Downregulation of Plzf Gene Ameliorates Metabolic and Cardiac Traits in the Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat
Language English Country United States Media print-electronic
Document type Journal Article
PubMed
28396530
DOI
10.1161/hypertensionaha.116.08798
PII: HYPERTENSIONAHA.116.08798
Knihovny.cz E-resources
- Keywords
- fibrosis, hypertension, hypertrophy, left ventricular, rats, inbred SHR, transcriptome,
- MeSH
- Alleles MeSH
- Analysis of Variance MeSH
- Down-Regulation MeSH
- Essential Hypertension MeSH
- Phenotype MeSH
- Fibrosis genetics MeSH
- Hypertension genetics pathology MeSH
- Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular genetics physiopathology MeSH
- Myocytes, Cardiac metabolism MeSH
- Rats MeSH
- Cells, Cultured MeSH
- Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction methods MeSH
- Quantitative Trait Loci MeSH
- Blood Pressure Determination MeSH
- Lipid Metabolism genetics MeSH
- Rats, Inbred SHR MeSH
- Promyelocytic Leukemia Zinc Finger Protein MeSH
- Gene Expression Profiling * MeSH
- Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors genetics MeSH
- Blotting, Western MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Check Tag
- Rats MeSH
- Male MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Names of Substances
- Promyelocytic Leukemia Zinc Finger Protein MeSH
- Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors MeSH
- Zbtb16 protein, mouse MeSH Browser
The spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR), one of the most widely used model of essential hypertension, is predisposed to left ventricular hypertrophy, myocardial fibrosis, and metabolic disturbances. Recently, quantitative trait loci influencing blood pressure, left ventricular mass, and heart interstitial fibrosis were genetically isolated within a minimal congenic subline that contains only 7 genes, including mutant Plzf (promyelocytic leukemia zinc finger) candidate gene. To identify Plzf as a quantitative trait gene, we targeted Plzf in the SHR using the transcription activator-like effector nuclease technique and obtained SHR line harboring targeted Plzf gene with a premature stop codon. Because the Plzf targeted allele is semilethal, morphologically normal heterozygous rats were used for metabolic and hemodynamic analyses. SHR-Plzf+/- heterozygotes versus SHR wild-type controls exhibited reduced body weight and relative weight of epididymal fat, lower serum and liver triglycerides and cholesterol, and better glucose tolerance. In addition, SHR-Plzf+/- rats exhibited significantly increased sensitivity of adipose and muscle tissue to insulin action when compared with wild-type controls. Blood pressure was comparable in SHR versus SHR-Plzf+/-; however, there was significant amelioration of cardiomyocyte hypertrophy and cardiac fibrosis in SHR-Plzf+/- rats. Gene expression profiles in the liver and expression of selected genes in the heart revealed differentially expressed genes that play a role in metabolic pathways, PPAR (peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor) signaling, and cell cycle regulation. These results provide evidence for an important role of Plzf in regulation of metabolic and cardiac traits in the rat and suggest a cross talk between cell cycle regulators, metabolism, cardiac hypertrophy, and fibrosis.
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