H3K27me3-mediated silencing of structural genes is required for zebrafish heart regeneration
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Project description:Deciphering the genetic and epigenetic regulation of cardiomyocyte proliferation in organisms capable of robust cardiac renewal represents an attractive inroad towards regenerating the human heart. In the highly regenerative zebrafish heart, cardiomyocytes near the wound edge undergo dramatic changes in gene expression concomitant with sarcomere disassembly, loss of cell-cell adhesion, and detachment from the extracellular matrix (ECM), which leaves them poised to divide and give rise to new muscle cells that colonize the wound. Using integrated highthroughput transcriptional and chromatin analyses, we identified correlations between gene expression changes and activating H3K4me3 and/or repressive H3K27me3 dynamics8 in cardiomyocytes following injury. Within the category of downregulated genes that gain H3K27me3, transcripts encoding sarcomere and cytoskeletal components were significantly overrepresented. To investigate a functional requirement for H3K27me3-mediated gene silencing during zebrafish heart regeneration, we generated an inducible transgenic strain expressing a mutant version of histone 3, H3.3K27M, which allowed us to inhibit H3K27me3 catalysis in cardiomyocytes during the regenerative window. Hearts composed of H3.3K27M-expressing cardiomyocytes fail to regenerate with wound edge myocardium showing heightened expression of structural genes and prominent sarcomere structures. Although cell cycle re-entry was unperturbed, cytokinesis and wound invasion were significantly compromised. Collectively, our study identifies a requirement for H3K27me3-mediated silencing of structural genes during zebrafish heart regeneration and suggests that repression of similar structural components in the border zone of the infarcted human heart might improve its regenerative capacity.
2019-09-17 | GSE96930 | GEO
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Project description:Deciphering the genetic and epigenetic regulation of injury-induced heart regeneration in organisms capable of robust cardiac renewal represents an attractive inroad towards regenerating the human heart. In the highly regenerative zebrafish heart, cardiomyocytes near the wound edge undergo dramatic gene expression changes concomitant with sarcomere disassembly, loss of cell-cell adhesion, and detachment from the extracellular matrix (ECM), which leaves them poised to divide and give rise to new muscle cells that colonize the wound. Using integrated high-throughput transcriptional and chromatin analyses, we identified correlations between gene expression changes and activating H3K4me3 and/or repressive H3K27me3 dynamics in cardiomyocytes following injury. Within the category of downregulated genes that gain H3K27me3, transcripts encoding sarcomere and cytoskeletal components were significantly overrepresented. To investigate a functional requirement for H3K27me3-mediated gene silencing during zebrafish heart regeneration, we generated an inducible transgenic strain expressing a mutant version of histone 3, H3.3K27M, which allowed us to inhibit H3K27me3 catalysis in cardiomyocytes during the regenerative window. Hearts composed of H3.3K27M-expressing cardiomyocytes fail to regenerate with wound edge myocardium showing heightened expression of structural genes and prominent sarcomere structures. Although cell cycle re-entry was unperturbed, cytokinesis and wound invasion were significantly compromised. Collectively, our study identifies a requirement for H3K27me3-mediated silencing of structural genes during zebrafish heart regeneration and suggests that repression of similar structural components in the border zone of the infarcted human heart might improve its regenerative capacity.
2019-09-17 | GSE96928 | GEO
Project description:We identify the global transcriptional changes that occur between homeostatic and proliferative cardiomyocytes in the zebrafish heart and uncover an essential role for H3K27me3 deposition in facilitating successful myocardial regeneration. Specifically, we learned that cardiomyocyte proliferation is accompanied by downregulation of sarcomeric and cytoskeletal components and upregulation of the polycomb methylase Ezh2. Using ChIPseq, we demonstrate that this transcriptional repression is associated with deposition of new H3K27me3 modifications over the promoters. Using new genetic zebrafish lines that allow for inducible and cardiomyocyte-specific expression of a mutant form of histone 3 that is unable to be tri-methylated on lysine 27 (H3.3K27M), we discovered that addition of H3K27me3 marks is essential for cardiac regeneration in vivo. Earlier in the regenerative window, we found that H3.3K27M–expressing wound edge cardiomyocytes aberrantly maintain homeostatic levels of sarcomeric and actomyosin gene expression and show significant retention of sarcomere structure. While DNA replication occurs normally in these H3.3K27M cardiomyocytes, we observed significant increases in cardiomyocyte nucleation, a phenotype indicative of cytokinesis failures. In addition, nuclear density at the wound edge increases as new cardiomyocytes fail to colonize the injured area. Together, our study reveals that production of new cardiomyocytes and their infiltration into the injured region relies on H3K27me3-mediated sarcomeric and actomyosin cytoskeletal gene repression.
