UMMS Affiliation
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine; Department of Molecular, Cell, and Cancer Biology; UMass Metabolic Network
Publication Date
2017-11-01
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Biochemistry | Cell Biology | Cellular and Molecular Physiology | Molecular Biology
Abstract
Lymphedema, the most common lymphatic anomaly, involves defective lymphatic valve development; yet the epigenetic modifiers underlying lymphatic valve morphogenesis remain elusive. Here, we showed that during mouse development, the histone-modifying enzyme histone deacetylase 3 (Hdac3) regulates the formation of both lymphovenous valves, which maintain the separation of the blood and lymphatic vascular systems, and the lymphatic valves. Endothelium-specific ablation of Hdac3 in mice led to blood-filled lymphatic vessels, edema, defective lymphovenous valve morphogenesis, improper lymphatic drainage, defective lymphatic valve maturation, and complete lethality. Hdac3-deficient lymphovenous valves and lymphatic vessels exhibited reduced expression of the transcription factor Gata2 and its target genes. In response to oscillatory shear stress, the transcription factors Tal1, Gata2, and Ets1/2 physically interacted with and recruited Hdac3 to the evolutionarily conserved E-box-GATA-ETS composite element of a Gata2 intragenic enhancer. In turn, Hdac3 recruited histone acetyltransferase Ep300 to form an enhanceosome complex that promoted Gata2 expression. Together, these results identify Hdac3 as a key epigenetic modifier that maintains blood-lymph separation and integrates both extrinsic forces and intrinsic cues to regulate lymphatic valve development.
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DOI of Published Version
10.1172/JCI92852
Source
J Clin Invest. 2017 Nov 1;127(11):4193-4206. doi: 10.1172/JCI92852. Epub 2017 Oct 16. Link to article on publisher's site
Journal/Book/Conference Title
The Journal of clinical investigation
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PubMed ID
29035278
Repository Citation
Janardhan, Harish P.; Milstone, Zachary J.; Shin, Masahiro; Lawson, Nathan D.; Keaney, John F. Jr.; and Trivedi, Chinmay M., "Hdac3 regulates lymphovenous and lymphatic valve formation" (2017). UMass Metabolic Network Publications. 150.
https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/metnet_pubs/150
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