Metabolic modulation regulates cardiac wall morphogenesis in zebrafish

  1. Ryuichi Fukuda  Is a corresponding author
  2. Alla Aharonov
  3. Yu Ting Ong
  4. Oliver A Stone
  5. Mohamed El-Brolosy
  6. Hans-Martin Maischein
  7. Michael Potente
  8. Eldad Tzahor
  9. Didier YR Stainier  Is a corresponding author
  1. Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Germany
  2. Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

Abstract

During cardiac development, cardiomyocytes form complex inner wall structures called trabeculae. Despite significant investigation into this process, the potential role of metabolism has not been addressed. Using single cell resolution imaging in zebrafish, we find that cardiomyocytes seeding the trabecular layer actively change their shape while compact layer cardiomyocytes remain static. We show that Erbb2 signaling, which is required for trabeculation, activates glycolysis to support changes in cardiomyocyte shape and behavior. Pharmacological inhibition of glycolysis impairs cardiac trabeculation, and cardiomyocyte-specific loss- and gain-of-function manipulations of glycolysis decrease and increase trabeculation, respectively. In addition, loss of the glycolytic enzyme pyruvate kinase M2 impairs trabeculation. Experiments with rat neonatal cardiomyocytes in culture further support these observations. Our findings reveal new roles for glycolysis in regulating cardiomyocyte behavior during cardiac wall morphogenesis.

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  1. Ryuichi Fukuda

    Department of Developmental Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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    Ryuichi.Fukuda@mpi-bn.mpg.de
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  2. Alla Aharonov

    Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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  3. Yu Ting Ong

    Angiogenesis and Metabolism Laboratory, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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  4. Oliver A Stone

    Department of Developmental Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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  5. Mohamed El-Brolosy

    Department of Developmental Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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  6. Hans-Martin Maischein

    Department of Developmental Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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  7. Michael Potente

    Angiogenesis and Metabolism Laboratory, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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  8. Eldad Tzahor

    Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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  9. Didier YR Stainier

    Department of Developmental Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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    Didier.Stainier@mpi-bn.mpg.de
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    Didier YR Stainier, Senior editor, eLife.
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Funding

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (Open-access funding)

  • Didier YR Stainier

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

Reviewing Editor

  1. Marianne E Bronner, California Institute of Technology, United States

Ethics

Animal experimentation: All zebrafish husbandry was performed under standard conditions in accordance with institutional (MPG) and national ethical and animal welfare guidelines approved by the ethics committee for animal experiments at the Regional Board of Darmstadt, Germany (permit numbers B2/1017, B2/1041 and B2/1159).

Version history

  1. Received: July 12, 2019
  2. Accepted: December 20, 2019
  3. Accepted Manuscript published: December 23, 2019 (version 1)
  4. Version of Record published: February 4, 2020 (version 2)

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© 2019, Fukuda et al.

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  1. Ryuichi Fukuda
  2. Alla Aharonov
  3. Yu Ting Ong
  4. Oliver A Stone
  5. Mohamed El-Brolosy
  6. Hans-Martin Maischein
  7. Michael Potente
  8. Eldad Tzahor
  9. Didier YR Stainier
(2019)
Metabolic modulation regulates cardiac wall morphogenesis in zebrafish
eLife 8:e50161.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.50161

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