Cardiac Muscle Ring Finger-1 (MuRF1) and Transcriptional Regulation of Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury In Vivo
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Project description:We previously identified a role for the muscle-specific ubiquitin ligase MuRF1 (Muscle Ring Finger-1) in cardiac ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury. We found that cardiomyocyte-specific (alphaMHC-) MuRF1 transgenic mice (MuRF1 Tg+) mice were significantly protected from I/R injury. As we discovered MuRF1’s regulation of other transcriptions factors, we sought to identify other ways in which MuRF1 was cardioprotective in I/R injury. In the present study, we first identified the regulation of MuRF1 expression by qPCR in a porcine model of I/R injury. MuRF1 mRNA significantly increased within 90 minutes of I/R injury. We next assayed MuRF1 Tg+ ventricular tissue after I/R reperfusion injury by microarray (44K transcripts) to identify how MuRF1 regulates the transcriptome. We identified 71 significantly altered genes having a >1.5-fold (p<0.01) in MuRF1 Tg+ and wildtype hearts challenged with I/R injury (or sham operation). Functional annotation of the top upregulated genes found enrichment for myogenesis, cell adhesion, and nucleic acid metabolism. TRANSFAC analysis of MuRF1 Tg+ significant genes identified enrichment for genes (30-53%) with promoter regions recognized by the transcription factors MAZ, PIT1, VMW65, and BACH2. The transcription factor MAZ binds muscle creatine kinase (MCK) promoter in skeletal and cardiac myocytes, known most for its regulation of myogenin and MEF2C in cardiomyocytes. While the role of PIT1 and BACH2 in adult cardiomyocytes is not clear, VMW65 is a powerful transactivator with functions in chromatin remodeling. In neonatal cardiomycoyte I/R injury, VMW65 associates with HIF1alpha to upregulate cardioprotective VEGF, Glut-1, Glut-4, HSP70, and iNOS expression. These findings elucidate the MuRF1-specific regulation of genes in cardiac I/R injury that are associated with cardioprotection and may represent multiple additional direct or indirect mechanisms that MuRF1 regulates cardiomyocyte signaling.
2019-01-05 | GSE108940 | GEO
Project description:Muscle ring finger (MuRF) proteins have been implicated in the transmission of mechanical forces to nuclear cell signaling pathways through their association with the sarcomere. We recently reported that MuRF1, but not MuRF2, regulated pathologic cardiac hypertrophy in vivo. This was surprising since MuRF1 and MuRF2 interact redundantly with sarcomeric proteins in yeast two hybrid studies, and form both homo- and hetero-dimers with each other. To determine if MuRF1 and MuRF2 were functionally redundant during development, we created mice lacking either 3 or 4 of the MuRF1 and MuRF2 alleles and compared them functionally. Surprisingly, only mice missing all four MuRF1 and MuRF2 alleles (MuRF1-/-//MuRF2-/-) developed a spontaneous hypertrophic cardiomyopathy - mice that were null for one of the genes, but heterozygous for the other (i.e. MuRF1-/-//MuRF2+/- or MuRF1+/-//MuRF2-/-) were phenotypically identical to wild type mice. Electron microscopy of the hearts of MuRF1-/-//MuRF2-/-(MuRF1/MuRF2 DN) mice identified altered Z disc and M line architecture, and a distinct swelling of mitochondria. MuRF1-/-//MuRF2-/- mouse hearts displayed increased expression of genes associated with fetal cardiac metabolism, including smooth muscle actin and b myosin heavy chain, suggesting that the cardiac hypertrophy seen in these mice was associated with a reversion to a fetal gene program. Despite our prediction that we would also see an increase in glucose compared to fatty acid oxidation (another trait of fetal cardiac metabolism) we saw that MuRF1-/-//MuRF2-/- heart homogenates oxidized significantly less glucose compared to controls, suggesting an important role for MuRF1 and MuRF2 in the regulation of glucose metabolism in vivo. This study identifies a previously unreported redundancy in the function of MuRF proteins in normal cardiac development. Keywords: Genetic modification. Four strain-matched groups of 12 week old mice were investigated: 1) MuRF1 -/- MuRF2 -/-; 2) MuRF1 +/+ MuRF2 +/+; 3) MuRF1 -/- MuRF2 +/-; 4) MuRF1 +/- MuRF2 -/-. Biological replicates: 4 WT, 4 MuRF1 -/- // MuRF2 -/-, 4 MuRF1 +/- //MuRF2 -/-, 4 MuRF1 -/- // MuRF2 +/-. Hearts harvested. One replicate per array.
