Spatial organizations of heterochromatin underpin nuclear structural integrity of ventricular cardiomyocytes against mechanical stress

Summary: Cardiomyocyte (CM) nuclei are constantly exposed to mechanical stress, but how they maintain their nuclear shape remains unknown. In this study, we found that ventricular CM nuclei acquire characteristic prominent spatial organizations of heterochromatin (SOH), which are disrupted by high-l...

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Main Authors: Keita Fujiwara, Tadashi Inoue, Aya Kimoto, Jiang Zixian, Keizo Tokuhiro, Yoshiki Yasukochi, Tomoya O. Akama, Chen-Leng Cai, Ichiro Shiojima, Hiroshi Kimura, Shige H. Yoshimura, Tomoyuki Nakamura, Maretoshi Hirai
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author Keita Fujiwara
Tadashi Inoue
Aya Kimoto
Jiang Zixian
Keizo Tokuhiro
Yoshiki Yasukochi
Tomoya O. Akama
Chen-Leng Cai
Ichiro Shiojima
Hiroshi Kimura
Shige H. Yoshimura
Tomoyuki Nakamura
Maretoshi Hirai
author_facet Keita Fujiwara
Tadashi Inoue
Aya Kimoto
Jiang Zixian
Keizo Tokuhiro
Yoshiki Yasukochi
Tomoya O. Akama
Chen-Leng Cai
Ichiro Shiojima
Hiroshi Kimura
Shige H. Yoshimura
Tomoyuki Nakamura
Maretoshi Hirai
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description Summary: Cardiomyocyte (CM) nuclei are constantly exposed to mechanical stress, but how they maintain their nuclear shape remains unknown. In this study, we found that ventricular CM nuclei acquire characteristic prominent spatial organizations of heterochromatin (SOH), which are disrupted by high-level expression of H2B-mCherry in mice. SOH disruption was associated with nuclear softening, leading to extreme elongation and rupture under unidirectional mechanical stress. Loosened chromatin then leaks into the cytosol, causing severe inflammation and cardiac dysfunction. Although SOH disruption was accompanied by loosened higher-order genomic structures, the change in gene expression before nuclear deformation was mild, suggesting that SOH play major roles in nuclear structural integrity. Aged CM nuclei consistently exhibited scattered SOH and marked elongation. Furthermore, we provide mechanistic insight into the development and maintenance of SOH driven by chromatin compaction and condensate formation. These results highlight SOH as a safeguard of nuclear shape and genomic integrity against mechanical stress.
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spelling doaj-art-8ae6e71d01dd4681aaaba4f71d36cebc2024-12-11T05:56:08ZengElsevierCell Reports2211-12472024-12-014312115048Spatial organizations of heterochromatin underpin nuclear structural integrity of ventricular cardiomyocytes against mechanical stressKeita Fujiwara0Tadashi Inoue1Aya Kimoto2Jiang Zixian3Keizo Tokuhiro4Yoshiki Yasukochi5Tomoya O. Akama6Chen-Leng Cai7Ichiro Shiojima8Hiroshi Kimura9Shige H. Yoshimura10Tomoyuki Nakamura11Maretoshi Hirai12Department of Pharmacology, Kansai Medical University, Hirakata, Osaka 573-1010, Japan; Department of Medicine II, Kansai Medical University, Hirakata, Osaka 573-1010, JapanDepartment of Pharmacology, Kansai Medical University, Hirakata, Osaka 573-1010, JapanSchool of Life Science and Technology, Institute of Science Tokyo, Yokohama 226-8501, JapanLaboratory of Plasma Membrane and Nuclear Signaling, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, JapanDepartment of Genome Editing, Institute of Biological Sciences, Kansai Medical University, Hirakata, Osaka 573-1010, JapanDepartment of Genome Analysis, Institute of Biological Sciences, Kansai Medical University, Hirakata, Osaka 573-1010, JapanDepartment of Pharmacology, Kansai Medical University, Hirakata, Osaka 573-1010, JapanGuangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangdong 510530, ChinaDepartment of Medicine II, Kansai Medical University, Hirakata, Osaka 573-1010, JapanSchool of Life Science and Technology, Institute of Science Tokyo, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan; Cell Biology Center, Institute of Integrated Research, Institute of Science Tokyo, Yokohama 226-8503, JapanLaboratory of Plasma Membrane and Nuclear Signaling, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, JapanDepartment of Pharmacology, Kansai Medical University, Hirakata, Osaka 573-1010, JapanDepartment of Pharmacology, Kansai Medical University, Hirakata, Osaka 573-1010, Japan; Corresponding authorSummary: Cardiomyocyte (CM) nuclei are constantly exposed to mechanical stress, but how they maintain their nuclear shape remains unknown. In this study, we found that ventricular CM nuclei acquire characteristic prominent spatial organizations of heterochromatin (SOH), which are disrupted by high-level expression of H2B-mCherry in mice. SOH disruption was associated with nuclear softening, leading to extreme elongation and rupture under unidirectional mechanical stress. Loosened chromatin then leaks into the cytosol, causing severe inflammation and cardiac dysfunction. Although SOH disruption was accompanied by loosened higher-order genomic structures, the change in gene expression before nuclear deformation was mild, suggesting that SOH play major roles in nuclear structural integrity. Aged CM nuclei consistently exhibited scattered SOH and marked elongation. Furthermore, we provide mechanistic insight into the development and maintenance of SOH driven by chromatin compaction and condensate formation. These results highlight SOH as a safeguard of nuclear shape and genomic integrity against mechanical stress.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124724013998CP: Cell biology
spellingShingle Keita Fujiwara
Tadashi Inoue
Aya Kimoto
Jiang Zixian
Keizo Tokuhiro
Yoshiki Yasukochi
Tomoya O. Akama
Chen-Leng Cai
Ichiro Shiojima
Hiroshi Kimura
Shige H. Yoshimura
Tomoyuki Nakamura
Maretoshi Hirai
Spatial organizations of heterochromatin underpin nuclear structural integrity of ventricular cardiomyocytes against mechanical stress
Cell Reports
CP: Cell biology
title Spatial organizations of heterochromatin underpin nuclear structural integrity of ventricular cardiomyocytes against mechanical stress
title_full Spatial organizations of heterochromatin underpin nuclear structural integrity of ventricular cardiomyocytes against mechanical stress
title_fullStr Spatial organizations of heterochromatin underpin nuclear structural integrity of ventricular cardiomyocytes against mechanical stress
title_full_unstemmed Spatial organizations of heterochromatin underpin nuclear structural integrity of ventricular cardiomyocytes against mechanical stress
title_short Spatial organizations of heterochromatin underpin nuclear structural integrity of ventricular cardiomyocytes against mechanical stress
title_sort spatial organizations of heterochromatin underpin nuclear structural integrity of ventricular cardiomyocytes against mechanical stress
topic CP: Cell biology
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124724013998
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