scholarly journals Antiretroviral Drugs Regulate Epigenetic Modification of Cardiac Cells Through Modulation of H3K9 and H3K27 Acetylation

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shiridhar Kashyap ◽  
Avni Mukker ◽  
Deepti Gupta ◽  
Prasun K. Datta ◽  
Jay Rappaport ◽  
...  

Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has significantly reduced the rate of mortality in HIV infected population, but people living with HIV (PLWH) show higher rates of cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, the effect of antiretroviral (ARV) drug treatment on cardiac cells is not clear. In this study, we explored the effect of ARV drugs in cardiomyocyte epigenetic remodeling. Primary cardiomyocytes were treated with a combination of four ARV drugs (ritonavir, abacavir, atazanavir, and lamivudine), and epigenetic changes were examined. Our data suggest that ARV drugs treatment significantly reduces acetylation at H3K9 and H3K27 and promotes methylation at H3K9 and H3K27, which are histone marks for gene expression activation and gene repression, respectively. Besides, ARV drugs treatment causes pathological changes in the cell through increased production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and cellular hypertrophy. Further, the expression of chromatin remodeling enzymes was monitored in cardiomyocytes treated with ARV drugs using PCR array. The PCR array data indicated that the expression of epigenetic enzymes was differentially regulated in the ARV drugs treated cardiomyocytes. Consistent with the PCR array result, SIRT1, SUV39H1, and EZH2 protein expression was significantly upregulated in ARV drugs treated cardiomyocytes. Furthermore, gene expression analysis of the heart tissue from HIV+ patients showed that the expression of SIRT1, SUV39H1, and EZH2 was up-regulated in patients with a history of ART. Additionally, we found that expression of SIRT1 can protect cardiomyocytes in presence of ARV drugs through reduction of cellular ROS and cellular hypertrophy. Our results reveal that ARV drugs modulate the epigenetic histone markers involved in gene expression, and play a critical role in histone deacetylation at H3K9 and H3K27 during cellular stress. This study may lead to development of novel therapeutic strategies for the treatment of CVD in PLWH.

Cells ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 3458
Author(s):  
Shiridhar Kashyap ◽  
Maryam Rabbani ◽  
Isabela de Lima ◽  
Olena Kondrachuk ◽  
Raj Patel ◽  
...  

People living with HIV (PLWH) have to take an antiretroviral therapy (ART) for life and show noncommunicable illnesses such as chronic inflammation, immune activation, and multiorgan dysregulation. Recent studies suggest that long-term use of ART induces comorbid conditions and is one of the leading causes of heart failure in PLWH. However, the molecular mechanism of antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) induced heart failure is unclear. To determine the mechanism of ARVs induced cardiac dysfunction, we performed global transcriptomic profiling of ARVs treated neonatal rat ventricular cardiomyocytes in culture. Differentially expressed genes were identified by RNA-sequencing. Our data show that ARVs treatment causes upregulation of several biological functions associated with cardiotoxicity, hypertrophy, and heart failure. Global gene expression data were validated in cardiac tissue isolated from HIV patients having a history of ART. Interestingly, we found that homeodomain-only protein homeobox (HOPX) expression was significantly increased in cardiomyocytes treated with ARVs and in the heart tissue of HIV patients. Furthermore, we found that HOPX plays a crucial role in ARVs mediated cellular hypertrophy. Mechanistically, we found that HOPX plays a critical role in epigenetic regulation, through deacetylation of histone, while the HDAC inhibitor, Trichostatin A, can restore the acetylation level of histone 3 in the presence of ARVs.


2020 ◽  
Vol 127 (Suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Manish Gupta ◽  
Kaylyn Scanlon ◽  
Avni Mukker ◽  
Deepti Gupta ◽  
Jay Rappaport ◽  
...  

