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Chastney MR, Kaivola J, Leppänen VM, Ivaska J. The role and regulation of integrins in cell migration and invasion. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 2025; 26:147-167. [PMID: 39349749 DOI: 10.1038/s41580-024-00777-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/23/2024] [Indexed: 01/29/2025]
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Integrin receptors are the main molecular link between cells and the extracellular matrix (ECM) as well as mediating cell-cell interactions. Integrin-ECM binding triggers the formation of heterogeneous multi-protein assemblies termed integrin adhesion complexes (IACs) that enable integrins to transform extracellular cues into intracellular signals that affect many cellular processes, especially cell motility. Cell migration is essential for diverse physiological and pathological processes and is dysregulated in cancer to favour cell invasion and metastasis. Here, we discuss recent findings on the role of integrins in cell migration with a focus on cancer cell dissemination. We review how integrins regulate the spatial distribution and dynamics of different IACs, covering classical focal adhesions, emerging adhesion types and adhesion regulation. We discuss the diverse roles integrins have during cancer progression from cell migration across varied ECM landscapes to breaching barriers such as the basement membrane, and eventual colonization of distant organs.
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- Megan R Chastney
- Turku Bioscience Centre, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland
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- Turku Bioscience Centre, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland
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- Turku Bioscience Centre, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland
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- Turku Bioscience Centre, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland.
- Department of Life Technologies, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
- InFLAMES Research Flagship Center, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
- Western Finnish Cancer Center (FICAN West), University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
- Foundation for the Finnish Cancer Institute, Helsinki, Finland.
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Wang X, Yu S, Xie L, Xiang M, Ma H. The role of the extracellular matrix in cardiac regeneration. Heliyon 2025; 11:e41157. [PMID: 39834404 PMCID: PMC11745795 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e41157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2024] [Revised: 11/16/2024] [Accepted: 12/11/2024] [Indexed: 01/22/2025] Open
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The extracellular matrix (ECM) is a complex and dynamic three-dimensional network that functions as an architectural scaffold to maintain cardiac homeostasis. Important biochemical and mechanical signals associated with cell‒cell communication are provided via the reciprocal interaction between cells and the ECM. By converting mechanical cues into biochemical signals, the ECM regulates many cell processes, including migration, adhesion, growth, differentiation, proliferation, and apoptosis. Moreover, the ECM facilitates the replacement of dead cells and preserves the structural integrity of the heart, making it essential in conditions such as myocardial infarction and other pathological states. When excessive ECM deposition or abnormal production of ECM components occurs, the heart undergoes fibrosis, leading to cardiac dysfunction and heart failure. However, emerging evidence suggests that the ECM may contribute to heart regeneration following cardiac injury. The present review offers a complete overview of the existing information and novel discoveries regarding the involvement of the ECM in heart regeneration from both mechanical and biochemical perspectives. Understanding the ECM and its involvement in mechanotransduction holds significant potential for advancing therapeutic approaches in heart repair and regeneration.
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- Xiying Wang
- Department of Cardiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- State Key Laboratory of Transvascular Implantation Devices, Hangzhou, China
- Department of Gastroenterology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- Cardiovascular Key Laboratory of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- State Key Laboratory of Transvascular Implantation Devices, Hangzhou, China
- Department of Rheumatology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, China
- Cardiovascular Key Laboratory of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- State Key Laboratory of Transvascular Implantation Devices, Hangzhou, China
- Cardiovascular Key Laboratory of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- State Key Laboratory of Transvascular Implantation Devices, Hangzhou, China
- Cardiovascular Key Laboratory of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China
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Arriagada C, Lin E, Schonning M, Astrof S. Mesodermal fibronectin controls cell shape, polarity, and mechanotransduction in the second heart field during cardiac outflow tract development. Dev Cell 2025; 60:62-84.e7. [PMID: 39413783 PMCID: PMC11706711 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2024.09.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2023] [Revised: 05/06/2024] [Accepted: 09/13/2024] [Indexed: 10/18/2024]
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Failure in the elongation of the cardiac outflow tract (OFT) results in congenital heart disease due to the misalignment of the great arteries with the left and right ventricles. The OFT lengthens via the accretion of progenitors from the second heart field (SHF). SHF cells are exquisitely regionalized and organized into an epithelial-like layer, forming the dorsal pericardial wall (DPW). Tissue tension, cell polarity, and proliferation within the DPW are important for the addition of SHF-derived cells to the heart and OFT elongation. However, the genes controlling these processes are not completely characterized. Using conditional mutagenesis in the mouse, we show that fibronectin (FN1) synthesized by the mesoderm coordinates multiple cellular behaviors in the anterior DPW. FN1 is enriched in the anterior DPW and plays a role in OFT elongation by maintaining a balance between pro- and anti-adhesive cell-extracellular matrix (ECM) interactions and controlling DPW cell shape, polarity, cohesion, proliferation, and mechanotransduction.
