Project description:Angiotensin II (Ang II) treatment contributes to hypertrophic growth and mitochondrial dysfunction in hiPSC-derived cardiomyocytes. Here, we report enhanced RPS3 phosphorylation at serine 149 in nuclear compartment and abnormal mitochondrial biogenesis during Ang II incubation. Furthermore, RPS3 S149 mutation attenuated Ang II induced cardiomyocyte hypertrophy and improved mitochondrial biogenesis and dysfunction. Mechanistically, RPS3 Ser149 mutation promoted mitochondrial RNA stabilization and blunt Ang II induced mitochodnrial RNA alternative splicing for degradation, by which RPS3 dephosphorylation restored mitochondrial complex assembly in cardiomyocytes.
Project description:C. elegans exhibit an age-dependent mechanical stress response to blunt force injury. Stress responses are often defined in part by an elicited cellular transcriptional response. We find in C. elegans that mechanical stress by blunt trauma induces a distinct and age-dependent transcriptional program.