التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Multi-omics profiling of cholangiocytes reveals sex-specific chromatin state dynamics during hepatic cystogenesis in polycystic liver disease. |
| المؤلفون: |
Ji, Rongjie1 (AUTHOR), Chen, Jiayuan1,2 (AUTHOR), Xie, Yuyang1,3 (AUTHOR), Dou, Xudan1 (AUTHOR), Qing, Bo1 (AUTHOR), Liu, Zhiheng1 (AUTHOR), Lu, Yumei1 (AUTHOR), Dang, Lin1 (AUTHOR), Zhu, Xu1 (AUTHOR), Sun, Ying3 (AUTHOR), Zheng, Xiangjian2 (AUTHOR), Zhang, Lirong1 (AUTHOR) lzhang@tmu.edu.cn, Guo, Dong1,3 (AUTHOR) guo@xzhmu.edu.cn, Chen, Yupeng1 (AUTHOR) ychen@tmu.edu.cn |
| المصدر: |
Journal of Hepatology. Apr2023, Vol. 78 Issue 4, p754-769. 16p. |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
*CHROMATIN, *LIVER diseases, *MULTIOMICS, *ESTROGEN receptors, *ESTROGEN, *TRANSCRIPTION factors, *GENE expression |
| مستخلص: |
Cholangiocytes transit from quiescence to hyperproliferation during cystogenesis in polycystic liver disease (PLD), the severity of which displays prominent sex differences. Epigenetic regulation plays important roles in cell state transition. We aimed to investigate the sex-specific epigenetic basis of hepatic cystogenesis and to develop therapeutic strategies targeting epigenetic modifications for PLD treatment. Normal and cystic primary cholangiocytes were isolated from wild-type and PLD mice of both sexes. Chromatin states were characterized by analyzing chromatin accessibility (ATAC sequencing) and multiple histone modifications (chromatin immunoprecipitation sequencing). Differential gene expression was determined by transcriptomic analysis (RNA sequencing). Pharmacologic inhibition of epigenetic modifying enzymes was undertaken in PLD model mice. Through genome-wide profiling of chromatin dynamics, we revealed a profound increase of global chromatin accessibility during cystogenesis in both male and female PLD cholangiocytes. We identified a switch from H3K9me3 to H3K9ac on cis -regulatory DNA elements of cyst-associated genes and showed that inhibition of H3K9ac acetyltransferase or H3K9me3 demethylase slowed cyst growth in male, but not female, PLD mice. In contrast, we found that H3K27ac was specifically increased in female PLD mice and that genes associated with H3K27ac-gained regions were enriched for cyst-related pathways. In an integrated epigenomic and transcriptomic analysis, we identified an estrogen receptor alpha-centered transcription factor network associated with the H3K27ac-regulated cystogenic gene expression program in female PLD mice. Our findings highlight the multi-layered sex-specific epigenetic dynamics underlying cholangiocyte state transition and reveal a potential epigenetic therapeutic strategy for male PLD patients. In the present study, we elucidate a sex-specific epigenetic mechanism underlying the cholangiocyte state transition during hepatic cystogenesis and identify epigenetic drugs that effectively slow cyst growth in male PLD mice. These findings underscore the importance of sex difference in the pathogenesis of PLD and may guide researchers and physicians to develop sex-specific personalized approaches for PLD treatment. [Display omitted] • Chromatin accessibility is increased in both male and female PLD cholangiocytes. • A switch from H3K9me3 to H3K9ac activates cyst-associated genes in male PLD cholangiocytes. • Reducing H3K9ac or increasing H3K9me3 slows cyst growth in male, but not female, PLD mice. • Gain of H3K27ac specifically correlates with cyst-associated gene expression in female PLD cholangiocytes. • An ERα-centered TF network is enriched in H3K27ac-gained regions in female PLD cholangiocytes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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