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Project description:Heterogeneity of mouse pro-epicardial cells
| PRJNA622954 | ENA
Project description:Identification of epicardium-enriched genes in the embryonic heart. The epicardium encapsulates the heart and functions as a source of multipotent progenitor cells and paracrine factors essential for cardiac development and repair. Injury of the adult heart results in re-activation of a developmental gene program in the epicardium, but the transcriptional basis of epicardial gene expression has not been delineated. We established a mouse embryonic heart organ culture and gene expression system that facilitated the identification of epicardial enhancers activated during heart development and injury. Epicardial activation of these enhancers depends on a combinatorial transcriptional code centered on CCAAT/enhancer binding protein (C/EBP) transcription factors. Disruption of C/EBP signaling in the adult epicardium reduced injury-induced neutrophil infiltration and improved cardiac function. These findings reveal a transcriptional basis for epicardial activation and heart injury, providing a platform for enhancing cardiac regeneration. Total RNA obtained from lacZ-positive epicardial cells isolated from the E11.5 Tcf21lacZ hearts compared to total dissociated heart cells
2012-11-01 | E-GEOD-41959 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:To delineate the role of the epicardium, the initial site of presentation of the ACM phenotype, the Dsp gene, encoding desmosome protein desmoplakin (DSP) was conditionally deleted in the mouse epicardial cells under the transcriptional regulation of Wilms tumor 1 (Wt1) locus. Single cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-Seq) of ~ 40,000 tagged epicardial-derived cells (EDCs), isolated using the dual reporter R26mT/mG mice, showed an increased number of EDCs expressing unique molecular identifiers of fibroblasts as well as a unique subset of epicardial-derived fibroblasts expressing pro-fibrotic genes in the Wt1-Cre: R26mT/mG: Dsp mice. Analysis of pseudo-bulk RNA-Seq data identified ~ 800 differentially expressed genes (DEGs), which were predominantly involved in epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT). The DEGs were the targets of TGFB1 among other trophic/mitotic factors, whose activation was verified by immunohistochemistry and quantification of transcript levels of selected TGBF1 pathway genes. Retro-mapping of the DEGs to the cell clusters, identified by scRNA-Seq, denoted epicardial-derived fibroblasts and to a lesser extent the epithelial cells as the main sources of paracrine factors in the myocardium of Wt1-Cre: R26mT/mG: Dsp mice.
2021-04-13 | GSE151084 | GEO
Project description:Identification of epicardium-enriched genes in the embryonic heart. The epicardium encapsulates the heart and functions as a source of multipotent progenitor cells and paracrine factors essential for cardiac development and repair. Injury of the adult heart results in re-activation of a developmental gene program in the epicardium, but the transcriptional basis of epicardial gene expression has not been delineated. We established a mouse embryonic heart organ culture and gene expression system that facilitated the identification of epicardial enhancers activated during heart development and injury. Epicardial activation of these enhancers depends on a combinatorial transcriptional code centered on CCAAT/enhancer binding protein (C/EBP) transcription factors. Disruption of C/EBP signaling in the adult epicardium reduced injury-induced neutrophil infiltration and improved cardiac function. These findings reveal a transcriptional basis for epicardial activation and heart injury, providing a platform for enhancing cardiac regeneration.
2012-11-01 | GSE41959 | GEO
Project description:The goal of the present study is to determine the miRNA cargo present in epicardial extracellular vesicles. For that, epicardial cells and human primary epicardial cells were cultured. Conditioned media was isolated from mouse epicardial cells and human primary epicardial cells derived from right atrial appendages in two different states: “cobble” (inactive) cells and “spindle” (active) . RNA from EVs was isolated and sequenced to determine the miRNA content profile.
2020-11-18 | GSE161630 | GEO
Project description:Despite extensive studies on endogenous heart regeneration within the past 20 years, the players involved in initiating early regeneration events are far from clear. Here, we assessed the function of neutrophils, the first-responder cells to tissue damage, during heart regeneration. We detected rapid neutrophil mobilization to the injury site after ventricular amputation, peaking at 1-day post-amputation (dpa) and resolving by 3 dpa. Further analyses indicated neutrophil mobilization coincides with peak epicardial cell proliferation and recruited neutrophils associated with activated, expanding epicardial cells at 1 dpa. Neutrophil depletion inhibited myocardial regeneration and significantly reduced epicardial cell expansion, proliferation, and activation. To explore the molecular mechanism of neutrophils on the epicardial regenerative response, we performed scRNA-seq analysis of 1 dpa neutrophils and identified enrichment of the FGF and ERK signaling pathways. Pharmacological inhibition of FGF signaling indicated its’ requirement for epicardial cell expansion, while neutrophil depletion blocked ERK signaling activation in epicardial cells. Altogether, our studies revealed that neutrophils quickly induce epicardial cells, which later accumulate at the injury site and contribute to heart regeneration.
