NOTCH1 对于成纤维细胞介导的体外心肌细胞特化诱导为心室传导系统样细胞是至关重要的。

NOTCH1 is critical for fibroblast-mediated induction of cardiomyocyte specialization into ventricular conduction system-like cells in vitro.

机构信息

Lab Genetics & Molec Cardiology, Instituto do Coracao (InCor) da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo (FMUSP), São Paulo, Brazil.

Paulista School of Medicine, Federal University of São Paulo (EPM-UNIFESP), São Paulo, Brazil.

出版信息

Sci Rep. 2020 Sep 30;10(1):16163. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-73159-0.

Abstract

Cardiac fibroblasts are present throughout the myocardium and are enriched in the microenvironment surrounding the ventricular conduction system (VCS). Several forms of arrhythmias are linked to VCS abnormalities, but it is still unclear whether VCS malformations are cardiomyocyte autonomous or could be linked to crosstalk between different cell types. We reasoned that fibroblasts influence cardiomyocyte specialization in VCS cells. We developed 2D and 3D culture models of neonatal rat cardiac cells to assess the influence of cardiac fibroblasts on cardiomyocytes. Cardiomyocytes adjacent to cardiac fibroblasts showed a two-fold increase in expression of VCS markers (NAV1.5 and CONTACTIN 2) and calcium transient duration, displaying a Purkinje-like profile. Fibroblast-conditioned media (fCM) was sufficient to activate VCS-related genes (Irx3, Scn5a, Connexin 40) and to induce action potential prolongation, a hallmark of Purkinge phenotype. fCM-mediated response seemed to be spatially-dependent as cardiomyocyte organoids treated with fCM had increased expression of connexin 40 and NAV1.5 primarily on its outer surface. Finally, NOTCH1 activation in both cardiomyocytes and fibroblasts was required for connexin 40 up-regulation (a proxy of VCS phenotype). Altogether, we provide evidence that cardiac fibroblasts influence cardiomyocyte specialization into VCS-like cells via NOTCH1 signaling in vitro.

摘要

心肌成纤维细胞存在于整个心肌中,并在心室传导系统(VCS)周围的微环境中丰富。几种形式的心律失常与 VCS 异常有关,但仍不清楚 VCS 畸形是否是心肌细胞自主的,或者是否与不同细胞类型之间的相互作用有关。我们推测成纤维细胞会影响 VCS 细胞中心肌细胞的特化。我们开发了新生大鼠心脏细胞的 2D 和 3D 培养模型,以评估心肌成纤维细胞对心肌细胞的影响。与心肌成纤维细胞相邻的心肌细胞表达 VCS 标志物(NAV1.5 和 CONTACTIN 2)和钙瞬变持续时间增加了两倍,表现出浦肯野样特征。成纤维细胞条件培养基(fCM)足以激活与 VCS 相关的基因(Irx3、Scn5a、Connexin 40)并诱导动作电位延长,这是浦肯野表型的标志。fCM 介导的反应似乎具有空间依赖性,因为用 fCM 处理的心肌细胞类器官主要在外表面表达connexin 40 和 NAV1.5。最后,心肌细胞和成纤维细胞中 NOTCH1 的激活对于 connexin 40 的上调(VCS 表型的替代物)是必需的。总之,我们提供的证据表明,心肌成纤维细胞通过 NOTCH1 信号通路在体外影响心肌细胞特化成 VCS 样细胞。

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