Hippo signaling and histone methylation control cardiomyocyte cell cycle re-entry through distinct transcriptional pathways.
<h4>Aims</h4>Accumulating data demonstrates that new adult cardiomyocytes (CMs) are generated throughout life from pre-existing CMs, although the absolute magnitude of CM self-renewal is very low. Modifying epigenetic histone modifications or activating the Hippo-Yap pathway have been sh...
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| author | Zhenhe Zhang Miles Freeman Yiqiang Zhang Danny El-Nachef George Davenport Allison Williams W Robb MacLellan |
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| description | <h4>Aims</h4>Accumulating data demonstrates that new adult cardiomyocytes (CMs) are generated throughout life from pre-existing CMs, although the absolute magnitude of CM self-renewal is very low. Modifying epigenetic histone modifications or activating the Hippo-Yap pathway have been shown to promote adult CM cycling and proliferation. Whether these interventions work through common pathways or act independently is unknown. For the first time we have determined whether lysine demethylase 4D (KDM4D)-mediated CM-specific H3K9 demethylation and Hippo pathways inhibition have additive or redundant roles in promoting CM cell cycle re-entry.<h4>Methods and results</h4>We found that activating Yap1 in cultured neonatal rat ventricular myocytes (NRVM) through overexpressing Hippo pathway inhibitor, miR-199, preferentially increased S-phase CMs, while H3K9me3 demethylase KDM4D preferentially increased G2/M markers in CMs. Together KDM4D and miR-199 further increased total cell number of NRVMs in culture. Inhibition of Hippo signaling via knock-down of Salvador Family WW Domain Containing Protein 1 (Sav1) also led to S-phase reactivation and additional cell cycle re-entry was seen when combined with KDM4D overexpression. Inducible activating KDM4D (iKDM4D) in adult transgenic mice together with shRNA mediated knock-down of Sav1 (iKDM4D+Sav1-sh) resulted in a significant increase in cycling CMs compared to either intervention alone. KDM4D preferentially induced expression of genes regulating late (G2/M) phases of the cell cycle, while miR-199 and si-Sav1 preferentially up-regulated genes involved in G1/S phase. KDM4D upregulated E2F1 and FoxM1 expression, whereas miR-199 and si-Sav1 induced Myc. Using transgenic mice over-expressing KDM4D together with Myc, we demonstrated that KDM4D/Myc significantly increased CM cell cycling but did not affect cardiac function.<h4>Conclusions</h4>KDM4D effects on CM cell cycle activity are additive with the Hippo-Yap1 pathway and appear to preferentially regulate different cell cycle regulators. This may have important implications for strategies that target cardiac regeneration in treating heart disease. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a8a9f94f16b74a2c9917c153f39f982d2025-08-20T02:33:44ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032023-01-01182e028161010.1371/journal.pone.0281610Hippo signaling and histone methylation control cardiomyocyte cell cycle re-entry through distinct transcriptional pathways.Zhenhe ZhangMiles FreemanYiqiang ZhangDanny El-NachefGeorge DavenportAllison WilliamsW Robb MacLellan<h4>Aims</h4>Accumulating data demonstrates that new adult cardiomyocytes (CMs) are generated throughout life from pre-existing CMs, although the absolute magnitude of CM self-renewal is very low. Modifying epigenetic histone modifications or activating the Hippo-Yap pathway have been shown to promote adult CM cycling and proliferation. Whether these interventions work through common pathways or act independently is unknown. For the first time we have determined whether lysine demethylase 4D (KDM4D)-mediated CM-specific H3K9 demethylation and Hippo pathways inhibition have additive or redundant roles in promoting CM cell cycle re-entry.<h4>Methods and results</h4>We found that activating Yap1 in cultured neonatal rat ventricular myocytes (NRVM) through overexpressing Hippo pathway inhibitor, miR-199, preferentially increased S-phase CMs, while H3K9me3 demethylase KDM4D preferentially increased G2/M markers in CMs. Together KDM4D and miR-199 further increased total cell number of NRVMs in culture. Inhibition of Hippo signaling via knock-down of Salvador Family WW Domain Containing Protein 1 (Sav1) also led to S-phase reactivation and additional cell cycle re-entry was seen when combined with KDM4D overexpression. Inducible activating KDM4D (iKDM4D) in adult transgenic mice together with shRNA mediated knock-down of Sav1 (iKDM4D+Sav1-sh) resulted in a significant increase in cycling CMs compared to either intervention alone. KDM4D preferentially induced expression of genes regulating late (G2/M) phases of the cell cycle, while miR-199 and si-Sav1 preferentially up-regulated genes involved in G1/S phase. KDM4D upregulated E2F1 and FoxM1 expression, whereas miR-199 and si-Sav1 induced Myc. Using transgenic mice over-expressing KDM4D together with Myc, we demonstrated that KDM4D/Myc significantly increased CM cell cycling but did not affect cardiac function.<h4>Conclusions</h4>KDM4D effects on CM cell cycle activity are additive with the Hippo-Yap1 pathway and appear to preferentially regulate different cell cycle regulators. This may have important implications for strategies that target cardiac regeneration in treating heart disease.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0281610&type=printable |
| spellingShingle | Zhenhe Zhang Miles Freeman Yiqiang Zhang Danny El-Nachef George Davenport Allison Williams W Robb MacLellan Hippo signaling and histone methylation control cardiomyocyte cell cycle re-entry through distinct transcriptional pathways. PLoS ONE |
| title | Hippo signaling and histone methylation control cardiomyocyte cell cycle re-entry through distinct transcriptional pathways. |
| title_full | Hippo signaling and histone methylation control cardiomyocyte cell cycle re-entry through distinct transcriptional pathways. |
| title_fullStr | Hippo signaling and histone methylation control cardiomyocyte cell cycle re-entry through distinct transcriptional pathways. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hippo signaling and histone methylation control cardiomyocyte cell cycle re-entry through distinct transcriptional pathways. |
| title_short | Hippo signaling and histone methylation control cardiomyocyte cell cycle re-entry through distinct transcriptional pathways. |
| title_sort | hippo signaling and histone methylation control cardiomyocyte cell cycle re entry through distinct transcriptional pathways |
| url | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0281610&type=printable |
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