2013-04-01 | E-GEOD-14512 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:Muscle ring finger (MuRF) proteins have been implicated in the transmission of mechanical forces to nuclear cell signaling pathways through their association with the sarcomere. We recently reported that MuRF1, but not MuRF2, regulated pathologic cardiac hypertrophy in vivo. This was surprising since MuRF1 and MuRF2 interact redundantly with sarcomeric proteins in yeast two hybrid studies, and form both homo- and hetero-dimers with each other. To determine if MuRF1 and MuRF2 were functionally redundant during development, we created mice lacking either 3 or 4 of the MuRF1 and MuRF2 alleles and compared them functionally. Surprisingly, only mice missing all four MuRF1 and MuRF2 alleles (MuRF1-/-//MuRF2-/-) developed a spontaneous hypertrophic cardiomyopathy - mice that were null for one of the genes, but heterozygous for the other (i.e. MuRF1-/-//MuRF2+/- or MuRF1+/-//MuRF2-/-) were phenotypically identical to wild type mice. Electron microscopy of the hearts of MuRF1-/-//MuRF2-/-(MuRF1/MuRF2 DN) mice identified altered Z disc and M line architecture, and a distinct swelling of mitochondria. MuRF1-/-//MuRF2-/- mouse hearts displayed increased expression of genes associated with fetal cardiac metabolism, including smooth muscle actin and b myosin heavy chain, suggesting that the cardiac hypertrophy seen in these mice was associated with a reversion to a fetal gene program. Despite our prediction that we would also see an increase in glucose compared to fatty acid oxidation (another trait of fetal cardiac metabolism) we saw that MuRF1-/-//MuRF2-/- heart homogenates oxidized significantly less glucose compared to controls, suggesting an important role for MuRF1 and MuRF2 in the regulation of glucose metabolism in vivo. This study identifies a previously unreported redundancy in the function of MuRF proteins in normal cardiac development. Keywords: Genetic modification.
2013-04-01 | GSE14512 | GEO
Project description:To determine the role of cardiomyocyte muscle ring finger-1 (MuRF1) in vivo, we employed whole genome microarray expression profiling as a discovery platform to identify genes differentially regulated by MuRF1 using MuRF1-/- and alphaMHC (cardiomyocyte-specific) MuRF1 transgenic mice in a model of pulmonary hypertension-induced right sided heart failure. Mice were placed in hypoxia chambers set at 10.0% oxygen (partial pressure of oxygen roughly 65 mmHg in Albuquerque) and monitored both by the digital feedback control system (Biospherix, Colorado) as well as by a secondary O2/CO2 monitor (O2Cap, OxiGraf, Inc.; Mountain View, CA). The hypoxia exposure lasted 3 weeks with twice-weekly cage changes and standard 12 h light:dark cycle. Multiple genes from the microarray expression profile were quantified in the same RNA samples by real-time PCR to confirm their expression.
2018-08-24 | GSE82345 | GEO
Project description:Under various pathophysiological muscle-wasting conditions like diabetes and starvation, a family of ubiquitin ligases, including MuRF1 (Muscle specific RING-Finger protein 1), are induced to target muscle proteins for degradation via ubiquitination. In an attempt to identify the in vivo targets of MuRF1 we have generated transgenic mouse lines overexpressing MuRF1 in a skeletal muscle specific fashion. MuRF1-TG lines were viable and had normal fertility. Characterization of their skeletal muscles did not reveal evidence for muscle wasting at 10 weeks of age. In this experiment we compared the skeletal muscle transcriptome of transgenic mice with wildtypes. Keywords: MuRF1 transgene overexpression
2008-05-15 | GSE10626 | GEO
Project description:Muscle ring finger-1 (MuRF1) is a muscle-specific protein implicated in the regulation of cardiac myocyte size and contractility. MuRF2, a closely related family member, redundantly interacts with protein substrates, and hetero-dimerizes with MuRF1. Mice lacking either MuRF1 or MuRF2 are phenotypically normal whereas mice lacking both proteins develop a spontaneous cardiac and skeletal muscle hypertrophy indicating cooperative control of muscle mass by MuRF1 and MuRF2. In order to identify the role that MuRF1 plays in regulating cardiac hypertrophy in vivo, we created transgenic mice expressing increased amounts of cardiac MuRF1. Adult MuRF1 transgenic (Tg+) hearts exhibited a non-progressive thinning of the left ventricular wall and a concomitant decrease in cardiac function. Experimental induction of cardiac hypertrophy by trans-aortic constriction (TAC) induced rapid failure of MuRF1 Tg+ hearts. Microarray analysis identified that the levels of genes associated with metabolism (and in particular mitochondrial processes) were significantly altered in MuRF1 Tg+ hearts, both at baseline and during the development of cardiac hypertrophy. Surprisingly, ATP levels in MuRF1 Tg+ mice did not differ from wild type mice despite the depressed contractility following TAC. To explain this discrepancy between the ongoing heart failure and maintained ATP levels in MuRF1 Tg+ hearts, we compared the level and activity of creatine kinase (CK) between wild type and MuRF1 Tg+ hearts. Although mCK and CK-M/B protein levels were unaffected in MuRF1 Tg+ hearts, total CK activity was significantly inhibited. We conclude that MuRF1’s inhibition of CK activity leads to increased susceptibility to heart failure following TAC, demonstrating for the first time that MuRF1 regulates cardiac energetics in vivo. Keywords: Genetic modification, physiological manipulation. Three-condition experiment, MuRF1 Tg+ vs. WT mice. Biological replicates: 4 WT baseline, 3 MuRF1 Tg+ baseline, cardiac overpressure hypertrophy induced by trans-aortic banding at 1 week (3 WT, 3 MurF Tg) and 4 weeks (3 WT, 3 MurF Tg), hearts harvested. One replicate per array.
