ArticleCells2022
PGC-1α4 Interacts with REST to Upregulate Neuronal Genes and Augment Energy Consumption in Developing Cardiomyocytes.
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- Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator-1 (PGC-1) family in physiological and pathophysiological process and diseases.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2024Review
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Abstract
Transcriptional coactivator PGC-1α is a main regulator of cardiac energy metabolism. In addition to canonical PGC-1α1, other PGC-1α isoforms have been found to exert specific biological functions in a variety of tissues. We investigated the expression patterns and the biological effects of the non-canonical isoforms in the heart. We used RNA sequencing data to identify the expression patterns of PGC-1α isoforms in the heart. To evaluate the biological effects of the alternative isoform expression, we generated a transgenic mouse with cardiac-specific overexpression of PGC-1α4 and analysed the cardiac phenotype with a wide spectrum of physiological and biophysical tools. Our results show that non-canonical isoforms are expressed in the heart, and that the main variant PGC-1α4 is induced by β-adrenergic signalling in adult cardiomyocytes. Cardiomyocyte specific PGC-1α4 overexpression in mice relieves the RE1-Silencing Transcription factor (REST)-mediated suppression of neuronal genes during foetal heart development. The resulting de-repression of REST target genes induces a cardiac phenotype with increased cellular energy consumption, resulting in postnatal dilated cardiomyopathy. These results propose a new concept for actions of the PGC-1α protein family where activation of the
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