Allele-specific control of rodent and human lncRNA KMT2E-AS1 promotes hypoxic endothelial pathology in pulmonary hypertension

Hypoxic reprogramming of vasculature relies on genetic, epigenetic, and metabolic circuitry, but the control points are unknown. In pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a disease driven by hypoxia inducible factor (HIF)-dependent vascular dysfunction, HIF-2α promoted expression of neighboring genes, long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) histone lysine N-methyltransferase 2E-antisense 1 (KMT2E-AS1) and histone lysine N-methyltransferase 2E (KMT2E). KMT2E-AS1 stabilized KMT2E protein to increase epigenetic histone 3 lysine 4 trimethylation (H3K4me3), driving HIF-2α-dependent metabolic and pathogenic endothelial activity. This lncRNA axis also increased HIF-2α expression across epigenetic, transcriptional, and posttranscriptional contexts, thus promoting a positive feedback loop to further augment HIF-2α activity. We identified a genetic association between rs73184087, a single-nucleotide variant (SNV) within a KMT2E intron, and disease risk in PAH discovery and replication patient cohorts and in a global meta-analysis. This SNV displayed allele (G)-specific association with HIF-2α, engaged in long-range chromatin interactions, and induced the lncRNA-KMT2E tandem in hypoxic (G/G) cells. In vivo, KMT2E-AS1 deficiency protected against PAH in mice, as did pharmacologic inhibition of histone methylation in rats. Conversely, forced lncRNA expression promoted more severe PH. Thus, the KMT2E-AS1/KMT2E pair orchestrates across convergent multi-ome landscapes to mediate HIF-2α pathobiology and represents a key clinical target in pulmonary hypertension.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:16

Enthalten in:

Science translational medicine - 16(2024), 729 vom: 10. Jan., Seite eadd2029

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Tai, Yi-Yin [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Qiujun [VerfasserIn]
Tang, Ying [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Kelly, Neil J [VerfasserIn]
Okawa, Satoshi [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Jingsi [VerfasserIn]
Schwantes-An, Tae-Hwi [VerfasserIn]
Lacoux, Caroline [VerfasserIn]
Torrino, Stephanie [VerfasserIn]
Al Aaraj, Yassmin [VerfasserIn]
El Khoury, Wadih [VerfasserIn]
Negi, Vinny [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Mingjun [VerfasserIn]
Corey, Catherine G [VerfasserIn]
Belmonte, Frances [VerfasserIn]
Vargas, Sara O [VerfasserIn]
Schwartz, Brian [VerfasserIn]
Bhat, Bal [VerfasserIn]
Chau, B Nelson [VerfasserIn]
Karnes, Jason H [VerfasserIn]
Satoh, Taijyu [VerfasserIn]
Barndt, Robert J [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Haodi [VerfasserIn]
Parikh, Victoria N [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Jianrong [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Yingze [VerfasserIn]
McNamara, Dennis [VerfasserIn]
Li, Gang [VerfasserIn]
Speyer, Gil [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Bing [VerfasserIn]
Shiva, Sruti [VerfasserIn]
Kaufman, Brett [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Seungchan [VerfasserIn]
Gomez, Delphine [VerfasserIn]
Mari, Bernard [VerfasserIn]
Cho, Michael H [VerfasserIn]
Boueiz, Adel [VerfasserIn]
Pauciulo, Michael W [VerfasserIn]
Southgate, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Trembath, Richard C [VerfasserIn]
Sitbon, Olivier [VerfasserIn]
Humbert, Marc [VerfasserIn]
Graf, Stefan [VerfasserIn]
Morrell, Nicholas W [VerfasserIn]
Rhodes, Christopher J [VerfasserIn]
Wilkins, Martin R [VerfasserIn]
Nouraie, Mehdi [VerfasserIn]
Nichols, William C [VerfasserIn]
Desai, Ankit A [VerfasserIn]
Bertero, Thomas [VerfasserIn]
Chan, Stephen Y [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors
EC 2.1.1.-
Histones
Journal Article
K3Z4F929H6
Lysine
Meta-Analysis
Methyltransferases
RNA, Long Noncoding

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Date Completed 12.01.2024

Date Revised 22.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1126/scitranslmed.add2029

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NLM366891618