期刊
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION
卷 10, 期 24, 页码 -出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.121.022659
关键词
cardiomyocytes; direct reprogramming; regeneration
资金
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute [1R01HL152280-01]
- NIH/NHLBI Research Training Program in Cardiovascular Surgery [T32 HL139430]
- BCM Cytometry and Cell Sorting Core (National Institutes of Health) [P30AI036211, P30CA125123, S10RR024574]
- National Center for Research Resources [S10RR024574]
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases [AI036211]
- National Cancer Institute [P30CA125123]
The study found that the Hippo pathway intermediate Tead1 can enhance the efficiency of induced cardiomyocyte generation, showing significant effects on both fibroblasts and cardiac fibroblasts. By replacing TBX5 and regulating the expression levels of cardio-differentiation genes and mitochondrial biogenesis regulator genes, Tead1 helps increase the expression of cardiomyocyte markers.
Background The conversion of fibroblasts into induced cardiomyocytes may regenerate myocardial tissue from cardiac scar through in situ cell transdifferentiation. The efficiency transdifferentiation is low, especially for human cells. We explored the leveraging of Hippo pathway intermediates to enhance induced cardiomyocyte generation. Methods and Results We screened Hippo effectors Yap (yes-associated protein), Taz (transcriptional activator binding domain), and Tead1 (TEA domain transcription factor 1; Td) for their reprogramming efficacy with cardio-differentiating factors Gata4, Mef2C, and Tbx5 (GMT). Td induced nearly 3-fold increased expression of cardiomyocyte marker cTnT (cardiac troponin T) by mouse embryonic and adult rat fibroblasts versus GMT administration alone (P<0.0001), while Yap and Taz failed to enhance cTnT expression. Serial substitution demonstrated that Td replacement of TBX5 induced the greatest cTnT expression enhancement and sarcomere organization in rat fibroblasts treated with all GMT substitutions (GMTd versus GMT: 17 +/- 1.2% versus 5.4 +/- 0.3%, P<0.0001). Cell contractility (beating) was seen in 6% of GMTd-treated cells by 4 weeks after treatment, whereas no beating GMT-treated cells were observed. Human cardiac fibroblasts likewise demonstrated increased cTnT expression with GMTd versus GMT treatment (7.5 +/- 0.3% versus 3.0 +/- 0.3%, P<0.01). Mechanistically, GMTd administration increased expression of the trimethylated lysine 4 of histone 3 (H3K4me3) mark at the promoter regions of cardio-differentiation genes and mitochondrial biogenesis regulator genes in rat and human fibroblast, compared with GMT. Conclusions These data suggest that the Hippo pathway intermediate Tead1 is an important regulator of cardiac reprogramming that increases the efficiency of maturate induced cardiomyocytes generation and may be a vital component of human cardiodifferentiation strategies.
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