Class IIa histone deacetylases (HDACs) are signal-responsive regulators of gene expression involved in vascular homeostasis. To investigate the differential role of class IIa HDACs for the regulation of angiogenesis, we used siRNA to specifically suppress the individual HDAC isoenzymes. Among the HDAC isoforms tested, silencing of HDAC5 exhibited a unique pro-angiogenic effect evidenced by increased endothelial cell migration, sprouting and tube formation. Consistently, overexpression of HDAC5 decreased sprout formation, indicating that HDAC5 is a negative regulator of angiogenesis. The anti-angiogenic activity of HDAC5 was independent of MEF2 binding and its deacetylase activity, but required a nuclear localization indicating that HDAC5 might affect the transcriptional regulation of gene expression. To identify putative HDAC5 targets, we performed microarray expression analysis. Silencing of HDAC5 increased the expression of fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF2) and angiogenic guidance factors including Slit2. Antagonization of FGF2 or Slit2 reduced sprout induction in response to HDAC5 siRNA. ChIP assays demonstrate that HDAC5 binds to the promoter of FGF2 and Slit2. In summary, HDAC5 represses angiogenic genes, like FGF2 and Slit2, which causally contribute to capillary-like sprouting of endothelial cells. The de-repression of angiogenic genes by HDAC5 inactivation may provide a useful therapeutic target for induction of angiogenesis.
HDAC5 is a repressor of angiogenesis and determines the angiogenic gene expression pattern of endothelial cells.
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View SamplesBy means of 3' end sequencing we provide a genome-wide, high-resolution polyadenylation map of the human heart. By sequencing 5 control en 5 dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) myocardial specimens we investigate the difference in alternative polyadenylation (APA) in healthy and diseased hearts.
Genome-Wide Polyadenylation Maps Reveal Dynamic mRNA 3'-End Formation in the Failing Human Heart.
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View SamplesControl and H3K9me3-depleted (KDM4D OE) adult cardiac myocytes
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View SamplesIn the present study, we used NGS to characterise lncRNA-seq of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) rats and healthy controls to elucidate the functions and mechanisms of lncRNAs in cardiomyocytes. We want to identified a certain pair of lncRNA and its binding mRNA to elucidate the role in ischemia-hypoxia cardiomyocytes for AMI.
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View Samplesto study the feasibility of gene therapy of TNNT2 mutant related cardiomyopathy
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View SamplesAims: Cardiovascular disease, one of the most common causes of death in western populations, is characterized by changes in RNA splicing and expression. Circular RNAs (circRNA) originate from back-splicing events, which link a downstream 5’ splice site to an upstream 3’ splice site. Several back-splicing junctions (BSJ) have been described in heart biopsies from human, rat and mouse hearts.[1,2] Here, we use human induced pluripotent stem cell derived cardiomyocytes (hiPSC-CMs) to identify circRNA and host gene dynamics in cardiac development and disease. In parallel, we explore candidate interactions of selected homologs in mouse and rat via RIP-seq experiments.Methods and Results: Deep RNA sequencing of cardiomyocyte development and ß-adrenergic stimulation uncovered 4,518 circRNAs. The set of circular RNA host genes is enriched for chromatin modifiers and GTPase activity regulators. RNA-seq and qRT-PCR data showed that circular RNA expression is highly dynamic in the hiPSC-CM model with 320 circRNAs showing significant expression changes. Intri-guingly, 82 circRNAs are independently regulated to their host genes. We validated the same circRNA dynamics for circRNAs from ATXN10, CHD7, DNAJC6 and SLC8A1 in biopsy material from human dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and control patients. Finally, we could show that rodent homologs of circMYOD, circSLC8A1, circATXN7 and circPHF21A interact with either the ribosome or Argonaute2 protein complexes.Conclusion: CircRNAs are dynamically expressed in a hiPSC-CM model of cardiac development and stress response. Some circRNAs show similar, host-gene inde-pendent expression dynamics in patient samples and may interact with the ribo-some and RISC complex. In summary, the hiPSC-CM model uncovered a new sig-nature of potentially disease relevant circRNAs which may serve as novel therapeu-tic targets.
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View SamplesMyocardial infarction (MI) is one of the most severe manifestations of coronary artery disease (CAD) and the leading cause of death from non-infectious diseases worldwide. It is known, that the central component of CAD pathogenesis is a chronic vascular inflammation. However, the mechanisms underlying the changes that occur in T, B and NK-lymphocytes, monocytes and other immune cells during CAD and MI are still poorly understood. One of those pathogenic mechanisms might be the dysregulation of intracellular signaling pathways in the immune cells.
Collapsing the list of myocardial infarction-related differentially expressed genes into a diagnostic signature.
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View SamplesIn the current study we sought to investigate systemic effects of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) through analysis of gene expression profiles in peripheral blood cells by means of deep transcriptome sequencing. We included 19 patients in the acute phase of IA rupture (RAA, first 72 hours), 20 patients in the chronic phase (RAC, 3-15 months), and 20 controls. We performed a global analysis of protein coding and non-coding gene variants regulated by SAH. We investigated expression of specific gene variants that may lead to production of functionally distinct protein isoforms and influence systemic response to IA rupture.
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View SamplesUmkirch-1/Umkirch-3 hybrid plants and their parents were grown at 23SD and then shifted to 16SD for five days. 10 plants were pooled in each of three sample replicates.
Autoimmune response as a mechanism for a Dobzhansky-Muller-type incompatibility syndrome in plants.
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View SamplesRNASeq time course (1,2,3 hrs) of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (UCBPP-PA14) on plastic (polystyrene) petri dish
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