Genes that escape X chromosome inactivation modulate sex differences in valve myofibroblasts
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PROVIDER: PRJNA731684 | ENA |
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Project description:Aortic valve stenosis (AVS) is a sexually dimorphic disease, with women often presenting with sustained fibrosis and men with more extensive calcification. However, the intracellular molecular mechanisms that drive these clinically important sex differences remain under explored. Hydrogel scaffolds were designed to recapitulate key aspects of the valve tissue microenvironment and serve as a platform for culture of sex-specific valvular interstitial cells (VICs; precursors to pro-fibrotic myofibroblasts). The hydrogel culture system was used to interrogate intracellular pathways involved in sex-dependent VIC-to-myofibroblast activation and deactivation. RNA-seq was used to define pathways likely to be involved in driving sex-dependent activation. Interventions using small molecule inhibitors were performed to provide mechanistic insight into sex-specific cellular responses to microenvironmental cues, including matrix stiffness and exogenously delivered biochemical factors. In both healthy porcine and human aortic valves, female leaflets had higher baseline activation of the myofibroblast marker, α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA), compared to male leaflets. When isolated and cultured, female VICs had higher levels of basal α-SMA stress fibers that further increased in response to the hydrogel matrix stiffness, both of which were higher than male VICs. A transcriptomic analysis of male and female porcine VICs revealed Rho-associated protein kinase (RhoA/ROCK) signaling as a potential driver of this sex-dependent myofibroblast activation. Further, we found that genes that escape X-chromosome inactivation, such as BMX and STS (encoding for Bmx non-receptor tyrosine kinase and steroid sulfatase, respectively) partially regulate the elevated female myofibroblast activation via RhoA/ROCK signaling. This finding was confirmed by treating male and female VICs with endothelin-1 and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1, factors that are secreted by endothelial cells and known to drive myofibroblast activation via RhoA/ROCK signaling. Together, in vivo and in vitro results confirm sex-dependencies in myofibroblast activation pathways, and transcriptome analyses and small molecule interventions implicate genes that escape X-chromosome inactivation in regulating sex differences in AVS progression. Our results underscore the importance of considering sex as a biological variable to understand the molecular mechanisms of AVS and help guide sex-based precision therapies.
2022-05-01 | GSE174817 | GEO
Project description:BackgroundAortic valve stenosis is a sexually dimorphic disease, with women often presenting with sustained fibrosis and men with more extensive calcification. However, the intracellular molecular mechanisms that drive these clinically important sex differences remain underexplored.MethodsHydrogel biomaterials were designed to recapitulate key aspects of the valve tissue microenvironment and to serve as a culture platform for sex-specific valvular interstitial cells (VICs; precursors to profibrotic myofibroblasts). The hydrogel culture system was used to interrogate intracellular pathways involved in sex-dependent VIC-to-myofibroblast activation and deactivation. RNA sequencing was used to define pathways involved in driving sex-dependent activation. Interventions with small molecule inhibitors and siRNA transfections were performed to provide mechanistic insight into sex-specific cellular responses to microenvironmental cues, including matrix stiffness and exogenously delivered biochemical factors.ResultsIn both healthy porcine and human aortic valves, female leaflets had higher baseline activation of the myofibroblast marker α-smooth muscle actin compared with male leaflets. When isolated and cultured, female porcine and human VICs had higher levels of basal α-smooth muscle actin stress fibers that further increased in response to the hydrogel matrix stiffness, both of which were higher than in male VICs. A transcriptomic analysis of male and female porcine VICs revealed Rho-associated protein kinase signaling as a potential driver of this sex-dependent myofibroblast activation. Furthermore, we found that genes that escape X-chromosome inactivation such as BMX and STS (encoding for Bmx nonreceptor tyrosine kinase and steroid sulfatase, respectively) partially regulate the elevated female myofibroblast activation through Rho-associated protein kinase signaling. This finding was confirmed by treating male and female VICs with endothelin-1 and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1, factors that are secreted by endothelial cells and known to drive myofibroblast activation through Rho-associated protein kinase signaling.ConclusionsTogether, in vivo and in vitro results confirm sex dependencies in myofibroblast activation pathways and implicate genes that escape X-chromosome inactivation in regulating sex differences in myofibroblast activation and subsequent aortic valve stenosis progression. Our results underscore the importance of considering sex as a biological variable to understand the molecular mechanisms of aortic valve stenosis and to help guide sex-based precision therapies.
