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Grilo LF, Zimmerman KD, Puppala S, Chan J, Huber HF, Li G, Jadhav AYL, Wang B, Li C, Clarke GD, Register TC, Oliveira PJ, Nathanielsz PW, Olivier M, Pereira SP, Cox LA. Cardiac Molecular Analysis Reveals Aging-Associated Metabolic Alterations Promoting Glycosaminoglycans Accumulation via Hexosamine Biosynthetic Pathway. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2024:e2309211. [PMID: 39119859 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202309211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2023] [Revised: 07/17/2024] [Indexed: 08/10/2024]
Abstract
Age is a prominent risk factor for cardiometabolic disease, often leading to heart structural and functional changes. However, precise molecular mechanisms underlying cardiac remodeling and dysfunction exclusively resulting from physiological aging remain elusive. Previous research demonstrated age-related functional alterations in baboons, analogous to humans. The goal of this study is to identify early cardiac molecular alterations preceding functional adaptations, shedding light on the regulation of age-associated changes. Unbiased transcriptomics of left ventricle samples are performed from female baboons aged 7.5-22.1 years (human equivalent ≈30-88 years). Weighted-gene correlation network and pathway enrichment analyses are performed, with histological validation. Modules of transcripts negatively correlated with age implicated declined metabolism-oxidative phosphorylation, tricarboxylic acid cycle, glycolysis, and fatty-acid β-oxidation. Transcripts positively correlated with age suggested a metabolic shift toward glucose-dependent anabolic pathways, including hexosamine biosynthetic pathway (HBP). This shift is associated with increased glycosaminoglycan synthesis, modification, precursor synthesis via HBP, and extracellular matrix accumulation, verified histologically. Upregulated extracellular matrix-induced signaling coincided with glycosaminoglycan accumulation, followed by cardiac hypertrophy-related pathways. Overall, these findings revealed a transcriptional shift in metabolism favoring glycosaminoglycan accumulation through HBP before cardiac hypertrophy. Unveiling this metabolic shift provides potential targets for age-related cardiac diseases, offering novel insights into early age-related mechanisms.
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Affiliation(s)
- Luís F Grilo
- CNC-UC, Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, 3060, Portugal
- CIBB, Center for Innovative Biomedicine and Biotechnology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, 3060, Portugal
- Institute for Interdisciplinary Research, PDBEB - Doctoral Programme in Experimental Biology and Biomedicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, 3060, Portugal
- Center for Precision Medicine, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157, USA
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- Center for Precision Medicine, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157, USA
- Section on Molecular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157, USA
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- Center for Precision Medicine, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157, USA
- Section on Molecular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157, USA
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- Center for Precision Medicine, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157, USA
- Section on Molecular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157, USA
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- Southwest National Primate Research Center, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, 78245, USA
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- Center for Precision Medicine, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157, USA
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- Center for Precision Medicine, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157, USA
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- Center for Precision Medicine, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157, USA
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- Texas Pregnancy & Life-Course Health Research Center, Department of Animal Science, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, 82071, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX, 78229, USA
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- Center for Precision Medicine, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157, USA
- Section on Comparative Medicine, Department of Pathology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157, USA
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- CNC-UC, Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, 3060, Portugal
- CIBB, Center for Innovative Biomedicine and Biotechnology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, 3060, Portugal
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- Texas Pregnancy & Life-Course Health Research Center, Department of Animal Science, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, 82071, USA
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- Center for Precision Medicine, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157, USA
- Section on Molecular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157, USA
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- CNC-UC, Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, 3060, Portugal
- CIBB, Center for Innovative Biomedicine and Biotechnology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, 3060, Portugal
- Laboratory of Metabolism and Exercise (LaMetEx), Research Centre in Physical Activity, Health and Leisure (CIAFEL), Laboratory for Integrative and Translational Research in Population Health (ITR), Faculty of Sports, University of Porto, Porto, 4050, Portugal
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- Center for Precision Medicine, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157, USA
- Section on Molecular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157, USA
- Southwest National Primate Research Center, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, 78245, USA
- Section on Comparative Medicine, Department of Pathology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157, USA
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Grilo LF, Zimmerman KD, Puppala S, Chan J, Huber HF, Li G, Jadhav AYL, Wang B, Li C, Clarke GD, Register TC, Oliveira PJ, Nathanielsz PW, Olivier M, Pereira SP, Cox LA. Cardiac Molecular Analysis Reveals Aging-Associated Metabolic Alterations Promoting Glycosaminoglycans Accumulation Via Hexosamine Biosynthetic Pathway. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.11.17.567640. [PMID: 38014295 PMCID: PMC10680868 DOI: 10.1101/2023.11.17.567640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2023]
Abstract