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- Cecilia Arriagada
- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, 185 South Orange Ave., Newark, NJ 07103, USA
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- Princeton Day School, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, 185 South Orange Ave., Newark, NJ 07103, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, 185 South Orange Ave., Newark, NJ 07103, USA.
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Shi H, Li M, Li Y, Chen J, Wang C, Jin Y, Zhang K, Dai J, Zhao Y. Developmental toxicity of an emerging organophosphate ester Bis-(2-ethylhexyl)-phenyl phosphate on embryonic zebrafish: Comparison to 2-ethylhexyl diphenyl phosphate. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 951:175645. [PMID: 39173757 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.175645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2024] [Revised: 08/17/2024] [Accepted: 08/17/2024] [Indexed: 08/24/2024]
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Bis-(2-ethylhexyl)-phenyl phosphate (BEHPP) and its structural analog, 2-ethylhexyl diphenyl phosphate (EHDPP), are widely present in the environment. However, their toxic effects, particularly developmental toxicity, remain poorly understood. In this study, we evaluated the impacts of BEHPP and EHDPP on multiple developmental endpoints in zebrafish. BEHPP did not lead to mortality and malformations of embryos within the test concentration range (0.5-4.0 μM). In contrast, EHDPP had significant lethal effects, with an LC50 of 2.44 μM, and induced malformations, notably pericardial edema (PE), with an EC50 of 1.77 μM. In addition, BEHPP induced cardiac dysfunctions in embryos to a similar degree as EHDPP. Both stroke volume and cardiac output were significantly increased at BEHPP concentrations of 1.8 nM and above and at EHDPP concentrations of 4.3 nM and above. Transcriptomic analysis further corroborated the similar disturbance at the molecular level for both substances and revealed the Key Events (KEs) in the cardiac toxic regulation, including the focal adhesions, ECM-receptor interaction, cardiac muscle contraction, and the adrenergic signaling in cardiomyocytes. Taken together, the present study provided novel insights into the adverse effects of these emerging organophosphate esters and highlighted their potential risks to embryonic development in both ecosystems and humans.
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- Haochun Shi
- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Health Impact Assessment of Emerging Contaminants, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Health Impact Assessment of Emerging Contaminants, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Institute of Environmental Pollution and Health, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Health Impact Assessment of Emerging Contaminants, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Health Impact Assessment of Emerging Contaminants, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Health Impact Assessment of Emerging Contaminants, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Health Impact Assessment of Emerging Contaminants, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Health Impact Assessment of Emerging Contaminants, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Health Impact Assessment of Emerging Contaminants, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China.
