavity, decreased ejection fraction,
and fraction shortening, with no signs of cardiac hypertrophy. PTPRZ1 also seems
to be involved in atrioventricular canal specification, outflow tract
morphogenesis, and heart angiogenesis. These results suggest that PTPRZ1 plays a
role in heart development and support the hypothesis that it may be involved in
congenital cardiac pathologies.
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- Stamatiki Katraki-Pavlou
- Zebrafish Disease Models Lab, Center for Clinical, Experimental Surgery and Translational Research, Biomedical Research Foundation Academy of Athens, Greece.,Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacy, School of Health Sciences, University of Patras, Greece
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- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacy, School of Health Sciences, University of Patras, Greece
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- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacy, School of Health Sciences, University of Patras, Greece
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- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacy, School of Health Sciences, University of Patras, Greece
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- Cardiovascular Research Laboratory, Biomedical Research Foundation, Academy of Athens, Greece
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- Cardiovascular Research Laboratory, Biomedical Research Foundation, Academy of Athens, Greece
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- Department of Anatomy-Histology-Embryology, Medical School, University of Patras, Greece
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- Department of Anatomy-Histology-Embryology, Medical School, University of Patras, Greece
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- Department of Cardiology, Patras University Hospital, Rio, Patras, Greece
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad San Pablo-CEU, CEU Universities, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Amarillo, TX, United States
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- Zebrafish Disease Models Lab, Center for Clinical, Experimental Surgery and Translational Research, Biomedical Research Foundation Academy of Athens, Greece
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- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacy, School of Health Sciences, University of Patras, Greece
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Dumont AA, Dumont L, Zhou D, Giguère H, Pileggi C, Harper ME, Blondin DP, Scott MS, Auger-Messier M. Cardiomyocyte-specific Srsf3 deletion reveals a mitochondrial regulatory role. FASEB J 2021; 35:e21544. [PMID: 33819356 DOI: 10.1096/fj.202002293rr] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2020] [Revised: 03/03/2021] [Accepted: 03/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
Abstract
Serine-rich splicing factor 3 (SRSF3) was recently reported as being necessary to preserve RNA stability via an mTOR mechanism in a cardiac mouse model in adulthood. Here, we demonstrate the link between Srsf3 and mitochondrial integrity in an embryonic cardiomyocyte-specific Srsf3 conditional knockout (cKO) mouse model. Fifteen-day-old Srsf3 cKO mice showed dramatically reduced (below 50%) survival and reduced the left ventricular systolic performance, and histological analysis of these hearts revealed a significant increase in cardiomyocyte size, confirming the severe remodeling induced by Srsf3 deletion. RNA-seq analysis of the hearts of 5-day-old Srsf3 cKO mice revealed early changes in expression levels and alternative splicing of several transcripts related to mitochondrial integrity and oxidative phosphorylation. Likewise, the levels of several protein complexes of the electron transport chain decreased, and mitochondrial complex I-driven respiration of permeabilized cardiac muscle fibers from the left ventricle was impaired. Furthermore, transmission electron microscopy analysis showed disordered mitochondrial length and cristae structure. Together with its indispensable role in the physiological maintenance of mouse hearts, these results highlight the previously unrecognized function of Srsf3 in regulating the mitochondrial integrity.
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- Audrey-Ann Dumont
- Département de Médecine - Service de Cardiologie, Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé, Centre de Recherche du CHUS, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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- Département de Médecine - Service de Cardiologie, Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé, Centre de Recherche du CHUS, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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- Département de microbiologie et d'infectiologie, Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé, Centre de Recherche du CHUS, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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- Département de Médecine - Service de Cardiologie, Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé, Centre de Recherche du CHUS, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Département de Médecine - Service de Cardiologie, Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé, Centre de Recherche du CHUS, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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- Département de Biochimie et Génomique Fonctionnelle, Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé, Centre de Recherche du CHUS, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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- Département de Médecine - Service de Cardiologie, Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé, Centre de Recherche du CHUS, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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Midkine (MDK) is a heparin-binding growth factor that is normally expressed in mid-gestational development mediating mesenchymal and epithelial interactions. As organisms age, expression of MDK diminishes; however, in adults, MDK expression is associated with acute and chronic pathologic conditions such as myocardial infarction and heart failure (HF). The role of MDK is not clear in cardiovascular disease and currently there is no consensus if it plays a beneficial or detrimental role in HF. The lack of clarity in the literature is exacerbated by differing roles that circulating and myocardial MDK play in signaling pathways in cardiomyocytes (some of which have yet to be elucidated). Of particular interest, serum MDK is elevated in adults with chronic heart failure and higher circulating MDK is associated with worse cardiac function. In addition, pediatric HF patients have higher levels of myocardial MDK. This review focuses on what is known about the effect of exogenous versus myocardial MDK in various cardiac disease models in an effort to better clarify the role of midkine in HF.
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Tatman PD, Woulfe KC, Karimpour-Fard A, Jeffrey DA, Jaggers J, Cleveland JC, Nunley K, Taylor MR, Miyamoto SD, Stauffer BL, Sucharov CC. Pediatric dilated cardiomyopathy hearts display a unique gene expression profile. JCI Insight 2017; 2:94249. [PMID: 28724804 DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.94249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2017] [Accepted: 06/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
Abstract
Our previous work showed myocellular differences in pediatric and adult dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). However, a thorough characterization of the molecular pathways involved in pediatric DCM does not exist, limiting the development of age-specific therapies. To characterize this patient population, we investigated the transcriptome profile of pediatric patients. RNA-Seq from 7 DCM and 7 nonfailing (NF) explanted age-matched pediatric left ventricles (LV) was performed. Changes in gene expression were confirmed by real-time PCR (RT-PCR) in 36 DCM and 21 NF pediatric hearts and in 20 DCM and 10 NF adult hearts. The degree of myocyte hypertrophy was investigated in 4 DCM and 7 NF pediatric hearts and in 4 DCM and 9 NF adult hearts. Changes in gene expression in response to pluripotency-inducing factors were investigated in neonatal rat ventricular myocytes (NRVMs). Transcriptome analysis identified a gene expression profile in children compared with adults with DCM. Additionally, myocyte hypertrophy was not observed in pediatric hearts but was present in adult hearts. Furthermore, treatment of NRVMs with pluripotency-inducing factors recapitulated changes in gene expression observed in the pediatric DCM heart. Pediatric DCM is characterized by unique changes in gene expression that suggest maintenance of an undifferentiated state.
