[HTML][HTML] Disease model of GATA4 mutation reveals transcription factor cooperativity in human cardiogenesis

YS Ang, RN Rivas, AJS Ribeiro, R Srivas, J Rivera… - Cell, 2016 - cell.com
YS Ang, RN Rivas, AJS Ribeiro, R Srivas, J Rivera, NR Stone, K Pratt, TMA Mohamed
Cell, 2016cell.com
Mutation of highly conserved residues in transcription factors may affect protein-protein or
protein-DNA interactions, leading to gene network dysregulation and human disease.
Human mutations in GATA4, a cardiogenic transcription factor, cause cardiac septal defects
and cardiomyopathy. Here, iPS-derived cardiomyocytes from subjects with a heterozygous
GATA4-G296S missense mutation showed impaired contractility, calcium handling, and
metabolic activity. In human cardiomyocytes, GATA4 broadly co-occupied cardiac …
Summary
Mutation of highly conserved residues in transcription factors may affect protein-protein or protein-DNA interactions, leading to gene network dysregulation and human disease. Human mutations in GATA4, a cardiogenic transcription factor, cause cardiac septal defects and cardiomyopathy. Here, iPS-derived cardiomyocytes from subjects with a heterozygous GATA4-G296S missense mutation showed impaired contractility, calcium handling, and metabolic activity. In human cardiomyocytes, GATA4 broadly co-occupied cardiac enhancers with TBX5, another transcription factor that causes septal defects when mutated. The GATA4-G296S mutation disrupted TBX5 recruitment, particularly to cardiac super-enhancers, concomitant with dysregulation of genes related to the phenotypic abnormalities, including cardiac septation. Conversely, the GATA4-G296S mutation led to failure of GATA4 and TBX5-mediated repression at non-cardiac genes and enhanced open chromatin states at endothelial/endocardial promoters. These results reveal how disease-causing missense mutations can disrupt transcriptional cooperativity, leading to aberrant chromatin states and cellular dysfunction, including those related to morphogenetic defects.
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