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Bonet F, Campuzano O, Córdoba-Caballero J, Alcalde M, Sarquella-Brugada G, Braza-Boïls A, Brugada R, Hernández-Torres F, Quezada-Feijoo M, Ramos M, Mangas A, Ranea JAG, Toro R. Role of miRNA-mRNA Interactome in Pathophysiology of Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy. Biomedicines 2024; 12:1807. [PMID: 39200271 PMCID: PMC11351583 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines12081807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2024] [Revised: 07/25/2024] [Accepted: 07/29/2024] [Indexed: 09/02/2024] Open
Abstract
Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy is an inherited entity characterized by irregular cell-cell adhesion, cardiomyocyte death and fibro-fatty replacement of ventricular myocytes, leading to malignant ventricular arrythmias, contractile dysfunction and sudden cardiac death. Pathogenic variants in genes that encode desmosome are the predominant cause of arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy. Moreover, signalling pathways such as Wnt/ß-catenin and transforming growth factor-β have been involved in the disease progression. However, still little is known about the molecular pathophysiological mechanisms that underlie arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy pathogenesis. We used mRNA and small RNA sequencing to analyse the transcriptome of health and arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy of autopsied human hearts. Our results showed 697 differentially expressed genes and eight differentially expressed miRNAs. Functional enrichment revealed mitochondrial respiratory-related pathways, impaired response to oxidative stress, apoptotic signalling pathways and inflammatory response-related and extracellular matrix response pathways. Furthermore, analysis of the miRNA-mRNA interactome identified eleven negatively correlated miRNA-target pairs for arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy. Our finding revealed novel arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy-related miRNAs with important regulatory function in disease pathogenesis, highlighting their value as potential key targets for therapeutic approaches.
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- Fernando Bonet
- Research Unit, Biomedical Research and Innovation Institute of Cadiz (INiBICA), Puerta del Mar University Hospital, 11009 Cádiz, Spain; (F.B.); (J.C.-C.); (A.M.)
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- Medical Science Department, School of Medicine, University of Girona, 17003 Girona, Spain; (G.S.-B.); (R.B.)
- Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica de Girona (IDIBGI-CERCA), 17190 Salt, Spain;
- Centro Investigación Biomédica en Red, Enfermedades Cardiovasculares (CIBERCV), 28029 Madrid, Spain;
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- Research Unit, Biomedical Research and Innovation Institute of Cadiz (INiBICA), Puerta del Mar University Hospital, 11009 Cádiz, Spain; (F.B.); (J.C.-C.); (A.M.)
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of Málaga, 29071 Málaga, Spain;
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- Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica de Girona (IDIBGI-CERCA), 17190 Salt, Spain;
- Centro Investigación Biomédica en Red, Enfermedades Cardiovasculares (CIBERCV), 28029 Madrid, Spain;
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- Medical Science Department, School of Medicine, University of Girona, 17003 Girona, Spain; (G.S.-B.); (R.B.)
- Pediatric Arrhythmias, Inherited Cardiac Diseases and Sudden Death Unit, Cardiology Department, Sant Joan de Déu Hospital, 08950 Barcelona, Spain
- Arrítmies Pediàtriques, Cardiologia Genètica i Mort Sobtada, Malalties Cardiovasculars en el Desenvolupament, Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, 08950 Barcelona, Spain
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- Centro Investigación Biomédica en Red, Enfermedades Cardiovasculares (CIBERCV), 28029 Madrid, Spain;
- Cardiopatías Familiares, Muerte Súbita y Mecanismos de Enfermedad (CAFAMUSME) Research Group, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria La Fe, 46026 Valencia, Spain
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- Medical Science Department, School of Medicine, University of Girona, 17003 Girona, Spain; (G.S.-B.); (R.B.)
- Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica de Girona (IDIBGI-CERCA), 17190 Salt, Spain;
- Centro Investigación Biomédica en Red, Enfermedades Cardiovasculares (CIBERCV), 28029 Madrid, Spain;
- Cardiology Service, Hospital Josep Trueta de Girona, 17007 Girona, Spain
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- Medina Foundation, Technology Park of Health Sciences, 18016 Granada, Spain;
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology III and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Granada, 18016 Granada, Spain
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- Cardiology Department, Hospital Central de la Cruz Roja, 28003 Madrid, Spain; (M.Q.-F.)
- Medicine School, Alfonso X el Sabio University, 28007 Madrid, Spain
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- Cardiology Department, Hospital Central de la Cruz Roja, 28003 Madrid, Spain; (M.Q.-F.)
- Medicine School, Alfonso X el Sabio University, 28007 Madrid, Spain
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- Research Unit, Biomedical Research and Innovation Institute of Cadiz (INiBICA), Puerta del Mar University Hospital, 11009 Cádiz, Spain; (F.B.); (J.C.-C.); (A.M.)
