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Transcriptomic profiling of ZMPSTE24 knockout endothelial cells: implication of endothelial dysfunction in HGPS

ABSTRACT: Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS) is an ultrarare and fatal disease with features of premature aging and cardiovascular diseases (atherosclerosis, myocardial infarction, and stroke). The molecular basis underlying premature aging driven cardiovascular diseases remains incompletely understood. Since endothelial dysfunction is involved in the initiation and progression of cardiovascular diseases. We hypothesized that HGPS-causing progerin (a mutant form of lamin A) and farnesylated prelamin A drives endothelial dysfunction and cardiovascular disease. In our study, we performed transcriptomic profiling of ZMPSTE24-/- mouse endothelial cells, hoping to find the missing link between progeria and atherosclerosis. We observed that ZMPSTE24-/- endothelial cells have increased farnesylated prelamin A accumulation, and show nuclear structure abnormality. Analysis of RNA-seq data revealed that multiple endothelial homeostasis-related genes and pathways are altered by ZMPSTE24 deletion. Further studies are needed to characterize the biological functions of ZMPSTE24 in the pathogenesis of progeria-associated atherosclerosis.

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

PROVIDER: GSE137501 | GEO | 2019/11/27

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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Project description:Endothelial defects significantly contribute to cardiovascular pathology in the premature aging disease Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS). Using an endothelium-specific progeria mouse model, we identify a novel, endothelium-specific microRNA (miR) signature linked to the p53-senescence pathway and a senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP). Progerin-expressing endothelial cells exert profound cell-non-autonomous effects initiating senescence in non-endothelial cell populations and causing immune cell infiltrates around blood vessels. Comparative miR expression analyses revealed unique upregulation of senescence-associated miR34a-5p in endothelial cells with strong accumulation at atheroprone aortic arch regions but also, in whole cardiac- and lung tissues as well as in the circulation of progeria mice. Mechanistically, miR34a-5p knockdown reduced not only p53 levels but also late-stage senescence regulator p16 with no effect on p21 levels, while p53 knockdown reduced miR34a-5p and partially rescued p21-mediated cell cycle inhibition with a moderate effect on SASP. These data demonstrate that miR34a-5p reinforces two separate senescence regulating branches in progerin-expressing endothelial cells, the p53- and p16-associated pathways, which synergistically maintain a senescence phenotype that contributes to cardiovascular pathology. Thus, the key function of circulatory miR34a-5p in endothelial dysfunction-linked cardiovascular pathology offers novel routes for diagnosis, prognosis and treatment for cardiovascular aging in HGPS and potentially geriatric patients. This research was supported by by the Austrian Science Fund grant [P 32595 /Grant DOI: 10.55776/P32595] to Selma Osmanagic-Myers, and (I 4694-B) to Roland Foisner, the latter under the frame of EJP RD, the European Joint Programme on Rare Diseases. In addition, this project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the EJP RD COFUND-EJP N 825575. https://www.doi.org/10.55776/P32595

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