Single-cell analysis uncovers that metabolic reprogramming by ErbB2 signaling is essential for cardiomyocyte proliferation in the regenerating heart
- Hubrecht Institute, Netherlands
- Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
- University Medical Center Utrecht, Netherlands
- Duke University Medical Center, United States
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Ulm University, Germany
- Max Planck Institute for Immunbiology and Epigenetics, Germany
- VU University Medical Center, Netherlands
Abstract
While the heart regenerates poorly in mammals, efficient heart regeneration occurs in zebrafish. Studies in zebrafish have resulted in a model in which preexisting cardiomyocytes dedifferentiate and reinitiate proliferation to replace the lost myocardium. To identify which processes occur in proliferating cardiomyocytes we have used a single-cell RNA-sequencing approach. We uncovered that proliferating border zone cardiomyocytes have very distinct transcriptomes compared to the nonproliferating remote cardiomyocytes and that they resemble embryonic cardiomyocytes. Moreover, these cells have reduced expression of mitochondrial genes and reduced mitochondrial activity, while glycolysis gene expression and glucose uptake are increased, indicative for metabolic reprogramming. Furthermore, we find that the metabolic reprogramming of border zone cardiomyocytes is induced by Nrg1/ErbB2 signaling and is important for their proliferation. This mechanism is conserved in murine hearts in which cardiomyocyte proliferation is induced by activating ErbB2 signaling. Together these results demonstrate that glycolysis regulates cardiomyocyte proliferation during heart regeneration.
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Sequencing data have been deposited in GEO under accession code GSE139218Other data generated during this study are included in the manuscript and supporting files
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ERA-CVD (JCT2016-40-080)
- Gilbert Weidinger
- Eldad Tzahor
- Jeroen Bakkers
NIH Clinical Center (R01 HL131319)
- Kenneth D Poss
NIH Clinical Center (R01 HL136182)
- Kenneth D Poss
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (251293561)
- Gilbert Weidinger
Netherlands Heart Foundation NHS/CVON (Cobra3)
- Jeroen Bakkers
European Molecular Biology Organization (ALTF1129-2015)
- Phong D Nguyen
Human Frontier Science Program (LT001404/2017-L)
- Phong D Nguyen
Dutch Research Council (016.186.017-3)
- Phong D Nguyen
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (316249678)
- Gilbert Weidinger
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (414077062)
- Gilbert Weidinger
NIH Clinical Center (RO1 HL081674)
- Kenneth D Poss
The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.
Ethics
Animal experimentation: All experiments were conducted in accordance with the ethical guidelines. Animal experiments were approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) of the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences (AVD801002016404), the state of Baden-Württemberg and the animal protection representative of Ulm University (Tierversuch 1352), Duke University (A057-18-02) and the Weizmann Institute (13240419-3).
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© 2019, Honkoop et al.
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Single-cell analysis uncovers that metabolic reprogramming by ErbB2 signaling is essential for cardiomyocyte proliferation in the regenerating heart
eLife 8:e50163.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.50163
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