Injury-Induced CLU-Positive Cardiomyocytes Drive Metabolic Reprogramming of Macrophage Function in Heart Regeneration [10X_chromium]
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ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
PROVIDER: GSE253859 | GEO | 2025/11/24
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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Project description:The regenerative capacity of the adult mammalian heart is constrained by the post-mitotic nature of cardiomyocytes (CMs). Conversely, neonatal mouse hearts exhibit a regenerative window within the first week of life. Here, we demonstrate that an injury-induced Clusterin-positive (Clu+) CM population reprograms macrophages, facilitating heart regeneration during this timeframe. Clu+ CMs are selectively induced in the border zone of regenerative hearts across multiple species, contrasting with their absence in non-regenerative hearts. Genetic ablation of Clu+ CMs or Clu impedes neonatal heart regeneration, while transplantation of engineered human organoids enriched in Clu+ CMs or Clu overexpression promotes myocardial regeneration in adult mice. Mechanistically, Clu+ CMs secrete CLU, binding to TLR4 in macrophages, directing them toward an immune-suppressive neonatal-like phenotype through Cpt1a-mediated metabolic reprogramming, inducing BMP2 and promoting CM proliferation. Our findings unveil a novel cellular source for mammalian heart regeneration and highlight the fundamental roles of cardio-immune interaction in cardiac repair.
2025-11-24 | GSE254055 | GEO
Project description:The regenerative capacity of the adult mammalian heart is constrained by the post-mitotic nature of cardiomyocytes (CMs). Conversely, neonatal mouse hearts exhibit a regenerative window within the first week of life. Here, we demonstrate that an injury-induced Clusterin-positive (Clu+) CM population reprograms macrophages, facilitating heart regeneration during this timeframe. Clu+ CMs are selectively induced in the border zone of regenerative hearts across multiple species, contrasting with their absence in non-regenerative hearts. Genetic ablation of Clu+ CMs or Clu impedes neonatal heart regeneration, while transplantation of engineered human organoids enriched in Clu+ CMs or Clu overexpression promotes myocardial regeneration in adult mice. Mechanistically, Clu+ CMs secrete CLU, binding to TLR4 in macrophages, directing them toward an immune-suppressive neonatal-like phenotype through Cpt1a-mediated metabolic reprogramming, inducing BMP2 and promoting CM proliferation. Our findings unveil a novel cellular source for mammalian heart regeneration and highlight the fundamental roles of cardio-immune interaction in cardiac repair.
2025-11-24 | GSE254056 | GEO
Project description:Loss of cardiomyocytes (CMs) following injury can lead to myocardial dysfunction, heart failure (HF) and ultimately death. The limited regenerative ability of the adult human heart after injury, however, poses a significant obstacle to restore cardiac function effectively. While mammalian hearts, including those of mice and humans, do have the potential to regenerate, this capacity is restricted to a narrow window during early stages of life. The molecular mechanisms governing the regenerative capacity of mammalian hearts remain incompletely understood. Exploring a comparative transcriptome analysis in regenerative neonatal vs. non-regenerative adult mouse CMs, we identified N-Cadherin, a member of Ca2+-dependent cell adhesion protein cadherin superfamily, as a potential novel regulator of CM proliferation/renewal. The primary objectives of this study were to elucidate the molecular mechanisms through which N-Cadherin regulates cardiomyocyte proliferation and regeneration, and to determine the therapeutic potential to promote CM renewal and restore cardiac function following injury by targeting N-Cadherin. Cardiac N-Cadherin expression exhibits a strong positive correlation with that of cell cycle- and proliferation-related genes. Its expression levels show an age-dependent reduction, with a 75% decrease of N-Cadherin in adult, compared to P1 neonatal, CMs. N-Cadherin expression is upregulated in the neonatal mouse heart in response to apical resection, especially in the peri-injury region, coinciding with increased CM mitotic activities in the neonatal heart. Knocking down N-Cadherin reduced, whereas overexpression of N-Cadherin increased, the proliferation activity of neonatal mouse CMs and human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived CMs. Mechanistically, increased N-Cadherin potentiates CM renewal through direct binding with and stabilization of a pro-mitotic transcription regulator β-Catenin, leading to increased CMs proliferative activity. Deletion of β-Catenin-binding domain on N-Cadherin abrogated its pro-regenerative activity. Importantly, targeted depletion of N-Cadherin in CMs resulted in incomplete cardiac repair/regeneration and excessive fibrotic scar formation in neonatal mouse hearts following injury. Cardiac-specific overexpression of N-Cadherin in adult mouse heart using adeno-associated viral vectors, by contrast, resulted in increased CM proliferation and protected against myocardial infarction-induced adverse remodeling and contractile dysfunction. Adherent junction protein N-cadherin is demonstrated to play a crucial role in maintaining CM renewal potential by post-translational stabilization of β-Catenin. Enhancing N-cadherin expression levels and downstream signaling activities in the heart, therefore, could be a powerful new approach to promote cardiac regeneration and restore myocardial function in adult human heart following injury.
