Dual roles of chromatin remodeling protein BRG1 in angiotensin II-induced endothelial-mesenchymal transition

Endothelial-mesenchymal transition (EndMT) is considered one of the processes underlying tissue fibrosis by contributing to the pool of myofibroblasts. In the present study, we investigated the epigenetic mechanism whereby angiotensin II (Ang II) regulates EndMT to promote cardiac fibrosis focusing on the role of chromatin remodeling protein BRG1. BRG1 knockdown or inhibition attenuated Ang II-induced EndMT, as evidenced by down-regulation of CDH5, an endothelial marker, and up-regulation of COL1A2, a mesenchymal marker, in cultured vascular endothelial cells. On the one hand, BRG1 interacted with and was recruited by Sp1 to the SNAI2 (encoding SLUG) promoter to activate SNAI2 transcription in response to Ang II stimulation. Once activated, SLUG bound to the CDH5 promoter to repress CDH5 transcription. On the other hand, BRG1 interacted with and was recruited by SRF to the COL1A2 promoter to activate COL1A2 transcription. Mechanistically, BRG1 evicted histones from the target promoters to facilitate the bindings of Sp1 and SRF. Finally, endothelial conditional BRG1 knockout mice (CKO) exhibited a reduction in cardiac fibrosis, compared to the wild type (WT) littermates, in response to chronic Ang II infusion. In conclusion, our data demonstrate that BRG1 is a key transcriptional coordinator programming Ang II-induced EndMT to contribute to cardiac fibrosis.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

Cell death & disease - 11(2020), 7 vom: 18. Juli, Seite 549

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Li, Zilong [VerfasserIn]
Kong, Xiaochen [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Yuanyuan [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Yangxi [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Liming [VerfasserIn]
Guo, Junli [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Yong [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

11128-99-7
Angiotensin II
COL1A2 protein, human
Collagen Type I
DNA Helicases
EC 3.6.1.-
EC 3.6.4.-
Histones
Journal Article
Nuclear Proteins
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Serum Response Factor
Smarca4 protein, mouse
Snail Family Transcription Factors
Sp1 Transcription Factor
Transcription Factors

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Date Completed 24.03.2021

Date Revised 18.07.2021

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41419-020-02744-y

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM312597304