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Downregulation of NUP93 aggravates hypoxia-induced death of cardiomyocytes in vitro through abnormal regulation of gene transcription

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ACTA PHARMACOLOGICA SINICA
卷 44, 期 5, 页码 969-983

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NATURE PUBL GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/s41401-022-01036-9

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myocardial infarction; hypoxia; nuclear pore complex; NUP93; YAP1; transcription

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The nuclear pore complex in the nuclear envelope plays a significant role in regulating the transportation of macromolecules between the nucleus and cytoplasm. This study investigated the impact of myocardial infarction on the expression and function of nucleoporins in cardiomyocytes. Knockdown of Nup93, Nup210, and Nup214 increased the expression of ANP and BNP, molecular markers of cardiomyocyte function. Knockdown of Nup93 aggravated hypoxia-induced cell injury and death, while overexpression of Nup93 had the opposite effect. This study reveals a new mechanism of Nup93 and provides potential therapeutic targets for ischemia-induced heart failure.
Nuclear pore complex in the nuclear envelope plays an important role in controlling the transportation of RNAs, proteins and other macromolecules between the nucleus and cytoplasm. The relationship between abnormal expression of nucleoporins and cardiovascular diseases is unclear. In this study we investigated how myocardial infarction affected the expression and function of nucleoporins in cardiomyocytes. We separately knocked down 27 nucleoporins in rat primary myocardial cells. Among 27 nucleoporins, knockdown of Nup93, Nup210 and Nup214 markedly increased the expression of ANP and BNP, two molecular markers of cardiomyocyte function. We showed that Nup93 was significantly downregulated in hypoxic cardiomyocytes. Knockdown of Nup93 aggravated hypoxia-induced injury and cell death of cardiomyocytes, whereas overexpression of Nup93 led to the opposite effects. RNA-seq and bioinformatics analysis revealed that knockdown of Nup93 did not affect the overall transportation of mRNAs from the nucleus to the cytoplasm, but regulated the transcription of a large number of mRNAs in cardiomyocytes, which are mainly involved in oxidative phosphorylation and ribosome subunits. Most of the down-regulated genes by Nup93 knockdown overlapped with the genes whose promoters could be directly bound by Nup93. Among these genes, we demonstrated that Nup93 knockdown significantly down-regulated the expression of YAP1. Overexpression of YAP1 partially rescued the function of Nup93 knockdown and attenuated the effects of hypoxia on cell injury and cardiomyocyte death. We conclude that down-regulation of Nup93, at least partially, contributes to hypoxia-induced injury and cardiomyocyte death through abnormal interaction with the genome to dynamically regulate the transcription of YAP1 and other genes. These results reveal a new mechanism of Nup93 and might provide new therapeutic targets for the treatment of ischemia-induced heart failure.

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