Age is a prominent risk factor for cardiometabolic disease, and often leads to heart structural and functional changes. However, precise molecular mechanisms underlying cardiac remodeling and dysfunction resulting from physiological aging per se remain elusive. Understanding these mechanisms requires biological models with optimal translation to humans. Previous research demonstrated that baboons undergo age-related reduction in ejection fraction and increased heart sphericity, mirroring changes observed in humans. The goal of this study was to identify early cardiac molecular alterations that precede functional adaptations, shedding light on the regulation of age-associated changes. We performed unbiased transcriptomics of left ventricle (LV) samples from female baboons aged 7.5-22.1 years (human equivalent ~30-88 years). Weighted-gene correlation network and pathway enrichment analyses were performed to identify potential age-associated mechanisms in LV, with histological validation. Myocardial modules of transcripts negatively associated with age were primarily enriched for cardiac metabolism, including oxidative phosphorylation, tricarboxylic acid cycle, glycolysis, and fatty-acid β-oxidation. Transcripts positively correlated with age suggest upregulation of glucose uptake, pentose phosphate pathway, and hexosamine biosynthetic pathway (HBP), indicating a metabolic shift towards glucose-dependent anabolic pathways. Upregulation of HBP commonly results in increased glycosaminoglycan precursor synthesis. Transcripts involved in glycosaminoglycan synthesis, modification, and intermediate metabolism were also upregulated in older animals, while glycosaminoglycan degradation transcripts were downregulated with age. These alterations would promote glycosaminoglycan accumulation, which was verified histologically. Upregulation of extracellular matrix (ECM)-induced signaling pathways temporally coincided with glycosaminoglycan accumulation. We found a subsequent upregulation of cardiac hypertrophy-related pathways and an increase in cardiomyocyte width. Overall, our findings revealed a transcriptional shift in metabolism from catabolic to anabolic pathways that leads to ECM glycosaminoglycan accumulation through HBP prior to upregulation of transcripts of cardiac hypertrophy-related pathways. This study illuminates cellular mechanisms that precede development of cardiac hypertrophy, providing novel potential targets to remediate age-related cardiac diseases.
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Affiliation(s)
- Luís F. Grilo
- CNC-UC, Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Portugal
- CIBB, Center for Innovative Biomedicine and Biotechnology, University of Coimbra, Portugal
- University of Coimbra, Institute for Interdisciplinary Research, PDBEB - Doctoral Programme in Experimental Biology and Biomedicine
- Center for Precision Medicine, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
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- Center for Precision Medicine, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
- Section on Molecular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
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- Center for Precision Medicine, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
- Section on Molecular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
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- Center for Precision Medicine, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
- Section on Molecular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
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- Southwest National Primate Research Center, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, USA
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- Center for Precision Medicine, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
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- Center for Precision Medicine, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
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- Center for Precision Medicine, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
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- Texas Pregnancy & Life-Course Health Research Center, Department of Animal Science, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas
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- Center for Precision Medicine, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
- Section on Comparative Medicine, Department of Pathology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
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- CNC-UC, Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Portugal
- CIBB, Center for Innovative Biomedicine and Biotechnology, University of Coimbra, Portugal
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- Texas Pregnancy & Life-Course Health Research Center, Department of Animal Science, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, USA
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- Center for Precision Medicine, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
- Section on Molecular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
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- CNC-UC, Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Portugal
- CIBB, Center for Innovative Biomedicine and Biotechnology, University of Coimbra, Portugal
- Laboratory of Metabolism and Exercise (LaMetEx), Research Centre in Physical Activity, Health and Leisure (CIAFEL), Laboratory for Integrative and Translational Research in Population Health (ITR), Faculty of Sports, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Center for Precision Medicine, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
- Section on Molecular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
- Southwest National Primate Research Center, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, USA
- Section on Comparative Medicine, Department of Pathology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
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Ahn J, Jeong H, Seo BG, Park KS, Hwangbo C, Kim HG, Koh JS, Kim J. Genome-wide association study for vascular aging highlights pathways shared with cardiovascular traits in Koreans. Front Cardiovasc Med 2022; 9:1058308. [PMID: 36620623 PMCID: PMC9813851 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.1058308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2022] [Accepted: 12/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
Abstract
Vascular aging plays a pivotal role in the morbidity and mortality of older people. Reactive hyperemia index (RHI) detected by pulse amplitude tonometry (PAT) is a non-invasive measure of vascular endothelial function and aging-induced pathogenesis of both microvascular and macrovascular diseases. We conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) to comprehensively identify germline genetic variants associated with vascular aging in a Korean population, which revealed 60 suggestive genes underlying angiogenesis, inflammatory response in blood vessels, and cardiovascular diseases. Subsequently, we show that putative protective alleles were significantly enriched in an independent population with decelerated vascular aging phenotypes. Finally, we show the differential mRNA expression levels of putative causal genes in aging human primary endothelial cells via quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR). These results highlight the potential contribution of genetic variants in the etiology of vascular aging and may suggest the link between vascular aging and cardiovascular traits.
