TY - JOUR
T1 - Reduced Dnmt3a increases Gdf5 expression with suppressed satellite cell differentiation and impaired skeletal muscle regeneration
AU - Hatazawa, Yukino
AU - Ono, Yusuke
AU - Hirose, Yuma
AU - Kanai, Sayaka
AU - Fujii, Nobuharu L.
AU - Machida, Shuichi
AU - Nishino, Ichizo
AU - Shimizu, Takahiko
AU - Okano, Masaki
AU - Kamei, Yasutomi
AU - Ogawa, Yoshihiro
N1 - Funding Information:
Microarray data analysis was in part performed at the Medical Research Support Center, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University. This study was supported by Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI) from the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT), and by the Council for Science, Technology, and Innovation (CSTI), Cross-Ministerial Strategic Innovation Promotion Program (SIP), and Technologies for Creating Next-Generation Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (funding agency: Bio-oriented Technology Research Advancement Institution; NARO). This study was also supported in part by the program of the Joint Usage/Research Center for Developmental Medicine, Institute of Molecular Embryology and Genetics, Kuma-moto University. The funders had no role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, and preparation of the article. The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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PY - 2018/3
Y1 - 2018/3
N2 - DNAmethylation is an epigenetic mechanism regulating gene expression. In this study, we observed that DNAmethyltransferase 3a (Dnmt3a) expression is decreased after muscle atrophy.Wemade skeletalmuscle-specific Dnmt3a-knockout (Dnmt3a-KO) mice. The regeneration capacity after muscle injury was markedly decreased in Dnmt3a-KOmice.DiminishedmRNAand protein expression of Dnmt3awere observed in skeletalmuscles aswell as in satellite cells, which are important formuscle regeneration, in Dnmt3a-KOmice. Dnmt3a-KO satellite cell showed smaller in size (length/area), suggesting suppressed myotube differentiation. Microarray analysis of satellite cells showed that expression of growth differentiation factor 5 (Gdf5)mRNAwasmarkedly increased in Dnmt3a-KOmice. TheDNA methylation level of the Gdf5 promoter wasmarkedly decreased in Dnmt3a-KO satellite cells. In addition, DNA methylation inhibitor azacytidine treatment increased Gdf5 expression in wild-type satellite cells, suggesting Gdf5 expression is regulated byDNAmethylation. Also, we observed increased inhibitor of differentiation (a target of Gdf5)mRNA expression in Dnmt3a-KO satellite cells. Thus, Dnmt3a appears to regulate satellite cell differentiation viaDNAmethylation. Thismechanism may play a role in the decreased regeneration capacity during atrophy such as in aged sarcopenia.
AB - DNAmethylation is an epigenetic mechanism regulating gene expression. In this study, we observed that DNAmethyltransferase 3a (Dnmt3a) expression is decreased after muscle atrophy.Wemade skeletalmuscle-specific Dnmt3a-knockout (Dnmt3a-KO) mice. The regeneration capacity after muscle injury was markedly decreased in Dnmt3a-KOmice.DiminishedmRNAand protein expression of Dnmt3awere observed in skeletalmuscles aswell as in satellite cells, which are important formuscle regeneration, in Dnmt3a-KOmice. Dnmt3a-KO satellite cell showed smaller in size (length/area), suggesting suppressed myotube differentiation. Microarray analysis of satellite cells showed that expression of growth differentiation factor 5 (Gdf5)mRNAwasmarkedly increased in Dnmt3a-KOmice. TheDNA methylation level of the Gdf5 promoter wasmarkedly decreased in Dnmt3a-KO satellite cells. In addition, DNA methylation inhibitor azacytidine treatment increased Gdf5 expression in wild-type satellite cells, suggesting Gdf5 expression is regulated byDNAmethylation. Also, we observed increased inhibitor of differentiation (a target of Gdf5)mRNA expression in Dnmt3a-KO satellite cells. Thus, Dnmt3a appears to regulate satellite cell differentiation viaDNAmethylation. Thismechanism may play a role in the decreased regeneration capacity during atrophy such as in aged sarcopenia.
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U2 - 10.1096/fj.201700573R
DO - 10.1096/fj.201700573R
M3 - Article
C2 - 29146735
AN - SCOPUS:85043594065
SN - 0892-6638
VL - 32
SP - 1452
EP - 1467
JO - FASEB Journal
JF - FASEB Journal
IS - 3
ER -