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However, the roles of PW1 and DNPB in ECM production by cardiac fibroblasts during myocardial ischemia are not yet understood.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>METHODS:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      To induce myocardial damage, we performed left anterior descending coronary artery ligation. We generated\n                      <jats:italic>Pw1<\/jats:italic>\n                      <jats:sup>\n                        <jats:italic>CreER-2A-eGFP<\/jats:italic>\n                      <\/jats:sup>\n                      and\n                      <jats:italic>Pw1<\/jats:italic>\n                      <jats:sup>\n                        <jats:italic>2A-CreER<\/jats:italic>\n                      <\/jats:sup>\n                      knock-in mouse lines to evaluate the expression of the 2\n                      <jats:italic>Pw1<\/jats:italic>\n                      alleles in normal and injured hearts. Bisulfite sequencing was used to analyze the DNA methylation of the\n                      <jats:italic>Pw1<\/jats:italic>\n                      imprinting control region. We identified the phosphoribosylformylglycinamidine synthase (\n                      <jats:italic>Pfas<\/jats:italic>\n                      ) gene, encoding the DNPB enzyme PFAS, as a direct target of PW1 using chromatin immunoprecipitation sequencing and real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction. The role of DNPB in ECM production and cardiac fibrosis after injury was examined in vitro using cultured cardiac fibroblasts and in vivo with\n                      <jats:italic>Pfas<\/jats:italic>\n                      -deficient mice.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>RESULTS:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Our study demonstrates that myocardial infarction reduces DNA methylation at the imprinting control region of the maternally imprinted gene\n                      <jats:italic>Pw1<\/jats:italic>\n                      , triggering a switch from monoallelic imprinting to biallelic expression of\n                      <jats:italic>Pw1<\/jats:italic>\n                      in cardiac fibroblasts. In activated cardiac fibroblasts, increased\n                      <jats:italic>Pw1<\/jats:italic>\n                      expression promotes purine biosynthesis and induces ECM production by transcriptionally activating the DNPB factor\n                      <jats:italic>Pfas<\/jats:italic>\n                      . We identified that DNPB is essential for ECM production in activated fibroblasts and that loss of\n                      <jats:italic>Pfas<\/jats:italic>\n                      in fibroblasts limits cardiac fibrosis and improves heart function after injury.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>CONCLUSIONS:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      This study demonstrates that\n                      <jats:italic>Pw1<\/jats:italic>\n                      imprinting is disrupted after injury and reveals a novel role for the downstream target PFAS in ECM production and cardiac fibrogenesis. Targeting the PW1\/PFAS signaling pathway presents a promising therapeutic strategy for improving cardiac repair after injury.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1161\/circulationaha.124.070738","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,12,20]],"date-time":"2024-12-20T05:00:19Z","timestamp":1734670819000},"page":"623-639","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1161\/crossmarkpolicy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":19,"title":["Activation of Imprinted Gene\n                    <i>PW1<\/i>\n                    Promotes Cardiac Fibrosis After Ischemic Injury"],"prefix":"10.1161","volume":"151","author":[{"given":"Shan","family":"Kou","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Life Science and Technology (S.K., D.D., M.Y., Y.S., T.F., Z.J., J.M., C.L., X.L., H.Z.), ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China."},{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Diseases and Medical Innovation Center, Shanghai East 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