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- Philip D Tatman
- Division of Cardiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA.,Medical Scientist Training Program and
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- Division of Cardiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Paediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA.,Division of Cardiology, Denver Health and Hospital Authority, Denver, Colorado, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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An CI, Ichihashi Y, Peng J, Sinha NR, Hagiwara N. Transcriptome Dynamics and Potential Roles of Sox6 in the Postnatal Heart. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0166574. [PMID: 27832192 PMCID: PMC5104335 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0166574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2016] [Accepted: 10/31/2016] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
Abstract
The postnatal heart undergoes highly coordinated developmental processes culminating in the complex physiologic properties of the adult heart. The molecular mechanisms of postnatal heart development remain largely unexplored despite their important clinical implications. To gain an integrated view of the dynamic changes in gene expression during postnatal heart development at the organ level, time-series transcriptome analyses of the postnatal hearts of neonatal through adult mice (P1, P7, P14, P30, and P60) were performed using a newly developed bioinformatics pipeline. We identified functional gene clusters by principal component analysis with self-organizing map clustering which revealed organized, discrete gene expression patterns corresponding to biological functions associated with the neonatal, juvenile and adult stages of postnatal heart development. Using weighted gene co-expression network analysis with bootstrap inference for each of these functional gene clusters, highly robust hub genes were identified which likely play key roles in regulating expression of co-expressed, functionally linked genes. Additionally, motivated by the role of the transcription factor Sox6 in the functional maturation of skeletal muscle, the role of Sox6 in the postnatal maturation of cardiac muscle was investigated. Differentially expressed transcriptome analyses between Sox6 knockout (KO) and control hearts uncovered significant upregulation of genes involved in cell proliferation at postnatal day 7 (P7) in the Sox6 KO heart. This result was validated by detecting mitotically active cells in the P7 Sox6 KO heart. The current report provides a framework for the complex molecular processes of postnatal heart development, thus enabling systematic dissection of the developmental regression observed in the stressed and failing adult heart.
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- Chung-Il An
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
- * E-mail: (CA); (YI); (NH)
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- Department of Plant Biology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
- * E-mail: (CA); (YI); (NH)
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- Department of Statistics, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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- Department of Plant Biology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
- * E-mail: (CA); (YI); (NH)
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Ladd AN. New Insights Into the Role of RNA-Binding Proteins in the Regulation of Heart Development. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2016; 324:125-85. [PMID: 27017008 DOI: 10.1016/bs.ircmb.2015.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The regulation of gene expression during development takes place both at the transcriptional and posttranscriptional levels. RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) regulate pre-mRNA processing, mRNA localization, stability, and translation. Many RBPs are expressed in the heart and have been implicated in heart development, function, or disease. This chapter will review the current knowledge about RBPs in the developing heart, focusing on those that regulate posttranscriptional gene expression. The involvement of RBPs at each stage of heart development will be considered in turn, including the establishment of specific cardiac cell types and formation of the primitive heart tube, cardiac morphogenesis, and postnatal maturation and aging. The contributions of RBPs to cardiac birth defects and heart disease will also be considered in these contexts. Finally, the interplay between RBPs and other regulatory factors in the developing heart, such as transcription factors and miRNAs, will be discussed.
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- A N Ladd
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, United States of America.
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Rustagi Y, Jaiswal HK, Rawal K, Kundu GC, Rani V. Comparative Characterization of Cardiac Development Specific microRNAs: Fetal Regulators for Future. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0139359. [PMID: 26465880 PMCID: PMC4605649 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0139359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2015] [Accepted: 09/10/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small, conserved RNAs known to regulate several biological processes by influencing gene expression in eukaryotes. The implication of miRNAs as another player of regulatory layers during heart development and diseases has recently been explored. However, there is no study which elucidates the profiling of miRNAs during development of heart till date. Very limited miRNAs have been reported to date in cardiac context. In addition, integration of large scale experimental data with computational and comparative approaches remains an unsolved challenge.The present study was designed to identify the microRNAs implicated in heart development using next generation sequencing, bioinformatics and experimental approaches. We sequenced six small RNA libraries prepared from different developmental stages of the heart using chicken as a model system to produce millions of short sequence reads. We detected 353 known and 703 novel miRNAs involved in heart development. Out of total 1056 microRNAs identified, 32.7% of total dataset of known microRNAs displayed differential expression whereas seven well studied microRNAs namely let-7, miR-140, miR-181, miR-30, miR-205, miR-103 and miR-22 were found to be conserved throughout the heart development. The 3'UTR sequences of genes were screened from Gallus gallus genome for potential microRNA targets. The target mRNAs were appeared to be enriched with genes related to cell cycle, apoptosis, signaling pathways, extracellular remodeling, metabolism, chromatin remodeling and transcriptional regulators. Our study presents the first comprehensive overview of microRNA profiling during heart development and prediction of possible cardiac specific targets and has a big potential in future to develop microRNA based therapeutics against cardiac pathologies where fetal gene re-expression is witnessed in adult heart.
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- Yashika Rustagi
- Department of Biotechnology, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, A–10, Sector–62, Noida, 201307, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, A–10, Sector–62, Noida, 201307, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, A–10, Sector–62, Noida, 201307, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Laboratory of Tumor Biology, Angiogenesis and Nanomedicine Research, National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS), Pune 411007, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, A–10, Sector–62, Noida, 201307, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Nelson DO, Jin DX, Downs KM, Kamp TJ, Lyons GE. Irx4 identifies a chamber-specific cell population that contributes to ventricular myocardium development. Dev Dyn 2014; 243:381-92. [PMID: 24123507 DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.24078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2013] [Revised: 10/02/2013] [Accepted: 10/03/2013] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The ventricular myocardium is the most prominent layer of the heart, and the most important for mediating cardiac physiology. Although the ventricular myocardium is critical for heart function, the cellular hierarchy responsible for ventricle-specific myocardium development remains unresolved. RESULTS To determine the pattern and time course of ventricular myocardium development, we investigated IRX4 protein expression, which has not been previously reported. We identified IRX4+ cells in the cardiac crescent, and these cells were positive for markers of the first or second heart fields. From the onset of chamber formation, IRX4+ cells were restricted to the ventricular myocardium. This expression pattern persisted into adulthood. Of interest, we observed that IRX4 exhibits developmentally regulated dynamic intracellular localization. Throughout prenatal cardiogenesis, and up to postnatal day 4, IRX4 was detected in the cytoplasm of ventricular myocytes. However, between postnatal days 5–6, IRX4 translocated to the nucleus of ventricular myocytes. CONCLUSIONS Given the ventricle-specific expression of Irx4 in later stages of heart development, we hypothesize that IRX4+ cells in the cardiac crescent represent the earliest cell population in the cellular hierarchy underlying ventricular myocardium development.