2024-12-08 | GSE253966 | GEO
Project description:The restricted regenerative potential of adult hearts poses a significant barrier to effective repair following injury. In contrast to numerous vertebrates, mammalian hearts exhibit only transient neonatal renewal capacity during the initial days of life. Beyond cardiomyocytes, understanding the diverse compositions of non-cardiomyocytes (non-CMs) is imperative for maintaining heart microenvironment homeostasis during neonatal heart regeneration. Here, we conducted single-cell ATAC sequencing (scATAC-seq) on neonatal hearts at varying time points post-apical resection to profile the epigenetic landscape. Intriguingly, fibroblasts and endothelial cells, as the most abundant populations in the heart, exhibited the most dynamic chromatin remodeling as the heart loses its regenerative potential. Our application of scATAC-seq unveiled key regulatory elements such as Cebpd in fibroblast activation and proliferation, while highlighting the essential role of AP-1 in endothelial cell angiogenesis, migration, and proliferation. Additionally, we uncovered active engagement of regulatory elements identified by non-CMs in regulating the behavior of cardiomyocytes, inhibition of which impaired cardiac function post-injury. Collectively, our study delineates the cellular identity of non-CMs at the epigenome level using single-cell approaches, offering insights into cell-type-targeted interventions for heart regeneration.
2025-11-07 | GSE269164 | GEO
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2021-05-03 | GSE157662 | GEO
Project description:To investigate the role of MYCN in neonatal heart development, we performed Single nucleus multiome (GEX and ATAC) on isolated nuclei from control and Mycn conditional knockout (CKO) P4 mouse ventricles. Clustering analysis assigned cardiomyocytes (CMs) into five previously defined neonatal states (CM1–CM5). CKO hearts showed a marked depletion of proliferative CM2 and CM4 populations and an increase in differentiated CM1 cells. G2/M phase CMs were significantly reduced in the CKO, particularly within CM4. RNA velocity analysis revealed disrupted transitions from immature CM states to mature ones in the CKO. Latent time and metabolic profiling further confirmed a shift toward a mature, non-regenerative phenotype, with upregulation of hypertrophic and fatty acid oxidation pathways and downregulation of glycolysis and cell cycle genes. These results highlight MYCN’s role in maintaining proliferative, regenerative CM states during neonatal heart development. Bulk RNA-seq was performed on P30 mouse ventriclar tissue 28 days after ischemic injury to compare Mycn conditional knockout (CKO) and control groups. The analysis revealed that cell cycle and muscle development pathways were downregulated, while inflammatory pathways were upregulated in the Mycn CKO hearts. These findings suggest that MYCN is essential for maintaining proliferative and regenerative gene programs following cardiac injury, and its deletion impairs regenerative potential at the transcriptomic level.
2025-06-11 | GSE299481 | GEO
Project description:Cardiomyocyte (CM) loss after injury results in adverse remodelling and fibrosis, which inevitably lead to heart failure. Neuregulin-ErbB2 and Hippo-Yap signaling pathways are key mediators of CM proliferation and regeneration although the crosstalk between these pathways is unclear. Here, we demonstrate in mice that temporal over-expression (OE) of activated ErbB2 in CMs promotes cardiac regeneration in a heart failure model. Cellularly, OE CMs present an EMT-like regenerative response involving cytoskeletal reprograming, migration, ECM turnover, and displacement. Molecularly, we identified Yap as a critical mediator of ErbB2 signaling. In OE CMs, Yap interacts with nuclear envelope and cytoskeletal components, reflective of the altered mechanic state elicited by ErbB2. Hippo-independent activating phosphorylation on Yap at S352 and S274 were enriched in OE CMs, peaking during metaphase. Viral overexpression of Yap phospho-mutants dampened the proliferative competence of OE CMs. Taken together, we demonstrate a potent ErbB2-mediated Yap mechanosensory signaling involving EMT-like characteristics, resulting in heart regeneration.