2019-09-17 | GSE96929 | GEO
Project description:The zebrafish heart remarkably regenerates after a severe ventricular damage followed by inflammation, fibrotic tissue deposition and removal concomitant with cardiac muscle replacement. We have investigated the role of the endocardium in this regeneration process. 3D-whole mount imaging in injured hearts revealed that GFP-labelled endocardial cells in ET33mi-60A transgenic fish become rapidly activated and highly proliferative at 3 days post cryoinjury (dpci). Endocardial cells extensively expand within the injury site and organize to form a coherent structure at 9 dpci that persists throughout the regeneration process. Upon injury, endocardial cells strongly up-regulate the Notch pathway ligand delta like4 (dll4) and the Notch receptors notch1b, notch2 and notch3. Expression profiling showed that Notch signalling inhibition affects endocardial gene expression and genes related to extracellular matrix remodelling and inflammation. Gain- and loss-of-function experiments revealed that Notch is required for the organization of the endocardium, attenuation of the inflammatory response and cardiomyocyte proliferation. These results demonstrate a novel structural and signalling role for the endocardium during heart regeneration.
2017-03-31 | GSE68650 | GEO
Project description:Tri-methylation of histone H3 lysine 27 (H3K27me3) regulates transcriptional repression, cell-fate determination and differentiation. We report that a conserved Bromo-Adjacent Homology (BAH) module harbored within BAHCC1, a previously uncharacterized chromatin regulator, ‘recognizes’ H3K27me3 specifically and enforces silencing of H3K27me3-demarcated genes in mammalian cells. Biochemical, structural and ChIP-seq-based analyses demonstrate that direct ‘readout’ of H3K27me3 by BAHCC1 is achieved through a hydrophobic trimethyl-lysine-binding ‘cage’ formed by the BAH domain, mediating co-localization of BAHCC1 and H3K27me3-marked genes. BAHCC1 is significantly overexpressed in human acute leukemia and biochemically, BAHCC1 interacts with repressors SAP30BP and HDAC. In acute leukemia, depletion of BAHCC1, or disruption of the BAHCC1 BAH-mediated ‘readout’ of H3K27me3, causes de-repression of H3K27me3-targeted genes that are involved in tumor suppression and cell differentiation, leading to the suppressed tumor growth. In mice, introduction of a germ-line mutation at Bahcc1 to disrupt its H3K27me3 engagement causes postnatal lethality, supporting a role of this pathway in development. Collectively, this study unveils a novel H3K27me3-directed transduction pathway in mammal cells that relies on a conserved BAH ‘reader’, deregulation of which contributes to oncogenesis.
2020-09-28 | GSE151577 | GEO
Project description:Tri-methylation of histone H3 lysine 27 (H3K27me3) regulates transcriptional repression, cell-fate determination and differentiation. We report that a conserved Bromo-Adjacent Homology (BAH) module harbored within BAHCC1, a previously uncharacterized chromatin regulator, ‘recognizes’ H3K27me3 specifically and enforces silencing of H3K27me3-demarcated genes in mammalian cells. Biochemical, structural and ChIP-seq-based analyses demonstrate that direct ‘readout’ of H3K27me3 by BAHCC1 is achieved through a hydrophobic trimethyl-lysine-binding ‘cage’ formed by the BAH domain, mediating co-localization of BAHCC1 and H3K27me3-marked genes. BAHCC1 is significantly overexpressed in human acute leukemia and biochemically, BAHCC1 interacts with repressors SAP30BP and HDAC. In acute leukemia, depletion of BAHCC1, or disruption of the BAHCC1 BAH-mediated ‘readout’ of H3K27me3, causes de-repression of H3K27me3-targeted genes that are involved in tumor suppression and cell differentiation, leading to the suppressed tumor growth. In mice, introduction of a germ-line mutation at Bahcc1 to disrupt its H3K27me3 engagement causes postnatal lethality, supporting a role of this pathway in development. Collectively, this study unveils a novel H3K27me3-directed transduction pathway in mammal cells that relies on a conserved BAH ‘reader’, deregulation of which contributes to oncogenesis.