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Ho DH. Transgenerational epigenetics: the role of maternal effects in cardiovascular development. Integr Comp Biol 2014; 54:43-51. [PMID: 24813463 DOI: 10.1093/icb/icu031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Transgenerational epigenetics, the study of non-genetic transfer of information from one generation to the next, has gained much attention in the past few decades due to the fact that, in many instances, epigenetic processes outweigh direct genetic processes in the manifestation of aberrant phenotypes across several generations. Maternal effects, or the influences of maternal environment, phenotype, and/or genotype on offsprings' phenotypes, independently of the offsprings' genotypes, are a subcategory of transgenerational epigenetics. Due to the intimate role of the mother during early development in animals, there is much interest in investigating the means by which maternal effects can shape the individual. Maternal effects are responsible for cellular organization, determination of the body axis, initiation and maturation of organ systems, and physiological performance of a wide variety of species and biological systems. The cardiovascular system is the first to become functional and can significantly influence the development of other organ systems. Thus, it is important to elucidate the role of maternal effects in cardiovascular development, and to understand its impact on adult cardiovascular health. Topics to be addressed include: (1) how and when do maternal effects change the developmental trajectory of the cardiovascular system to permanently alter the adult's cardiovascular phenotype, (2) what molecular mechanisms have been associated with maternally induced cardiovascular phenotypes, and (3) what are the evolutionary implications of maternally mediated changes in cardiovascular phenotype?
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- Dao H Ho
- Section of Cardio-Renal Physiology and Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Birmingham, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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Paradis A, Xiao D, Zhou J, Zhang L. Endothelin-1 promotes cardiomyocyte terminal differentiation in the developing heart via heightened DNA methylation. Int J Med Sci 2014; 11:373-80. [PMID: 24578615 PMCID: PMC3936032 DOI: 10.7150/ijms.7802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2013] [Accepted: 12/17/2013] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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AIMS Hypoxia is a major stress on fetal development and leads to induction of endothelin-1 (ET-1) expression. We tested the hypothesis that ET-1 stimulates the terminal differentiation of cardiomyocytes from mononucleate to binucleate in the developing heart. METHODS AND RESULTS Hypoxia (10.5% O2) treatment of pregnant rats from day 15 to day 21 resulted in a significant increase in prepro-ET-1 mRNA expression in fetal hearts. ET-1 ex vivo treatment of fetal rat cardiomyocytes increased percent binucleate cells and decreased Ki-67 expression, a marker for proliferation, under both control and hypoxic conditions. Hypoxia alone decreased Ki-67 expression and in conjunction with ET-1 treatment decreased cardiomyocyte size. PD145065, a non-selective ET-receptor antagonist, blocked the changes in binucleation and proliferation caused by ET-1. DNA methylation in fetal cardiomyocytes was significantly increased with ET-1 treatment, which was blocked by 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine, a DNA methylation inhibitor. In addition, 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine treatment abrogated the increase in binucleation and decrease in proliferation induced by ET-1. CONCLUSIONS Hypoxic stress and synthesis of ET-1 increases DNA methylation and promotes terminal differentiation of cardiomyocytes in the developing heart. This premature exit of the cell cycle may lead to a reduced cardiomyocyte endowment in the heart and have a negative impact on cardiac function.
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- Alexandra Paradis
- 1. Center for Perinatal Biology, Division of Pharmacology, Department of Basic Sciences, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, California 92350
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- 1. Center for Perinatal Biology, Division of Pharmacology, Department of Basic Sciences, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, California 92350
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- 1. Center for Perinatal Biology, Division of Pharmacology, Department of Basic Sciences, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, California 92350 ; 2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing 210008, China
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- 1. Center for Perinatal Biology, Division of Pharmacology, Department of Basic Sciences, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, California 92350
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Blech-Hermoni Y, Ladd AN. RNA binding proteins in the regulation of heart development. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2013; 45:2467-78. [PMID: 23973289 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2013.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2013] [Revised: 08/09/2013] [Accepted: 08/13/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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In vivo, RNA molecules are constantly accompanied by RNA binding proteins (RBPs), which are intimately involved in every step of RNA biology, including transcription, editing, splicing, transport and localization, stability, and translation. RBPs therefore have opportunities to shape gene expression at multiple levels. This capacity is particularly important during development, when dynamic chemical and physical changes give rise to complex organs and tissues. This review discusses RBPs in the context of heart development. Since the targets and functions of most RBPs--in the heart and at large--are not fully understood, this review focuses on the expression and roles of RBPs that have been implicated in specific stages of heart development or developmental pathology. RBPs are involved in nearly every stage of cardiogenesis, including the formation, morphogenesis, and maturation of the heart. A fuller understanding of the roles and substrates of these proteins could ultimately provide attractive targets for the design of therapies for congenital heart defects, cardiovascular disease, or cardiac tissue repair.
