Left ventricular noncompaction(LVNC)is a heterogeneous disorder with undlear genetic causes and an unknown mechanism.elF3a,an important member of the Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3(elF3)family,is involved ...Left ventricular noncompaction(LVNC)is a heterogeneous disorder with undlear genetic causes and an unknown mechanism.elF3a,an important member of the Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3(elF3)family,is involved in multiple biological processes,indluding cell prolif eration and migration during myocardial development,suggesting it could play a role in LVNC development.To investigate the association between a novel variant(C.1145 A->G)in elF3a and LVNC,and explore potential mechanisms that could lead to the development of LVNC.A novel elF3a variant,C.1145 A->G,was identified by whole-exome sequencing in a familial pedigree with LVNC.Adenovirus vectors containing wild-type elF 3a and the mutated version were constructed and co-infected into H9C2 cells.Cell proliferation,apoptosis,cell migration,and differentiation,as well as phosphorylation of ERK1/2 were stud-ied and were measured by proliferation assays,flow cytometry,real-time PCR and Westem blot,respectively.The elF3a mutation inhibited the proliferation of H9C2 cells,induced apoptosis,promoted cell migration,and inhibited the dif ferentiation of human induced plurip-otent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes(hiPSC-CMs).The effect of the elF3a mutation may be attributed to a decrease in expression of p-ERK1/2.A novel elF3a gene mutation disrupted the p-ERK1/2 pathway and caused decreased myocardium proliferation,differentiation,acceler-ated migration.This finding may provide some insight into the mechanism involved in LVNC development.展开更多
基金This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China[grant number:81570218].
文摘Left ventricular noncompaction(LVNC)is a heterogeneous disorder with undlear genetic causes and an unknown mechanism.elF3a,an important member of the Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3(elF3)family,is involved in multiple biological processes,indluding cell prolif eration and migration during myocardial development,suggesting it could play a role in LVNC development.To investigate the association between a novel variant(C.1145 A->G)in elF3a and LVNC,and explore potential mechanisms that could lead to the development of LVNC.A novel elF3a variant,C.1145 A->G,was identified by whole-exome sequencing in a familial pedigree with LVNC.Adenovirus vectors containing wild-type elF 3a and the mutated version were constructed and co-infected into H9C2 cells.Cell proliferation,apoptosis,cell migration,and differentiation,as well as phosphorylation of ERK1/2 were stud-ied and were measured by proliferation assays,flow cytometry,real-time PCR and Westem blot,respectively.The elF3a mutation inhibited the proliferation of H9C2 cells,induced apoptosis,promoted cell migration,and inhibited the dif ferentiation of human induced plurip-otent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes(hiPSC-CMs).The effect of the elF3a mutation may be attributed to a decrease in expression of p-ERK1/2.A novel elF3a gene mutation disrupted the p-ERK1/2 pathway and caused decreased myocardium proliferation,differentiation,acceler-ated migration.This finding may provide some insight into the mechanism involved in LVNC development.
