肌联蛋白 C 缺乏通过诱导多能干细胞衍生心肌细胞中的血小板衍生生长因子受体 A 信号传导损害肌节稳定性并激活黏着斑激酶。

Filamin C Deficiency Impairs Sarcomere Stability and Activates Focal Adhesion Kinase through PDGFRA Signaling in Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes.

机构信息

University of Colorado Cardiovascular Institute, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical and Boulder Campuses, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.

Department of Biological Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, NE 19716, USA.

出版信息

Cells. 2024 Feb 2;13(3):278. doi: 10.3390/cells13030278.

Abstract

Truncating mutations in filamin C () are associated with dilated cardiomyopathy and arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy. FLNC is an actin-binding protein and is known to interact with transmembrane and structural proteins; hence, the ablation of FLNC in cardiomyocytes is expected to dysregulate cell adhesion, cytoskeletal organization, sarcomere structural integrity, and likely nuclear function. Our previous study showed that the transcriptional profiles of homozygous deletions in human pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (hiPSC-CMs) are highly comparable to the transcriptome profiles of hiPSC-CMs from patients with truncating mutations. Therefore, in this study, we used CRISPR-Cas-engineered hiPSC-derived knockout cardiac myocytes as a model of FLNC cardiomyopathy to determine pathogenic mechanisms and to examine structural changes caused by FLNC deficiency. RNA sequencing data indicated the significant upregulation of focal adhesion signaling and the dysregulation of thin filament genes in -knockout (FLNC) hiPSC-CMs compared to isogenic hiPSC-CMs. Furthermore, our findings suggest that the complete loss of FLNC in cardiomyocytes led to cytoskeletal defects and the activation of focal adhesion kinase. Pharmacological inhibition of PDGFRA signaling using crenolanib (an FDA-approved drug) reduced focal adhesion kinase activation and partially normalized the focal adhesion signaling pathway. The findings from this study suggest the opportunity in repurposing FDA-approved drug as a therapeutic strategy to treat FLNC cardiomyopathy.

摘要

肌联蛋白 C () 的截断突变与扩张型心肌病和致心律失常性右室心肌病相关。FLNC 是一种肌动蛋白结合蛋白,已知与跨膜和结构蛋白相互作用;因此,心肌细胞中 FLNC 的缺失预计会使细胞黏附、细胞骨架组织、肌节结构完整性和可能的核功能失调。我们之前的研究表明,人类多能干细胞衍生的心肌细胞(hiPSC-CMs)中纯合缺失的转录谱与具有截断突变的 hiPSC-CMs 的转录组谱高度相似。因此,在这项研究中,我们使用 CRISPR-Cas 工程化的 hiPSC 衍生的 FLNC 敲除心肌细胞作为 FLNC 心肌病的模型,以确定致病机制,并检查 FLNC 缺乏引起的结构变化。RNA 测序数据表明,与同基因 hiPSC-CMs 相比, -敲除(FLNC)hiPSC-CMs 中粘着斑信号显著上调,细丝蛋白基因失调。此外,我们的研究结果表明,心肌细胞中 FLNC 的完全缺失导致细胞骨架缺陷和粘着斑激酶的激活。使用 crenolanib(一种 FDA 批准的药物)抑制 PDGFRA 信号可减少粘着斑激酶的激活,并部分使粘着斑信号通路正常化。这项研究的结果表明,重新利用 FDA 批准的药物作为治疗 FLNC 心肌病的治疗策略具有一定的机会。

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