RRC ID 85214
Author Pfefferli C, Bonvin M, Grepper D, Robatel S, König D, Lischer HEL, Bruggmann R, Jaźwińska A.
Title Parallels between oncogene-driven cardiac hyperplasia and heart regeneration in zebrafish.
Journal Development
Abstract The human heart is poorly regenerative and cardiac tumors are extremely rare. Whether the adult zebrafish myocardium is responsive to oncogene overexpression and how this condition affects its intrinsic regenerative capacity remains unknown. Here, we have established a strategy of inducible and reversible expression of HRASG12V in zebrafish cardiomyocytes. This approach stimulated a hyperplastic cardiac enlargement within 16 days. The phenotype was suppressed by rapamycin-mediated inhibition of TOR signaling. As TOR signaling is also required for heart restoration after cryoinjury, we compared transcriptomes of hyperplastic and regenerating ventricles. Both conditions were associated with upregulation of cardiomyocyte dedifferentiation and proliferation factors, as well as with similar microenvironmental responses, such as deposition of nonfibrillar Collagen XII and recruitment of immune cells. Among the differentially expressed genes, many proteasome and cell-cycle regulators were upregulated only in oncogene-expressing hearts. Preconditioning of the heart with short-term oncogene expression accelerated cardiac regeneration after cryoinjury, revealing a beneficial synergism between both programs. Identification of the molecular bases underlying the interplay between detrimental hyperplasia and advantageous regeneration provides new insights into cardiac plasticity in adult zebrafish.
Volume 150(12)
Published 2023-6-15
DOI 10.1242/dev.201412
PII 316736
PMID 37314174
MeSH Adult Animals Heart Ventricles Humans Hyperplasia Myocytes, Cardiac Oncogenes* / genetics Zebrafish* / genetics
IF 5.611
Resource
Zebrafish UAS:RFP