Age-Dependent Transcriptional Alterations in Cardiac Endothelial Cells [bulk RNA-seq]
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Project description:Purpose: The goal of this study is to determine alterations in heart endothelial cell transcripts associated with aging. This is accomplished by comparing endothelial transcriptomes from young and aged organs (heart, brain and kidney). Methods: Endothelial mRNA profiles of 3 month and 24 month old wild-type mice were generated by next generation sequencing using libraries generated via SmartSeq V4 chemistry (Takara) and sequenced on an HiSeq 2500 (Illuina). Tophat2 with default parameters was used to align the sequenced reads against the mouse genome using the GRCm38. HTSeq python software with default parameters was used to quantify the transcripts of the aligned reads using the corresponding GRCm38 gene annotation model from Ensembl. Results: Highly enriched populations of endothelial cells (ECs) isolated from the heart, brain and kidney of young (3 months) and old (24 months) C57/BL6 mice were profiled for RNA expression via bulk RNA sequencing. Approximately 700 cardiac endothelial transcripts significantly differ by age. Gene set enrichment analysis indicated similar patterns for cellular pathway perturbations. Receptor-ligand comparisons indicated parallel alterations in age-affected circulating factors and cardiac endothelial-expressed receptors. Single-cell RNA-seq analysis identified 9 distinct endothelial cell subtypes in the heart with an age-associated population shift observed for an Aplnr-enriched endothelial cell clusters. Conclusions: Gene and pathway enrichment analyses show that age-related transcriptional response of cardiac endothelial cells is distinct from that of endothelial cells derived from the brain or kidney vascular bed. Furthermore, single-cell analysis identified 9 distinct EC subtypes, and shows that Aplnr-enriched subtype is reduced with age in mouse heart. Finally, we identify age-dysregulated genes in specific aged cardiac endothelial subtypes.
2021-05-28 | GSE163821 | GEO
Project description:Age-Dependent Transcriptional Alterations in Cardiac Endothelial Cells
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