2024-07-09 | GSE237761 | GEO
Project description:This experiment aims to map SRSF3 binding to the global transcriptome in a mouse epicardial cell line
2022-12-31 | E-MTAB-11853 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:The epicardium is a mesothelial layer covering the myocardium and contributes to different cardiac lineage descendants during cardiogenesis. Fine-tuned balanced signaling defines epicardial specification and regulates cell plasticity and cell-fate decisions of epicardial-derived cells (EPCDs) by epicardial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT). However, powerful tools to investigate epicardial cell function, including markers with pivotal roles in developmental signaling, are still lacking. Here, we recapitulated embryonic epicardiogenesis using human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) and identified type II classical cadherin CDH18 as a novel biomarker defining lineage specification in human developing epicardium. The loss of CDH18 led to the onset of EMT and specific differentiation towards cardiac smooth muscle cells. Furthermore, GATA4 regulated epicardial CDH18 expression. These results demonstrate the production and enrichment of hiPSC-derived epicardial cells via the tracing of CDH18 expression, providing a model for investigating epicardial function in human development and disease and enabling new possibilities for regenerative medicine.
2022-02-18 | GSE165450 | GEO
Project description:By contrast with mammals, adult zebrafish have a high capacity to regenerate damaged or lost myocardium through proliferation of spared cardiomyocytes. The epicardial sheet covering the heart is activated by injury and aids muscle regeneration through paracrine effects and as a multipotent cell source, and has received recent attention as a target in cardiac repair strategies. While it is recognized that epicardium is required for muscle regeneration and itself has high regenerative potential, the extent of cellular heterogeneity within epicardial tissue is largely unexplored. In this study, we performed transcriptome analysis on dozens of epicardial lineage cells purified from zebrafish harboring a transgenic reporter for the pan-epicardial gene tcf21. Hierarchical clustering analysis suggested the presence of at least three epicardial cell subsets defined by expression signatures. We validated many new pan-epicardial and epicardial markers by alternative expression assays. Additionally, we explored the function of the scaffolding protein and main component of caveolae, caveolin-1 (cav1), which was present in each epicardial subset. In BAC transgenic zebrafish, cav1 regulatory sequences drove strong expression in ostensibly all epicardial cells and in coronary vascular endothelial cells. Moreover, cav1 mutant zebrafish generated by genome editing showed grossly normal heart development and adult cardiac anatomy, but displayed profound defects in injury-induced cardiomyocyte proliferation and heart regeneration. Our study defines a new platform for the discovery of epicardial lineage markers, genetic tools, and mechanisms of heart regeneration. Deep sequencing of isolated single epicardial cells
2015-12-15 | E-GEOD-75583 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:Unlike the adult mammalian heart, which has limited regenerative capacity, the zebrafish heart can fully regenerate following injury. Reactivation of cardiac developmental programmes is considered key to successfully regenerating the heart, yet the regulatory elements underlying the response triggered upon injury and during development remain elusive. Organ-wide activation of the epicardium is essential for zebrafish heart regeneration and is considered a potential regenerative source to target in the mammalian heart. Here we compared the transcriptome and epigenome of the developing and regenerating zebrafish epicardium by integrating gene expression profiles with open chromatin ATAC-seq data. We identified epicardial enhancer elements with specific activity during development or during adult heart regeneration. By generating gene regulatory networks associated with epicardial development and regeneration, we inferred genetic programmes driving each of these processes, which were largely distinct. We identified Wt1a, Wt1b, and the AP-1 subunits Junbb, Fosab and Fosb as central regulators of the developing network, whereas Hif1ab, Nrf1, Tbx2b and Zbtb7a featured as putative central regulators of the regenerating epicardial network. Targeting hif1ab, nrf1, tbx2b and zbtb7a using CRISPR/Cas9 in injured hearts resulted in elevated epicardial cell numbers infiltrating the wound and excess fibrosis after cryoinjury, illustrating the functional importance of these regulatory factors during zebrafish heart regeneration. Our work reveals striking differences between the regulatory blueprint deployed during epicardial development and regeneration. These findings underline that heart regeneration goes beyond the reactivation of developmental programmes and provide important insights into epicardial regulation.
2023-12-01 | GSE178751 | GEO