Background: Antiretroviral therapy (ART) improves the survival of people living with HIV (PLHIV); however, the rate of cardiovascular disorder and heart failure is significantly increased among the PLHIV. Molecular basis of heart failure in the PLHIV undergoing antiretroviral drug treatment is not clear. The aim of this study is to explore the role of antiretroviral drugs in post translational modification of histones and its epigenetic regulation of gene expression in cardiomyocytes. Methods and Results: Primary rat ventricular cardiomyocytes were treated with a combination of antiretroviral drugs (5 μM of Atazanavir, Abacavir, Ritonavir and Lamivudine) for 4, 12 and 24 hours, and expression of major histone marks playing a role in gene activation (H3K9ac and H3K27ac) and repression (H3K27me3, H3K9me3) were evaluated by western blotting. Our data suggest that treatment with antiretroviral drugs leads to de-acetylation at H3K9ac and H3K27ac, and promotes methylation at H3K27me3 and H3k9me3. Additionally, the expression of epigenetic modifying enzymes was examined by PCR array in cardiomyocytes treated with antiretroviral drugs. PCR array data show that histone deacetylase enzyme Sirt1/2, and methyltransferase enzyme Suv39h1 and Ezh12 were upregulated in drug treated cardiomyocytes. Further, western blot data show that Sirt1, Suv39h1 and Ezh2 protein expression was significantly upregulated in drugs treated cardiomyocytes. Moreover, expression analysis of human cardiac tissue further shows that expression of Sirt1, Suv39h1 and Ezh2 was significantly upregulated in HIV+ patients heart compares to healthy donor. Mechanistically, our data show that expression of epigenetic modifying enzymes was differentially regulated in drug treated cardiomyocytes which may lead to epigenetic modifications of histone proteins. Conclusion: Antiretroviral drug treatment promotes epigenetic alteration in the chromatin which may lead to a change in gene expression of cardiomyocytes. This study may lead to novel therapeutic strategies for the treatment of heart failure in PLWHA.


2021 ◽  
Vol 129 (Suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shiridhar Kashyap ◽  
Olena Kondrachuk ◽  
Manish K Gupta

Background: Heart failure is the one of the leading causes of death in HIV patients. Application ofantiretroviral therapy (ART) raise the life expectancy of HIV patients, but survival population show higherrisk of cardiovascular disorder. The aim of this study is to understand the underlying molecular mechanismof antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) induced cardiac dysfunction in HIV patients. Method and Results: To determine the mechanism of ARVs induced cardiac dysfunction, we performeda global transcriptomic profiling in primary cardiomyocytes treated with ARVs. Differentially expressedgenes were identified by DESeq2. Functional enrichment analysis of differentially expressed genes wereperformed using clusterProfiler R and ingenuity pathway analysis. Our data show that ARVs treatmentcauses upregulation of several biological function associated with cardiotoxicity and heart failure.Interestingly, we found that ARV drugs treatment significantly upregulates the expression of a set of genesinvolved cardiac enlargement and hypertrophy in the heart. Global gene expression data were validated inthe cardiac tissue isolated from the HIV patients having history of ART treatment. Interestingly, we foundthat the homeodomain-containing only protein homeobox (HOPX) expression was significantly increasedin transcriptional and translational level in cardiomyocytes treated with ARV drugs as well as in heart tissueof ART treated HIV patients. Further, we performed adenovirus mediated gain in and siRNA mediatedknockdown approach to determine the role of HOPX in ARVs mediated cardiac hypertrophy and epigeneticmodifications. Mechanistically, we found that HOPX expression level plays a key role in ARV drugsmediated increased cardiomyocytes cell size and reduced acetylation level of histone 3 at lysine 9 and lysine27. Furthermore, we found that knockdown of HOPX gene expression blunted the hypertrophy effect ofARV drugs in cardiomyocytes. It is known that HOPX reduces cellular acetylation level through interactionwith HDAC2. In our study, we found that histone deacetylase inhibitor Trichostatin A can restore cellularacetylation level in presence of ARVs. Conclusion: ART treatment causes cardiotoxicity through regulation of fatal gene expression incardiomyocytes and in adult heart. Additionally, we found that HOPX expression is critical in ARVsmediated cardiomyocytes remodeling and epigenetic modification.


