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Epigenome-wide DNA methylation profiling in comparison between pathological and physiological hypertrophy of human cardiomyocytes.
- Source :
- Frontiers in Genetics; 2023, p1-12, 12p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Background: Physiological and pathological stimuli result in distinct forms of cardiac hypertrophy, but the molecular regulation comparing the two, especially at the DNA methylation level, is not well understood. Methods: We conducted an in vitro study using human cardiomyocytes exposed to angiotensin II (AngII) and insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) to mimic pathologically and physiologically hypertrophic heart models, respectively. Whole genome DNA methylation patterns were profiled by the Infinium human MethylationEPIC platform with >850 K DNAmethylation loci. Two external datasets were used for comparisons and qRT-PCR was performed for examining expression of associated genes of those identified DNA methylation loci. Results: Wedetected 194 loci that are significantly differentiallymethylated after AngII treatment, and 206 significant loci after IGF-1 treatment. Mapping the significant loci to genes, we identified 158 genes corresponding to AngII treatment and 175 genes to IGF-1 treatment. Using the gene-set enrichment analysis, the PI3K-Akt signaling pathway was identified to be significantly enriched for both AngII and IGF-1 treatment. The Hippo signaling pathway was enriched after IGF-1 treatment, but not for AngII treatment. CDK6 and RPTOR are components of the PI3K-Akt pathway but have different DNAmethylation patterns in response to AngII and IGF-1. qRT-PCR confirmed the different gene expressions of CDK6 and PRTOR. Conclusion: Our study is pioneering in profiling epigenome DNA methylation changes in adult human cardiomyocytes under distinct stress conditions: pathological (AngII) and physiological (IGF-1). The identified DNA methylation loci, genes, and pathways might have the potential to distinguish between pathological and physiological cardiac hypertrophy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 16648021
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Frontiers in Genetics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 172935735
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2023.1264382