Hypoxia induces hypomethylation of the HMGB1 promoter via the MAPK/DNMT1/HMGB1 pathway in cardiac progenitor cells

• 来源期刊: 生物化学与生物物理学报（英文版）
• 关键词: CPCs hypoxia HMGB1 DNMT1 MAPKs
• 年，卷（期）: 2018,（11）
• 页码范围: 1121-1130
• 页数: 10页
• 语种: 英文
• DOI: 10.1093/abbs/gmy118

摘要

Apoptosis is involved in the death of cardiac progenitor cells (CPCs) after myocardial infarction (MI) in the heart.The loss of CPCs results in infarct scar and further deterioration of the heart function.Though stem cell-based therapy provides an effective approach for heart function recovery after MI,the retention of CPCs in the infarcted area of the heart is the main barrier that limits its promising therapy.Therefore,the underlying mechanisms of CPC apoptosis in hypoxia are important for the development of new therapeutic targets for MI patients.In this work,we found that the expression of high-mobility group box 1(HMGB1) was upregulated in CPCs under hypoxia conditions.Further study demonstrated that HMGB1 was regulated by DNA methyltransferases 1 (DNMT1) via changing the methylation state of CpGs in the promoter of HMGB1 in CPCs during hypoxia process.Additionally,mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling pathway was found to be involved in regulating DNMT1/HMGB1-mediated CPC apoptosis in hypoxia process.In conclusion,our findings demonstrate a novel regulatory mechanism for CPC apoptosis and proliferation under hypoxia conditions,which may provide a new therapeutic approach for MI patients.