2009-06-03 | E-GEOD-11661 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:Muscle ring finger-1 (MuRF1) is a muscle-specific protein implicated in the regulation of cardiac myocyte size and contractility. MuRF2, a closely related family member, redundantly interacts with protein substrates, and hetero-dimerizes with MuRF1. Mice lacking either MuRF1 or MuRF2 are phenotypically normal whereas mice lacking both proteins develop a spontaneous cardiac and skeletal muscle hypertrophy indicating cooperative control of muscle mass by MuRF1 and MuRF2. In order to identify the role that MuRF1 plays in regulating cardiac hypertrophy in vivo, we created transgenic mice expressing increased amounts of cardiac MuRF1. Adult MuRF1 transgenic (Tg+) hearts exhibited a non-progressive thinning of the left ventricular wall and a concomitant decrease in cardiac function. Experimental induction of cardiac hypertrophy by trans-aortic constriction (TAC) induced rapid failure of MuRF1 Tg+ hearts. Microarray analysis identified that the levels of genes associated with metabolism (and in particular mitochondrial processes) were significantly altered in MuRF1 Tg+ hearts, both at baseline and during the development of cardiac hypertrophy. Surprisingly, ATP levels in MuRF1 Tg+ mice did not differ from wild type mice despite the depressed contractility following TAC. To explain this discrepancy between the ongoing heart failure and maintained ATP levels in MuRF1 Tg+ hearts, we compared the level and activity of creatine kinase (CK) between wild type and MuRF1 Tg+ hearts. Although mCK and CK-M/B protein levels were unaffected in MuRF1 Tg+ hearts, total CK activity was significantly inhibited. We conclude that MuRF1’s inhibition of CK activity leads to increased susceptibility to heart failure following TAC, demonstrating for the first time that MuRF1 regulates cardiac energetics in vivo. Keywords: Genetic modification, physiological manipulation.
2009-06-03 | GSE11661 | GEO
Project description:To identify the role of mRNA during myocardial ischemia-reperfusion in mice, we have employed high-throughput sequencing to detect mRNA expression. Samples were collected from the control group and the ischemia reperfusion groups , with 5 samples per group. The candidate mRNA that may affect the process of myocardial ischemia-reperfusion was screened by comparing the ischemia-reperfusion group and the control group.
2023-11-15 | GSE223343 | GEO
Project description:NRVMs were subjected to varying durations of ischemia or ischemia+reperfusion using coverslip hypoxia. Expression profiling was used to identify genes that are differentially regulated in either event. We used microarrays to detail the global program of gene expression underlying ischemia and reperfusion using Coverslip Hypoxia and identified distinct classes of genes regulated during these processes. Experiment Overall Design: RNA was extracted from NRVMs subjected to varying durations of ischemia or ischemia+reperfusion and hybridized to rat genome Affymetrix arrays.
2008-06-15 | E-GEOD-6701 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:Background: Disuse-induced diaphragmatic dysfunction and atrophy (DIDD) is characterized by a rapid and progressive loss of diaphragm muscle fibers size and contractile function. Patients undergoing mechanical ventilation or diaphragm paralysis can develop DIDD, which correlates with worse clinical outcomes, morbidity and mortality. We hypothesize tha Muscle RING-finger protein-1 (MuRF1) activity plays an important role in DIDD onset and pathophysiology. Aim: To evaluate the effect of small-molecule inhibition of MuRF1 (MyoMed-205) on early DIDD in an experimental model in rats.
2025-11-12 | GSE305304 | GEO