Whole-transcriptome analysis identifies re-expression of fetal splice variants in cardiac hypertrophy
Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Rattus norvegicus
SUBMITTER: Elizabeth Ames
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-42411 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Similar Datasets
Project description:Cardiac hypertrophy has been well-characterized at the level of transcription. During cardiac hypertrophy, genes normally expressed primarily during fetal heart development are re-expressed, and this fetal gene program is believed to be a critical component of the hypertrophic process. Recently, alternative splicing of mRNA transcripts has been shown to be temporally regulated during heart development, leading us to consider whether fetal patterns of splicing also reappear during hypertrophy.We hypothesized that patterns of alternative splicing occurring during heart development are recapitulated during cardiac hypertrophy. Here we present a whole-transcriptome study of isoform expression during pressure-overload cardiac hypertrophy induced by 10 days of transverse aortic constriction (TAC) in rats and in developing fetal rat hearts compared to sham-operated adult rat hearts, using high-throughput sequencing of poly(A) tail mRNA.
2013-05-14 | GSE42411 | GEO
Project description:Adult-onset diseases can be associated with in utero events, but mechanisms for this remain unknown. The polycomb histone methyltransferase, Ezh2, stabilizes transcription by depositing repressive marks during development that persist into adulthood, but its function in postnatal organ homeostasis is unknown. We show that Ezh2 stabilizes cardiac gene expression and prevents cardiac pathology by repressing the homeodomain transcription factor Six1, which functions in cardiac progenitors but is stably silenced upon cardiac differentiation. Ezh2 deletion in cardiac progenitors caused postnatal myocardial pathology and destabilized cardiac gene expression with activation of Six1-dependent skeletal muscle genes. Six1 induced cardiomyocyte hypertrophy and skeletal muscle gene expression. Furthermore, genetically reducing Six1 levels rescued the pathology of Ezh2-deficient hearts. Thus, Ezh2-mediated repression of Six1 in differentiating cardiac progenitors is essential for stable postnatal heart gene expression and homeostasis. Our results suggest that epigenetic dysregulation in embryonic progenitor cells predisposes to adult disease and dysregulated stress responses. Four samples were analyzed. RNA was obtained from ventricles from two wild type and two Ezh2-deficient hearts.
2011-12-09 | E-GEOD-34274 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:Purpose: Different studies revealed the importance of microRNAs (miRNAs) in pathological hypertrophy but their role during physiological hypertrophy is largely unexplored. Hence, this study is aimed at revealing the global expression profile of miRNAs during physiological cardiac hypertrophy. Methods: Chronic swimming protocol continuously for eight weeks resulted in induction of physiological hypertrophy in rats and histopathology revealed the absence of tissue damage, apoptosis or fibrosis. Subsequently, the total RNA was isolated and small RNA sequencing was executed in Illumina HiSeq 2000. Results: Analysis of small RNA reads revealed the differential expression of a large set of miRNAs during physiological hypertrophy. The expression profile of the significantly differentially expressed miRNAs were validated by qPCR. Conclusions: This is the first report to reveal the involvement of a large number of apoptotic miRNAs during physiological cardiac hypertrophy including the previously unknown cardiac players like miR-99, miR-100, miR-191, miR-181 and miR-19. Our data indicates that regulation of these apoptotic miRNAs can be one of the major key factor in determining pathological or physiological hypertrophy by controlling apoptosis, fibrosis and cell death mechanisms. Heart small RNA profiles of 16-week old control and physiologically hypertrophied wistar rat were generated by deep sequencing using Illumina HiSeq 2000
2015-10-31 | E-GEOD-62883 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:Pathological cardiac hypertrophy was induced by pressure overload on the heart. We performed genome-wide exon array experiments with left ventricles of mice with 1 week and 4 week of transverse aortic constriction (TAC). The exon level analysis revealed widespread regulation of alternative splicing and alternative polyadenylation during hypertrophy. Exon and gene expression changes were examined in 1 week and 4 week TAC-operated hearts compared to sham-operated hearts. We used C57/BL6 wildtype mice, and their left ventricles were subject to surgery (each n=2).
