Project description:Cardiovascular diseases are associated with an altered cardiomyocyte metabolism. Due to a shortage of human heart tissue, experimental studies mostly rely on alternative approaches including animal and cell culture models. Since the use of isolated primary cardiomyocytes is limited, immortalized cardiomyocyte cell lines may represent a useful tool as they closely mimic human cardiomyocytes. This study is focused on the AC16 cell line generated from adult human ventricular cardiomyocytes. Despite an increasing number of articles employing AC16 cells, the comprehensive proteomic, bioenergetic and oxygen-sensing characterization of proliferating versus differentiated cells is still lacking. Here, we provide a comparison of these two stages, particularly emphasizing cell metabolism, mitochondrial function, and hypoxic signalling. The label-free quantitative mass spectrometry revealed a decrease in autophagy and cytoplasmic translation in differentiated AC16, confirming their phenotype. Cell differentiation led to the global increase in mitochondrial proteins (e.g. OXPHOS proteins, TFAM, VWA8, etc.) reflected by elevated mitochondrial respiration. Fatty acid oxidation proteins were increased in differentiated cells, while the expression levels of proteins associated with fatty acid synthesis were unchanged, and glycolytic proteins were decreased. There was a profound difference between proliferating and differentiated cells in their response to hypoxia and anoxia/reoxygenation. We conclude that AC16 differentiation leads to proteomic and metabolic shifts and altered cell response to oxygen deprivation. This underscores the requirement for proper selection of particular differentiation state during experimental planning.
Project description:Polysomes of untreated (NT) or tunicamycin-treated (TM) human cardiomyocyte AC16 cells were immunoprecipitated (IP MRPS15) with anti-MRPS15 antibody, followed by RNA sequencing. As a control, RNAseq was performed on polysome-associated RNAs of untreated or tunicamycin-treated human cardiomyocyte AC16 cells before immunoprecipitation (input).
Project description:To profile the landscape of circRNAs during megakaryocyte differentiation, we conducted circRNA expression profiling analysis on day 6, day 9 and day 13.
Project description:Inflammation is associated with many cardiovascular pathologies, but the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. To explore this in more detail, we characterized the transcriptome of an immortalized adult human ventricular cardiomyocyte cell line (AC16) in response to tumor necrosis factor (TNFa). Using a combination of genomic approaches, including global nuclear run-on sequencing (GRO-seq) and chromatin immunoprecipitation coupled with sequencing (ChIP-seq), we identified ~30,000 transcribed regions in AC16 cells, which includes a set of RNA polymerases I and III (Pol I and Pol III) transcribed regions revealed in the presence of M-NM-1-amanitin. The set of transcribed regions produces both protein-coding and non-coding RNAs, many of which have not been annotated previously, including enhancer RNAs originating from NF-M-NM-:B binding sites. In addition, we observed that AC16 cells rapidly and dynamically reorganize their transcriptomes in response to TNFa stimulation in an NF-M-NM-:B-dependent manner, switching from a basal state to a proinflammatory state affecting a spectrum of cardiac-associated protein-coding and non-coding genes. Moreover, we observed distinct Pol II dynamics for up- and downregulated genes, with a rapid release of Pol II into productive elongation for TNFa-stimulated genes. Our studies shed new light on the regulation of the cardiomyocyte transcriptome in response to a proinflammatory signal and help to clarify the link between inflammation and cardiomyocyte function at the transcriptional level. Using GRO-seq and ChIP-seq (p65 and RNA Pol II) over a time course of TNFM-NM-1 signaling in AC16 human cardiomyocytes.
Project description:circPVT1, a circRNA derived from the circularization of the second exon of the long-non coding RNA PVT1, was found upregulated in ischemic heart failure patients. We performed RNA-Seq to assess the molecular changes that occurr upon circPVT1 knockdown in AC16 cells, a human cardiomyocyte cell line. Transcriptome analysis identified differentially expressed genes mainly involved in extracellular matrix formation, fibrosis and cellular senescence, suggesting the involvement of circPVT1 in cardiac remodeling.
