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Project description:We conducted chromatin immunoprecipitation followed by sequencing (ChIP-seq) and proximity ligation-assisted ChIP-seq (PLAC-seq) for enhancers and promoters (E-P) using left ventricular tissues from dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) patients and non-heart failure (NF) donors. Differential active enhancer H3K27ac and promoter H3K4me3 regions were identified between NF and DCM. While the average read density (ARD) for H3K27ac is similar between NF and DCM, the ARD of H3K4me3 is significantly lower in DCM samples than in NF.Super-enhancer (SE) analysis revealed that 929 and 129 genes linked to NF- and DCM-specific SE, respectively, and three unique SE-associated genes between NF and DCM were identified.Moreover, the differential E-P interactions were observed in the known heart failure gene loci and are correlated with the gene expression levels. Motif analysis identified known cardiac factors and possible novel players for DCM. We have established cistrome of four histone modifications and long-range chromatin interaction for enhancers and promoters in NF and DCM tissues. The differential histone modifications and E-P interactions were found in DCM, and these differences were associated with the gene expression level of a subset of disease-associated genes in human heart failure.
2022-01-15 | GSE135954 | GEO
Project description:We conducted chromatin immunoprecipitation followed by sequencing (ChIP-seq) and proximity ligation-assisted ChIP-seq (PLAC-seq) for enhancers and promoters (E-P) using left ventricular tissues from dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) patients and non-heart failure (NF) donors. Differential active enhancer H3K27ac and promoter H3K4me3 regions were identified between NF and DCM. While the average read density (ARD) for H3K27ac is similar between NF and DCM, the ARD of H3K4me3 is significantly lower in DCM samples than in NF.Super-enhancer (SE) analysis revealed that 929 and 129 genes linked to NF- and DCM-specific SE, respectively, and three unique SE-associated genes between NF and DCM were identified.Moreover, the differential E-P interactions were observed in the known heart failure gene loci and are correlated with the gene expression levels. Motif analysis identified known cardiac factors and possible novel players for DCM. We have established cistrome of four histone modifications and long-range chromatin interaction for enhancers and promoters in NF and DCM tissues. The differential histone modifications and E-P interactions were found in DCM, and these differences were associated with the gene expression level of a subset of disease-associated genes in human heart failure.
2022-01-15 | GSE135953 | GEO
Project description:Genome-wide chromatin state in non-failing and dilated cardiomyaphty human left ventricles
| PRJNA560772 | ENA
Project description:Genome-wide chromatin state in non-failing and dilated cardiomyaphty human left ventricles [ChIP-Seq]
| PRJNA560774 | ENA
Project description:Genome-wide chromatin state in non-failing and dilated cardiomyaphty human left ventricles [PLAC-seq]
| PRJNA560775 | ENA
Project description:Cardiovascular disease is one of the leading causes of death worldwide, in particular myocardial dysfunction, which may lead to heart failure eventually. Understanding the electro-mechanics of the heart will help in developing more effective clinical treatments. In this paper, we present a multi-scale electro-mechanics model of the left ventricle (LV). The Holzapfel-Ogden constitutive law was used to describe the passive myocardial response in tissue level, a modified Grandi-Pasqualini-Bers model was adopted to model calcium dynamics in individual myocytes, and the active tension was described using the Niederer-Hunter-Smith myofilament model. We first studied the electro-mechanics coupling in a single myocyte in the healthy and diseased left ventricle, and then the single cell model was embedded in a dynamic LV model to investigate the compensation mechanism of LV pump function due to myocardial dysfunction caused by abnormality in cellular calcium dynamics. The multi-scale LV model was solved using an in-house developed hybrid immersed boundary method with finite element extension. The predictions of the healthy LV model agreed well with the clinical measurements and other studies, and likewise, the results in the failing states were also consistent with clinical observations. In particular, we found that a low level of intracellular Ca2+ transient in myocytes can result in LV pump function failure even with increased myocardial contractility, decreased systolic blood pressure, and increased diastolic filling pressure, even though they will increase LV stroke volume. Our work suggested that treatments targeted at increased contractility and lowering the systolic blood pressure alone are not sufficient in preventing LV pump dysfunction, restoring a balanced physiological Ca2+ handling mechanism is necessary.