2011-05-01 | E-GEOD-24242 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:3 ventricles from E18.5 male mice were pooled for each array. Three arrays per genotype. Title: ERRγ Directs and Maintains the Transition to Oxidative Metabolism in the Post-Natal Heart; Abstract: At birth the heart undergoes a critical metabolic switch to transition from a predominant dependence on carbohydrates during fetal life to a greater dependence on postnatal oxidative metabolism. This remains the principle metabolic state throughout life; although pathologic conditions such as heart failure and cardiac hypertrophy reactivate components of the fetal genetic program to increase carbohydrate utilization. Disruption of the ERRγ gene, which is expressed at high levels in the fetal and postnatal mouse heart, blocks this switch resulting in lactatemia, electrocardiographic (ECG) abnormalities and death during the first week of life. Genomic ChIP-on-chip and expression analysis at E18.5 clearly identifies ERRγ as both a direct and indirect regulator of a nuclear-encoded mitochondrial genetic network that coordinates the postnatal metabolic transition. These findings reveal an unexpected and essential molecular genetic component of the oxidative metabolic gene program in the heart and highlight ERRγ in the study of cardiac hypertrophy and failure. Experiment Overall Design: Fetal mice were collected by caesarean secation. Hearts were stored in RNALater (Qiagen)
2009-04-30 | E-GEOD-8199 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:The heart undergoes physiological hypertrophy during pregnancy in healthy individuals. Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is now prevalent in women of child-bearing age and might add risks of adverse cardiovascular events during pregnancy. The present study asks if cardiac remodeling during pregnancy in obese individuals with MetS is abnormal and whether this predisposes them to a higher risk for cardiovascular disorders. The idea that MetS induces pathological cardiac remodeling during pregnancy was studied in a long-term (15 weeks) Western diet–feeding animal model that recapitulated features of human MetS. Pregnant female mice with Western diet (45% kcal fat)–induced MetS were compared with pregnant and nonpregnant females fed a control diet (10% kcal fat). Pregnant mice fed a Western diet had increased heart mass and exhibited key features of pathological hypertrophy, including fibrosis and upregulation of fetal genes associated with pathological hypertrophy. Hearts from pregnant animals with WD-induced MetS had a distinct gene expression profile that could underlie their pathological remodeling. Concurrently, pregnant female mice with MetS showed more severe cardiac hypertrophy and exacerbated cardiac dysfunction when challenged with angiotensin II/phenylephrine infusion after delivery. These results suggest that preexisting MetS could disrupt physiological hypertrophy during pregnancy to produce pathological cardiac remodeling that could predispose the heart to chronic disorders.
2023-07-13 | GSE237063 | GEO
Project description:Background: BMPER, an orthologue of Drosophila melanogaster crossveinless-2, is a secreted factor that regulates BMP activity in endothelial cell precursors and during early cardiomyocyte differentiation. Although previously described in the heart, the role of Bmper in cardiac development and function remained unknown. Methods: BMPER deficient hearts were phenotyped histologically and functionally using echocardiography and Doppler analysis. Since BMPER -/- mice die perinatally, BMPER +/- mice were then challenged to pressure overload induced cardiac hypertrophy and hind limb ischemia to determine changes in angiogensis and regulation of cardiomyocyte size. Results: We identified for the first time the cardiac phenotype associated with BMPER haploinsufficiency. BMPER mRNA and protein are present in the heart during cardiac development through at least E14.5 but is lost by E18.5. BMPER +/- ventricles are thinner and less compact than sibling wild-type hearts. In the adult, BMPER +/- hearts present with decreased anterior and posterior wall thickness, decreased cardiomyocyte size, and an increase in cardiac vessel density. Despite these changes, BMPER +/- mice respond to pressure overload-induced cardiac hypertrophy challenge largely to the same extent as wild-type mice. Conclusion: BMPER appears to play a role in regulating both vessel density and cardiac development in vivo; however, BMPER haploinsufficiency does not result in marked effects on cardiac function or adaptation to pressure overload hypertrophy. Unpaired, two-condition experiment, wild-type vs BMPER+/- adult hearts. Biological replicates: 4 per condition.
