ARID1A loss in adult hepatocytes activates β-catenin-mediated erythropoietin transcription

  1. Rozenn Riou
  2. Meriem Ladli
  3. Sabine Gerbal-Chaloin
  4. Pascale Bossard
  5. Angélique Gougelet
  6. Cécile Godard
  7. Robin Loesch
  8. Isabelle Lagoutte
  9. Franck Lager
  10. Julien Calderaro
  11. Alexandre Dos Santos
  12. Zhong Wang
  13. Frédérique Verdier
  14. Sabine Colnot  Is a corresponding author
  1. INSERM, Sorbonne Université, Université de Paris, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers (CRC), France
  2. Equipe labellisée Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer, France
  3. INSERM, CNRS, Institut COCHIN, France
  4. INSERM U1183, Université Montpellier, Institute for Regenerative Medicine & Biotherapy (IRMB), France
  5. Plateforme d’Imageries du Vivant de l’Université de Paris, France
  6. INSERM, Université Paris-Est UPEC, France
  7. Department of Pathology, Henri Mondor Hospital, France
  8. INSERM, Paul-Brousse University Hospital, Hepatobiliary Centre, France
  9. Department of Cardiac Surgery Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Michigan, United States
9 figures, 1 table and 1 additional file

Figures

Figure 1 with 4 supplements
Development of peliosis-like regions after hepato-specific and focal Arid1a and Apc inactivation.

(a) Cre-loxP-generated hepatocyte-specific and inducible inactivation of Apc and/or Arid1a in 20% of hepatocytes after retro-orbital injection of infectious viral particles (ivp) of adenovirus …

Figure 1—figure supplement 1
Focal inactivation of Apc and/or Arid1a genes in mouse liver.

(a) Liver to Body weight (%) in mice; WT (n = 8), [Apc]ko-focal (n = 10), [Arid1a]ko-focal (n = 18), and [Apc-Arid1a]ko-focal (n = 19) mice. (b) RT-qPCR analysis of β-catenin-positive target genes …

Figure 1—figure supplement 2
Ultrasound features of livers from seven-month-old [Apc-Arid1a]ko-focal mice.

(a) Echogenicity of peliotic areas within the [Apc-Arid1a]ko-focal liver (arrow), showing striking tissue modification. Scale bars = 2 cm. (b) Dynamic contrast-enhanced ultrasound using microbubble …

Figure 1—figure supplement 3
Blood vessel enrichment and angiogenesis in [Apc-Arid1a]ko-focal livers.

(a) Peliotic areas appeared as abnormal tangles of irregularly shaped, leaky, small and large blood vessels filled with red blood cells, with multiple, mottled cyst-like spaces associated with …

Figure 1—figure supplement 4
Hepatocarcinogenesis in β-catenin-activated and Arid1a-null context.

(a–c) HCC incidence decrease in [Apc-Arid1a]ko-focal compared to [Apc]ko-focal mice. (a) Incidence of HCC was detected by ultrasound in [Apc]ko-focal (n = 13) and [Apc-Arid1a]ko-focal (n = 24) mice. …

Figure 2 with 1 supplement
Hepatic peliosis has ‘angiogenic’ and ‘erythropoietin’ transcriptional signatures, linked to a systemic erythrocytosis and to de novo hepatic Epo expression in [Apc-Arid1a]ko-focal mice.

(a) Experimental strategy; (b) Transcriptomic gene-set enrichment analysis (GSEA) of hepatic peliosis (n = 4) relative to adjacent regions (n = 4) of [Apc-Arid1a]ko-focal mice. (c) Quantitative …

Figure 2—figure supplement 1
Peliosis-like regions from [Apc-Arid1a]ko-focal livers are enriched for ‘Endothelium development’ and ‘Erythrocyte homeostasis’ transcriptional signatures.

