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    Wu, Haodi; Lee, Jaecheol; Vincent, Ludovic G.; Wang, Qingtong; Gu, Mingxia; Lan, Feng; Churko, Jared M.; Sallam, Karim I.; Matsa, Elena; Sharma, Arun; Gold, Joseph D.; Engler, Adam J.; Xiang, Yang K.; Bers, Donald M.; Wu, Joseph C.

    Cell stem cell, 07/2015, Letnik: 17, Številka: 1
    Journal Article

    β-adrenergic signaling pathways mediate key aspects of cardiac function. Its dysregulation is associated with a range of cardiac diseases, including dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). Previously, we established an iPSC model of familial DCM from patients with a mutation in TNNT2, a sarcomeric protein. Here, we found that the β-adrenergic agonist isoproterenol induced mature β-adrenergic signaling in iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes (iPSC-CMs) but that this pathway was blunted in DCM iPSC-CMs. Although expression levels of several β-adrenergic signaling components were unaltered between control and DCM iPSC-CMs, we found that phosphodiesterases (PDEs) 2A and PDE3A were upregulated in DCM iPSC-CMs and that PDE2A was also upregulated in DCM patient tissue. We further discovered increased nuclear localization of mutant TNNT2 and epigenetic modifications of PDE genes in both DCM iPSC-CMs and patient tissue. Notably, pharmacologic inhibition of PDE2A and PDE3A restored cAMP levels and ameliorated the impaired β-adrenergic signaling of DCM iPSC-CMs, suggesting therapeutic potential. Display omitted •β-AR signaling switch from β-2 AR to β-1/2 AR mode during human iPSC-CM maturation•Upregulation of PDE2/3 leads to compromised β-adrenergic regulation in DCM iPSC-CMs•Epigenetic activation of PDE2/3 is a key molecular event during pathogenesis of DCM•Nuclear localization of mutated TNNT2 contributes to epigenetic modification in DCM In this paper, Wu et al. profiled the β-adrenergic signaling properties in human iPSC-CMs and demonstrated novel epigenetic mechanisms that underlie the compromised β-adrenergic signaling in DCM, a common cause of heart failure and cardiac transplantation. These results enhance our understanding of DCM pathogenesis and may uncover new therapeutic targets.