RESEARCH ARTICLE

Single-nucleus transcriptomics reveals a gatekeeper role for FOXP1 in primate cardiac aging

  • Yiyuan Zhang 1,2,3,6 ,
  • Yandong Zheng 2,4,5,6 ,
  • Si Wang 9,10,11 ,
  • Yanling Fan 7,8 ,
  • Yanxia Ye 2,5,6 ,
  • Yaobin Jing 3,4,5,6 ,
  • Zunpeng Liu 2,4,5,6 ,
  • Shanshan Yang 9,10 ,
  • Muzhao Xiong 4,7,8 ,
  • Kuan Yang 4,7,8,12 ,
  • Jinghao Hu 9,10 ,
  • Shanshan Che 4,7,8 ,
  • Qun Chu 2,5,6,11 ,
  • Moshi Song 3,4,5,6 ,
  • Guang-Hui Liu , 1,3,4,5,6,10 ,
  • Weiqi Zhang , 4,5,6,7,8,10,12 ,
  • Shuai Ma , 3,4,5,6,11 ,
  • Jing Qu , 2,4,5,6
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  • 1. National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
  • 2. State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
  • 3. State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
  • 4. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 5. Institute for Stem Cell and Regeneration, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
  • 6. Beijing Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, Beijing 100101, China
  • 7. CAS Key Laboratory of Genomic and Precision Medicine, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
  • 8. China National Center for Bioinformation, Beijing 100101, China
  • 9. Aging Translational Medicine Center, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100053, China
  • 10. Advanced Innovation Center for Human Brain Protection, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders, Xuanwu Hospital Capital Medical University, Beijing 100053, China
  • 11. The Fifth People’s Hospital of Chongqing, Chongqing 400062, China
  • 12. Sino-Danish College, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101408, China
ghliu@ioz.ac.cn
zhangwq@big.ac.cn
mashuai@ioz.ac.cn
qujing@ioz.ac.cn

Received date: 16 Jun 2022

Accepted date: 25 Jul 2022

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2022 ©The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Higher Education Press.

Abstract

Aging poses a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, the leading cause of death in the aged population. However, the cell type-specific changes underlying cardiac aging are far from being clear. Here, we performed single-nucleus RNA-sequencing analysis of left ventricles from young and aged cynomolgus monkeys to define cell composition changes and transcriptomic alterations across different cell types associated with age. We found that aged cardiomyocytes underwent a dramatic loss in cell numbers and profound fluctuations in transcriptional profiles. Via transcription regulatory network analysis, we identified FOXP1, a core transcription factor in organ development, as a key downregulated factor in aged cardiomyocytes, concomitant with the dysregulation of FOXP1 target genes associated with heart function and cardiac diseases. Consistently, the deficiency of FOXP1 led to hypertrophic and senescent phenotypes in human embryonic stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes. Altogether, our findings depict the cellular and molecular landscape of ventricular aging at the single-cell resolution, and identify drivers for primate cardiac aging and potential targets for intervention against cardiac aging and associated diseases.

Cite this article

Yiyuan Zhang , Yandong Zheng , Si Wang , Yanling Fan , Yanxia Ye , Yaobin Jing , Zunpeng Liu , Shanshan Yang , Muzhao Xiong , Kuan Yang , Jinghao Hu , Shanshan Che , Qun Chu , Moshi Song , Guang-Hui Liu , Weiqi Zhang , Shuai Ma , Jing Qu . Single-nucleus transcriptomics reveals a gatekeeper role for FOXP1 in primate cardiac aging[J]. Protein & Cell, 2023 , 14(4) : 279 -293 . DOI: 10.1093/procel/pwac038

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