Dataset Information

BMI1 stress-related functions contribute to the redox-dependent fate of adult cardiac progenitors

ABSTRACT: The accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) is linked to several cardiovascular pathologies; it is also associated with cell cycle exit by nenonatal cardiomyocytes, a key limiting factor in the regenerative capacity of the adult mammalian heart. BMI1 is a component of the polycomb complex 1, which is linked to adult multipotent progenitors, and is also an important partner in DNA repair and redox regulation. Here we show that high BMI1 expression is associated with a cardiac Sca1+ progenitor subpopulation with low ROS levels. In homeostasis, BMI1 represses cell-fate genes, including a cardiogenic differentiation program. Persistent oxidative damage nonetheless modified BMI1 activity in vivo, by derepressing canonical target genes in favor of their antioxidant and anticlastogenic functions. This derepression induced cardiac progenitor proliferation and differentiation, and thus increased its contribution to mature cardiac progeny. This redox-mediated mechanism is not restricted to damage situations, and we report ROS-associated differentiation of cardiac progenitors in steady state. These findings demonstrate how redox status influences the adult cardiac progenitor response, and identifies a redox-mediated BMI1 function with potential implications in adult cardiac turnover.

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

PROVIDER: GSE92700 | GEO | 2018/01/01

SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA358397

REPOSITORIES: GEO

ACCESS DATA

Similar Datasets

Project description:Bmi1 is a component of the Polycomb-repressive complexes (PRC) and essential for maintaining the pool of adult stem cells. PRC are key regulators for embryonic development by modifying chromatin architecture and maintaining gene repression. To assess the role of Bmi1 in pluripotent stem cells and upon exit from pluripotency during differentiation, we studied forced Bmi1 expression in mouse embryonic stem cells (ESC). We found that ESC do not express detectable levels of Bmi1 RNA and protein and that forced Bmi1 expression had no obvious influence on ESC self-renewal. However, upon ESC differentiation Bmi1 effectively enhanced development of hematopoietic cells. Global transcriptional profiling identified a large array of genes that were differentially regulated during ESC differentiation by Bmi1. Importantly, we found that Bmi1 induced a prominent up-regulation of Gata2, a zinc finger transcription factor, which is essential for primitive hematopoietic cell generation from mesoderm. In addition, Bmi1 caused sustained growth and a more than 100-fold expansion of ESC-derived hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells within 2-3 weeks of culture. The enhanced proliferative capacity was associated with reduced Ink4a/Arf expression in Bmi1-transduced cells. Taken together, our experiments demonstrate distinct activities of Bmi1 in ESC and ESC-derived hematopoietic progenitor cells. In addition, Bmi1 enhances the propensity of ESC in differentiating towards the hematopoietic lineage. Thus, Bmi1 could be a candidate gene for engineered adult stem cell derivation from ESC. 8 samples in total. Bmi1 embryonic stem cells sample_1 (Bmi1_ESC_1) Bmi1 embryonic stem cells sample_2 (Bmi1_ESC_2) Untreated CCE embryonic stem cells (CCE_ESC_Control) Empty vector CCE embryonic stem cells (CCE_ESC_Vector) Bmi1 embryoid body sample_1 (Bmi1_EB_1) Bmi1 embryoid body sample_2 (Bmi1_EB_2) Empty vector control embryoid body sample_1 (Vector_EB_1) Empty vector control embryoid body sample_2 (Vector_EB_2)

Dataset Information

BMI1 stress-related functions contribute to the redox-dependent fate of adult cardiac progenitors

Similar Datasets

OmicsDI is part of the ELIXIR infrastructure