Gene-set enrichment analysis (GSEA) was performed with the Java tool application available at the Broad Institute (Cambridge, MA, USA) in which FFPE micro-dissected RBC regions were compared with …

Figure 3 with 1 supplement
Erythropoiesis occurs in the spleen of [Apc-Arid1a]ko-focal mice.

(a) Gross morphology of spleens from representative control (WT) and [Apc-Arid1a]ko-focal mice; (b) Spleen/body weight ratio of WT (n = 7), [Apc]ko-focal (n = 11), [Arid1a]ko-focal (n = 11), and [Apc…

Figure 3—source data 1

Spleen to body weight (Figure 3b), FACS analyses (Figure 3e), CFU-E counts (Figure 3f) and gene expression (Figure 3g).

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Figure 3—figure supplement 1
Hepato-specific and focal inactivation of Apc and Arid1a genes leads to sequestration of enucleated beta-globin-positive red blood cells.

Western blot (a) and immunostaining (b, c) of hemoglobin subunit beta (Hbb) showing that Hbb-positive erythroid cells accumulated in [Apc-Arid1a]ko-focal livers are not nucleated, so do not …

Figure 4 with 1 supplement
Blockade of Epo signaling with anti-EPO serum in [Apc-Arid1a]ko-focal mice eliminates aberrant erythropoiesis in the spleen, but maintains angiogenesis in the liver.

(a) Hematocrit before (n = 4) and after (n = 4) anti-EPO treatment (t-test). (b,c) FACS analysis (b) and quantification (c) of spleens with/without anti-EPO (n = 4 for each group) (t-test). (d) …

Figure 4—source data 1

Hematocrit (Figure 4a), FACS quantifications (Figure 4c, g) and gene expression (Figure 4d, h) after anti-EPO treatment.

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Figure 4—figure supplement 1
Anti-EPO blocking serum treatment in [Apc-Arid1a]ko-focal mice leads to decrease of intra-hepatic red blood cells accumulation.

Hematoxylin Eosin (HE)-stained sections of livers from untreated and treated 7-month-old [Apc-Arid1a]ko-focal mice with anti-EPO blocking serum. Scale bars = 200 μm. The dotted outlines correspond …

Figure 5 with 2 supplements
Cell-autonomous Epo expression after Arid1a inactivation and Wnt/β-catenin activation in murine and human hepatocytes.

(a) In vivo and ex vivo strategy. WT (n = 8), [Apc]ko-TOTAL (n = 7), [Arid1a]ko-TOTAL (n = 8), and [Apc-Arid1a]ko-TOTAL (n = 10) mice. (b) Inactivation efficiency of Apc and Arid1a genes in isolated …

Figure 5—source data 1

Efficiency of gene invalidation (Figure 5b), and gene expression in vivo and ex vivo (Figure 5c-f) in mice and humans.

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Figure 5—figure supplement 1
Panlobular inactivation of Apc and/or Arid1a in hepatocytes.

(a) Hepatomegaly in mice after panlobular inactivations. WT (n = 30), [Apc]ko-TOTAL (n = 9), [Arid1a]ko-TOTAL (n = 9), and [Apc-Arid1a]ko-TOTAL (n = 14) mice. Data are presented as the mean + SEM …

Figure 5—figure supplement 2
Cell-autonomous Epo expression after Arid1a invalidation and Wnt/β-catenin activation in hepatocytes.

(a) No invalidation of Apc and Arid1a genes was found in NPC from [Apc-Arid1a]ko-TOTAL mice (Student t-test). (b) In vitro analysis of Axin2, Arid1a, and Epo transcription by RT-qPCR in primary …

Figure 6 with 1 supplement
In situ hybridization of mRNAs showing a de novo expression of Epo in a subset of β-catenin-activated hepatocytes.