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- Yotam Blech-Hermoni
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA; Program in Cell Biology, Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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MicroRNA profiling during rat ventricular maturation: A role for miR-29a in regulating cardiomyocyte cell cycle re-entry. FEBS Lett 2013; 587:1548-55. [DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2013.01.075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2012] [Revised: 01/19/2013] [Accepted: 01/23/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Ciulla MM, Acquistapace G, Perrucci GL, Nicolini P, Toffetti L, Braidotti P, Ferrero S, Zucca I, Aquino D, Busca G, Magrini F. Immunohistochemical expression of oncological proliferation markers in the hearts of rats during normal pregnancy. Biomark Med 2013; 7:119-29. [DOI: 10.2217/bmm.12.94] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Aim: Pregnancy is characterized by left ventricular hypertrophy that is potentially accounted for by cardiomyocyte proliferation, although no such evidence is currently available. This study investigates if the left ventricular mass (LVM) increase during pregnancy implies cell hyperplasia. Materials & methods: In nonpregnant and late-pregnant rats, cardiac function and LVM were evaluated by MRI, and cardiomyocyte dimensions and proliferations were assessed quantitatively by morphometric analysis and immunohistochemistry using oncological markers (Ki67 and MCM2). Results: In late-pregnant rats, LVM and cardiomyocyte area were greater. No mitotic figures were found nor was there any significant difference between groups in Ki67 expression. MCM2 expression was related to LVM. Conclusion: During pregnancy, rat cardiomyocytes undergo hypertrophy but not hyperplasia; the expression of MCM2, related to LVM, suggests it could be a marker of protein synthesis. The application of oncological markers to physiological contexts may provide insight into their role within the cell cycle.
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- Michele M Ciulla
- Department of Clinical Science & Community Health, Laboratory of Clinical Informatics & Cardiovascular Imaging, University of Milan, 20122 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Science & Community Health, Laboratory of Clinical Informatics & Cardiovascular Imaging, University of Milan, 20122 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Science & Community Health, Laboratory of Clinical Informatics & Cardiovascular Imaging, University of Milan, 20122 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Science & Community Health, Laboratory of Clinical Informatics & Cardiovascular Imaging, University of Milan, 20122 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Science & Community Health, Laboratory of Clinical Informatics & Cardiovascular Imaging, University of Milan, 20122 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of Milan, 20122 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical, Surgical & Dental Science, University of Milan, 20122 Milan, Italy
- Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, 20122 Milan, Italy
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- Scientific Direction Unit, Foundation IRCCS Neurological Institute ‘Carlo Besta’, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Scientific Direction Unit, Foundation IRCCS Neurological Institute ‘Carlo Besta’, 20133 Milan, Italy
- Neuroradiology Unit, Foundation IRCCS Neurological Institute ‘Carlo Besta’, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Science & Community Health, Laboratory of Clinical Informatics & Cardiovascular Imaging, University of Milan, 20122 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Science & Community Health, Laboratory of Clinical Informatics & Cardiovascular Imaging, University of Milan, 20122 Milan, Italy
- Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, 20122 Milan, Italy
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Ito J, Hashimoto T, Nakamura S, Aita Y, Yamazaki T, Schlegel W, Takimoto K, Maturana AD. Splicing transitions of the anchoring protein ENH during striated muscle development. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2012; 421:232-8. [PMID: 22497889 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2012.03.142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2012] [Accepted: 03/28/2012] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The ENH (PDLIM5) protein acts as a scaffold to tether various functional proteins at subcellular sites via PDZ and three LIM domains. Splicing of the ENH primary transcript generates various products with different repertories of protein interaction modules. Three LIM-containing ENH predominates in neonatal cardiac tissue, whereas LIM-less ENHs are abundant in adult hearts, as well as skeletal muscles. Here we examine the timing of splicing transitions of ENH gene products during postnatal heart development and C2C12 myoblast differentiation. Real-time PCR analysis shows that LIM-containing ENH1 mRNA is gradually decreased during postnatal heart development, whereas transcripts with the short exon 5 appear in the late postnatal period and continues to increase until at least one month after birth. The splicing transition from LIM-containing ENH1 to LIM-less ENHs is also observed during the early period of C2C12 differentiation. This transition correlates with the emergence of ENH transcripts with the short exon 5, as well as the expression of myogenin mRNA. In contrast, the shift from the short exon 5 to the exon 7 occurs in the late differentiation period. The timing of this late event corresponds to the appearance of mRNA for the skeletal myosin heavy chain MYH4. Thus, coordinated and stepwise splicing transitions result in the production of specific ENH transcripts in mature striated muscles.
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- Jumpei Ito
- Department of Bioengineering, Nagaoka University of Technology, 1603-1 Kamitomioka, Nagaoka, Niigata 940-2188, Japan
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Di Stefano V, Giacca M, Capogrossi MC, Crescenzi M, Martelli F. Knockdown of cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors induces cardiomyocyte re-entry in the cell cycle. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:8644-8654. [PMID: 21209082 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.184549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Proliferation of mammalian cardiomyocytes stops rapidly after birth and injured hearts do not regenerate adequately. High cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor (CKI) levels have been observed in cardiomyocytes, but their role in maintaining cardiomyocytes in a post-mitotic state is still unknown. In this report, it was investigated whether CKI knockdown by RNA interference induced cardiomyocyte proliferation. We found that triple transfection with p21(Waf1), p27(Kip1), and p57(Kip2) siRNAs induced both neonatal and adult cardiomyocyte to enter S phase and increased the nuclei/cardiomyocyte ratio; furthermore, a subpopulation of cardiomyocytes progressed beyond karyokynesis, as assessed by the detection of mid-body structures and by straight cardiomyocyte counting. Intriguingly, cardiomyocyte proliferation occurred in the absence of overt DNA damage and aberrant mitotic figures. Finally, CKI knockdown and DNA synthesis reactivation correlated with a dramatic change in adult cardiomyocyte morphology that may be a prerequisite for cell division. In conclusion, CKI expression plays an active role in maintaining cardiomyocyte withdrawal from the cell cycle.
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- Valeria Di Stefano
- From the Molecular Cardiology Laboratory, IRCCS-Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, 20097 Milan, Italy
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- Molecular Medicine Laboratory, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, 34149 Trieste, Italy
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- Vascular Pathology Laboratory, Istituto Dermopatico dell'Immacolata-IRCCS, 00167 Rome, Italy, and
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- the Department of Environment and Primary Prevention, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 00161 Rome, Italy
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- Vascular Pathology Laboratory, Istituto Dermopatico dell'Immacolata-IRCCS, 00167 Rome, Italy, and.
