Anna Tarradas
Transcriptional regulation of the sodium channel gene (SCN5A) by GATA4 in human heart
Tarradas, Anna; Pinsach-Abuin, Mel·lina; Mackintosh, Carlos; Llorà-Batlle, Oriol; Pérez-Serra, Alexandra; Batlle, Montserrat; Pérez-Villa, Félix; Zimmer, Thomas; Garcia-Bassets, Ivan; Brugada, Ramon; Beltran-Alvarez, Pedro; Pagans, Sara
Authors
Mel·lina Pinsach-Abuin
Carlos Mackintosh
Oriol Llorà-Batlle
Alexandra Pérez-Serra
Montserrat Batlle
Félix Pérez-Villa
Thomas Zimmer
Ivan Garcia-Bassets
Ramon Brugada
Dr Pedro Beltran-Alvarez P.Beltran-Alvarez@hull.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Health and Climate Change and Programme co-Director of the MSc Health and Climate Change
Sara Pagans
Abstract
Aberrant expression of the sodium channel gene (SCN5A) has been proposed to disrupt cardiac action potential and cause human cardiac arrhythmias, but the mechanisms of SCN5A gene regulation and dysregulation still remain largely unexplored. To gain insight into the transcriptional regulatory networks of SCN5A, we surveyed the promoter and first intronic regions of the SCN5A gene, predicting the presence of several binding sites for GATA transcription factors (TFs). Consistent with this prediction, chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) and sequential ChIP (Re-ChIP) assays show co-occupancy of cardiac GATA TFs GATA4 and GATA5 on promoter and intron 1 SCN5A regions in freshfrozen human left ventricle samples. Gene reporter experiments show GATA4 and GATA5 synergism in the activation of the SCN5A promoter, and its dependence on predicted GATA binding sites. GATA4 and GATA6 mRNAs are robustly expressed in fresh-frozen human left ventricle samples as measured by highly sensitive droplet digital PCR (ddPCR). GATA5 mRNA is marginally but still clearly detected in the same samples. Importantly, GATA4 mRNA levels are strongly and positively correlated with SCN5A transcript levels in the human heart. Together, our findings uncover a novel mechanism of GATA TFs in the regulation of the SCN5A gene in human heart tissue. Our studies suggest that GATA5 but especially GATA4 are main contributors to SCN5A gene expression, thus providing a new paradigm of SCN5A expression regulation that may shed new light into the understanding of cardiac disease.
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Tarradas, A., Pinsach-Abuin, M., Mackintosh, C., Llorà-Batlle, O., Pérez-Serra, A., Batlle, M., Pérez-Villa, F., Zimmer, T., Garcia-Bassets, I., Brugada, R., Beltran-Alvarez, P., & Pagans, S. (2017). Transcriptional regulation of the sodium channel gene (SCN5A) by GATA4 in human heart. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, 102, 74-82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yjmcc.2016.10.013
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Oct 24, 2016 |
Online Publication Date | Nov 26, 2016 |
Publication Date | Jan 1, 2017 |
Deposit Date | Jul 9, 2018 |
Publicly Available Date | Jul 12, 2018 |
Journal | Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology |
Print ISSN | 0022-2828 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 102 |
Pages | 74-82 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yjmcc.2016.10.013 |
Keywords | SCN5A; Transcriptional regulation; GATA4; GATA5; GATA6; Cardiac arrhythmias |
Public URL | https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/917700 |
Contract Date | Oct 25, 2016 |
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