(a) Seven months after Apc/Arid1a gene invalidation in single hepatocytes from two livers (#1 and #2); (b) 7 days after gene invalidation in more than 90% hepatocytes (two livers: #a and #b). Axin2 …

Figure 6—figure supplement 1
Implementation of in situ Hybridization for Axin2 and Epo mRNAs using RNAScope, showing expressing mRNA as dots.

(a,b) Ppib (blue) and Polr2a (red) were successfully found expressed in liver and kidney FFPE sections of control mice. No expression of bacterial dapB was found. (c) In control livers, Axin2 mRNAs …

Figure 7 with 2 supplements
Wnt/β-catenin directly controls EPO expression through 3’ Epo enhancer, in a HIF-independent manner.

(a) Genomic environment of the Epo gene (UCSC Genome Browser, mm9 database) and ChIP-seq peaks at the 3’ Epo enhancer. In blue/red: the crude reads of ChIP-Seq data performed in adult livers against …

Figure 7—figure supplement 1
Lack of hypoxia and HIF signaling in [Apc-Arid1a]ko-TOTAL livers.

(a) Immunodetection of hepatic hypoxia seven days after Apc and/or Arid1a loss in all hepatocytes in mouse liver. For hypoxia detection in tissues, mice were injected with Hypoxyprobe (NPI Inc) …

Figure 7—figure supplement 2
Effect of HIF1α and HIF2α knock-downs in mouse primary and transgenic hepatocytes.

(a) RT-qPCR analysis of Hif1α and Hif2α expression in primary culture hepatocytes treated or not with desferrioxamine (DFO) and after siRNA mediated knockdown of Hif1α (20 nM) and/or Hif2α (20 nM). …

Figure 8 with 2 supplements
β-catenin/Tcf4 complex binds to the HNF4-responsive element of Epo enhancer (Epo-HRE) after modifications of histone marks and chromatin accessibility.

(a) EMSA using nuclear proteic extracts from WT or [Apc]ko-TOTAL livers and 32P-labeled probes containing Epo-HRE (DR2). (b, c) Competitive EMSA using 32P-labeled DR2 (b) and 32P-labeled WRE (c) …

Figure 8—figure supplement 1
The expression of β-catenin-positive target genes is not modulated by Arid1a status.

RT-qPCR analysis of GS and Axin2 expression in hepatocytes from the livers of two-month-old mice, one week after panlobular Apc and Arid1a invalidation. WT (n = 3), [Apc]ko-TOTAL (n = 2), [Arid1a]ko-…

Figure 8—figure supplement 2
Chromatin accessibility assessed all along the hepatic 3’Epo enhancer by ATAC-qPCR.

(a) The hepatic 3’ Epo enhancer with the 4 PCR products analyzed: the whole hepatic 3’ Epo enhancer (222nt); (1) the EPO-enh-5’ located upstream the HIF- and Hnf4- responsive elements; (2) the …

Schematic model of the role of Arid1a in hepatic Epo expression linked to overactivation of the Wnt/β-catenin pathway.

Under physiological conditions, the presence of Arid1a is associated with histone repressive marks at the Epo enhancer and β-catenin is constantly degraded; thus, Epo is not produced. In the absence …