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Li F, Tian F, Wang L, Williamson IK, Sharifi BG, Shah PK. Pleiotrophin (PTN) is expressed in vascularized human atherosclerotic plaques: IFN-{gamma}/JAK/STAT1 signaling is critical for the expression of PTN in macrophages. FASEB J 2010; 24:810-22. [PMID: 19917672 PMCID: PMC2830133 DOI: 10.1096/fj.09-140780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2009] [Accepted: 10/15/2009] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Neovascularization is critical to destabilization of atheroma. We previously reported that the angiogenic growth factor pleiotrophin (PTN) coaxes monocytes to assume the phenotype of functional endothelial cells in vitro and in vivo. In this study we show that PTN expression is colocalized with capillaries of human atherosclerotic plaques. Among the various reagents that are critical to the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis, interferon (IFN)-gamma was found to markedly induce PTN mRNA expression in a dose-dependent manner in macrophages. Mechanistic studies revealed that the Janus kinase inhibitors, WHI-P154 and ATA, efficiently blocked STAT1 phosphorylation in a concentration- and time-dependent manner. Notably, the level of phosphorylated STAT1 was found to correlate directly with the PTN mRNA levels. In addition, STAT1/STAT3/p44/42 signaling molecules were found to be phosphorylated by IFN-gamma in macrophages, and they were translocated into the nucleus. Further, PTN promoter analysis showed that a gamma-activated sequence (GAS) located at -2086 to -2078 bp is essential for IFN-gamma-regulated promoter activity. Moreover, electrophoretic mobility shift, supershift, and chromatin immunoprecipitation analyses revealed that both STAT1 and STAT3 bind to the GAS at the chromatin level in the IFN-gamma stimulated cells. Finally, to test whether the combined effect of STAT1/STAT3/p44/42 signaling is required for the expression of PTN in macrophages, gene knockdowns of these transcription factors were performed using siRNA. Cells lacking STAT1, but not STAT3 or p42, have markedly reduced PTN mRNA levels. These data suggest that PTN expression in the human plaques may be in part regulated by IFN-gamma and that PTN is involved in the adaptive immunity.-Li, F., Tian, F., Wang, L., Williamson, I. K., Sharifi, B. G., Shah, P. K. Pleiotrophin (PTN) is expressed in vascularized human atherosclerotic plaques: IFN-gamma/JAK/STAT1 signaling is critical for the expression of PTN in macrophages.
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- Fuqiang Li
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Davis Bldg. 1016, 8700 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
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Lin JC, Yang SC, Hong TM, Yu SL, Shi Q, Wei L, Chen HY, Yang PC, Lee KH. Phenanthrene-based tylophorine-1 (PBT-1) inhibits lung cancer cell growth through the Akt and NF-kappaB pathways. J Med Chem 2009; 52:1903-11. [PMID: 19284764 PMCID: PMC2670969 DOI: 10.1021/jm801344j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Tylophorine and related natural compounds exhibit potent antitumor activities. We previously showed that PBT-1, a synthetic C9-substituted phenanthrene-based tylophorine (PBT) derivative, significantly inhibits growth of various cancer cells. In this study, we further explored the mechanisms and potential of PBT-1 as an anticancer agent. PBT-1 dose-dependently suppressed colony formation and induced cell cycle G2/M arrest and apoptosis. DNA microarray and pathway analysis showed that PBT-1 activated the apoptosis pathway and mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling. In contrast, PBT-1 suppressed the nuclear factor kappaB (NF-kappaB) pathway and focal adhesion. We further confirmed that PBT-1 suppressed Akt activation accelerated RelA degradation via IkappaB kinase-alpha and down-regulated NF-kappaB target gene expression. The reciprocal recruitment of RelA and RelB on COX-2 promoter region led to down-regulation of transcriptional activity. We conclude that PBT-1 induces cell cycle G2/M arrest and apoptosis by inactivating Akt and by inhibiting the NF-kappaB signaling pathway. PBT-1 may be a good drug candidate for anticancer chemotherapy.
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- Jau-Chen Lin
- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, No. 128, Academia Road, Sec. 2, NanKang, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, No. 128, Academia Road, Sec. 2, NanKang, Taipei, Taiwan
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- NTU Center of Genomic Medicine, No, 1, Jen-Ai Road, Sec. 1, Taipei, Taiwan
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- NTU Center of Genomic Medicine, No, 1, Jen-Ai Road, Sec. 1, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Natural Products Research Laboratories, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC27599, USA
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- Natural Products Research Laboratories, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC27599, USA
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- Institute of Statistical Science, Academia Sinica, No. 128, Academia Road, Sec. 2, NanKang, Taipei, Taiwan
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- College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, No, 1, Jen-Ai Road, Sec. 1, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Natural Products Research Laboratories, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC27599, USA
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Terenzi F, Brimacombe KR, Penn MS, Ladd AN. CELF-mediated alternative splicing is required for cardiac function during early, but not later, postnatal life. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2008; 46:395-404. [PMID: 19073192 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2008.10.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2008] [Revised: 10/11/2008] [Accepted: 10/30/2008] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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During the transition from juvenile to adult life, the heart undergoes programmed remodeling at the levels of transcription and alternative splicing. Members of the CUG-BP and ETR-3-like factor (CELF) family have been implicated in driving developmental transitions in alternative splicing of cardiac transcripts during maturation of the heart. Here, we investigated the timing of the requirement for CELF activity in the postnatal heart using a previously described transgenic mouse model (MHC-CELFDelta). In MHC-CELFDelta mice, nuclear CELF activity has been disrupted specifically in the heart by cardiac-specific expression of a dominant negative CELF protein. Longitudinal analyses of two lines of MHC-CELFDelta mice with differing levels of dominant negative protein expression demonstrate that CELF splicing activity is required for healthy cardiac function during juvenile, but not adult, life. Cardiac function, chamber dilation, and heart size all recover with age in the mild line of MHC-CELFDelta mice without a loss of dominant negative protein expression or change in expression of endogenous CELF proteins or known CELF antagonists. This is the first example of a mouse model with genetically induced cardiomyopathy that spontaneously recovers without intervention. Our results suggest that CELF proteins are key players in the integrated gene expression program involved in postnatal cardiac remodeling and maturation.