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- JaeKyoung Ahn
- Division of Applied Life Science (BK21 Four), Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Republic of Korea,Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Applied Life Science (BK21 Four), Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Republic of Korea,Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Applied Life Science (BK21 Four), Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Republic of Korea,Division of Life Science, College of National Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine and Institute of Health Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Republic of Korea,Center for Farmer’s Safety and Health, Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Jinju, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Applied Life Science (BK21 Four), Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Republic of Korea,Division of Life Science, College of National Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine, Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Jinju, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine, Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Jinju, Republic of Korea,*Correspondence: Jin-Sin Koh,
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- Division of Applied Life Science (BK21 Four), Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Republic of Korea,Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Republic of Korea,Jaemin Kim,
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Han Y, Wennersten SA, Wright JM, Ludwig RW, Lau E, Lam MPY. Proteogenomics reveals sex-biased aging genes and coordinated splicing in cardiac aging. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2022; 323:H538-H558. [PMID: 35930447 PMCID: PMC9448281 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00244.2022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2022] [Revised: 07/20/2022] [Accepted: 07/31/2022] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
Abstract
The risks of heart diseases are significantly modulated by age and sex, but how these factors influence baseline cardiac gene expression remains incompletely understood. Here, we used RNA sequencing and mass spectrometry to compare gene expression in female and male young adult (4 mo) and early aging (20 mo) mouse hearts, identifying thousands of age- and sex-dependent gene expression signatures. Sexually dimorphic cardiac genes are broadly distributed, functioning in mitochondrial metabolism, translation, and other processes. In parallel, we found over 800 genes with differential aging response between male and female, including genes in cAMP and PKA signaling. Analysis of the sex-adjusted aging cardiac transcriptome revealed a widespread remodeling of exon usage patterns that is largely independent from differential gene expression, concomitant with upstream changes in RNA-binding protein and splice factor transcripts. To evaluate the impact of the splicing events on cardiac proteoform composition, we applied an RNA-guided proteomics computational pipeline to analyze the mass spectrometry data and detected hundreds of putative splice variant proteins that have the potential to rewire the cardiac proteome. Taken together, the results here suggest that cardiac aging is associated with 1) widespread sex-biased aging genes and 2) a rewiring of RNA splicing programs, including sex- and age-dependent changes in exon usages and splice patterns that have the potential to influence cardiac protein structure and function. These changes contribute to the emerging evidence for considerable sexual dimorphism in the cardiac aging process that should be considered in the search for disease mechanisms.NEW & NOTEWORTHY Han et al. used proteogenomics to compare male and female mouse hearts at 4 and 20 mo. Sex-biased cardiac genes function in mitochondrial metabolism, translation, autophagy, and other processes. Hundreds of cardiac genes show sex-by-age interactions, that is, sex-biased aging genes. Cardiac aging is accompanied with a remodeling of exon usage in functionally coordinated genes, concomitant with differential expression of RNA-binding proteins and splice factors. These features represent an underinvestigated aspect of cardiac aging that may be relevant to the search for disease mechanisms.
