NAT10 介导的 RNA ac4C 乙酰化作用导致心肌梗死引起的心脏纤维化。

NAT10-mediated RNA ac4C acetylation contributes to the myocardial infarction-induced cardiac fibrosis.

机构信息

Department of Cardiology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China.

Cardiovascular Research Institute, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China.

出版信息

J Cell Mol Med. 2024 Nov;28(21):e70141. doi: 10.1111/jcmm.70141.

Abstract

Cardiac fibrosis is featured cardiac fibroblast activation and extracellular matrix accumulation. Ac4C acetylation is an important epigenetic regulation of RNAs that has been recently discovered, and it is solely carried out by NAT10, the exclusive enzyme used for the modification. However, the potential regulatory mechanisms of ac4C acetylation in myocardial fibrosis following myocardial infarction remain poorly understood. In our study, we activated fibroblasts in vitro using TGF-β1 (20 ng/mL), followed by establishing a myocardial infarction mouse model to evaluate the impact of NAT10 on collagen synthesis and cardiac fibroblast proliferation. We utilized a NAT10 inhibitor, Remodelin, to attenuate the acetylation capacity of NAT10. In the cardiac fibrosis tissues of chronic myocardial infarction mice and cultured cardiac fibroblasts (CFs) in response to TGF-β1 treatment, there was an elevation in the levels of NAT10 expression. This increase facilitated proliferation, the accumulation of collagens, as well as fibroblast-to-myofibroblast transition. Through the administration of Remodelin, we effectively reduced cardiac fibrosis in myocardial infarction mice by inhibiting NAT10's ability to acetylate mRNA. Inhibition of NAT10 resulted in changes in collagen-related gene expression and ac4C acetylation levels. Mechanistically, we found that NAT10 upregulates the acetylation modification of BCL-XL mRNA and enhances the stability of BCL-XL mRNA, thereby upregulating its protein expression, inhibiting the activation of Caspase3 and blocking the apoptosis of CFs. Therefore, the crucial involvement of NAT10-mediated ac4C acetylation is significant in the cardiac fibrosis progression, affording promising molecular targets for the treatment of fibrosis and relevant cardiac diseases.

摘要

心肌纤维化的特征是心肌成纤维细胞激活和细胞外基质积累。Ac4C 乙酰化是 RNA 重要的表观遗传调控,最近才被发现,它仅由 NAT10 完成,NAT10 是唯一用于修饰的酶。然而,心肌梗死后心肌纤维化中 ac4C 乙酰化的潜在调控机制仍知之甚少。在我们的研究中,我们使用 TGF-β1(20ng/mL)在体外激活成纤维细胞,然后建立心肌梗死小鼠模型,以评估 NAT10 对胶原合成和心肌成纤维细胞增殖的影响。我们利用 NAT10 抑制剂 Remodelin 来减弱 NAT10 的乙酰化能力。在慢性心肌梗死小鼠的心肌纤维化组织和对 TGF-β1 处理有反应的培养的心肌成纤维细胞(CFs)中,NAT10 的表达水平升高。这种增加促进了增殖、胶原的积累以及成纤维细胞向肌成纤维细胞的转化。通过给予 Remodelin,我们通过抑制 NAT10 对 mRNA 的乙酰化能力,有效地减少了心肌梗死后小鼠的心肌纤维化。NAT10 的抑制导致胶原相关基因表达和 ac4C 乙酰化水平的变化。从机制上讲,我们发现 NAT10 上调了 BCL-XL mRNA 的乙酰化修饰,并增强了 BCL-XL mRNA 的稳定性,从而上调其蛋白表达,抑制 Caspase3 的激活并阻止 CFs 的凋亡。因此,NAT10 介导的 ac4C 乙酰化在心肌纤维化进展中起着至关重要的作用,为纤维化和相关心脏疾病的治疗提供了有希望的分子靶点。

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