单位:[1]Loma Linda Univ, Sch Med, Dept Basic Sci, Div Physiol, Loma Linda, CA 92350 USA[2]Huazhong Univ Sci & Technol, Tongji Hosp, Tongji Med Coll, Dept Internal Med,Div Cardiol, Wuhan 430000, Peoples R China内科学系大内科心血管内科华中科技大学同济医学院附属同济医院[3]Loma Linda Univ, Ctr Genom, Loma Linda, CA 92350 USA[4]Loma Linda Univ, Dept Basic Sci, Sch Med, Loma Linda, CA 92350 USA[5]Univ Alabama Birmingham, Sch Med & Sch Engn, Dept Biomed Engn, Birmingham, AL 35294 USA[6]Georgia State Univ, Ctr Mol & Translat Med, Inst Biomed Sci, Atlanta, GA 30303 USA
Chronic hypertension is a key risk factor for heart failure. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms are not fully understood. Our previous studies found that the valosin-containing protein (VCP), an ATPase-associated protein, was significantly decreased in the hypertensive heart tissues. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that restoration of VCP protected the heart against pressure overload-induced heart failure. With a cardiac-specific transgenic (TG) mouse model, we showed that a moderate increase of VCP was able to attenuate chronic pressure overload-induced maladaptive cardiac hypertrophy and dysfunction. RNA sequencing and a comprehensive bioinformatic analysis further demonstrated that overexpression of VCP in the heart normalized the pressure overload-stimulated hypertrophic signals and repressed the stress-induced inflammatory response. In addition, VCP overexpression promoted cell survival by enhancing the mitochondria resistance to the oxidative stress via activating the Rictor-mediated-gene networks. VCP was also found to be involved in the regulation of the alternative splicing and differential isoform expression for some genes that are related to ATP production and protein synthesis by interacting with long no-coding RNAs and histone deacetylases, indicating a novel epigenetic regulation of VCP in integrating coding and noncoding genomic network in the stressed heart. In summary, our study demonstrated that the rescuing of a deficient VCP in the heart could prevent pressure overload-induced heart failure by rectifying cardiac hypertrophic and inflammatory signaling and enhancing the cardiac resistance to oxidative stress, which brought in novel insights into the understanding of the mechanism of VCP in protecting patients from hypertensive heart failure.
基金:
NIH [HL115195, HL137962, HL 142291]; Ardmore Institute of Health (AIH) [2150141]; National Natural Science Foundation of China [81570261]
第一作者单位:[1]Loma Linda Univ, Sch Med, Dept Basic Sci, Div Physiol, Loma Linda, CA 92350 USA[2]Huazhong Univ Sci & Technol, Tongji Hosp, Tongji Med Coll, Dept Internal Med,Div Cardiol, Wuhan 430000, Peoples R China
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通讯机构:[1]Loma Linda Univ, Sch Med, Dept Basic Sci, Div Physiol, Loma Linda, CA 92350 USA[3]Loma Linda Univ, Ctr Genom, Loma Linda, CA 92350 USA[4]Loma Linda Univ, Dept Basic Sci, Sch Med, Loma Linda, CA 92350 USA[6]Georgia State Univ, Ctr Mol & Translat Med, Inst Biomed Sci, Atlanta, GA 30303 USA[*1]Georgia State Univ, Ctr Mol & Translat Med, Inst Biomed Sci, Petit Res Ctr, Room 588,100 Piedmont Ave, Atlanta, GA 30303 USA[*2]Loma Linda Univ, Ctr Genom, Sch Med, Dept Basic Sci, 11021 Campus St,AH 120-104, Loma Linda, CA 92350 USA
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Zhou Ning,Chen Xin,Xi Jing,et al.Genomic characterization reveals novel mechanisms underlying the valosin-containing protein-mediated cardiac protection against heart failure[J].REDOX BIOLOGY.2020,36:doi:10.1016/j.redox.2020.101662.