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Grants
- R21-HL150456 HHS | NIH | National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
- R00-HL144829 HHS | NIH | National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
- R00 HL127302 NHLBI NIH HHS
- R03-OD032666 HHS | NIH | NIH Office of the Director (OD)
- R01 HL141278 NHLBI NIH HHS
- F32 HL149191 NHLBI NIH HHS
- F32-HL149191 HHS | NIH | National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
- R00-HL127302 HHS | NIH | National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
- R21 HL150456 NHLBI NIH HHS
- R03 OD032666 NIH HHS
- R00 HL144829 NHLBI NIH HHS
- R01-HL141278 HHS | NIH | National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
- University of Colorado
- University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus
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- Yu Han
- Department of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado
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- Department of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado
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- Department of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado
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- Department of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado
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- Department of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Anschutz Medical Campus, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado
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Yang F, Li R, Zhao C, Che T, Guo J, Xie Y, Wang Z, Li J, Liu Z. Single-cell sequencing reveals the new existence form of dermal papilla cells in the hair follicle regeneration of cashmere goats. Genomics 2022; 114:110316. [PMID: 35202721 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2022.110316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2021] [Revised: 12/28/2021] [Accepted: 02/13/2022] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
Abstract
The problem of human hair loss has caused widespread concern, however, such research is difficult because the periodicity is not obvious and the deeper levels knowledge of dermal papilla (DP) stem cells' differentiation are limited. Here, cashmere goats which have obvious periodicity of hair follicles were used, based on unbiased scRNA sequencing, we constructed DP cell lineage differentiation trajectory and revealed the key genes, signals and functions involved in cell fate decisions. And then we revealed the molecular landscape of hair follicle on regeneration. Revealed that DP cells differentiate into four intermediate cell states at different periodicity: Intermediate-cell-10 showed important functions in the growth and maintenance of cashmere; intermediate-cell-1 acting on apoptosis and cashmere shedding; intermediate-cell-0 initiated new follicular cycles, the migration of hair follicles and the occurrence of cashmere; and intermediate-cell-15 are suggested to be DP progenitor cells. In general, we provide new insights for hair regrowth. At the same time, it provides a new research ideas, directions and molecular landscape for the mechanism of dermal papilla cells.
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- Feng Yang
- College of Animal Science, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, 010018, China; Key Laboratory of mutton sheep genetics and breeding of Ministry of Agriculture, Hohhot, 010018, China
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- China Institute of Communications, Beijing, China
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- College of Animal Science, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, 010018, China
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- Key Laboratory of mutton sheep genetics and breeding of Ministry of Agriculture, Hohhot, 010018, China
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- College of Animal Science, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, 010018, China
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- The Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region goat genetics and breeding Engineering Technology Research Center, Hohhot, 010018, China
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- Key Laboratory of mutton sheep genetics and breeding of Ministry of Agriculture, Hohhot, 010018, China
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- The Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region goat genetics and breeding Engineering Technology Research Center, Hohhot, 010018, China.
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- Key Laboratory of mutton sheep genetics and breeding of Ministry of Agriculture, Hohhot, 010018, China.
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Pastushkova LK, Rusanov VB, Goncharova AG, Nosovskiy AM, Luchitskaya ES, Kashirina DN, Kononikhin AS, Kussmaul AR, Yakhya YD, Larina IM, Nikolaev EN. Blood Plasma Proteins Associated With Heart Rate Variability in Cosmonauts Who Have Completed Long-Duration Space Missions. Front Physiol 2021; 12:760875. [PMID: 34867466 PMCID: PMC8635916 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2021.760875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2021] [Accepted: 10/21/2021] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
Abstract
The study presents the results of evaluating the changes in the concentrations of blood plasma proteins associated with heart rate variability (HRV) in cosmonauts who have completed space missions lasting about 6months. The concentrations of 125 proteins were quantified in biological samples of the cosmonauts' blood plasma. The subgroups of proteins associated with the physiological processes of the HRV autonomic regulation were identified using bioinformatic resources (Immunoglobulin heavy constant mu, Complement C1q subcomponent subunit C, Plasma serine protease inhibitor, Protein-72kDa type IV collagenase, Fibulin-1, Immunoglobulin lambda constant 3). The concentration of these proteins in the blood plasma before the flight, and the dynamics of concentration changes on the 1st and 7th days of the post-flight rehabilitation period differed in the groups of cosmonauts with a predominance of sympathetic or parasympathetic modulating autonomous influences. The dynamics of changes in the concentrations of the identified set of proteins reveal that in cosmonauts with a predominance of sympathetic modulating influences, the mechanisms of autonomic regulation are exposed to significant stress in the recovery period immediately after the completion of the space mission, compared with the cosmonauts with a predominance of parasympathetic modulating influences.