Project description:Inflammation is associated with many cardiovascular pathologies, but the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. To explore this in more detail, we characterized the transcriptome of an immortalized adult human ventricular cardiomyocyte cell line (AC16) in response to tumor necrosis factor (TNFa). Using a combination of genomic approaches, including global nuclear run-on sequencing (GRO-seq) and chromatin immunoprecipitation coupled with sequencing (ChIP-seq), we identified ~30,000 transcribed regions in AC16 cells, which includes a set of RNA polymerases I and III (Pol I and Pol III) transcribed regions revealed in the presence of M-NM-1-amanitin. The set of transcribed regions produces both protein-coding and non-coding RNAs, many of which have not been annotated previously, including enhancer RNAs originating from NF-M-NM-:B binding sites. In addition, we observed that AC16 cells rapidly and dynamically reorganize their transcriptomes in response to TNFa stimulation in an NF-M-NM-:B-dependent manner, switching from a basal state to a proinflammatory state affecting a spectrum of cardiac-associated protein-coding and non-coding genes. Moreover, we observed distinct Pol II dynamics for up- and downregulated genes, with a rapid release of Pol II into productive elongation for TNFa-stimulated genes. Our studies shed new light on the regulation of the cardiomyocyte transcriptome in response to a proinflammatory signal and help to clarify the link between inflammation and cardiomyocyte function at the transcriptional level. Using GRO-seq and ChIP-seq (p65 and RNA Pol II) over a time course of TNFM-NM-1 signaling in AC16 human cardiomyocytes.
Project description:Inflammation is associated with many cardiovascular pathologies, but the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. To explore this in more detail, we characterized the transcriptome of an immortalized adult human ventricular cardiomyocyte cell line (AC16) in response to tumor necrosis factor (TNFa). Using a combination of genomic approaches, including global nuclear run-on sequencing (GRO-seq) and chromatin immunoprecipitation coupled with sequencing (ChIP-seq), we identified ~30,000 transcribed regions in AC16 cells, which includes a set of RNA polymerases I and III (Pol I and Pol III) transcribed regions revealed in the presence of α-amanitin. The set of transcribed regions produces both protein-coding and non-coding RNAs, many of which have not been annotated previously, including enhancer RNAs originating from NF-κB binding sites. In addition, we observed that AC16 cells rapidly and dynamically reorganize their transcriptomes in response to TNFa stimulation in an NF-κB-dependent manner, switching from a basal state to a proinflammatory state affecting a spectrum of cardiac-associated protein-coding and non-coding genes. Moreover, we observed distinct Pol II dynamics for up- and downregulated genes, with a rapid release of Pol II into productive elongation for TNFa-stimulated genes. Our studies shed new light on the regulation of the cardiomyocyte transcriptome in response to a proinflammatory signal and help to clarify the link between inflammation and cardiomyocyte function at the transcriptional level.
Project description:Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are an endogenous class of animal RNAs. Despite their abundance, their function and expression in the nervous system are unknown. Therefore, we sequenced RNA from different brain regions, primary neurons, isolated synapses, as well as during neuronal differentiation. Using these and other available data, we discovered and analyzed thousands of neuronal human and mouse circRNAs. circRNAs were extraordinarily enriched in the mammalian brain, well conserved in sequence, often expressed as circRNAs in both human and mouse, and sometimes even detected in Drosophila brains. circRNAs were overall upregulated during neuronal differentiation, highly enriched in synapses, and often differentially expressed compared to their mRNA isoforms. circRNA expression correlated negatively with expression of the RNA-editing enzyme ADAR1. Knockdown of ADAR1 induced elevated circRNA expression. Together, we provide a circRNA brain expression atlas and evidence for important circRNA functions and values as biomarkers. To assess circRNA expression in mammalian brain, we sequenced and analyzed mouse brain regions (hippocampus, cerebellum, prefrontal cortex and olfactory bulb), various neuronal differentiation (mouse P19 and human SH-SY5Y cells) and maturation (mouse cortical neurons) stages, and subcellular compartments in mouse (synaptoneurosomal fraction, cytoplasmic fraction, whole brain lysate).
Project description:Inflammation is associated with many cardiovascular pathologies, but the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. To explore this in more detail, we characterized the transcriptome of an immortalized adult human ventricular cardiomyocyte cell line (AC16) in response to tumor necrosis factor (TNFa). Using a combination of genomic approaches, including global nuclear run-on sequencing (GRO-seq) and chromatin immunoprecipitation coupled with sequencing (ChIP-seq), we identified ~30,000 transcribed regions in AC16 cells, which includes a set of RNA polymerases I and III (Pol I and Pol III) transcribed regions revealed in the presence of α-amanitin. The set of transcribed regions produces both protein-coding and non-coding RNAs, many of which have not been annotated previously, including enhancer RNAs originating from NF-κB binding sites. In addition, we observed that AC16 cells rapidly and dynamically reorganize their transcriptomes in response to TNFa stimulation in an NF-κB-dependent manner, switching from a basal state to a proinflammatory state affecting a spectrum of cardiac-associated protein-coding and non-coding genes. Moreover, we observed distinct Pol II dynamics for up- and downregulated genes, with a rapid release of Pol II into productive elongation for TNFa-stimulated genes. Our studies shed new light on the regulation of the cardiomyocyte transcriptome in response to a proinflammatory signal and help to clarify the link between inflammation and cardiomyocyte function at the transcriptional level.