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Myocardin is required for maintenance of vascular and visceral smooth muscle
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Huang J
; Wang T
; Wright AC
; Yang J
; Zhou S
; Li L
; Yang J
; Small A
; Parmacek MS
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
2015[Apr]; 112
(14
): 4447-52
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Myocardin is a muscle-restricted transcriptional coactivator that activates a
serum response factor (SRF)-dependent gene program required for cardiogenesis and
embryonic survival. To identify myocardin-dependent functions in smooth muscle
cells (SMCs) during postnatal development, mice harboring a SMC-restricted
conditional, inducible Myocd null mutation were generated and characterized.
Tamoxifen-treated SMMHC-Cre(ERT2)/Myocd(F/F) conditional mutant mice die within 6
mo of Myocd gene deletion, exhibiting profound derangements in the structure of
great arteries as well as the gastrointestinal and genitourinary tracts.
Conditional mutant mice develop arterial aneurysms, dissection, and rupture,
recapitulating pathology observed in heritable forms of thoracic aortic aneurysm
and dissection (TAAD). SMCs populating arteries of Myocd conditional mutant mice
modulate their phenotype by down-regulation of SMC contractile genes and
up-regulation of extracellular matrix proteins. Surprisingly, this is accompanied
by SMC autonomous activation of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and autophagy,
which over time progress to programmed cell death. Consistent with these
observations, Myocd conditional mutant mice develop remarkable dilation of the
stomach, small intestine, bladder, and ureters attributable to the loss of
visceral SMCs disrupting the muscularis mucosa. Taken together, these data
demonstrate that during postnatal development, myocardin plays a unique, and
important, role required for maintenance and homeostasis of the vasculature,
gastrointestinal, and genitourinary tracts. The loss of myocardin in SMCs
triggers ER stress and autophagy, which transitions to apoptosis, revealing
evolutionary conservation of myocardin function in SMCs and cardiomyocytes.