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- Institute of Biomedical Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute of Biomedical Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute of Biomedical Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute of Biomedical Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute of Biomedical Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Skolkovo, Russia
- V.L. Talrose Institute for Energy Problems of Chemical Physics, N.N. Semenov Federal Center of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute of Biomedical Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute of Biomedical Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute of Biomedical Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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Han Y, Li LZ, Kastury NL, Thomas CT, Lam MPY, Lau E. Transcriptome features of striated muscle aging and predictability of protein level changes. Mol Omics 2021; 17:796-808. [PMID: 34328155 PMCID: PMC8511094 DOI: 10.1039/d1mo00178g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
Abstract
We performed total RNA sequencing and multi-omics analysis comparing skeletal muscle and cardiac muscle in young adult (4 months) vs. early aging (20 months) mice to examine the molecular mechanisms of striated muscle aging. We observed that aging cardiac and skeletal muscles both invoke transcriptomic changes in innate immune system and mitochondria pathways but diverge in extracellular matrix processes. On an individual gene level, we identified 611 age-associated signatures in skeletal and cardiac muscles, including a number of myokine and cardiokine encoding genes. Because RNA and protein levels correlate only partially, we reason that differentially expressed transcripts that accurately reflect their protein counterparts will be more valuable proxies for proteomic changes and by extension physiological states. We applied a computational data analysis workflow to estimate which transcriptomic changes are more likely relevant to protein-level regulation using large proteogenomics data sets. We estimate about 48% of the aging-associated transcripts predict protein levels well (r ≥ 0.5). In parallel, a comparison of the identified aging-regulated genes with public human transcriptomics data showed that only 35-45% of the identified genes show an age-dependent expression in corresponding human tissues. Thus, integrating both RNA-protein correlation and human conservation across data sources, we nominate 134 prioritized aging striated muscle signatures that are predicted to correlate strongly with protein levels and that show age-dependent expression in humans. The results here reveal new details into how aging reshapes gene expression in striated muscles at the transcript and protein levels.
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- Yu Han
- Department of Medicine, Consortium for Fibrosis Research & Translation, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
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- Department of Medicine, Consortium for Fibrosis Research & Translation, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
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- Department of Medicine, Consortium for Fibrosis Research & Translation, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
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- Department of Medicine, Consortium for Fibrosis Research & Translation, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
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- Department of Medicine, Consortium for Fibrosis Research & Translation, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Consortium for Fibrosis Research & Translation, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Consortium for Fibrosis Research & Translation, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
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Emechebe U, Nelson JW, Alkayed NJ, Kaul S, Adey AC, Barnes AP. Age-dependent transcriptional alterations in cardiac endothelial cells. Physiol Genomics 2021; 53:295-308. [PMID: 34097533 PMCID: PMC8321782 DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00037.2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2021] [Revised: 05/14/2021] [Accepted: 05/14/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
Abstract
Aging is a significant risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Despite the fact that endothelial cells play critical roles in cardiovascular function and disease, the molecular impact of aging on this cell population in many organ systems remains unknown. In this study, we sought to determine age-associated transcriptional alterations in cardiac endothelial cells. Highly enriched populations of endothelial cells (ECs) isolated from the heart, brain, and kidney of young (3 mo) and aged (24 mo) C57/BL6 mice were profiled for RNA expression via bulk RNA sequencing. Approximately 700 cardiac endothelial transcripts significantly differ by age. Gene set enrichment analysis indicated similar patterns for cellular pathway perturbations. Receptor-ligand comparisons indicated parallel alterations in age-affected circulating factors and cardiac endothelial-expressed receptors. Gene and pathway enrichment analyses show that age-related transcriptional response of cardiac endothelial cells is distinct from that of endothelial cells derived from the brain or kidney vascular bed. Furthermore, single-cell analysis identified nine distinct EC subtypes and shows that the Apelin Receptor-enriched subtype is reduced with age in mouse heart. Finally, we identify age-dysregulated genes in specific aged cardiac endothelial subtypes.
