WWP2 regulates pathological cardiac fibrosis by modulating SMAD2 signaling

H. Chen; A. Moreno-Moral; Francesco Pesce; N. Devapragash; M. Mancini; E. L. Heng; M. Rotival; P. K. Srivastava; N. Harmston; K. Shkura; O. J. L. Rackham; Yu W. -P.; Sun X. -M.; N. G. Z. Tee; E. L. S. Tan; P. J. R. Barton; L. E. Felkin; E. Lara-Pezzi; G. Angelini; C. Beltrami; M. Pravenec; S. Schafer; L. Bottolo; N. Hubner; C. Emanueli; S. A. Cook; E. Petretto

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-11551-9

WWP2 regulates pathological cardiac fibrosis by modulating SMAD2 signaling

H. Chen
, A. Moreno-Moral
, Francesco Pesce
, N. Devapragash
, M. Mancini
, E. L. Heng
, M. Rotival
, P. K. Srivastava
, N. Harmston
, K. Shkura
, O. J. L. Rackham
, Yu W. -P.
, Sun X. -M.
, N. G. Z. Tee
, E. L. S. Tan
, P. J. R. Barton
, L. E. Felkin
, E. Lara-Pezzi
, G. Angelini
, C. Beltrami

M. Pravenec, S. Schafer, L. Bottolo, N. Hubner, C. Emanueli, S. A. Cook, E. Petretto^*

^*Autore corrispondente per questo lavoro

Duke-National University of Singapore Medical School
Institut Pasteur Paris
Imperial College London
Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares
Southmead Hospital
Czech Academy of Sciences
National Heart Centre Singapore
University of Cambridge
Alan Turing Institute
Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
German Centre for Cardiovascular Research
Berlin Institute of Health
Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association
Royal Brompton and Harefield Trust

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Abstract

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.

Lingua originale	Inglese
pagine (da-a)	1-1
Numero di pagine	1
Rivista	Nature Communications
Volume	10
Numero di pubblicazione	1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11551-9
Stato di pubblicazione	Pubblicato - 2019

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Chimica Generale
Biochimica, Genetica, Biologia Molecolare Generali
Multidisciplinare
Fisica e Astronomia Generali

Keywords

Fibrosis

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Chen, H., Moreno-Moral, A., Pesce, F., Devapragash, N., Mancini, M., Heng, E. L., Rotival, M., Srivastava, P. K., Harmston, N., Shkura, K., Rackham, O. J. L., -P., Y. W., -M., S. X., Tee, N. G. Z., Tan, E. L. S., Barton, P. J. R., Felkin, L. E., Lara-Pezzi, E., Angelini, G., ... Petretto, E. (2019). WWP2 regulates pathological cardiac fibrosis by modulating SMAD2 signaling. Nature Communications, 10(1), 1-1. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11551-9

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WWP2 regulates pathological cardiac fibrosis by modulating SMAD2 signaling

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