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- Fulvia Terenzi
- Department of Cell Biology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Ave. NC10, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
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Rahaman H, Khan KA, Hassan I, Wahid M, Singh SB, Singh TP, Moosavi-Movahedi AA, Ahmad F. Sequence and stability of the goat cytochrome c. Biophys Chem 2008; 138:23-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2008.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2008] [Revised: 08/20/2008] [Accepted: 08/22/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Mitsiadis TA, Caton J, De Bari C, Bluteau G. The large functional spectrum of the heparin-binding cytokines MK and HB-GAM in continuously growing organs: the rodent incisor as a model. Dev Biol 2008; 320:256-66. [PMID: 18582856 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2008.05.530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2008] [Revised: 04/10/2008] [Accepted: 05/08/2008] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The heparin binding molecules MK and HB-GAM are involved in the regulation of growth and differentiation of many tissues and organs. Here we analyzed the expression of MK and HB-GAM in the developing mouse incisors, which are continuously growing organs with a stem cell compartment. Overlapping but distinct expression patterns for MK and HB-GAM were observed during all stages of incisor development (initiation, morphogenesis, cytodifferentiation). Both proteins were detected in the enamel knot, a transient epithelial signaling structure that is important for tooth morphogenesis, and the cervical loop where the stem cell niche is located. The functions of MK and HB-GAM were studied in dental explants and organotypic cultures in vitro. In mesenchymal explants, MK stimulated HB-GAM expression and, vice-versa, HB-GAM upregulated MK expression, thus indicating a regulatory loop between these proteins. BMP and FGF molecules also activated expression of both cytokines in mesenchyme. The proliferative effects of MK and HB-GAM varied according to the mesenchymal or epithelial origin of the tissue. Growth, cytodifferentiation and mineralization were inhibited in incisor germs cultured in the presence of MK neutralizing antibodies. These results demonstrate that MK and HB-GAM are involved in stem cells maintenance, cytodifferentiation and mineralization processes during mouse incisor development.
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- Thimios A Mitsiadis
- Department of Orofacial Development and Structure, Institute of Oral Biology, ZZMK, Faculty of Medicine, University of Zurich, Plattenstrasse 11, CH 8032 Zurich, Switzerland.
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Integrated transcriptomic response to cardiac chronic hypoxia: translation regulators and response to stress in cell survival. Funct Integr Genomics 2008; 8:265-75. [PMID: 18446526 DOI: 10.1007/s10142-008-0082-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2007] [Revised: 03/31/2008] [Accepted: 04/06/2008] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Complementary deoxyribonucleic acid microarray data from 36 mice subjected for 1, 2, or 4 weeks of their early life to normal atmospheric conditions (normoxia) or chronic intermittent (CIH) or constant (CCH) hypoxia were analyzed to extract organizational principles of the developing heart transcriptome and determine the integrated response to oxygen deprivation. Although both CCH and CIH regulated numerous genes involved in a wide diversity of processes, the changes in maturational profile, expression stability, and coordination were vastly different between the two treatments, indicating the activation of distinct regulatory mechanisms of gene transcription. The analysis focused on the main regulators of translation and response to stress because of their role in the cardiac hypertrophy and cell survival in hypoxia. On average, the expression of each heart gene was tied to the expression of about 20% of other genes in normoxia but to only 8% in CCH and 9% in CIH, indicating a strong decoupling effect of hypoxia. In contrast to the general tendency, the interlinkages among components of the translational machinery and response to stress increased significantly in CIH and much more in CCH, suggesting a coordinated response to the hypoxic stress. Moreover, the transcriptomic networks were profoundly and differently remodeled by CCH and CIH.
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Three-dimensional analysis of molecular signals with episcopic imaging techniques. METHODS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY (CLIFTON, N.J.) 2008; 411:35-46. [PMID: 18287637 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-549-7_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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This chapter describes two episcopic imaging methods, episcopic fluorescence image capturing (EFIC) and high-resolution episcopic microscopy (HREM). These allow analysis of molecular signals in a wide variety of biological samples such as tissues or embryos, in their precise anatomical and histological context. Both methods are designed to work with histologically prepared and whole-mount stained material, and both provide high-resolution data sets that lend themselves to 3D visualization and modeling. Specimens are embedded in wax (EFIC) or resin (HREM) and sectioned on a microtome. During the sectioning process, a series of digital images of each freshly cut block surface is captured, using a microscope and CCD camera aligned with the position at which the microtome block holder comes to rest after each cutting cycle. The resulting stacks of serial images retain virtually exact alignment and are readily converted to volume data sets. The two methods differ in how tissue architecture is visualized and hence how specific molecular signals are detected. EFIC uses endogenous, broad-range, tissue autofluorescence to reveal specimen structure. Addition of dyes to the wax embedding medium suppresses detection of any signal except that originating from the block surface. EFIC can be used to detect specific signals (such as LacZ) by virtue of their ability to suppress such fluorescence. In contrast, the plastic embedding medium used in HREM is strongly fluorescent, and tissue architecture is detected at the surface because of the ability of cellular and subcellular structures to suppress this signal. Specific signals generated as a result of chromogenic reactions can be visualized using band-pass filters that suppress the appearance of morphological data. In both methods, the digital volume data show high contrast; for HREM, such data achieve true cellular resolution. Their intrinsic alignment greatly facilitates their use for 3D analysis of transgene activity that can be visualized in the context of complex cellular and tissue morphology. Both methods are relatively simple and can be set up using common laboratory apparatuses. Together, they provide powerful tools for analyzing gene function in embryogenesis or tissue remodeling and for investigating developmental malformations.
