Histone demethylase KDM5B catalyzed H3K4me3 demethylation to promote differentiation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells into cardiomyocytes

Abstract

Background Studies have shown that histone H3 methylation is involved in regulating the differentiation of Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells (BMSCs). KDM5B can specifically reduce the level of histone 3 lysine 4 trimethylation (H3K4me3), thereby activating the expression of related genes and participating in biological processes such as cell differentiation, embryonic development and tumor formation. Whether KDM5B is involved in the regulation of BMSCs differentiation into cardiomyocytes through the above manner has not been reported. Objective To investigate the effect of KDM5B on the induction and differentiation of swine BMSCs into myocardial cells in vitro. Methods Swine bone marrow BMSCs were isolated and cultured, and the overexpression, interference expression and blank vector of KMD5B were constructed and transfected by lentivirus. BMSCs was induced to differentiate into cardiomyocytes by 5-azacytidine (5-AZA) in vitro, and the differentiation efficiency was compared by immunofluorescence, RT-PCR, Western Blot and whole-cell patch clamp detection. Result Compared with the control group, the expression levels of histone H3K4me3 and pluripotency gene Nanog in KDM5B overexpression group were significantly decreased, while the expression level of key myocardial gene HCN4 and myocardial marker gene α-Actin and cTNT were significantly increased, and the Na+ current density on the surface of differentiated myocardial cell membrane was significantly increased. Meanwhile, the corresponding results of the KDM5B silent expression group were just opposite. Conclusions It indicated that enhanced KDM5B expression could promote the differentiation of BMSCs into cardiomyocytes and improve the differentiation efficiency by controlling H3K4 methylation levels.