Tables

Key resources table
Reagent
type
(species) or
resource
DesignationSource or
reference
IdentifiersAdditional
information
Gene (Mus musculus)EpoGenBankNM_007942.2Erythropoietin
Gene (Mus musculus)Arid1aGenBankNM_001080819.2Arid1a
Gene (Mus musculus)Ctnnb1GenBankNM_007614.3Beta-catenin
Gene (Mus musculus)ApcGenBankNM_001360980.1Adenomatous polyposis coli
Strain, strain background (Mus musculus)Arid1a-loxFrom Z. Wang’s labArid1atm1.1Zhwa/Jhttps://www.jax.org/strain/027717
Strain, strain background (Mus musculus)Apc-loxFrom Perret-Colnot’s labApctm2.1Ciphttps://www.infrafrontier.eu/search?keyword=EM:05566
Strain, strain background (Mus musculus)Ttr-Cre-TamFrom Perret-Colnot’s labTg(Ttr-cre/Esr1*)1Vcohttps://www.infrafrontier.eu/search?keyword=EM:01713
Genetic reagent (Adenovirus 5)Ad-CreUniversité de Nantes, FranceAd5-CAG-Crehttps://umr1089.univ-nantes.fr/facilities-cores/cpv/translational-vector-core-2201753.kjsp?RH=1519296751975
Cell line (Mus musculus)Mouse hepatomaFrom Christine Perret’s labHepa 1-6 [Hepa1-6] (ATCC CRL-1830)For transfection experiments
Antibodyanti-Arid1a (Rabbit monoclonal)AbcamCat# 182560
[EPR13501]
IHC(1:1000), WB (1:2000)
Antibodyanti-Glul (GS) (Mouse monoclonal)BD BiosciencesCat# 610518, RRID:AB_397880IHC(1:400), WB (1:5000)
Antibodyanti-HBB (Mouse monoclonal)ProteintechCat# 16216–1-AP, RRID:AB_10598329IHC(1:200), WB (1:2000)
Antibodyanti-HIF1α (Rabbit polyclonal)NovusCat# NB100-449, RRID:AB_10001045WB nuclear extract (1:500)
Antibodyanti-HIF2α (Rabbit polyclonal)NovusCat# NB100-122, RRID:AB_10002593WB nuclear extract (1:500)
AntibodyAnti-Tcf4 (Tcf7l2) (Mouse monoclonal)MilliporeCat# 05–511, RRID:AB_309772ChIP: 3 μg
AntibodyAnti-H3K27Ac (Rabbit polyclonal)Active MotifCat# 39133, RRID:AB_2561016ChIP: 3 μg
AntibodyAnti-H3K27me3 (Rabbit polyclonal)Active MotifCat# 39155, RRID:AB_2561020ChIP: 3 μg
AntibodyIgG (Mouse)Thermo Fisher ScientificCat# 10400C, RRID:AB_2532980ChIP: 3 μg
AntibodyAnti-CD71-FITC (Rat monoclonal)BD BiosciencesCat# 553266, RRID:AB_394743FACS (1:100)
AntibodyAnti-Ter119-PE (rat monoclonal)BD BiosciencesCat# 553673, RRID:AB_394986FACS (1:100)
AntibodyAnti-β-actin (mouse monoclonal)Sigma-AldrichCat# A5441, RRID:AB_476744WB (1:10000)
AntibodyAnti-lamin A/C (rabbit polyclonal)Cell Signaling TechnologyCat# 2032, RRID:AB_2136278WB nuclear extract (1:500)
AntibodyIgG, HRP-conjugated (horse, anti-mouse)Cell Signaling TechnologyCat# 7076, RRID:AB_330924WB (1:2000)
AntibodyIgG, HRP-conjugated (goat, anti-rabbit)Cell Signaling TechnologyCat# 7074, RRID:AB_2099233WB (1:2000)
AntibodyIgG, biotinylated (goat, anti-rabbit)Vector labCat# BA-1000, RRID:AB_2313606IHC (1:200)
Commercial assay or kitMOM mouse on mouseVector LaboratoriesCat# BMK-2202, RRID:AB_2336833Kit
