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Project description:Deletion of the Lmna Gene in Fibroblasts Causes Senescence-Associated Dilated Cardiomyopathy
| PRJNA818297 | ENA
Project description:• Mutations in the LMNA gene encoding Lamin A and C (Lamin A/C), major components of the nuclear lamina, cause laminopathies including dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), but the underlying molecular mechanisms have not been fully elucidated. Here, by leveraging single-cell RNA-seq, ATAC-seq, protein array, and electron microscopy analysis, we show that insufficient structural maturation of cardiomyocytes owing to trapping of transcription factor TEAD1 by mutant Lamin A/C at the nuclear membrane underlies the pathogenesis of Q353R- LMNA-related DCM. Inhibition of the Hippo pathway rescued the dysregulation of cardiac developmental genes by TEAD1 in LMNA-mutant cardiomyocytes. Single-cell RNA-seq of cardiac tissues from DCM patients with the LMNA mutation confirmed the dysregulated expression of TEAD1 target genes. Our results propose an intervention for transcriptional dysregulation as a potential treatment of LMNA-related DCM.
2023-03-06 | GSE190977 | GEO
Project description:IntroductionMutations in the LMNA gene, encoding Lamin A/C (LMNA), are established causes of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). The phenotype is typically characterized by progressive cardiac conduction defects, arrhythmias, heart failure, and premature death. DCM is primarily considered a disease of cardiac myocytes. However, LMNA is also expressed in other cardiac cell types, including fibroblasts.AimThe purpose of the study was to determine the contribution of the fibroblasts to DCM caused by LMNA deficiency.Methods and resultsThe Lmna gene was deleted by crossing the platelet-derived growth factor receptor α-Cre recombinase (Pdgfra-Cre) and floxed Lmna (Lmna F/F) mice. The LMNA protein was nearly absent in ~80% of the cardiac fibroblasts and ~25% of cardiac myocytes in the Pdgfra-Cre:Lmna F/F mice. The Pdgfra-Cre:Lmna F/F mice showed an early phenotype characterized by cardiac conduction defects, arrhythmias, cardiac dysfunction, myocardial fibrosis, apoptosis, and premature death within the first six weeks of life. The Pdgfra-Cre:Lmna wild type/F (Lmna W/F) mice also showed a similar but slowly evolving phenotype that was expressed within one year of age. RNA sequencing of LMNA-deficient and wild-type cardiac fibroblasts identified differential expression of ~410 genes, which predicted activation of the TP53 and TNFA/NFκB and suppression of the cell cycle pathways. In agreement with these findings, levels of phospho-H2AFX, ATM, phospho-TP53, and CDKN1A, markers of the DNA damage response (DDR) pathway, were increased in the Pdgfra-Cre:Lmna F/F mouse hearts. Moreover, expression of senescence-associated beta-galactosidase was induced and levels of the senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP) proteins TGFβ1, CTGF (CCN2), and LGLAS3 were increased as well as the transcript levels of additional genes encoding SASP proteins in the Pdgfra-Cre:Lmna F/F mouse hearts. Finally, expression of pH2AFX, a bonafide marker of the double-stranded DNA breaks, was increased in cardiac fibroblasts isolated from the Pdgfra-Cre:Lmna F/F mouse hearts.ConclusionDeletion of the Lmna gene in fibroblasts partially recapitulates the phenotype of the LMNA-associated DCM, likely through induction of double-stranded DNA breaks, activation of the DDR pathway, and induction of expression of the SASP proteins. The findings indicate that the phenotype in the LMNA-associated DCM is the aggregate consequence of the LMNA deficiency in multiple cardiac cells, including cardiac fibroblasts.
| S-EPMC9311325 | biostudies-literature
Project description:Purpose: LMNA-DCM accounts for 5-10% of DCM cases and has an age-related penetrance whose onset typically appears between the ages of 30 and 40. However, the precise mechanisms linking the LMNA mutation to increased arrhythmogenicity are still unknown. Methods: We utilized human iPSC-CMs, hESC-CMs, and cardiac tissues with RNA-seq, ChIP-seq, and ATAC-seq technologies. Results: The electrophysiological studies of iPSC-CMs identify the LMNA mutation as a cause of increased arrhythmogenicity in mutant iPSC-CMs through abnormal calcium homeostasis. We find that the mutations in LMNA disrupt the global chromatin conformation, resulting in hyper-activation of the platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) signaling pathway in LMNA-mutant iPSC-CMs. Inhibition of the PDGF signaling pathway can rescue the arrhythmic phenotype of mutant iPSC-CMs. Conclusions: These findings were corroborated in cardiac tissues from healthy and LMNA-DCM patients, thus confirming a novel mechanism of LMNA-DCM pathogenesis both in vitro and in vivo.
