RRC ID 65936
著者 Micheletti R, Plaisance I, Abraham BJ, Sarre A, Ting CC, Alexanian M, Maric D, Maison D, Nemir M, Young RA, Schroen B, González A, Ounzain S, Pedrazzini T.
タイトル The long noncoding RNA Wisper controls cardiac fibrosis and remodeling.
ジャーナル Sci Transl Med
Abstract Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are emerging as powerful regulators of cardiac development and disease. However, our understanding of the importance of these molecules in cardiac fibrosis is limited. Using an integrated genomic screen, we identified Wisper (Wisp2 super-enhancer-associated RNA) as a cardiac fibroblast-enriched lncRNA that regulates cardiac fibrosis after injury. Wisper expression was correlated with cardiac fibrosis both in a murine model of myocardial infarction (MI) and in heart tissue from human patients suffering from aortic stenosis. Loss-of-function approaches in vitro using modified antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) demonstrated that Wisper is a specific regulator of cardiac fibroblast proliferation, migration, and survival. Accordingly, ASO-mediated silencing of Wisper in vivo attenuated MI-induced fibrosis and cardiac dysfunction. Functionally, Wisper regulates cardiac fibroblast gene expression programs critical for cell identity, extracellular matrix deposition, proliferation, and survival. In addition, its association with TIA1-related protein allows it to control the expression of a profibrotic form of lysyl hydroxylase 2, implicated in collagen cross-linking and stabilization of the matrix. Together, our findings identify Wisper as a cardiac fibroblast-enriched super-enhancer-associated lncRNA that represents an attractive therapeutic target to reduce the pathological development of cardiac fibrosis in response to MI and prevent adverse remodeling in the damaged heart.
巻・号 9(395)
公開日 2017-6-21
DOI 10.1126/scitranslmed.aai9118
PII 9/395/eaai9118
PMID 28637928
PMC PMC5643582
MeSH Cardiomyopathies / genetics* Cardiomyopathies / pathology Fibroblasts / metabolism Fibroblasts / pathology Fibrosis / genetics Fibrosis / pathology Humans RNA, Long Noncoding / genetics* RNA, Long Noncoding / physiology Ventricular Remodeling
IF 16.304
リソース情報
ヒト・動物細胞 P19.CL6(RCB2318)