2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (5_suppl) ◽  
pp. 25-25
Author(s):  
Yuanyuan Shen ◽  
Justin Hummel ◽  
Isabel Cristina Trindade ◽  
Christos Papageorgiou ◽  
Chi-Ren Shyu ◽  
...  

25 Background: Low cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTLs) infiltration in colorectal cancer (CRC) tumors is a challenge to treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitors. Consensus molecular subtypes (CMS) classify patients based on tumor attributes, and CMS1 patients include the majority of patients with high CTL infiltration and “inflamed” tumors. Epigenetic modification plays a critical role in gene expression and therapy resistance. Therefore, in this study we compared DNA methylation, gene expression, and CTL infiltration of CMS1 patients to other CMS groups to determine targets for improving immunotherapy in CRC. Methods: RNA-seq (n = 511) and DNA methylation (n = 316) from The Cancer Genome Atlas databases were used to determine gene expression and methylation profiles based on CMSs. CMS1 was used as a reference and compared to other subtypes (CMS2-4). Microenvironment Cell Populations- counter (MCPcounter) was used to determine tumor CTL infiltration. Genes with significantly different expression (p < 0.01, LogFC≥|1.5|) and difference of mean methylation β value ≥|0.25| were integrated for Pearson correlation coefficient analysis with MCPcounter score (r > |0.7|). Results: Comparing CMS1 and CMS2, ARHGAP9, TBX21, and LAG3 were differentially methylated and correlated with CTL scores. ARHGAP9 and TBX21 were decreased and hypomethylated in CMS2. Comparing CMS1 and CMS3, ARHGAP9, TBX21, FMNL1, HLA-DPB1, and STX11 were downregulated in CMS3 and highly correlated with CTL scores. ARHGAP9, FMNL1, HLA-DPB1, and STX11 were hypomethylated in CMS3 and TBX21 was methylated in both, but had a higher methylation ratio in CMS1. Comparing CMS1 and CMS4, TBX21 was the only gene downregulated, hypomethylated, and highly correlated with CTL scores in CMS4 patients. Conclusions: We found six genes differentially expressed, differentially methylated, and highly correlated with CTL infiltration when comparing CMS1 to other CMS groups. Specifically, TBX21 was the only gene highly correlated with CTL scores with differential gene expression and methylation in CMS2-4 when compared to CMS1. Thus, T-bet may be a critical regulator of T cell responses in CRC.


2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S157-S157
Author(s):  
M Ghiboub ◽  
J de Bruyn ◽  
K Reedquist ◽  
T Radstake ◽  
C Wichers ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Histone deacetylases (HDACs) are a group of enzymes that control histone and non-histone deacetylation and influence inflammatory gene transcription. Certain members of the HDAC family control the function of macrophages and play an important role in immune response. In this study, we aimed to study the expression of HDACs in mucosal macrophages isolated from inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) patients. Methods Both macroscopically inflamed and non-inflamed colon resection tissue were collected from 15 Crohn’s disease (CD) and nine ulcerative colitis (UC) patients operated on for therapy refractory disease. Of the CD patients, 53% had ileal and 47% ileocolonic disease. Of the UC patients, 44% had left-sided colitis and 56% pancolitis. Lamina propria was separated from the muscularis externa, and a targeted array for epigenetic enzymes was performed. To assess the relevance of HDAC9 gene expression in terms of protein level, immunofluorescence staining of HDAC9 protein was undertaken in tissue sections from inflamed and non-inflamed mucosa. CD68 was used as a pan-macrophage marker. Results From our array, expression of HDAC9 was significantly higher in the inflamed mucosa of CD patients compared with UC patients (p = 0.005). Gene expression of HDAC9 in non-inflamed mucosa from CD was elevated compared with non-inflamed mucosa from UC. In addition, in CD, HDAC9 mRNA level was increased in inflamed tissue in comparison to non-inflamed tissue (p = 0.046). In conjunction with the expression data, HDAC9 protein was found highly expressed in inflamed tissue. HDAC9 was predominantly localised in the cytoplasmic compartment of macrophages in non-inflamed tissue whilst HDAC9 localised to the nucleus of macrophages in inflamed tissue. Conclusion HDAC9 is member of class IIA HDAC superfamily that exerts pro-inflammatory properties. The inhibition of HDAC9 in experimental murine colitis clearly enhances regulatory T-cell function, suggesting a critical role for HDAC9 in breaching immune homeostasis (de Zoeten EF et al, 2009). We suggest here that HDAC9 can serve as an additional marker to distinguish CD from UC in tissue biopsies. Furthermore, we show for the first time that HDAC9 protein is expressed in mucosal macrophages of CD patients, indicating its potential in mediating macrophage inflammatory function in IBD. Further studies are currently being undertaken to elucidate the role of HDAC9 in CD pathogenesis.


2015 ◽  
Vol Volume 111 (Number 11/12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gbenga A. Adefolaju ◽  
Kathrine E. Theron ◽  
Margot J. Hosie ◽  
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◽  
...  

Abstract Currently, the treatment of choice of HIV/AIDS in South Africa is the multidrug combination regimen known as HAART (highly active antiretroviral treatment). HAART, which commonly consists of nucleoside or non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors and protease inhibitors, has radically decreased mortality and morbidity rates among people living with HIV/AIDS. The emphasis of the original development of the antiretroviral drugs was on clinical effectiveness (reducing mortality). Presently, emphasis has shifted from the initial short- term considerations to the long-term undesirable or harmful effects induced by this treatment regimen. Whether antiretroviral compounds are oncogenic is widely speculated, which led to this investigation into the effects of protease inhibitors on the expression of key apoptotic regulatory genes, BAX and BCL-2, in two human breast cell lines, MCF-7 and MCF-10A by real-time qPCR gene expression and immunofluorescence. The anti-apoptotic effects of the protease inhibitors – LPV/r were also investigated by cell death detection ELISA and acridine orange staining. This study also evaluated the cytotoxicity of the antiretroviral drugs in normal and cancer cell lines of the breast (at clinically relevant concentrations of the drugs and at different time points, 24–96 h), employing the neutral red uptake assay. The drugs and combinations tested did not alter BAX and BCL-2 gene expression and protein expression and localisation in both cell lines. In addition, the protease inhibitors–LPV/r did not inhibit camptothecin-induced apoptosis in both cell lines. We have shown that the protease inhibitors demonstrated varying degrees of cytotoxicity in the breast cells. The resulting DNA damage associated with cytotoxicity is strongly implicated in the processes of tumour initiation.


2017 ◽  
Vol 114 (13) ◽  
pp. E2689-E2698 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emilie Demoinet ◽  
Shaolin Li ◽  
Richard Roy

Life history events, such as traumatic stress, illness, or starvation, can influence us through molecular changes that are recorded in a pattern of characteristic chromatin modifications. These modifications are often associated with adaptive adjustments in gene expression that can persist throughout the lifetime of the organism, or even span multiple generations. Although these adaptations may confer some selective advantage, if they are not appropriately regulated they can also be maladaptive in a context-dependent manner. We show here that during periods of acute starvation in Caenorhabditis elegans larvae, the master metabolic regulator AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) plays a critical role in blocking modifications to the chromatin landscape. This ensures that gene expression remains inactive in the germ-line precursors during adverse conditions. In its absence, critical chromatin modifications occur in the primordial germ cells (PGCs) of emergent starved L1 larvae that correlate with compromised reproductive fitness of the generation that experienced the stress, but also in the subsequent generations that never experienced the initial event. Our findings suggest that AMPK regulates the activity of the chromatin modifying COMPASS complex (complex proteins associated with Set1) to ensure that chromatin marks are not established until nutrient/energy contingencies are satisfied. Our study provides molecular insight that links metabolic adaptation to transgenerational epigenetic modification in response to acute periods of starvation.


Cells ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 3137
Author(s):  
Juan Pablo Rigalli ◽  
Dirk Theile ◽  
Julie Nilles ◽  
Johanna Weiss

The pregnane X receptor (PXR, NR1I2) is a nuclear receptor which exerts its regulatory function by heterodimerization with the retinoid-X-receptor α (RXRα, NR2B1) and binding to the promoter and enhancer regions of diverse target genes. PXR is involved in the regulation of drug metabolism and excretion, metabolic and immunological functions and cancer pathogenesis. PXR activity is strongly regulated by the association with coactivator and corepressor proteins. Coactivator proteins exhibit histone acetyltransferase or histone methyltransferase activity or associate with proteins having one of these activities, thus promoting chromatin decondensation and activation of the gene expression. On the contrary, corepressor proteins promote histone deacetylation and therefore favor chromatin condensation and repression of the gene expression. Several studies pointed to clear cell- and ligand-specific differences in the activation of PXR. In this article, we will review the critical role of coactivator and corepressor proteins as molecular determinants of the specificity of PXR-mediated effects. As already known for other nuclear receptors, understanding the complex mechanism of PXR activation in each cell type and under particular physiological and pathophysiological conditions may lead to the development of selective modulators with therapeutic potential.


2020 ◽  
Vol 94 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Venkata Viswanadh Edara ◽  
Anuja Ghorpade ◽  
Kathleen Borgmann

ABSTRACT A significant number of people living with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) suffer from HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND). Many previous studies investigating HIV in astrocytes as a heterogenous population have established the relevance of astrocytes to HIV-associated neuropathogenesis. However, these studies were unable to differentiate the state of infection, i.e., active or latent, or to evaluate how this affects astrocyte biology. In this study, the pseudotyped doubly labeled fluorescent reporter red/green (R/G)-HIV-1 was used to identify and enrich restricted and active populations of HIV+ astrocytes based on the viral promoter activity. Here, we report that the majority of human astrocytes restricted R/G-HIV-1 gene expression early during infection and were resistant to reactivation by vorinostat and interleukin 1β. However, actively infected astrocytes were inducible, leading to increased expression of viral proteins upon reactivation. R/G-HIV-1 infection also significantly decreased the cell proliferation and glutamate clearance ability of astrocytes, which may contribute to excitotoxicity. Moreover, transcriptome analyses to compare gene expression patterns of astrocyte harboring active versus restricted long terminal repeats (LTRs) revealed that the gene expression patterns were similar and that the active population demonstrated more widespread and robust changes. Our data suggest that harboring the HIV genome profoundly alters astrocyte biology and that strategies that keep the virus latent (e.g., block and lock) or those that reactivate the latent virus (e.g., shock and kill) would be detrimental to astrocyte function and possibly augment their contributions to HAND. IMPORTANCE More than 36 million people are living with HIV-1 worldwide, and despite antiretroviral therapy, 30 to 50% of the people living with HIV-1 suffer from mild to moderate neurocognitive disorders. HIV-1 reservoirs in the central nervous system (CNS) are challenging to address due to low penetration of antiretroviral drugs, lack of resident T cells, and permanent integration of provirus into neural cells such as microglia and astrocytes. Several studies have shown astrocyte dysfunction during HIV-1 infection. However, little is known about how HIV-1 latency affects their function. The significance of our research is in identifying that the majority of HIV+ astrocytes restrict HIV expression and were resistant to reactivation. Further, simply harboring the HIV genome profoundly altered astrocyte biology, resulting in a proinflammatory phenotype and functional changes. In this context, therapeutic strategies to reactivate or silence astrocyte HIV reservoirs, without excising proviral DNA, will likely lead to detrimental neuropathological outcomes during HIV CNS infection.


2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tri Nurhudi Sasono

Abstract : Indicator of the health welfare through Sustanable Development Goals (SDGs) is to reduce the incidence of HIV-AIDS, decrease the rate of the epidemic and maintain the quality of life of people living with HIV-AIDS (PLWHA). Trend cases of HIV-AIDS is the most recent spread among people, especially housewives. In Malang until 2015 found 278 Housewife of 409 cases of AIDS. The prevalence of HIV-AIDS in Malang Regency is ranked second after Surabaya city in East Java. For the importance of public participation and citizen care AIDS Cahaya Care Turen take responsibility for the condition. Determination Rule Goverment number 2 2015 year on the Participation of the community response to HIV-AIDS in Malang as a legal rule. Concerned Citizens activities AIDS (WPA). WPA Cahaya Care Turen is increases HIV risk and quality of life PLWHA. The purpose of this study was to determine the role of Citizens AIDS Cahaya Care Quality of Care Turen against people living with HIV in Puskesmas Turen Malang. The study design using a quasi-experimental, with purposive sampling using a sampling technique. Total number of research subjects 23. Based on test results obtained with the Wilcoxon p value <0.005, which means that there is a significant difference before and after PLWHA joining participated in the WPA Cahaya Care Turen. The conclusion of this study is WPA activities involving people living with HIV and at risk groups can optimize compliance with antiretroviral drugs that have an impact on improving the quality of life of PLHIV. Suggestions in this research is done WPA Program activities are structured and ongoing cross-sector in order to improve the quality of life and empower PLWHA.Keywords : WPA Cahaya Care Turen, Quality of life, PLWHA Abstrak : Salah satu indikator kesejahteraan kesehatan melalui Sustanable Development Goals (SDGs) adalah menekan angka kejadian HIV-AIDS, menurunkan laju epidemik dan mempertahankan kualitas hidup Orang dengan HIV-AIDS (ODHA). Trend kasus HIV-AIDS terkini terbanyak adalah menjangkit dikalangan masyarakat khususnya pada ibu rumah tangga. Kabupaten Malang sampai dengan tahun 2015 ditemukan 278 Ibu Rumah Tangga dari 409 kasus AIDS. Prevalensi HIV-AIDS di Kabupaten Malang ini merupakan peringkat kedua di Jawa Timur setelah Kota Surabaya. Untuk itu pentingnya peran serta masyarakat dan warga peduli AIDS Cahaya Care Turen ikut bertanggung jawab terhadap kondisi tersebut. Penetapan Peraturan Bupati Malang no.2 th.2015 tentang Peran serta masyarakat penanggulangan HIV-AIDS di Kabupaten Malang diharapkan dapat mengurangi risiko penularan HIV dan meningkatkan kualitas hidup ODHA. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui Peran Warga Peduli AIDS Cahaya Care Turen terhadap Kualitas ODHA Di Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Turen Kabupaten Malang. Desain penelitian menggunakan quasi eksperimen, dengan teknik sampling menggunakan purposive sampling. Jumlah subyek penelitian sejumlah 23. Berdasarkan hasil uji dengan Wilcoxon didapatkan nilai p value < 0.005 yang berarti bahwa terdapat perbedaan bermakna sebelum dan sesudah ODHA bergabung mengikuti kegiatan WPA Cahaya Care Turen. Kesimpulan dalam penelitian ini adalah kegiatan WPA dengan melibatkan ODHA dan kelompok beresiko dapat mengoptimalkan kepatuhan obat ART sehingga berdampak terhadap peningkatan kualitas hidup ODHA. Saran dalam penelitian ini adalah dilakukannya Program kegiatan WPA yang terstruktur dan berkesinambungan lintas sektor guna meningkatkan kualitas hidup dan memberdayakan ODHA.     Kata kunci : WPA Cahaya Care Turen, kualitas hidup, ODHA


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