Abstract
WDR1 is a major cofactor of the actin depolymerizing factor (ADF)/cofilin, accelerating ADF/cofilin-mediated actin disassembly. We had previously showed that WDR1-mediated actin dynamics is required for postnatal myocardial growth and adult myocardial maintenance in mice, in which the detailed phenotypes of adult cardiomyocyte-specific Wdr1 deletion mice had not been analyzed. In this study, we systematically analyzed the role of Wdr1 in adult mouse heart. Adult cardiomyocyte-specific Wdr1 deletion mice (cKO) exhibited cardiac hypertrophy and myocardial fibrosis. Echocardiographic study and electrocardiography revealed impaired contractile function, prolonged QT interval and Tpeak-Tend interval, and abnormal T-wave amplitude in cKO mice. Increased levels of sarcomeric proteins, adherens junction proteins and cofilin, and severe actin filament (F-actin) accumulations were observed in cKO mice heart. Taken together, this finding demonstrates that WDR1 is a critical factor for normal structure and function of adult mouse heart.
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