2012-09-20 | E-GEOD-40983 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:Purpose: The physiological cardiac hypertrophy is an adaptive condition that does not associate with myocyte cell death while pathological hypertrophy is a maladaptive condition associated with myocyte cell death. Alpha-2 macroglobulin (α-2M) an acute phase protein induces cardiac hypertrophy via the ERK1,2 and PI3K/Akt signaling. This study is aimed at exploring the miRNome of α-2M induced hypertrophied cardiomyocytes and to understand the role of miRNAs in determination of pathological and physiological hypertrophy. Methods: Hypertrophy was induced in H9c2 cardiomyoblasts using alpha-2 macroglobulin. The induction of hypertrophy is confirmed by microscopy and gene expression studies. Subsequently, the total RNA was isolated and small RNA sequencing was executed in Illumina HiSeq 2000. Results: Analysis of small RNA reads revealed the differential expression of a large set of miRNAs during hypertrophy. Among the differentially expressed candidates, miR-99 family (miR-99a, miR-99b and miR-100) showed significant downregulation upon α-2M treatment while isoproterenol treatment (pathological hypertrophy) upregulated their expression. The binding site for Egr1 transcription factor was identified in the promoter region of miR-99 family, and interestingly all miRNAs with Egr1 binding site proven by ChIP-Seq were downregulated during physiological hypertrophy Conclusions: The results proved Egr-1 mediated regulation of miR-99 family determines the uniqueness of pathological and physiological hypertrophy. Upregulated miR-99 expression during pathological hypertrophy suggests that it can be a valuable diagnostic marker and potential therapeutic target for cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure. Small RNA profiles of control and hypertrophied cardiomyocyte H9c2 cells were generated by deep sequencing using Illumina HiSeq 2000
2015-11-01 | E-GEOD-73597 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:VEGF family members are important regulators of vascular functions. Promoting VEGFA signalling in aged mice has been shown to delay various aging phenotypes and extend the survival of aged mice. Although there is profound knowledge on functions of VEGFA, VEGFB has not been investigated in the context of cardiac aging. Our RNA data of aged mouse hearts revealed significant downregulation of Vegfb in the heart, specifically in endothelial cells and cardiomyocytes, while VEGFB expression was reduced in endothelial cells, fibroblasts and cardiomyocytes in aged human hearts. By contrast, VEGFB expression was exclusively reduced in cardiomyocytes of patients with cardiac hypertrophy. Hence, we investigated whether Vegfb gene therapy can revert age-dependent cardiac pathologies. We overexpressed Vegfb186, the soluble VEGFB isoform, via AAV9 vector transduction into 18-month-old C57Bl/6J male mice. AAV9-Vegfb treatment prevented progression age-related diastolic dysfunction and decreased cardiac fibrosis. We further found a rescue of aging-related left ventricular denervation in the hearts of AVV9-Vegfb treated old mice which was associated with an increase in heart rate variability. However, heart to body weight ratio and cardiomyocyte hypertrophy were increased in the AAV9-Vegfb treated mouse hearts, without alteration of cardiac systolic or diastolic function. Histological and transcriptomic analyses revealed that VEGFB186 induces compensatory cardiac hypertrophy which was accompanied by a rescued length-width-ratio, reduced fibrosis and the absence of cardiac inflammation. Cardiac single-nuclei RNA sequencing further suggested that AAV9-Vegfb treatment affects cardiac hypertrophy putatively via STAT3 which was validated in vitro. In conclusion, our data reveals that Vegfb overexpression partially reverses pathological alterations in the aging heart. Despite the overall improvement of the age-related cardiac phenotype, the AAV9-Vegfb-mediated induced cardiac hypertrophy which might reflect protective hypertrophy.
2024-11-30 | E-MTAB-14595 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:Muscle ring finger-1 (MuRF1) is a muscle-specific protein implicated in the regulation of cardiac myocyte size and contractility. MuRF2, a closely related family member, redundantly interacts with protein substrates, and hetero-dimerizes with MuRF1. Mice lacking either MuRF1 or MuRF2 are phenotypically normal whereas mice lacking both proteins develop a spontaneous cardiac and skeletal muscle hypertrophy indicating cooperative control of muscle mass by MuRF1 and MuRF2. In order to identify the role that MuRF1 plays in regulating cardiac hypertrophy in vivo, we created transgenic mice expressing increased amounts of cardiac MuRF1. Adult MuRF1 transgenic (Tg+) hearts exhibited a non-progressive thinning of the left ventricular wall and a concomitant decrease in cardiac function. Experimental induction of cardiac hypertrophy by trans-aortic constriction (TAC) induced rapid failure of MuRF1 Tg+ hearts. Microarray analysis identified that the levels of genes associated with metabolism (and in particular mitochondrial processes) were significantly altered in MuRF1 Tg+ hearts, both at baseline and during the development of cardiac hypertrophy. Surprisingly, ATP levels in MuRF1 Tg+ mice did not differ from wild type mice despite the depressed contractility following TAC. To explain this discrepancy between the ongoing heart failure and maintained ATP levels in MuRF1 Tg+ hearts, we compared the level and activity of creatine kinase (CK) between wild type and MuRF1 Tg+ hearts. Although mCK and CK-M/B protein levels were unaffected in MuRF1 Tg+ hearts, total CK activity was significantly inhibited. We conclude that MuRF1’s inhibition of CK activity leads to increased susceptibility to heart failure following TAC, demonstrating for the first time that MuRF1 regulates cardiac energetics in vivo. Keywords: Genetic modification, physiological manipulation. Three-condition experiment, MuRF1 Tg+ vs. WT mice. Biological replicates: 4 WT baseline, 3 MuRF1 Tg+ baseline, cardiac overpressure hypertrophy induced by trans-aortic banding at 1 week (3 WT, 3 MurF Tg) and 4 weeks (3 WT, 3 MurF Tg), hearts harvested. One replicate per array.
2009-06-03 | E-GEOD-11661 | biostudies-arrayexpress