Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Translational Medicine Center, the First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
J Cell Mol Med. 2019 Apr;23(4):0. doi: 10.1111/jcmm.14202. Epub 2019 Feb 7.
Tumour necrotic factor receptor-2 (TNFR2) has been to be cardiac-protective and is expressed in cardiac progenitor cells. Our goal is to define the mechanism for TNFR2-mediated cardiac stem cell activation and differentiation. By employing a protocol of in vitro cardiac stem cell (CSC) differentiation from human inducible pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC), we show that expression of TNFR2 precedes expression of CSC markers followed by expression of mature cardiomyocyte proteins. Activation of TNFR2 by a specific agonist promotes whereas inhibition of TNFR2 by neutralizing antibody diminishes hiPSC-based CSC differentiation. Interestingly, pluripotent cell factor RNA-binding protein Lin28 enhances TNFR2 protein expression in early CSC activation by directly binding to a conserved Lin28-motif within the 3'UTR of Tnfr2 mRNA. Furthermore, inhibition of Lin28 blunts TNFR2 expression and TNFR2-dependent CSC activation and differentiation. Our study demonstrates a critical role of Lin28-TNFR2 axis in CSC activation and survival, providing a novel strategy to enhance stem cell-based therapy for the ischaemic heart diseases.
肿瘤坏死因子受体-2(TNFR2)具有心脏保护作用,并在心脏祖细胞中表达。我们的目标是确定 TNFR2 介导的心脏干细胞激活和分化的机制。通过采用体外心脏干细胞(CSC)从人诱导多能干细胞(hiPSC)分化的方案,我们表明 TNFR2 的表达先于 CSC 标志物的表达,然后是成熟心肌蛋白的表达。TNFR2 的特异性激动剂激活促进,而中和抗体抑制 TNFR2 则减少基于 hiPSC 的 CSC 分化。有趣的是,多能细胞因子 RNA 结合蛋白 Lin28 通过直接结合 Tnfr2 mRNA 3'UTR 中的保守 Lin28 基序增强早期 CSC 激活中的 TNFR2 蛋白表达。此外,抑制 Lin28 会使 TNFR2 表达和 TNFR2 依赖性 CSC 激活和分化减弱。我们的研究表明 Lin28-TNFR2 轴在 CSC 激活和存活中起关键作用,为缺血性心脏病的基于干细胞的治疗提供了一种新策略。