The chromatin remodeler Brg1 directs smooth muscle-derived adventitial progenitor-to-myofibroblast differentiation and in situ vascular fibrosis.
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ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
PROVIDER: GSE211423 | GEO | 2023/03/28
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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Project description:Vascular smooth muscle-derived Sca1+ adventitial progenitor (AdvSca1-SM) cells are tissue-resident, multipotent stem cells that contribute to progression of vascular remodeling and fibrosis. Upon acute vascular injury, AdvSca1-SM cells differentiate into myofibroblasts and are embedded in perivascular collagen and the extracellular matrix. While the phenotypic properties of AdvSca1-SM-derived myofibroblasts have been defined, the underlying epigenetic regulators driving the AdvSca1-SM-to-myofibroblast transition are unclear. We show that the chromatin remodeler Smarca4/Brg1 facilitates AdvSca1-SM myofibroblast differentiation. Brg1 mRNA and protein were upregulated in AdvSca1-SM cells after acute vascular injury, and pharmacological inhibition of Brg1 by the small molecule PFI-3 attenuated perivascular fibrosis and adventitial expansion. TGF-β1 stimulation of AdvSca1-SM cells in vitro reduced expression of stemness genes while inducing expression of myofibroblast genes that was associated with enhanced contractility; PFI blocked TGF-β1-induced phenotypic transition. Similarly, genetic knockdown of Brg1 in vivo reduced adventitial remodeling and fibrosis and reversed AdvSca1-SM-to-myofibroblast transition in vitro. Mechanistically, TGF-β1 promoted redistribution of Brg1 from distal intergenic sites of stemness genes and recruitment to promoter regions of myofibroblast-related genes, which was blocked by PFI-3. These data provide insight into epigenetic regulation of resident vascular progenitor cell differentiation and support that manipulating the AdvSca1-SM phenotype will provide antifibrotic clinical benefits.
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Project description:Smooth muscle-derived Sca1+ adventitial progenitor cells are tissue resident, multipotent stem cells that contribute to progression of vascular remodeling and fibrosis. Upon acute vascular injury, AdvSca1-SM cells differentiate into myofibroblasts and are embedded in perivascular collagen and matrix tissue. While the phenotypic properties of AdvSca1-SM-derived myofibroblasts have been defined, the underlying epigenetic regulators driving the differentiation trajectory of AdvSca1-SM cells to myofibroblasts are unclear. Here we show that the chromatin remodeler Smarca4/Brg1 facilitates AdvSca1-SM myofibroblast differentiation. Brg1 mRNA and protein was upregulated in AdvSca1-SM cells in vivo after acute vascular injury and pharmacological inhibition of the Brg1 bromodomain by the small molecule PFI-3 attenuated perivascular fibrosis and adventitial expansion. TGF-β1 stimulation of AdvSca1-SM cells in vitro reduced expression of stemness-related genes while inducing expression of myofibroblast genes that was associated with enhanced contractility; Brg1 inhibition blocked TGF-β1-induced phenotypic transition. Mechanistically, TGF-β1 promoted redistribution of Brg1 from distal regulatory sequences of stemness-related genes and recruitment of Brg1 to promoters of myofibroblast-related genes. This recruitment of Brg1 to myofibroblast genes was blocked in the presence of PFI-3. These data shed insight into epigenetic regulation of resident vascular progenitor cell differentiation and support that manipulating AdvSca1-SM phenotype will provide important anti-fibrotic clinical benefit.
2023-03-28 | GSE211422 | GEO
Project description:Smooth muscle-derived Sca1+ adventitial progenitor cells are tissue resident, multipotent stem cells that contribute to progression of vascular remodeling and fibrosis. Upon acute vascular injury, AdvSca1-SM cells differentiate into myofibroblasts and are embedded in perivascular collagen and matrix tissue. While the phenotypic properties of AdvSca1-SM-derived myofibroblasts have been defined, the underlying epigenetic regulators driving the differentiation trajectory of AdvSca1-SM cells to myofibroblasts are unclear. Here we show that the chromatin remodeler Smarca4/Brg1 facilitates AdvSca1-SM myofibroblast differentiation. Brg1 mRNA and protein was upregulated in AdvSca1-SM cells in vivo after acute vascular injury and pharmacological inhibition of the Brg1 bromodomain by the small molecule PFI-3 attenuated perivascular fibrosis and adventitial expansion. TGF-β1 stimulation of AdvSca1-SM cells in vitro reduced expression of stemness-related genes while inducing expression of myofibroblast genes that was associated with enhanced contractility; Brg1 inhibition blocked TGF-β1-induced phenotypic transition. Mechanistically, TGF-β1 promoted redistribution of Brg1 from distal regulatory sequences of stemness-related genes and recruitment of Brg1 to promoters of myofibroblast-related genes. This recruitment of Brg1 to myofibroblast genes was blocked in the presence of PFI-3. These data shed insight into epigenetic regulation of resident vascular progenitor cell differentiation and support that manipulating AdvSca1-SM phenotype will provide important anti-fibrotic clinical benefit.
2023-03-28 | GSE211421 | GEO
Project description:The chromatin remodeler Brg1 directs smooth muscle-derived adventitial progenitor-to-myofibroblast differentiation and in situ vascular fibrosis.
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Project description:The chromatin remodeler Brg1 directs smooth muscle-derived adventitial progenitor-to-myofibroblast differentiation and in situ vascular fibrosis [CUT&RUN]
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Project description:The chromatin remodeler Brg1 directs smooth muscle-derived adventitial progenitor-to-myofibroblast differentiation and in situ vascular fibrosis [RNA-seq]
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Project description:Resident vascular adventitial SCA1+ progenitor (AdvSca1) cells are essential in vascular development and injury. However, the heterogeneity of AdvSca1 cells presents a unique challenge in understanding signaling pathways orchestrating their behavior in homeostasis and injury responses. Using smooth muscle cell (SMC) lineage-tracing models, we identified a subpopulation of AdvSca1 cells (AdvSca1-SM) originating from mature SMCs that undergo reprogramming in situ and exhibit a multipotent phenotype. Here we employed lineage tracing and RNA-sequencing to define the signaling pathways regulating SMC-to-AdvSca1-SM cell reprogramming and AdvSca1-SM progenitor cell phenotype. Unbiased hierarchical clustering revealed that genes related to hedgehog/WNT/beta-catenin signaling were significantly enriched in AdvSca1-SM cells, emphasizing the importance of this signaling axis in the reprogramming event. Leveraging AdvSca1-SM-specific expression of GLI-Kruppel family member GLI1 (Gli1), we generated Gli1-CreERT2-ROSA26-YFP reporter mice to selectively track AdvSca1-SM cells. We demonstrated that physiologically relevant vascular injury or AdvSca1-SM cell-specific Kruppel-like factor 4 (Klf4) depletion facilitated the proliferation and differentiation of AdvSca1-SM cells to a profibrotic myofibroblast phenotype rather than macrophages. Surprisingly, AdvSca1-SM cells selectively contributed to adventitial remodeling and fibrosis but little to neointima formation. Together, these findings strongly support therapeutics aimed at preserving the AdvSca1-SM cell phenotype as a viable antifibrotic approach.
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