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- Uchenna Emechebe
- The Knight Cardiovascular Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon
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- The Knight Cardiovascular Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon
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- The Knight Cardiovascular Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon
- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon
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- The Knight Cardiovascular Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon
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- The Knight Cardiovascular Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon
- Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon
- Knight Cancer Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon
- Cancer Early Detection Advanced Research Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon
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- The Knight Cardiovascular Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon
- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon
- Department of Cell, Developmental and Cancer Biology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon
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Kourelis TV, Dasari SS, Dispenzieri A, Maleszewski JJ, Redfield MM, Fayyaz AU, Grogan M, Ramirez-Alvarado M, Abou Ezzeddine OF, McPhail ED. A Proteomic Atlas of Cardiac Amyloid Plaques. JACC: CARDIOONCOLOGY 2020; 2:632-643. [PMID: 33511353 PMCID: PMC7839979 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccao.2020.08.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Background In vivo mechanisms of amyloid clearance and cardiac tissue damage in cardiac amyloidosis are not well understood. Objectives We aimed to define and quantify the amyloid plaque proteome in cardiac transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR) and light chain amyloidosis (AL) and identify associations with patient characteristics and outcomes. Methods A proteomics approach was used to identify all proteins in cardiac amyloid plaques, and to compare both normal and diseased controls. All proteins identified within amyloid plaques were defined as the expanded proteome; only proteins that were enriched in comparison to normal and disease controls were defined as the amyloid-specific proteome. Results Proteomic data from 292 patients with ATTR and 139 patients with AL cardiac amyloidosis were included; 160 and 161 unique proteins were identified in the expanded proteomes, respectively. In the amyloid-specific proteomes, we identified 28 proteins in ATTR, 19 in AL amyloidosis, with 13 proteins overlapping between ATTR and AL. ATTR was characterized by a higher abundance of complement and contractile proteins and AL by a higher abundance of keratins. We found that the proteome of kappa AL had higher levels of clusterin, a protective chaperone, and lower levels of light chains than lambda despite higher levels of circulating light chains. Hierarchical clustering identified a group of patients with worse survival in ATTR, characterized by high levels of PIK3C3, a protein with a central role in autophagy. Conclusions Cardiac AL and ATTR have both common and distinct pathogenetic mechanisms of tissue damage. Our findings suggest that autophagy represents a pathway that may be impaired in ATTR and should be further studied.
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- Taxiarchis V Kourelis
- Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Immunology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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Greenig M, Melville A, Huntley D, Isalan M, Mielcarek M. Cross-Sectional Transcriptional Analysis of the Aging Murine Heart. Front Mol Biosci 2020; 7:565530. [PMID: 33102519 PMCID: PMC7545256 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2020.565530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2020] [Accepted: 08/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Cardiovascular disease accounts for millions of deaths each year and is currently the leading cause of mortality worldwide. The aging process is clearly linked to cardiovascular disease, however, the exact relationship between aging and heart function is not fully understood. Furthermore, a holistic view of cardiac aging, linking features of early life development to changes observed in old age, has not been synthesized. Here, we re-purpose RNA-sequencing data previously-collected by our group, investigating gene expression differences between wild-type mice of different age groups that represent key developmental milestones in the murine lifespan. DESeq2's generalized linear model was applied with two hypothesis testing approaches to identify differentially-expressed (DE) genes, both between pairs of age groups and across mice of all ages. Pairwise comparisons identified genes associated with specific age transitions, while comparisons across all age groups identified a large set of genes associated with the aging process more broadly. An unsupervised machine learning approach was then applied to extract common expression patterns from this set of age-associated genes. Sets of genes with both linear and non-linear expression trajectories were identified, suggesting that aging not only involves the activation of gene expression programs unique to different age groups, but also the re-activation of gene expression programs from earlier ages. Overall, we present a comprehensive transcriptomic analysis of cardiac gene expression patterns across the entirety of the murine lifespan.
