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Cardiac fibrosis is a final common pathology in inherited and acquired heart diseases that causes cardiac electrical and pump failure. Here, we use systems genetics to identify a pro-fibrotic gene network in the diseased heart and show that this network is regulated by the E3 ubiquitin ligase WWP2, specifically by the WWP2-N terminal isoform. Importantly, the WWP2-regulated pro-fibrotic gene network is conserved across different cardiac diseases characterized by fibrosis: human and murine dilated cardiomyopathy and repaired tetralogy of Fallot. Transgenic mice lacking the N-terminal region of the WWP2 protein show improved cardiac function and reduced myocardial fibrosis in response to pressure overload or myocardial infarction. In primary cardiac fibroblasts, WWP2 positively regulates the expression of pro-fibrotic markers and extracellular matrix genes. TGFβ1 stimulation promotes nuclear translocation of the WWP2 isoforms containing the N-terminal region and their interaction with SMAD2. WWP2 mediates the TGFβ1-induced nucleocytoplasmic shuttling and transcriptional activity of SMAD2.

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• extracelulární matrix - proteiny metabolismus   MeSH
• fibróza genetika   metabolismus   MeSH
• genetická predispozice k nemoci * genetika   MeSH
• genové regulační sítě * MeSH
• kardiomyopatie genetika   metabolismus   MeSH
• lidé středního věku MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• mladiství MeSH
• mladý dospělý MeSH
• myši transgenní MeSH
• myši MeSH
• nemoci srdce genetika   metabolismus   MeSH
• protein - isoformy MeSH
• protein Smad2 genetika   metabolismus   MeSH
• regulace genové exprese MeSH
• senioři MeSH
• transformující růstový faktor beta metabolismus   MeSH
• ubikvitinligasy genetika   metabolismus   MeSH
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• lidé středního věku MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• mladiství MeSH
• mladý dospělý MeSH
• mužské pohlaví MeSH
• myši MeSH
• senioři MeSH
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Context: Insulin resistance (IR) and obesity differ among ethnic groups in Singapore, with the Malays more obese yet less IR than Asian-Indians. However, the molecular basis underlying these differences is not clear. Objective: As the skeletal muscle (SM) is metabolically relevant to IR, we investigated molecular pathways in SM that are associated with ethnic differences in IR, obesity, and related traits. Design, Setting, and Main Outcome Measures: We integrated transcriptomic, genomic, and phenotypic analyses in 156 healthy subjects representing three major ethnicities in the Singapore Adult Metabolism Study. Patients: This study contains Chinese (n = 63), Malay (n = 51), and Asian-Indian (n = 42) men, aged 21 to 40 years, without systemic diseases. Results: We found remarkable diversity in the SM transcriptome among the three ethnicities, with >8000 differentially expressed genes (40% of all genes expressed in SM). Comparison with blood transcriptome from a separate Singaporean cohort showed that >95% of SM expression differences among ethnicities were unique to SM. We identified a network of 46 genes that were specifically downregulated in Malays, suggesting dysregulation of components of cellular respiration in SM of Malay individuals. We also report 28 differentially expressed gene clusters, four of which were also enriched for genes that were found in genome-wide association studies of metabolic traits and disease and correlated with variation in IR, obesity, and related traits. Conclusion: We identified extensive gene-expression changes in SM among the three Singaporean ethnicities and report specific genes and molecular pathways that might underpin and explain the differences in IR among these ethnic groups.

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• celogenomová asociační studie MeSH
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• etnicita genetika   MeSH
• index tělesné hmotnosti MeSH
• inzulinová rezistence etnologie   genetika   MeSH
• kohortové studie MeSH
• kosterní svaly metabolismus   MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• mladý dospělý MeSH
• signální transdukce genetika   MeSH
• stanovení celkové genové exprese MeSH
• transkriptom * MeSH
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• lidé MeSH
• mladý dospělý MeSH
• mužské pohlaví MeSH
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• srovnávací studie MeSH
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Background Electrocardiographic ( ECG ) parameters are regarded as intermediate phenotypes of cardiac arrhythmias. Insight into the genetic underpinnings of these parameters is expected to contribute to the understanding of cardiac arrhythmia mechanisms. Here we used HXB / BXH recombinant inbred rat strains to uncover genetic loci and candidate genes modulating ECG parameters. Methods and Results RR interval, PR interval, QRS duration, and QT c interval were measured from ECG s obtained in 6 male rats from each of the 29 available HXB / BXH recombinant inbred strains. Genes at loci displaying significant quantitative trait loci (QTL) effects were prioritized by assessing the presence of protein-altering variants, and by assessment of cis expression QTL ( eQTL ) effects and correlation of transcript abundance to the respective trait in the heart. Cardiac RNA -seq data were additionally used to generate gene co-expression networks. QTL analysis of ECG parameters identified 2 QTL for PR interval, respectively, on chromosomes 10 and 17. At the chromosome 10 QTL , cis- eQTL effects were identified for Acbd4, Cd300lg, Fam171a2, and Arhgap27; the transcript abundance in the heart of these 4 genes was correlated with PR interval. At the chromosome 17 QTL , a cis- eQTL was uncovered for Nhlrc1 candidate gene; the transcript abundance of this gene was also correlated with PR interval. Co-expression analysis furthermore identified 50 gene networks, 6 of which were correlated with PR interval or QRS duration, both parameters of cardiac conduction. Conclusions These newly identified genetic loci and gene networks associated with the ECG parameters of cardiac conduction provide a starting point for future studies with the potential of identifying novel mechanisms underlying cardiac electrical function.

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• elektrokardiografie * MeSH
• genové regulační sítě * MeSH
• krysa rodu rattus MeSH
• lokus kvantitativního znaku * MeSH
• nemoci převodního systému srdečního genetika   patofyziologie   MeSH
• zvířata MeSH
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• krysa rodu rattus MeSH
• mužské pohlaví MeSH
• zvířata MeSH
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• časopisecké články MeSH
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH