Apelin-APJ Signaling Is a Critical Regulator of Endothelial MEF2 Activation in Cardiovascular Development

Author:

Kang Yujung1,Kim Jongmin1,Anderson Joshua P.1,Wu Jingxia1,Gleim Scott R.1,Kundu Ramendra K.1,McLean Danielle L.1,Kim Jun-dae1,Park Hyekyung1,Jin Suk-won1,Hwa John1,Quertermous Thomas1,Chun Hyung J.1

Affiliation:

1. From the Yale Cardiovascular Research Center, Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (Y.K., J.W., S.R.G., D.L.M., J.d.K., H.P., S.w.J., J.H., H.J.C.); Department of Life Systems, Sookmyung Women's University, Seoul, Korea (J.K.); and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA (J.P.A., R.K.K., T.Q.).

Abstract

Rationale: The peptide ligand apelin and its receptor APJ constitute a signaling pathway with numerous effects on the cardiovascular system, including cardiovascular development in model organisms such as xenopus and zebrafish. Objective: This study aimed to characterize the embryonic lethal phenotype of the Apj −/− mice and to define the involved downstream signaling targets. Methods and Results: We report the first characterization of the embryonic lethality of the Apj −/− mice. More than half of the expected Apj −/− embryos died in utero because of cardiovascular developmental defects. Those succumbing to early embryonic death had markedly deformed vasculature of the yolk sac and the embryo, as well as poorly looped hearts with aberrantly formed right ventricles and defective atrioventricular cushion formation. Apj −/− embryos surviving to later stages demonstrated incomplete vascular maturation because of a deficiency of vascular smooth muscle cells and impaired myocardial trabeculation and ventricular wall development. The molecular mechanism implicates a novel, noncanonical signaling pathway downstream of apelin-APJ involving Gα13, which induces histone deacetylase (HDAC) 4 and HDAC5 phosphorylation and cytoplasmic translocation, resulting in activation of myocyte enhancer factor 2. Apj −/− mice have greater endocardial Hdac4 and Hdac5 nuclear localization and reduced expression of the myocyte enhancer factor 2 (MEF2) transcriptional target Krüppel-like factor 2 . We identify a number of commonly shared transcriptional targets among apelin-APJ, Gα13, and MEF2 in endothelial cells, which are significantly decreased in the Apj −/− embryos and endothelial cells. Conclusions: Our results demonstrate a novel role for apelin-APJ signaling as a potent regulator of endothelial MEF2 function in the developing cardiovascular system.

Publisher

Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

Subject

Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine,Physiology

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