Fig. 3 Hey2 preserves cardiac homeostasis by negatively regulating mitochondrial respiration pathways.a Pearson correlation coefficients analysis showing the correlation between biological replicates of aligned RNA-seq data form hey2-mOE and control hearts. Correlation coefficient closer to 1 indicates better agreement. 3 biological replicates. b Volcano plot of expressed genes in hey2-mOE-1 wpi and control hearts. The colored dots were the differentially expressed genes (DEGs). Red: upregulated DEGs, green: downregulated DEGs. The horizontal dot line indicated Q?0.05. The vertical line indicated fold change of 2. c GO analysis based on cellular component of downregulated genes in the hey2-mOE-1 wpi profile. d Heatmap of expression profile of affected mitochondrial ETC complex I, II, III, IV and V genes in hey2-mOE-1 wpi and control heart (FC?>?1.5 and Q?0.05). e, f Western blots analysis and quantification of ETC complexes in hey2-mOE and control heart at the age of 2 months. 3 biological replicates. g Heatmap of expression profile of master regulators of mitochondria biogenesis in hey2-mOE-1 wpi and control heart (FC?>?1.4 and Q?0.05). h, i Western blots analysis and quantification of PGC1A, ESRRA, CPT1A and Flag-HEY2 protein in Adv-Hey2- and Adv-Ctrl-infected NRVMs. 3 biological replicates. j MitoTracker Red CMXRos (red) staining measuring the mitochondrial mass of Adv-Hey2- and Adv-Ctrl-infected NRVMs. The NRVMs was marked by CM marker ?-actinin (green). The anti-Flag antibody showed the nuclear-located HEY2-Flag protein (yellow). Scale bar: 50?µm. k Quantification of MitoTracker Red fluorescent intensity in Adv-Hey2- and Adv-Ctrl-infected NRVMs. Adv-Ctrl: n?=?69, Adv-Hey2: n?=?38. l Measurement of FAO activities in Adv-Hey2- and Adv-Ctrl-infected NRVMs. 3 biological replicates. m GO analysis based on cellular component of upregulated genes in the hey25nt-/- profile. n Representative long-axis M-mode echocardiography images of hey2+/+ and hey25nt-/- hearts at the age of 3 months. o Echocardiography analysis of EF and VIDd of hey2+/+ and hey25nt-/- hearts. hey2+/+: n?=?9, hey25nt-/-: n?=?12. Data presents as mean?±?SD, *P?0.05, **P?0.01, ***P?0.001, ****P?0.0001, Student?s t-test (unpaired, two-tailed) (k, l, o) or Multiple t tests (two-tailed) (f, i). Source data are provided as a Source Data file.
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