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ZNF281 enhances cardiac reprogramming by modulating cardiac and inflammatory gene expression.
Zhou, Huanyu; Morales, Maria Gabriela; Hashimoto, Hisayuki; Dickson, Matthew E; Song, Kunhua; Ye, Wenduo; Kim, Min S; Niederstrasser, Hanspeter; Wang, Zhaoning; Chen, Beibei; Posner, Bruce A; Bassel-Duby, Rhonda; Olson, Eric N.
Affiliation
  • Zhou H; Department of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA.
  • Morales MG; Hamon Center for Regenerative Science and Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA.
  • Hashimoto H; Senator Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative Research Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA.
  • Dickson ME; Department of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA.
  • Song K; Hamon Center for Regenerative Science and Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA.
  • Ye W; Senator Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative Research Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA.
  • Kim MS; Department of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA.
  • Niederstrasser H; Hamon Center for Regenerative Science and Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA.
  • Wang Z; Senator Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative Research Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA.
  • Chen B; Department of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA.
  • Posner BA; Hamon Center for Regenerative Science and Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA.
  • Bassel-Duby R; Senator Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative Research Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA.
  • Olson EN; Department of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA.
Genes Dev ; 31(17): 1770-1783, 2017 09 01.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28982760
ABSTRACT
Direct reprogramming of fibroblasts to cardiomyocytes represents a potential means of restoring cardiac function following myocardial injury. AKT1 in the presence of four cardiogenic transcription factors, GATA4, HAND2, MEF2C, and TBX5 (AGHMT), efficiently induces the cardiac gene program in mouse embryonic fibroblasts but not adult fibroblasts. To identify additional regulators of adult cardiac reprogramming, we performed an unbiased screen of transcription factors and cytokines for those that might enhance or suppress the cardiogenic activity of AGHMT in adult mouse fibroblasts. Among a collection of inducers and repressors of cardiac reprogramming, we discovered that the zinc finger transcription factor 281 (ZNF281) potently stimulates cardiac reprogramming by genome-wide association with GATA4 on cardiac enhancers. Concomitantly, ZNF281 suppresses expression of genes associated with inflammatory signaling, suggesting the antagonistic convergence of cardiac and inflammatory transcriptional programs. Consistent with an inhibitory influence of inflammatory pathways on cardiac reprogramming, blockade of these pathways with anti-inflammatory drugs or components of the nucleosome remodeling deacetylase (NuRD) complex, which associate with ZNF281, stimulates cardiac gene expression. We conclude that ZNF281 acts at a nexus of cardiac and inflammatory gene programs, which exert opposing influences on fibroblast to cardiac reprogramming.
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Transcription Factors / Gene Expression Regulation / Cellular Reprogramming Type of study: Prognostic_studies Language: En Journal: Genes Dev Journal subject: BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR Year: 2017 Type: Article Affiliation country: United States

Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Transcription Factors / Gene Expression Regulation / Cellular Reprogramming Type of study: Prognostic_studies Language: En Journal: Genes Dev Journal subject: BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR Year: 2017 Type: Article Affiliation country: United States