Sequence-based reagent18SThermo Fisher ScientificTaqman Assay 4308329qPCR primers
Sequence-based reagentGlulThermo Fisher ScientificTaqman Assay Mm00725701_siqPCR primers
Mus musculus
Sequence-based reagentAxin2Thermo Fisher ScientificTaqman Assay Mm00443610_m1qPCR primers Mus musculus
Sequence-based reagentArid1a (total)Thermo Fisher ScientificTaqman Assay Mm00473838_m1qPCR primers Mus musculus
Sequence-based reagentArid1a (not excised by Cre)Thermo Fisher ScientificTaqman Assay Mm00473841_m1qPCR primers Mus musculus
Sequence-based reagentApc (total)Thermo Fisher ScientificTaqman Assay Mm00545877_m1qPCR primers Mus musculus
Sequence-based reagentApc (not excised by Cre)Thermo Fisher ScientificTaqman Assay Mm01130462_m1qPCR primers Mus musculus
Sequence-based reagentEpoThermo Fisher ScientificTaqman Assay Mm01202755_m1qPCR primers Mus musculus
Sequence-
based reagent
18 sEurogentecF_GTAACCCGTTGAACCCCATT
R_CCATCCAATCGGTAGCG
SybrGreen qPCR primers
Sequence-based reagentAngiopoietin-like 2 (Angptl2)EurogentecF_CCGCAACATGAACTCGAGAG
R_GTGCTCCAGGTCCTTGTACT
SybrGreen qPCR primers Mus musculus
Sequence-based reagentCarbonic anhydrase 9 (Car9)EurogentecF_GACCTCGTGATTCTCGGCTA
R_GAGAAGGCCAAACACCAAGG
SybrGreen qPCR primers Mus musculus
Sequence-based reagentCyclin D1 (Ccnd1)EurogentecF_AGAAGTGCGAAGAGGAGGTC
R_TTCTCGGCAGTCAAGGGAAT
SybrGreen qPCR primers Mus musculus
Sequence-based reagentEnolase 2, gamma neuronal (Eno2)EurogentecF_TGGATTTCAAGTCTCCCGCT
R_TCAGGTCATCGCCCACTATC
SybrGreen qPCR primers Mus musculus
Sequence-based reagentErythropoietin receptor (Epo-r)EurogentecF_ATGACTTTCGTGACTCACCCT
R_GGGCTCCGAAGAACTTCTGTG
SybrGreen qPCR primers Mus musculus
Sequence-based reagentFMS-like tyrosine kinase 1 (Flt1)EurogentecF_AGAGGAGGATGAGGGTGTCT
R_GGGAACTTCATCTGGGTCCA
SybrGreen qPCR primers Mus musculus
Sequence-based reagentGATA binding protein 1 (Gata1)EurogentecF_TTCCCACTACTGCTGCTACC
R_GCGGCCTCTATTTCAAGCTC
SybrGreen qPCR primers Mus musculus
Sequence-based reagentGATA binding protein 2 (Gata2)EurogentecF_GCCGGTTCTGTCCATTCATC
R_ATGGCAGCAGTCTCTTCCAT
SybrGreen qPCR primers Mus musculus
Sequence-based reagentInhibin beta-B (Inhbb)EurogentecF_GTACCTGAAACTGCTCCCCT
R_ATGGCCTCTGTGATGGGAAA
SybrGreen qPCR primers Mus musculus
Sequence-based reagentPotassium channel tetramer domain contain. 11 (Kctd11)EurogentecF_TGACTTCTACCAGATCCGGC
R_TCAGGGTCAGTGCAGAAGAG
SybrGreen qPCR primers Mus musculus
Sequence-
based reagent
Kinase insert domain protein receptor (Kdr)EurogentecF_AGAAGATGCCCATGACCCAA
R_TCACCCATCCTCAACACACA
SybrGreen qPCR primers Mus musculus
Sequence-based reagentNuclear factor, erythroid derived 2 (Nfe2)EurogentecF_GATGTCCCGAACTAGAGCCA