2020-08-21 | PXD020731 | Pride
Project description:Background: The adult mammalian heart has limited capacity for regeneration following injury, whereas the neonatal heart can readily regenerate within a short period after birth. To uncover the molecular mechanisms underlying neonatal heart regeneration, we compared the transcriptomes and epigenomes of regenerative and non-regenerative mouse hearts over a 7-day time period following myocardial infarction. Methods: RNA-Seq, H3K27ac ChIP-Seq and H3K27me3 ChIP-Seq were performed on ventricular samples from regenerative P1 or non-regenerative P8 mouse hearts at +1.5d, +3d and +7d after MI or Sham surgery to assemble the transcriptome, active chromatin and repressed chromatin landscapes during neonatal heart regeneration. Dynamic enhancer landscapes from mouse hearts during cardiac development were analyzed using data from ENCODE. Effects on cardiomyocyte proliferation and cardiac function from selected factors identified in this study were tested using BrdU/EdU pulse-labeling or mouse models coupled with immunohistochemistry and echocardiography. Results: By integrating gene expression profiles with histone marks associated with active or repressed chromatin, we identified transcriptional programs underlying neonatal heart regeneration and the blockade to regeneration in later life. Our results reveal a unique immune response in regenerative hearts and an embryonic cardiogenic gene program that remains active during neonatal heart regeneration. Among the unique immune factors and embryonic genes associated with cardiac regeneration, we identified Ccl24, which encodes a cytokine, and Igf2bp3, which encodes an RNA-binding protein, as previously unrecognized regulators of cardiomyocyte proliferation. Conclusions: Our data provide insights into the molecular basis of neonatal heart regeneration and identify genes that might be modulated to promote heart regeneration.
2019-07-15 | GSE123867 | GEO
Project description:Background: The adult mammalian heart has limited capacity for regeneration following injury, whereas the neonatal heart can readily regenerate within a short period after birth. To uncover the molecular mechanisms underlying neonatal heart regeneration, we compared the transcriptomes and epigenomes of regenerative and non-regenerative mouse hearts over a 7-day time period following myocardial infarction. Methods: RNA-Seq, H3K27ac ChIP-Seq and H3K27me3 ChIP-Seq were performed on ventricular samples from regenerative P1 or non-regenerative P8 mouse hearts at +1.5d, +3d and +7d after MI or Sham surgery to assemble the transcriptome, active chromatin and repressed chromatin landscapes during neonatal heart regeneration. Dynamic enhancer landscapes from mouse hearts during cardiac development were analyzed using data from ENCODE. Effects on cardiomyocyte proliferation and cardiac function from selected factors identified in this study were tested using BrdU/EdU pulse-labeling or mouse models coupled with immunohistochemistry and echocardiography. Results: By integrating gene expression profiles with histone marks associated with active or repressed chromatin, we identified transcriptional programs underlying neonatal heart regeneration and the blockade to regeneration in later life. Our results reveal a unique immune response in regenerative hearts and an embryonic cardiogenic gene program that remains active during neonatal heart regeneration. Among the unique immune factors and embryonic genes associated with cardiac regeneration, we identified Ccl24, which encodes a cytokine, and Igf2bp3, which encodes an RNA-binding protein, as previously unrecognized regulators of cardiomyocyte proliferation. Conclusions: Our data provide insights into the molecular basis of neonatal heart regeneration and identify genes that might be modulated to promote heart regeneration.
2019-07-15 | GSE123863 | GEO
Project description:After myocardial infarction (MI), the heart fails to renew, and the cardiac microenvironment is irreversibly disrupted. Inactivation of the Hippo signaling pathway can rebuild the post ischemic microenvironment and improve cardiac function. We investigated spatially resolved cellular relationships of neonatal and adult renewal-competent hearts to gain insight into inefficient mammalian heart renewal. Spatial transcriptomics (ST) and single-cell sequencing of adult control hearts and hearts expressing YAP5SA, an active version of the Hippo signaling pathway effector YAP, which models heart renewal, revealed a conserved, renewal-competent cardiomyocyte (CM) population in control hearts and amplified in YAP5SA hearts. This CM population was also found in the wildtype, renewal competent neonatal heart after myocardial infarction, as well as the adult human heart. Cardiac fibroblasts (CFs), expressing complement C3, colocalized with these CMs. In YAP5SA hearts and neonatal hearts post-MI, macrophages (MPs) expressing complement receptor C3ar1 also colocalized, creating a pro-renewal niche composed of the CM, CF and MP triad. Both C3 and C3ar1 loss-of-function in YAP5SA hearts similarly suppressed heart renewal, indicating that C3-expressing CFs, C3ar1-expressing MPs, and complement system signaling play a direct role in heart renewal
2024-01-11 | GSE217828 | GEO