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NATURE METABOLISM
Volume 2, Issue 8, Pages 717-+Publisher
NATURE RESEARCH
DOI: 10.1038/s42255-020-0227-4
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31571337, 81770658, 31700144]
- National Key Research and Development Program of China [2017YFA0504102]
- Excellent Talent Project of Tianjin Medical University [19JCJQJC63800, 17JCQNJC10600]
- Tianjin Municipal Science and Technology Commission
- Tianjin Municipal Education Commission [2019ZD027]
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Metabolic reprogramming is emerging as a key pathological contributor to the progression of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), but the molecular mechanisms underlying dysregulated cellular metabolism in cystic cells remain elusive. Super-enhancers (SEs) are large clusters of transcriptional enhancers that drive robust expression of cell identity and disease genes. Here, we show that SEs undergo extensive remodelling during cystogenesis and that SE-associated transcripts are most enriched for metabolic processes in cystic cells. Inhibition of cyclin-dependent kinase 7 (CDK7), a transcriptional kinase required for assembly and maintenance of SEs, or AMP deaminase 3 (AMPD3), one of the SE-driven and CDK7-controlled metabolic target genes, delays cyst growth in ADPKD mouse models. In a cohort of people with ADPKD, CDK7 expression was frequently elevated, and its expression was correlated with AMPD3 expression and disease severity. Together, our findings elucidate a mechanism by which SE controls transcription of metabolic genes during cystogenesis, and identify SE-driven meta-bolic reprogramming as a promising therapeutic target for ADPKD treatment.
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