Transcriptome and DNA Methylome Dynamics during Triclosan-Induced Cardiomyocyte Differentiation Toxicity.
Guizhen DuMingming YuLingling WangWeiyue HuLing SongChuncheng LuXinru WangPublished in: Stem cells international (2018)
Cardiac development is a dynamic process and sensitive to environmental chemicals. Triclosan is widely used as an antibacterial agent and reported to transport across the placenta and affect embryonic development. Here, we used human embryonic stem cell- (hESC-) derived cardiomyocytes (CMs) to determine the effects of TCS exposure on cardiac development. After TCS treatment, the differentiation process was significantly blocked and spontaneous beating rates of CMs were also decreased. Transcriptome analysis showed the dysregulation of genes involved in cardiogenesis, including GATA4 and TNNT2. Additionally, DNA methylation was also altered by TCS exposure, especially in those regions with GATA motif enrichment. These alterations of transcriptome and DNA methylation were all associated with signaling pathways integral to heart development. Our findings indicate that TCS exposure might cause cardiomyocyte differentiation toxicity and provide the new insights into how environmental factors regulate DNA methylation and gene expressions during heart development.
Keyphrases
- dna methylation
- genome wide
- gene expression
- stem cells
- high glucose
- heart failure
- endothelial cells
- transcription factor
- left ventricular
- signaling pathway
- oxidative stress
- rna seq
- single cell
- atrial fibrillation
- bone marrow
- pi k akt
- mesenchymal stem cells
- risk assessment
- climate change
- cell proliferation
- endoplasmic reticulum stress
- circulating tumor
- nucleic acid
- circulating tumor cells