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Fibroblast-specific PRMT5 deficiency suppresses cardiac fibrosis and left ventricular dysfunction in male mice.


ABSTRACT: Protein arginine methyltransferase 5 (PRMT5) is a well-known epigenetic regulatory enzyme. However, the role of PRMT5-mediated arginine methylation in gene transcription related to cardiac fibrosis is unknown. Here we show that fibroblast-specific deletion of PRMT5 significantly reduces pressure overload-induced cardiac fibrosis and improves cardiac dysfunction in male mice. Both the PRMT5-selective inhibitor EPZ015666 and knockdown of PRMT5 suppress α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) expression induced by transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) in cultured cardiac fibroblasts. TGF-β stimulation promotes the recruitment of the PRMT5/Smad3 complex to the promoter site of α-SMA. It also increases PRMT5-mediated H3R2 symmetric dimethylation, and this increase is inhibited by Smad3 knockdown. TGF-β stimulation increases H3K4 tri-methylation mediated by the WDR5/MLL1 methyltransferase complex, which recognizes H3R2 dimethylation. Finally, treatment with EPZ015666 significantly improves pressure overload-induced cardiac fibrosis and dysfunction. These findings suggest that PRMT5 regulates TGF-β/Smad3-dependent fibrotic gene transcription, possibly through histone methylation crosstalk, and plays a critical role in cardiac fibrosis and dysfunction.

SUBMITTER: Katanasaka Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10951424 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Protein arginine methyltransferase 5 (PRMT5) is a well-known epigenetic regulatory enzyme. However, the role of PRMT5-mediated arginine methylation in gene transcription related to cardiac fibrosis is unknown. Here we show that fibroblast-specific deletion of PRMT5 significantly reduces pressure overload-induced cardiac fibrosis and improves cardiac dysfunction in male mice. Both the PRMT5-selective inhibitor EPZ015666 and knockdown of PRMT5 suppress α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) expression indu  ...[more]

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