Connexin 43 dephosphorylation mediates the Dchs1/YAP/TEAD signaling pathway to impact cardiac fibrosis
Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
PROVIDER: PRJNA1048890 | ENA |
REPOSITORIES: ENA
Similar Datasets
Project description:The gap junction protein connexin 43 (Cx43) has been implicated in the development of cardiac fibrosis. We found that Cx43 dephosphorylation at serine 282 (S282) is related to cardiomyocyte apoptosis and arrhythmias in hearts damaged by ischemia/reperfusion. Here, we investigated the effect of Cx43 S282 phosphorylation on fibrosis. We found a decrease in Cx43 S282 phosphorylation in transforming growth factor beta-1 (TGF-β)-induced fibrosis in fibroblasts and an angiotensin II-induced rat model. We transferred a lentivirus with S282A (alanine) into cardiac fibroblasts and an adenovirus with S282A into the hearts of rats. We found that the Cx43 S282A mutation caused fibrosis in cardiac fibroblasts and in the hearts of rats, which suggested that the phosphorylation of Cx43 S282 is important in the development of fibrosis. Furthermore, mRNA sequencing showed that Cx43 dephosphorylation at S282 increased the expression of Dchs1, and Dchs1 inhibited Yes-associated protein (YAP) phosphorylation, subsequently activating the YAP/TEAD signaling pathway and increasing the development of fibrosis. This study suggests that the phosphorylation of Cx43 S282 could be an effective antifibrotic target in cardiac fibroblasts, indicating a novel mechanism and a molecular target that might be promising for the treatment of cardiac fibrosis.
2024-11-28 | GSE249368 | GEO
Project description:During placentation, placental cytotrophoblast cells differentiate into syncytiotrophoblast cells and extravillous trophoblast cells. In placenta, the expression of various genes is regulated by the Hippo pathway through the transcriptional coactivator YAP/TAZ-TEAD activity. To examine the effect of YAP/TAZ and/or TEAD on trophoblast differentiation, knockdown experiments were performed. Microarray analysis were performed to identify YAP/TAZ and/or TEAD target genes in human trophoblast.
2022-07-17 | GSE182900 | GEO
Project description:YAP1 (Yes-associated protein 1) is transcriptional co-activator that partners with the TEAD family of transcription factors to regulate gene expression. Increased YAP-TEAD activity is strongly implicated in the development, progression, and metastasis of several cancer types including melanoma, but the YAP-TEAD target genes that are responsible for YAP-TEAD-dependent melanoma progression and metastasis are largely unknown. To identify YAP-TEAD regulated genes in metastatic melanoma cells we used RNA-sequencing to compare gene expression in control A375 human melanoma cells to A375 cells expressing mutant forms of YAP with increased transcriptional activity due to the mutation of LATS inhibitory phosphorylation sites (YAPS127A or YAPS127A,S381A). To determine which YAP-dependent gene expression changes are mediated by TEADs we also included a mutant form of YAP that is unable to bind TEADS (YAPS94A,S127A).
2024-03-29 | GSE234083 | GEO
Project description:Angiogenesis, the process by which endothelial cells (ECs) form new blood vessels from existing ones, is intimately linked to the tissue's metabolic milieu and often occurs at nutrient-deficient sites. However, ECs rely on sufficient metabolic resources to support growth and proliferation. How endothelial nutrient acquisition and usage are regulated is unknown. Here we show that these processes are dictated by YAP/TAZ-TEAD – a transcriptional module whose function is highly responsive to changes in the tissue environment. ECs lacking YAP/TAZ or their transcriptional partners, TEAD1, 2, and 4 fail to divide, resulting in stunted vascular growth in mice. Conversely, activation of TAZ, the more abundant paralogue in ECs, boosts proliferation, leading to vascular hyperplasia. We find that YAP/TAZ promote angiogenesis by fueling nutrient mTORC1 signaling. By orchestrating the transcription of a repertoire of cell-surface transporters, YAP/TAZ-TEAD stimulate the import of amino acids and other essential nutrients, thereby enabling mTORC1 pathway activation. Dissociating mTORC1 from these nutrient inputs – elicited by the loss of Rag GTPases – inhibits mTORC1 activity and prevents YAP/TAZ-dependent vascular growth. These findings define a pivotal role for YAP/TAZ-TEAD in steering endothelial mTORC1 and illustrate the essentiality of coordinated nutrient fluxes in the vasculature.