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Li J, Wei H, Chesley A, Moon C, Krawczyk M, Volkova M, Ziman B, Margulies KB, Talan M, Crow MT, Boheler KR. The Pro-angiogenic Cytokine Pleiotrophin Potentiates Cardiomyocyte Apoptosis through Inhibition of Endogenous AKT/PKB Activity. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:34984-93. [DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m703513200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Ahuja P, Sdek P, Maclellan WR. Cardiac myocyte cell cycle control in development, disease, and regeneration. Physiol Rev 2007; 87:521-44. [PMID: 17429040 PMCID: PMC2708177 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00032.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 411] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Cardiac myocytes rapidly proliferate during fetal life but exit the cell cycle soon after birth in mammals. Although the extent to which adult cardiac myocytes are capable of cell cycle reentry is controversial and species-specific differences may exist, it appears that for the vast majority of adult cardiac myocytes the predominant form of growth postnatally is an increase in cell size (hypertrophy) not number. Unfortunately, this limits the ability of the heart to restore function after any significant injury. Interest in novel regenerative therapies has led to the accumulation of much information on the mechanisms that regulate the rapid proliferation of cardiac myocytes in utero, their cell cycle exit in the perinatal period, and the permanent arrest (terminal differentiation) in adult myocytes. The recent identification of cardiac progenitor cells capable of giving rise to cardiac myocyte-like cells has challenged the dogma that the heart is a terminally differentiated organ and opened new prospects for cardiac regeneration. In this review, we summarize the current understanding of cardiomyocyte cell cycle control in normal development and disease. In addition, we also discuss the potential usefulness of cardiomyocyte self-renewal as well as feasibility of therapeutic manipulation of the cardiac myocyte cell cycle for cardiac regeneration.
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- Corresponding author: W. Robb MacLellan, Cardiovascular Research Laboratories, David Geffen school of Medicine at UCLA, 675 C.E. Young Dr., MRL 3-645, Los Angeles, California, 90095-1760; Phone: (310) 825-2556; Fax: (310) 206-5777; e-mail:
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Chen HW, Su SF, Chien CT, Lin WH, Yu SL, Chou CC, Chen JJW, Yang PC. Titanium dioxide nanoparticles induce emphysema‐like lung injury in mice. FASEB J 2006; 20:2393-5. [PMID: 17023518 DOI: 10.1096/fj.06-6485fje] [Citation(s) in RCA: 237] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Titanium dioxide nanoparticles (nanoTiO2) have been widely used as a photocatalyst in air and water cleaning. However, these nanoparticles inhalation can induce pulmonary toxicity and its mechanism is not fully understood. In this study we investigated the pulmonary toxicity of nanoTiO2 and its molecular pathogenesis. The adult male ICR mice were exposed to intratracheal single dose of 0.1 or 0.5 mg nanoTiO2 (19-21 nm) and lung tissues were collected at 3rd day, 1st wk, and 2nd wk for morphometric, microarray gene expression, and pathway analyses. NanoTiO2 can induce pulmonary emphysema, macrophages accumulation, extensive disruption of alveolar septa, type II pneumocyte hyperplasia, and epithelial cell apoptosis. NanoTiO2 induced differential expression of hundreds of genes include activation of pathways involved in cell cycle, apoptosis, chemokines, and complement cascades. In particular, nanoTiO2 up-regulates placenta growth factor (PlGF) and other chemokines (CXCL1, CXCL5, and CCL3) expressions that may cause pulmonary emphysema and alveolar epithelial cell apoptosis. Cultured human THP-1 cell-derived macrophages treated with nanoTiO2 in vitro also resulted in up-regulations of PlGF, CXCL1, CXCL5, and CCL3. These results indicated that nanoTiO2 can induce severe pulmonary emphysema, which may be caused by activation of PlGF and related inflammatory pathways.
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- Huei-Wen Chen
- Department and Institute of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Gude N, Muraski J, Rubio M, Kajstura J, Schaefer E, Anversa P, Sussman MA. Akt promotes increased cardiomyocyte cycling and expansion of the cardiac progenitor cell population. Circ Res 2006; 99:381-8. [PMID: 16840722 DOI: 10.1161/01.res.0000236754.21499.1c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Activation of Akt is associated with enhanced cell cycling and cellular proliferation in nonmyocytes, but this effect of nuclear Akt accumulation has not been explored in the context of the myocardium. Cardiac-specific expression of nuclear-targeted Akt (Akt/nuc) in transgenics prolongs postnatal cell cycling as evidenced by increased numbers of Ki67+ cardiomyocytes at 2 to 3 weeks after birth. Similarly, nuclear-targeting of Akt promotes expansion of the presumptive cardiac progenitor cell population as assessed by immunolabeling for c-kit in combination with myocyte-specific markers Nkx 2.5 or MEF 2C. Increases in pro-proliferative cytokines, including tumor-necrosis superfamily 8, interleukin-17e, and hepatocyte growth factor, were found in nuclear-targeted Akt myocardial samples. Concurrent signaling mediated by paracrine factors downstream of Akt/nuc expression may be responsible for phenotypic effects of nuclear-targeted Akt in the myocardium, including enhanced cell proliferation and expansion of the stem cell population.
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- Natalie Gude
- San Diego State University Heart Institute and Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, USA
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Chen WJ, Chen HW, Yu SL, Huang CH, Wang TD, Chen JJW, Chien CT, Chen HY, Yang PC, Lee YT. Gene expression profiles in hypoxic preconditioning using cDNA microarray analysis: altered expression of an angiogenic factor, carcinoembryonic antigen-related cell adhesion molecule 1. Shock 2005; 24:124-31. [PMID: 16044082 DOI: 10.1097/01.shk.0000170352.72694.36] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Hypoxic preconditioning has been shown to exhibit cardioprotective effects on myocardium from ischemic or reperfusion injury. The specific regulated gene involved in the hypoxia-induced cardioprotective effects is profiled in this study. Young male Wistar rats and ICR mice were exposed to sea level (as normal control) or simulated high altitude for 15 h/day for 2, 4, or 8 weeks, or for 4 weeks at high altitude after 2 weeks at sea level. The left ventricles of the animals were isolated for mRNA isolation and cDNA microarray analysis. Our data demonstrated that hypoxic preconditioning significantly ameliorated cardiac ischemic injury by minimizing the infarct size. After cluster analysis of expression profiles after different courses of hypoxic preconditioning (0, 2, 4, and 8 weeks), 386 genes showed an ascending pattern, whereas 301 genes showed a descending pattern. The ascending genes include several angiogenic factors: FGF receptor 4, vascular endothelial growth factor (vEGF), and carcinoembryonic antigen-related cell adhesion molecule 1 (CEACAM-1). The microvessel density was also significantly increased in hypoxic hearts. Using Western blotting and immunohistochemical analysis, the protein expression level and localization of CEACAM-1 were observed in hypoxic myocardium. The results also indicated that CEACAM-1 was upregulated as with other hypoxic angiogenic factors, heme oxygenase 1 (HO-1) and hypoxia inducible factor-1alpha (HIF-1alpha), in in vitro cultured cardiomyocytes (H9c2) after hypoxia treatment and in vivo hypoxic preconditioning. Furthermore, incubation with recombinant vEGF could also increase the expression level of CEACAM-1 in H9c2 cells. These results demonstrated that hypoxic preconditioning resulted in transcriptional changes, and some of these genes have been correlated with angiogenesis. The HIF-1/vEGF/CEACAM-1 pathway might be important for hypoxia-induced angiogenesis in the heart during hypoxic preconditioning.