| S-EPMC5391010 | biostudies-literature
Project description:Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a common cause of heart failure and a leading cause of cardiac transplantation in western countries. The robust predictive expression profile of cardiomyopathic and NF hearts as well as the functional classification can help to identify promising candidates for DCM and may improve the early diagnosis of cardiomyopathy. Keywords: disease state analysis
2006-08-01 | GSE3585 | GEO
Project description:Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a common cause of heart failure and a leading cause of cardiac transplantation in western countries. The robust predictive expression profile of cardiomyopathic and NF hearts as well as the functional classification can help to identify promising candidates for DCM and may improve the early diagnosis of cardiomyopathy. Keywords: disease state analysis
2006-08-01 | GSE3586 | GEO
Project description:BackgroundCell types are defined at the molecular level during embryogenesis by a process called pattern formation and created by the selective utilization of combinations of sequence specific transcription factors. Developmental programs define the sets of genes that are available to each particular cell type, and real-time biochemical signaling interactions define the extent to which these sets are used at any given time and place. Gene expression is regulated through the integrated action of many cis-regulatory elements, including core promoters, enhancers, silencers, and insulators. The chromatin state in developing body parts provides a code to cellular populations that direct their cell fates. Chromatin profiling has been a method of choice for mapping regulatory sequences in cells that go through developmental transitions.ResultsWe used antibodies against histone H3 lysine 4 trimethylations (H3K4me3) a modification associated with promoters and open/active chromatin, histone H3 lysine 27 trimethylations (H3K27me3) associated with Polycomb-repressed regions and RNA polymerase II (Pol2) associated with transcriptional initiation to identify the chromatin state signature of the mouse forelimb during mid-gestation, at embryonic day 12 (E12). The families of genes marked included those related to transcriptional regulation and embryogenesis. One third of the marked genes were transcriptionally active while only a small fraction were bivalent marked. Sequence specific transcription factors that were activated were involved in cell specification including bone and muscle formation.ConclusionOur results demonstrate that embryonic limb cells do not exhibit the plasticity of the ES cells but are rather programmed for a finer tuning for cell lineage specification.
| S-EPMC4271808 | biostudies-literature
Project description:BackgroundQuantitative RT-PCR is a valuable tool for assessing the gene expression in different human tissues, particularly due to its exceptional sensitivity, accuracy and reliability. However, the choice of adequate control for normalization is a crucial step, greatly affecting the results of all subsequent analyses. So far, only a few studies were focused on the selection of optimal reference genes in left ventricles of failing human hearts, leading to several disparities in experimental results focused on differential gene expression in this area. Therefore, the main objective of this study was to identify a set of suitable reference genes in normal and failing left ventricle tissues, which could increase the reliability of RT-qPCR-based studies in the future.MethodsWe analyzed the expression of 15 commonly used housekeeping genes (ACTB, B2M, GAPDH, GUSB, HMBS, HPRT1, IPO8, PGK1, POLR2A, PPIA, RPLP0, TBP, TFRC, UBC and YWHAZ) in left ventricles of normal and failed hearts with two-step approach. In the first step, we excluded genes which are variantly expressed using ANOVA-based statistical method. Afterwards, the remaining genes were analyzed using geNorm, NormFinder and BestKeeper algorithms, together with delta Cq method. Finally, the geometric mean of gene rankings across all methods was calculated.ResultsOur analysis identified IPO8 and POLR2A as the most stably expressed genes, whereas ACTB and B2M were found to be expressed variantly, suggesting a potential role of these genes in the pathophysiological processes in failing human hearts.Discussion/conclusionUsing our two-step approach, we identified and validated two reference genes expressed invariantly in left ventricles of both healthy and failing human hearts, as well as provided a guideline for the selection of reference genes in studies comparing gene expression in these types of tissues.
| S-EPMC9019989 | biostudies-literature