2022-05-08 | PXD026872 | Pride
Project description:The genomic regulatory programs that underlie human organogenesis are poorly understood. Human pancreas development, in particular, has pivotal implications for pancreatic regeneration, cancer, and diabetes. We have now created maps of transcripts, active enhancers, and transcription factor networks in pancreatic multipotent progenitors obtained from human embryos, or derived in vitro from human embryonic stem cells. This revealed that artificial progenitors recapitulate salient transcriptional and epigenomic features of their natural counterparts. Using this resource, we show that TEAD1, a transcription factor controlled by Hippo signaling, is a core component of the combinatorial code of pancreatic progenitor enhancers. TEAD thus activates genes encoding regulators of signaling pathways and stage-specific transcription factors that are essential for normal pancreas development. Accordingly, chemical and genetic perturbations of TEAD and its coactivator YAP inhibited expression of known regulators such as FGFR2 and SOX9, and suppressed the proliferation and expansion of mouse and zebrafish pancreatic progenitors. These findings provide a resource of active enhancers and transcripts in human pancreatic multipotent progenitors, and uncover a central role of TEAD and YAP as signal-responsive regulators of the transcriptional program of early pancreas development.
2015-04-06 | E-MTAB-3061 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:YAP transcriptional regulator controls cell mechanics by activating genes involved in cell-matrix interaction following extracellular matrix (ECM) remodelling and stiffening. YAP is needed for cardiogenesis in mouse but is repressed in adult cardiomyocytes. The protein is reactivated following ischemic insults, although the timing and mechanisms underlying YAP depletion during heart development and the reason for its reactivation are unclear. Here, we combine pluripotent stem cell (PSC) cardiac differentiation, mouse embryo development and human heart tissue analysis to demonstrate that the fine-tuning of cell mechanics, as controlled by YAP multiphasic activation through TEAD transcription, is crucial for mesoderm commitment and cardiac progenitor specification. Finally, by adopting induced PSC models of dilated cardiomyopathy, we prove that YAP-TEAD reactivation in diseased cardiomyocytes empowers calcium handling apparatus and increases cell contractility. Given YAP prompt activation following myocardial infarction, we unveil a novel role for mechanosensing in connecting ECM remodelling to cardiomyocyte function in pathological heart.
2020-10-30 | E-MTAB-7619 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:YAP transcriptional regulator controls cell mechanics by activating genes involved in cell-matrix interaction following extracellular matrix (ECM) remodelling and stiffening. YAP is needed for cardiogenesis in mouse but is repressed in adult cardiomyocytes. The protein is reactivated following ischemic insults, although the timing and mechanisms underlying YAP depletion during heart development and the reason for its reactivation are unclear. Here, we combine pluripotent stem cell (PSC) cardiac differentiation, mouse embryo development and human heart tissue analysis to demonstrate that the fine-tuning of cell mechanics, as controlled by YAP multiphasic activation through TEAD transcription, is crucial for mesoderm commitment and cardiac progenitor specification. Finally, by adopting induced PSC models of dilated cardiomyopathy, we prove that YAP-TEAD reactivation in diseased cardiomyocytes empowers calcium handling apparatus and increases cell contractility. Given YAP prompt activation following myocardial infarction, we unveil a novel role for mechanosensing in connecting ECM remodelling to cardiomyocyte function in pathological heart.
2020-10-30 | E-MTAB-7620 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:Co-IP Experiment Bait: Cx43-Flag Cell line: Hela Related Publication: Gap Junction protein Connexin-43 is a direct transcriptional regulator of N-cadherin in vivo, Maria Kotini, Elias Barriga, Jonathan Leslie, Marc Gentzel, Verena Rauschenberger, Alexandra Schambony, and Roberto Mayor
2018-10-16 | PXD010870 | Pride
Project description:To gain a deeper understanding of the Connexin (Cx)-43-dependent molecular regulation of neural stem behavior, we used scRNAseq approach on endothelial cells (ECs) and neural stem and progenitor cells (NSPCs) from knock out mice.
2023-03-02 | GSE221558 | GEO
Project description:Infertility observed in adult Sertoli cell (SC)-specific Connexin 43 Knockout-mice rather seems to be an effect of the disturbed SC-Germ cell (GC) crosstalk than a direct consequence of the loss of Cx43 protein in SC with important GC specific genes being mostly affected by this deletion.
2011-01-06 | GSE23431 | GEO