2020-09-28 | GSE151575 | GEO
Project description:Tri-methylation of histone H3 lysine 27 (H3K27me3) regulates transcriptional repression, cell-fate determination and differentiation. We report that a conserved Bromo-Adjacent Homology (BAH) module harbored within BAHCC1, a previously uncharacterized chromatin regulator, ‘recognizes’ H3K27me3 specifically and enforces silencing of H3K27me3-demarcated genes in mammalian cells. Biochemical, structural and ChIP-seq-based analyses demonstrate that direct ‘readout’ of H3K27me3 by BAHCC1 is achieved through a hydrophobic trimethyl-lysine-binding ‘cage’ formed by the BAH domain, mediating co-localization of BAHCC1 and H3K27me3-marked genes. BAHCC1 is significantly overexpressed in human acute leukemia and biochemically, BAHCC1 interacts with repressors SAP30BP and HDAC. In acute leukemia, depletion of BAHCC1, or disruption of the BAHCC1 BAH-mediated ‘readout’ of H3K27me3, causes de-repression of H3K27me3-targeted genes that are involved in tumor suppression and cell differentiation, leading to the suppressed tumor growth. In mice, introduction of a germ-line mutation at Bahcc1 to disrupt its H3K27me3 engagement causes postnatal lethality, supporting a role of this pathway in development. Collectively, this study unveils a novel H3K27me3-directed transduction pathway in mammal cells that relies on a conserved BAH ‘reader’, deregulation of which contributes to oncogenesis.
2020-09-28 | GSE151574 | GEO
Project description:Tri-methylation of histone H3 lysine 27 (H3K27me3) regulates transcriptional repression, cell-fate determination and differentiation. We report that a conserved Bromo-Adjacent Homology (BAH) module harbored within BAHCC1, a previously uncharacterized chromatin regulator, ‘recognizes’ H3K27me3 specifically and enforces silencing of H3K27me3-demarcated genes in mammalian cells. Biochemical, structural and ChIP-seq-based analyses demonstrate that direct ‘readout’ of H3K27me3 by BAHCC1 is achieved through a hydrophobic trimethyl-lysine-binding ‘cage’ formed by the BAH domain, mediating co-localization of BAHCC1 and H3K27me3-marked genes. BAHCC1 is significantly overexpressed in human acute leukemia and biochemically, BAHCC1 interacts with repressors SAP30BP and HDAC. In acute leukemia, depletion of BAHCC1, or disruption of the BAHCC1 BAH-mediated ‘readout’ of H3K27me3, causes de-repression of H3K27me3-targeted genes that are involved in tumor suppression and cell differentiation, leading to the suppressed tumor growth. In mice, introduction of a germ-line mutation at Bahcc1 to disrupt its H3K27me3 engagement causes postnatal lethality, supporting a role of this pathway in development. Collectively, this study unveils a novel H3K27me3-directed transduction pathway in mammal cells that relies on a conserved BAH ‘reader’, deregulation of which contributes to oncogenesis.
2020-09-28 | GSE151573 | GEO
Project description:Histone modifications are essential for chromatin activity and play an important role in many biological processes. Trimethylation of histone H3K27 (H3K27me3) is a repressive modification established by Polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2). Although the presence of the histone H3 serine 28 phosphorylation (H3S28ph) modification at adjacent amino acid residues has both positive and negative effects on Polycomb silencing in mammals, little is known about the effect of H3S28ph on H3K27me3-mediated gene silencing in plants. In this study, we show that mutating H3S28A in Arabidopsis causes a dominant-negative effect that leads to an early-flowering phenotype by promoting the expression of flowering-promoting genes independently of abnormal cell division. While H3S28ph levels decreased due to the H3S28A mutation, H3K27me3 levels at the same loci did not increase. Moreover, we observed decreased H3K27me3 levels at some known PRC2 target genes in H3.3S28A transgenic lines, rather than the expected enhanced H3K27me3-mediated silencing. In line with the reduced H3K27me3 levels, the expression of the PRC2 catalytic subunits CLF and SWN decreased. Taken together, these data demonstrate that H3.3S28 is required for PRC2-dependent H3K27me3-mediated silencing in Arabidopsis, suggesting that H3S28 has a non-canonical function in H3K27me3-mediated gene silencing.
2022-09-01 | GSE197502 | GEO