基因敲除
细胞生长
生物
细胞生物学
心脏纤维化
磷酸化
下调和上调
再生(生物学)
心功能曲线
纤维化
细胞凋亡
生物化学
医学
内科学
病理
基因
心力衰竭
作者
Guoquan Wei,Chuling Li,Xiaoqian Jia,Jingfang Xie,Zhenquan Tang,Ming Jin,Qiqi Chen,Yili Sun,Sisi He,Xinzhong Li,Yanmei Chen,Hao Zheng,Wangjun Liao,Yulin Liao,Jianping Bin,Suming Huang
标识
DOI:10.1016/j.jare.2022.12.014
摘要
Extracellular vesicles (EVs)-mediated cell-to-cell communication is crucial for hypoxia-induced cell proliferation and tissue repair, but its function in endogenous cardiac regeneration is still unknown. Herein, we aimed to determine whether hypoxia-inducible circWhsc1 in endothelial EVs promoted cardiomyocyte (CM) proliferation and cardiac regeneration. RNA-sequence data was used to identify EV circRNAs that were involved into endogenous cardiac regeneration. Quantitative polymerase chain reactions were conducted to determine circRNA expression in tissue, cells and EVs. Gain- and loss-of-function assays were performed to explore the function of EV-derived circWhsc1 during cardiac regeneration. Western blotting and RNA pulldown assays were used to investigate its underlying mechanism. We found that circWhsc1 was enriched in neonatal mouse hearts, particularly in cardiac ECs, and was further upregulated both in ECs and EC-derived EVs under hypoxic conditions. When cocultured with hypoxia-preconditioned neonatal ECs or their secreted EVs, both neonatal and adult CMs exhibited an increased proliferation rate and G2/M ratio, which could be attenuated by knockdown of circWhsc1 in ECs. In vivo, EC-restricted overexpression of circWhsc1 and EV-mediated delivery of circWhsc1 induced CM proliferation, alleviated cardiac fibrosis and restored cardiac function following myocardial infarction in adult mice. Mechanistic studies revealed that EV-derived circWhsc1 activated TRIM59 by enhancing its phosphorylation, thereby reinforcing the binding of TRIM59 to STAT3, phosphorylating STAT3 and inducing CM proliferation. The current study demonstrated that hypoxia-inducible circWhsc1 in EC-derived EVs induces CM proliferation and heart regeneration. EC-CM communication mediated by EV-derived circWhsc1 might represent a prospective therapeutic target for inducing cardiac repair post-myocardial infarction.
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