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Project description:Although the chromatin regulator CTCF is enriched at genes escaping from X-chromosome inactivation (XCI), molecular mechanisms remain elusive. We examined CTCF and epigenetic features at escape genes on the inactive X (Xi) in mouse F1 hybrid cells and tissues. We found that escape genes are located inside topologically insulated domains limited by convergent arrays of CTCF binding sites, suggesting loop formation. Xi-specific deletion of a CTCF right boundary of the escape gene Car5b caused loss of CTCF binding and changes of histone modifications at Car5b and abolished escape, suggesting loss of insulation. This is consistent with Car5b lack of escape in mouse brain showing no CTCF binding at the boundary. Inversion of this boundary had no effect on Car5b escape, suggesting that tandem coiled looping could still function as insulation. To test whether chromatin features of the Xi could affect escape we examined mutants in which the Xi-specific compact structure is disrupted or there is loss of H3K27me3 enrichment. We found that both conditions cause an Xi-specific increase in active marks and gene expression at escape regions, suggesting that the 3D structure and heterochromatic marks of the Xi play a role in modulating escape levels of genes insulated by CTCF.
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Project description:Although the chromatin regulator CTCF is enriched at genes escaping from X-chromosome inactivation (XCI), molecular mechanisms remain elusive. We examined CTCF and epigenetic features at escape genes on the inactive X (Xi) in mouse F1 hybrid cells and tissues. We found that escape genes are located inside topologically insulated domains limited by convergent arrays of CTCF binding sites, suggesting loop formation. Xi-specific deletion of a CTCF right boundary of the escape gene Car5b caused loss of CTCF binding and changes of histone modifications at Car5b and abolished escape, suggesting loss of insulation. This is consistent with Car5b lack of escape in mouse brain showing no CTCF binding at the boundary. Inversion of this boundary had no effect on Car5b escape, suggesting that tandem coiled looping could still function as insulation. To test whether chromatin features of the Xi could affect escape we examined mutants in which the Xi-specific compact structure is disrupted or there is loss of H3K27me3 enrichment. We found that both conditions cause an Xi-specific increase in active marks and gene expression at escape regions, suggesting that the 3D structure and heterochromatic marks of the Xi play a role in modulating escape levels of genes insulated by CTCF.
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Project description:The spatial proximity between regulatory elements and their target genes has a profound affect on gene expression. X Chromosome Inactivation (XCI) is an epigenetic process by which an entire chromosome is rendered, for the most part, transcriptionally silent. A few genes are known to escape XCI and the mechanism for this escape remains unclear. Here, using mouse trophectodermal stem cells, we address whether specific chromosomal interactions facilitate escape from XCI by bringing escape-specific regulatory elements in close proximity to gene promoters. Our results suggest a model where escape from XCI occurs within topologically associated domains. As such, escaping genes and the regulatory sequences required for their escape are likely located within close linear proximity to each other. The datasets provided include those generated from allele-specific 4C-Seq of genes escaping XCI, genes subject to XCI, and non-genic regions of the X chromosome. FASTQ files, text files containing genomic coordiantes, and BED aligmnets are provided. All sequences were mapped relative to mouse genome build mm9. Deep sequencing of circular chromosome conformation capture (4C-Seq) of genes escaping X inactivation in mouse trophoblast stem cells
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Project description:X chromosome inactivation (XCI) silences most genes on one X chromosome in female mammals, but some genes escape XCI. To identify escape gene in vivo and to explore molecular mechanisms that regulate this process we analyzed the allele-specific expression and chromatin structure of X-linked genes in mouse tissues and cells with skewed XCI and distinguishable alleles based on single nucleotide polymorphisms. Using a new method to estimate allelic expression, we demonstrate a continuum between complete silencing and significant expression from the inactive X (Xi). Few genes (2-3%) escape XCI to a significant level and only a minority differs between mouse tissues, suggesting stringent silencing and escape controls. Allelic profiles of DNase I hypersensitivity and RNA polymerase II occupancy of genes on the Xi correlate with escape from XCI. Allelic binding profiles of the DNA binding protein CCCTC-binding factor (CTCF) in different cell types indicate that CTCF binding at the promoter correlates with escape. Importantly, CTCF binding at the boundary between escape and silenced domains may prevent the spreading of active escape chromatin into silenced domains. Examination of allelic expression in mouse hybrid tissues.
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Project description:X chromosome inactivation (XCI) silences most genes on one X chromosome in female mammals, but some genes escape XCI. To identify escape gene in vivo and to explore molecular mechanisms that regulate this process we analyzed the allele-specific expression and chromatin structure of X-linked genes in mouse tissues and cells with skewed XCI and distinguishable alleles based on single nucleotide polymorphisms. Using a new method to estimate allelic expression, we demonstrate a continuum between complete silencing and significant expression from the inactive X (Xi). Few genes (2-3%) escape XCI to a significant level and only a minority differs between mouse tissues, suggesting stringent silencing and escape controls. Allelic profiles of DNase I hypersensitivity and RNA polymerase II occupancy of genes on the Xi correlate with escape from XCI. Allelic binding profiles of the DNA binding protein CCCTC-binding factor (CTCF) in different cell types indicate that CTCF binding at the promoter correlates with escape. Importantly, CTCF binding at the boundary between escape and silenced domains may prevent the spreading of active escape chromatin into silenced domains. Examination of CTCF and RNA PolIIS5p occupancy in mouse hybrid cells and adult tissues.
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