PUBLICATION
NFAT5-mediated CACNA1C expression is critical for cardiac electrophysiological development and maturation
- Authors
- Li, W., Zheng, N.Z., Yuan, Q., Xu, K., Yang, F., Gu, L., Zheng, G.Y., Luo, G.J., Fan, C., Ji, G.J., Zhang, B., Cao, H., Tian, X.L.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-160703-1
- Date
- 2016
- Source
- Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany) 94(9): 993-1002 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Li, Wei, Yang, Fan, Zhang, Bo, Zheng, Naizhong
- Keywords
- Cardiac development, Comparative genomic, L-type calcium channel, NFAT5, Transcriptional factor
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Binding Sites
- Biomarkers
- Calcium Channels, L-Type/genetics*
- Cell Differentiation*/genetics
- Cell Line
- Cells, Cultured
- Consensus Sequence
- Electrophysiological Phenomena*/genetics
- Gene Expression Regulation*
- Gene Knockdown Techniques
- Humans
- Mice
- Myocytes, Cardiac/cytology*
- Myocytes, Cardiac/physiology*
- Promoter Regions, Genetic
- Protein Binding
- Rats
- Transcription Factors/genetics
- Transcription Factors/metabolism*
- Zebrafish
- PubMed
- 27368804 Full text @ J. Mol. Med.
Citation
Li, W., Zheng, N.Z., Yuan, Q., Xu, K., Yang, F., Gu, L., Zheng, G.Y., Luo, G.J., Fan, C., Ji, G.J., Zhang, B., Cao, H., Tian, X.L. (2016) NFAT5-mediated CACNA1C expression is critical for cardiac electrophysiological development and maturation. Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany). 94(9):993-1002.
Abstract
Entry of calcium into cardiomyocyte via L-type calcium channel (LTCC) is fundamental to cardiac contraction. CACNA1C, a type of LTCC and a hallmark of a matured ventricular myocyte, is developmentally regulated. Here, we identified 138 potential transcription factors by a comparative genomic study on 5-kb promoter regions of CACNA1C gene across eight vertebrate species, and showed that six factors were developmentally regulated with the expression of Cacna1c in mouse P19cl6 in vitro cardiomyocyte differentiation model. We further demonstrated that the nuclear factor of activated T cells 5 (Nfat5) bound to a consensus sequence TGGAAGCGTTC and activated the transcription of Cacna1c. The siRNA-mediated knockdown of Nfat5 suppressed the expression of Cacna1c and decreased L-type calcium current in mouse neonatal cardiomyocytes. Furthermore, morpholino-mediated knockdown of nfat5 in zebrafish prohibited the expression of cacna1c and resulted in a non-contractile ventricle, while over-expression of either cacna1c or nfat5 rescued this impaired phenotype. Thus, NFAT5-mediated expression of CACNA1C is evolutionarily conserved and critical for cardiac electrophysiological development and maturation of cardiomyocyte.
Key message Nfat5 binds to a consensus sequence TGGAAGCGTTC in the promoter of Cacna1c. Nfat5 activates the transcription of Cacna1c. Nfat5 knockdown suppresses Cacna1c expression, decreases L-type calcium current, and results in non-beating ventricle. NFAT5-mediated expression of CACNA1C is evolutionarily conserved. NFAT5-mediated CACNA1C expression is critical for cardiac electrophysiological development and maturation.
Errata / Notes
This article is corrected by ZDB-PUB-220906-48.
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Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
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Orthology
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