RNA sequencing data of Ing4;Ing5 double knock-out embryonic mouse hearts
Inhibitor of growth 4 and 5 (ING4 and ING5) are chromatin-binding proteins in the KAT6A, KAT6B and KAT7 histone acetyltransferase protein complexes. Heterozygous mutations in the KAT6A or KAT6B gene cause human disorders with cardiac defects, but the contribution of their chromatin adaptor proteins to development is unknown. We found that Ing5–/– mice had isolated cardiac ventricular septal defects. ING4 and ING5 are structurally similar proteins, suggesting a degree of redundancy. Combined loss of ING4 and ING5 caused developmental arrest at embryonic day E8.5, loss of histone H3 lysine 14 acetylation (H3K14ac), a reduction in H3K23ac levels and disruption of developmental gene expression in Ing4–/–Ing5–/– compared to control embryos. E12.5 Ing4+/–Ing5–/– hearts showed a paucity of epicardial cells and epicardium-derived cells, failure of myocardium compaction and coronary vasculature defects, accompanied by a reduction in the expression of epicardium genes compared to control hearts. In addition, a reduction in the expression of genes required for cell adhesion, both in whole E8.75 Ing4–/–Ing5–/– embryos and in E10.5 Ing4+/–Ing5–/– hearts compared to controls was observed. In vitro assessment of fibroblast and proepicardium explants revealed cell spreading and outgrowth defects. Our findings suggest that ING4 and ING5 are essential for heart development and promote epicardium and epicardium-derived cell fates and mutation of the human ING5 gene as a possible cause of isolated ventricular septal defects. Overall design: RNA seqencing data was generated from embryonic mouse hearts taken at embryonic day 8.25 or 8.75 (E8.25 or E8.75). The embryos were either wild type (WT) or Ing4-/-;Ing5-/- double knock-outs. Each genotype group has n=5 biological repcliates.  Differential expression analyses were conducted between the genotype groups.