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Improved Generation of Induced Cardiomyocytes Using a Polycistronic Construct Expressing Optimal Ratio of Gata4, Mef2c and Tbx5
Published on: November 13, 2015
Estrogen-related receptor gamma induces cardiac hypertrophy by activating GATA4
Duk-Hwa Kwon1, Gwang Hyeon Eom, Hae Jin Kee
1Medical Research Center for Gene Regulation, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju 501-746, Republic of Korea.
Abstract:
Estrogen-related receptor gamma (ERRγ) is an orphan nuclear receptor that has biological roles mainly in metabolism and that controls metabolic switching in perinatal heart. In adult heart diseases, however, the functional roles of ERRγ have not yet been elucidated. In the present study, we aimed to characterize the role of ERRγ in cardiac hypertrophy. The functional roles of ERRγ in the development of cardiac hypertrophy were examined in primary cultured cardiomyocytes and in animal models. ERRγ expression was increased in hearts from human hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patients and in both cellular and animal models of cardiac hypertrophy. Transgenic overexpression in mouse heart as well as forced expression of ERRγ in cardiomyocytes induced hypertrophic phenotypes. Knock-down of ERRγ blocked agonist-induced hypertrophic phenotypes. ERRγ bound directly to the proximal ERR-responsive element in the GATA4 promoter in a sequence-specific manner and thereby induced transcription. ERRγ-induced hypertrophy was blocked by inhibition of GATA4. GSK-5182, an inverse agonist of ERRγ, completely blocked cardiac hypertrophy in cardiomyocytes. It also prevented aortic banding-induced cardiac hypertrophy and fibrosis in mouse heart. These findings demonstrate a novel ERRγ/GATA4 signal cascade in the development of cardiac hypertrophy and suggest GSK-5182 as a possible therapeutic.
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