2020-07-17 | GSE101514 | GEO
Project description:Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a severe, non-ischemic heart disease, which ultimately results in heart failure (HF). Pathological genetic variants in LMNA cause DCM, which currently lacks specific treatment. Perturbing candidates related to dysregulated pathways have shown to ameliorate LMNA DCM, but their long-term efficacy as potential therapeutic targets is unknown. Here, we evaluated 14 potential candidates including Lmna gene products, key signaling pathways, calcium handling, proliferation regulators and Lamin interacting proteins, in a cardiac-specific Lmna DCM model. The candidates with improved cardiac function were further assessed through survival analysis. After comparing cardiac function, marker gene expression, Tgfβ signaling pathway activation, fibrosis, inflammation, proliferation, and DNA damage, we uncovered that restored cardiac function significantly correlated with suppression of HF/fibrosis marker expression and cardiac fibrosis in Lmna DCM. Interestingly, Lamin C or Sun1 shRNA administration achieved consistent, prolonged survival which highly correlated with reduced heart inflammation and DNA damage. In addition to Sun1 shRNA, perturbing the interaction between the nucleoskeleton and cytoskeleton via the KASH domain of Nesprin1 also effectively suppressed Lmna DCM. In contrast, Lamin A supplementation did not rescue long term survival and may impart a detrimental cardiotoxicity risk. Furthermore, transcriptome profiling was used to compare the differences between Lamin A and Lamin C treatment. Mechanistically, we identified that this lapse was attributed to a dose-dependent toxicity of Lamin A, which was independent of its maturation. This study highlights the potential for advancing Lamin C and Sun1 as therapeutic targets for the treatment of LMNA DCM.
2024-08-11 | GSE240745 | GEO
Project description:Purpose: LMNA-DCM accounts for 5-10% of DCM cases and has an age-related penetrance whose onset typically appears between the ages of 30 and 40. However, the precise mechanisms linking the LMNA mutation to increased arrhythmogenicity are still unknown. Methods: We utilized human iPSC-CMs RNA-seq, ChIP-seq, and ATAC-seq technologies. Results: The electrophysiological studies of iPSC-CMs identify the LMNA mutation as a cause of increased arrhythmogenicity in mutant iPSC-CMs through abnormal calcium homeostasis. We find that the mutations in LMNA disrupt the global chromatin conformation, resulting in hyper-activation of the platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) signaling pathway in LMNA-mutant iPSC-CMs. Inhibition of the PDGF signaling pathway can rescue the arrhythmic phenotype of mutant iPSC-CMs. Conclusions: These findings were corroborated in cardiac tissues from healthy and LMNA-DCM patients, thus confirming a novel mechanism of LMNA-DCM pathogenesis both in vitro and in vivo.
2019-07-05 | GSE118882 | GEO
Project description:Purpose: LMNA-DCM accounts for 5-10% of DCM cases and has an age-related penetrance whose onset typically appears between the ages of 30 and 40. However, the precise mechanisms linking the LMNA mutation to increased arrhythmogenicity are still unknown. Methods: We utilized human iPSC-CMs RNA-seq, ChIP-seq, and ATAC-seq technologies. Results: The electrophysiological studies of iPSC-CMs identify the LMNA mutation as a cause of increased arrhythmogenicity in mutant iPSC-CMs through abnormal calcium homeostasis. We find that the mutations in LMNA disrupt the global chromatin conformation, resulting in hyper-activation of the platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) signaling pathway in LMNA-mutant iPSC-CMs. Inhibition of the PDGF signaling pathway can rescue the arrhythmic phenotype of mutant iPSC-CMs. Conclusions: These findings were corroborated in cardiac tissues from healthy and LMNA-DCM patients, thus confirming a novel mechanism of LMNA-DCM pathogenesis both in vitro and in vivo.
2019-07-05 | GSE118884 | GEO
Project description:Purpose: LMNA-DCM accounts for 5-10% of DCM cases and has an age-related penetrance whose onset typically appears between the ages of 30 and 40. However, the precise mechanisms linking the LMNA mutation to increased arrhythmogenicity are still unknown. Methods: We utilized human iPSC-CMs RNA-seq, ChIP-seq, and ATAC-seq technologies. Results: The electrophysiological studies of iPSC-CMs identify the LMNA mutation as a cause of increased arrhythmogenicity in mutant iPSC-CMs through abnormal calcium homeostasis. We find that the mutations in LMNA disrupt the global chromatin conformation, resulting in hyper-activation of the platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) signaling pathway in LMNA-mutant iPSC-CMs. Inhibition of the PDGF signaling pathway can rescue the arrhythmic phenotype of mutant iPSC-CMs. Conclusions: These findings were corroborated in cardiac tissues from healthy and LMNA-DCM patients, thus confirming a novel mechanism of LMNA-DCM pathogenesis both in vitro and in vivo.
2019-07-05 | GSE118883 | GEO
Project description:Dysregulation of PDGFRB contributes to the pathogenesis of LMNA-related dilated cardiomyopathy
| PRJNA487115 | ENA