R_ACACCCTTGGCCTTAGAGTC
SybrGreen qPCR primers Mus musculus
Sequence-based reagentPlatelet derived growth factor receptor, alpha polypeptide (Pdgfra)EurogentecF_ACAGCTCACAGACTTCGGAA
R_AGAAGATGATACCCGGAGCG
SybrGreen qPCR primers Mus musculus
Sequence-based reagentPhosphoglycerate kinase 1 (Pgk1)EurogentecF_TGGCACCAGGAACCCTTAAA
R_AGCTCAGCCTTTACAGCTCA
SybrGreen qPCR primers Mus musculus
Sequence-based reagentPlacenta-specific 8 (Plac8)EurogentecF_TGATTGCTTCAGTGACTGCG
R_GTTCATGGCTCTCCTCCTGT
SybrGreen qPCR primers Mus musculus
Sequence-based reagentProtein tyrosine phosphatase, receptor type, B (Ptprb)EurogentecF_TGGACCCTGGGATCTAAGGA
R_GTGGTCACTGCAAGCTTCAA
SybrGreen qPCR primers Mus musculus
Sequence-based reagentMember RAS oncogene family (Rab42)EurogentecF_GGCGTTCTGTTGGTCTTTGA
R_GCAAGTTCCTCTGCTTCCTG
SybrGreen qPCR primers Mus musculus
Sequence-based reagentVascular endothelial growth factor A (Vegfa)EurogentecF_GCTGTAACGATGAAGCCCTG
R_CGCTCCAGGATTTAAACCGG
SybrGreen qPCR primers Mus musculus
Sequence-based reagentZinc finger protein, multitype 1 (Zfpm1)EurogentecF_CCTTGAGATGGCGTTCACAG
R_CCTGCTCTACTACTGTGCCA
SybrGreen qPCR primers Mus musculus
Sequence-based reagentAT-rich interaction domain 1A (ARID1A)EurogentecF_AAGCCACCAACTCCAGCATCCA
R_CGCTTCTGGAATGTGGAGTCAC
SybrGreen qPCR primers (Homo sapiens)
Sequence-based reagentAdenomatous polyposis coli (APC)EurogentecF_CACACTTCCAACTTCTCGCAACG
R_AGGCTGCATGAGAGCACTTGTG
SybrGreen qPCR primers (Homo sapiens)
Sequence-based reagentErythropoietin (EPO)EurogentecF_GCATGTGGATAAAGCCGTCAGTG
R_GAGTTTGCGGAAAGTGTCAGCAG
SybrGreen qPCR primers (Homo sapiens)
Sequence-based reagentDOS7-binding site (Control)EurogentecF_GGGGTAGGAACCAATGAAA
R_TTTCATTGGTTCCTACCCC
EMSA probe Mus musculus
Sequence-based reagentHNF4-responsive element (DR2)EurogentecF_GCCCGGCTGACCTCTTGACCCCTCTGGGCTTGAG
R_CTCAAGCCCAGAGGGGTCAAGAGGTCAGCCGGGC
EMSA probe Mus musculus
Sequence-based reagentWnt-reponsive elementEurogentecF_CATCCCCCTTTGATCTTACC
R_GGTAAGATCAAAGGGGGATG
EMSA probe
Sequence-
based reagent
Negative control regionEurogentecF_ACACACCTTGAATCCCGT
R_CCCAGCTAGAATGAACAAG
qPCR primers for ChIP and ATAC
Sequence-based reagentHepatic Epo 3’ enhancerEurogentecF_CTGTACCTCACCCCATCTGGTC
R_CCCAGCTCACTCAGCACTTGTCC
qPCR primers for ChIP and ATAC
Sequence-based reagentEPO-enh-5’ (1)EurogentecF_GGCAACAGCTGAAATCACCAA
R_TCCCAGATCTGATGCCTTGC
qPCR primers for ATAC
Sequence-based reagentEPO-enhHIF (2)EurogentecF_CTGTACCTCACCCCATCTGG
R_CAGAGGGGTCAAGAGGTCAG
qPCR primers for ChIP and ATAC
Sequence-based reagentEPO-enhHnf4 (3)EurogentecF_GCAAGGCATCAGATCTGGGA
R_AGACAGCCTTGAATGGAGCC
qPCR primers for ChIP and ATAC

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