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- Wen-Jone Chen
- Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University Medical College, Taipei, 100, Taiwan.
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Herradon G, Ezquerra L, Nguyen T, Silos-Santiago I, Deuel TF. Midkine regulates pleiotrophin organ-specific gene expression: evidence for transcriptional regulation and functional redundancy within the pleiotrophin/midkine developmental gene family. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2005; 333:714-21. [PMID: 15985215 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.05.160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2005] [Accepted: 05/23/2005] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Midkine (MK) and the highly related cytokine pleiotrophin (PTN) constitute the PTN/MK developmental gene family. The Mk and Ptn genes are essential for normal development of the catecholamine and renin-angiotensin pathways and the synthesis of different collagens. It is not known whether the Ptn and Mk genes regulate each other or whether PTN and MK are functionally redundant in development. We have now compared the levels of expression of Ptn and Mk in genetically deficient Mk -/- and Ptn -/- mice and found highly significant increases in Ptn gene expression in spinal cord, dorsal root ganglia, eye, heart, aorta, bladder, and urethra, but not in brain, bone marrow, testis, and lung of Mk -/- mice compared with wild type mice; a remarkable approximately 230-fold increase in Ptn expression levels was found in heart of Mk -/- mice and highly significant but lesser increases were found in six other organs. Differences in levels of Mk gene expression in Ptn -/- mice could not be detected in any of the organs tested. The data demonstrate that MK regulates Ptn gene expression with a high degree of organ specificity, suggesting that Ptn gene expression follows Mk gene expression in development, that the increase in Ptn gene expression is compensatory for the absence of MK in Mk -/- mice, that PTN and MK share a high degree of functional redundancy, and that MK may be very important in the development of heart in mouse.
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- Gonzalo Herradon
- Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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Ezquerra L, Herradon G, Nguyen T, Silos-Santiago I, Deuel TF. Midkine, a newly discovered regulator of the renin–angiotensin pathway in mouse aorta: Significance of the pleiotrophin/midkine developmental gene family in angiotensin II signaling. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2005; 333:636-43. [PMID: 15979460 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.05.113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2005] [Accepted: 05/23/2005] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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We previously demonstrated that pleiotrophin (PTN the protein, Ptn the gene) highly regulates the levels of expression of the genes encoding the proteins of the renin-angiotensin pathway in mouse aorta. We now demonstrate that the levels of expression of these same genes are significantly regulated in mouse aorta by the PTN family member midkine (MK the protein, Mk the gene); a 3-fold increase in expression of renin, an 82-fold increase in angiotensinogen, a 6-fold decrease in the angiotensin converting enzyme, and a 6.5-fold increase in the angiotensin II type 1 and a 9-fold increase in the angiotensin II type 2 receptor mRNAs were found in Mk-/- mouse aorta in comparison with the wild type (WT, +/+). The results in Mk-/- mice are remarkably similar to those previously reported in Ptn-/- mouse aorta, with the single exception of that the levels of the angiotensinogen gene expression in Ptn-/- mice are equal to those in WT+/+ mouse aorta, and thus, in contrast to Mk gene expression unaffected by levels of Ptn gene expression. The data indicate that MK and PTN share striking but not complete functional redundancy. These data support potentially high levels importance of MK and the MK/PTN developmental gene family in downstream signals initiated by angiotensin II either in development or in the many pathological conditions in which MK expression levels are increased, such as atherosclerosis and many human neoplasms that acquire constitutive endogenous Mk gene expression by mutation during tumor progression and potentially provide a target through the renin-angiotensin pathway to treat advanced malignancies.
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- Laura Ezquerra
- Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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Chen HW, Chen JJW, Yu SL, Li HN, Yang PC, Su CM, Au HK, Chang CW, Chien LW, Chen CS, Tzeng CR. Transcriptome analysis in blastocyst hatching by cDNA microarray*. Hum Reprod 2005; 20:2492-501. [PMID: 15919778 DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dei084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Hatching is an important process for early embryo development, differentiation and implantation. However, little is known about its regulatory mechanisms. By integrating the technologies of RNA amplification and cDNA microarrays, it has become possible to study the gene expression profile at this critical stage. METHODS Pre-hatched and hatched ICR mouse embryos (25 blastocysts in each group were used in the triplicate experiments) were collected for RNA extraction, amplification, and microarray analysis (the mouse cDNA microarray, 6144 genes, including expressed sequence tags). RESULTS According to cDNA microarray data, we have identified 85 genes that were expressed at a higher level in hatched blastocyst than in pre-hatched blastocysts. In this study, 47 hatching-related candidate genes were verified via re-sequencing. Some of these genes have been selected and confirmed by real-time quantitative RT-PCR. These hatching-specific genes were also expressed at a lower level in the delayed growth embryos (morula or blastocyst without hatching at day 6 post hCG). These genes included: cell adhesion and migration molecules [E-cadherin, neuronal cell adhesion molecule (NCAM), lectin, galactose binding, soluble 7 (Lgals7), vanin 3 and biglycan], epigenetic regulators (Dnmt1, and SIN3 yeast homolog A), stress response regulators (heme oxygenase 1) and immunoresponse regulators [interleukin (IL)-2-inducible T-cell kinase, IL-4R, interferon-gamma receptor 2, and neurotrophin]. The immunostaining of E-cadherin and NCAM showed strong and specific localization in hatched blastocyst. CONCLUSIONS This work provides important information for studying the mechanisms of blastocyst hatching and implantation. These hatching-specific genes may have potential as new drug targets for controlling fertility.
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- Huei-Wen Chen
- Institute and Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Current Awareness on Comparative and Functional Genomics. Comp Funct Genomics 2005. [PMCID: PMC2448604 DOI: 10.1002/cfg.419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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