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- Matthew Greenig
- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Mathematics, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- Imperial College Center for Synthetic Biology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- Imperial College Center for Synthetic Biology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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Ge W, Tan SJ, Wang SH, Li L, Sun XF, Shen W, Wang X. Single-cell Transcriptome Profiling reveals Dermal and Epithelial cell fate decisions during Embryonic Hair Follicle Development. Am J Cancer Res 2020; 10:7581-7598. [PMID: 32685006 PMCID: PMC7359078 DOI: 10.7150/thno.44306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2020] [Accepted: 06/01/2020] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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It is estimated that 50% of men and 25% of women worldwide suffer from hair loss, and therefore it is of great significance to investigate the molecular pathways driving hair follicle de novo morphogenesis. However, due to high cellular heterogeneity and the asynchronous development of hair follicles, our current understanding of the molecular mechanisms involved in follicle development remains limited. Methods: Single-cell suspensions from the dorsal skin of E13.5 (induction stage), E16.5 (organogenesis) fetal mice, and newborn mice (cytodifferentiation stage, postnatal day 0, P0) were prepared for unbiased single-cell RNA sequencing. To delineate the single-cell transcriptional landscape during hair follicle de novo morphogenesis, we performed t-distributed Stochastic Neighbor Embedding (tSNE), pseudotime cell trajectory inference, and regulon enrichment analysis to dissect cellular heterogeneity and reveal the molecular pathways underlying major cell type cell fate decisions. To validate our analysis, we further performed immunohistochemistry analysis of the key molecules involved during hair follicle morphogenesis. Meanwhile, intercellular communication between different cell populations was inferred based on a priori knowledge of ligand-receptor pairs. Results: Based on tSNE analysis, we identified 14 cell clusters from skin tissue and delineated their cellular identity from specific gene expression profiles. By using pseudotime ordering analysis, we successfully constructed the epithelium/dermal cell lineage differentiation trajectory. For dermal cell lineage, our analysis here recapitulated the dynamic gene expression profiles during dermal condensate (DC) cell fate commitment and delineated the heterogeneity of the different dermal papilla (DP) cell populations during in utero hair follicle development. For the epithelium cell lineage, our analysis revealed the dynamic gene expression profiles of the underappreciated matrix, interfollicular epidermis (IFE), hair shaft and inner root sheath (IRS) cell populations. Furthermore, single-cell regulatory network inference and clustering analysis revealed key regulons during cell fate decisions. Finally, intercellular communication analysis demonstrated that strong intercellular communication was involved during early hair follicle development. Conclusions: Our findings here provide a molecular landscape during hair follicle epithelium/dermal cell lineage fate decisions, and recapitulate the sequential activation of core regulatory transcriptional factors (TFs) in different cell populations during hair follicle morphogenesis. More importantly, our study here represents a valuable resource for understanding the molecular pathways involved during hair follicle de novo morphogenesis, which will have implications for future hair loss treatments.
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Lai RW, Lu R, Danthi PS, Bravo JI, Goumba A, Sampathkumar NK, Benayoun BA. Multi-level remodeling of transcriptional landscapes in aging and longevity. BMB Rep 2019. [PMID: 30526773 PMCID: PMC6386224 DOI: 10.5483/bmbrep.2019.52.1.296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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In multi-cellular organisms, the control of gene expression is key not only for development, but also for adult cellular homeostasis, and gene expression has been observed to be deregulated with aging. In this review, we discuss the current knowledge on the transcriptional alterations that have been described to occur with age in metazoans. First, we discuss age-related transcriptional changes in protein-coding genes, the expected functional impact of such changes, and how known pro-longevity interventions impact these changes. Second, we discuss the changes and impact of emerging aspects of transcription in aging, including age-related changes in splicing, lncRNAs and circRNAs. Third, we discuss the changes and potential impact of transcription of transposable elements with aging. Fourth, we highlight small ncRNAs and their potential impact on the regulation of aging phenotypes. Understanding the aging transcriptome will be key to identify important regulatory targets, and ultimately slow-down or reverse aging and extend healthy lifespan in humans.
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- Rochelle W Lai
- Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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- Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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- Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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- Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089; Graduate program in the Biology of Aging, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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- Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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- Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089; USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Los Angeles, CA 90089; USC Stem Cell Initiative, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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