- Medicine Department, School of Medicine, University of Cadiz, 11003 Cádiz, Spain
- Lipid and Atherosclerotic Unit, Puerta del Mar University Hospital, 11009 Cadiz, Spain
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of Málaga, 29071 Málaga, Spain;
- Institute of Biomedical Research in Málaga and platform of nanomedicine (IBIMA Plataforma BIONAND), 29071 Málaga, Spain
- Center for Biomedical Network Research on Rare Diseases (CIBERER), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), 28029 Madrid, Spain
- Spanish National Bioinformatics Institute (INB/ELIXIR-ES), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), 28020 Madrid, Spain
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- Research Unit, Biomedical Research and Innovation Institute of Cadiz (INiBICA), Puerta del Mar University Hospital, 11009 Cádiz, Spain; (F.B.); (J.C.-C.); (A.M.)
- Medicine Department, School of Medicine, University of Cadiz, 11003 Cádiz, Spain
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Wang X, Yang C, Ma X, Li X, Qi Y, Bai Z, Xu Y, Ma K, Luo Y, Song J, Jia W, He Z, Liu Z. A division-of-labor mode contributes to the cardioprotective potential of mesenchymal stem/stromal cells in heart failure post myocardial infarction. Front Immunol 2024; 15:1363517. [PMID: 38562923 PMCID: PMC10982400 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1363517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2023] [Accepted: 03/04/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024] Open
Abstract
Background Treatment of heart failure post myocardial infarction (post-MI HF) with mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (MSCs) holds great promise. Nevertheless, 2-dimensional (2D) GMP-grade MSCs from different labs and donor sources have different therapeutic efficacy and still in a low yield. Therefore, it is crucial to increase the production and find novel ways to assess the therapeutic efficacy of MSCs. Materials and methods hUC-MSCs were cultured in 3-dimensional (3D) expansion system for obtaining enough cells for clinical use, named as 3D MSCs. A post-MI HF mouse model was employed to conduct in vivo and in vitro experiments. Single-cell and bulk RNA-seq analyses were performed on 3D MSCs. A total of 125 combination algorithms were leveraged to screen for core ligand genes. Shinyapp and shinycell workflows were used for deploying web-server. Result 3D GMP-grade MSCs can significantly and stably reduce the extent of post-MI HF. To understand the stable potential cardioprotective mechanism, scRNA-seq revealed the heterogeneity and division-of-labor mode of 3D MSCs at the cellular level. Specifically, scissor phenotypic analysis identified a reported wound-healing CD142+ MSCs subpopulation that is also associated with cardiac protection ability and CD142- MSCs that is in proliferative state, contributing to the cardioprotective function and self-renewal, respectively. Differential expression analysis was conducted on CD142+ MSCs and CD142- MSCs and the differentially expressed ligand-related model was achieved by employing 125 combination algorithms. The present study developed a machine learning predictive model based on 13 ligands. Further analysis using CellChat demonstrated that CD142+ MSCs have a stronger secretion capacity compared to CD142- MSCs and Flow cytometry sorting of the CD142+ MSCs and qRT-PCR validation confirmed the significant upregulation of these 13 ligand factors in CD142+ MSCs. Conclusion Clinical GMP-grade 3D MSCs could serve as a stable cardioprotective cell product. Using scissor analysis on scRNA-seq data, we have clarified the potential functional and proliferative subpopulation, which cooperatively contributed to self-renewal and functional maintenance for 3D MSCs, named as "division of labor" mode of MSCs. Moreover, a ligand model was robustly developed for predicting the secretory efficacy of MSCs. A user-friendly web-server and a predictive model were constructed and available (https://wangxc.shinyapps.io/3D_MSCs/).
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- Xicheng Wang
- Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Shanghai East Hospital, School of Life Sciences and Technology, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Stem Cells Translational Medicine, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Institute of Stem Cell Research and Clinical Translation, Shanghai, China
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- Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Shanghai East Hospital, School of Life Sciences and Technology, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Stem Cells Translational Medicine, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Institute of Stem Cell Research and Clinical Translation, Shanghai, China
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- Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Shanghai East Hospital, School of Life Sciences and Technology, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Stem Cells Translational Medicine, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Institute of Stem Cell Research and Clinical Translation, Shanghai, China
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- Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Shanghai East Hospital, School of Life Sciences and Technology, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Stem Cells Translational Medicine, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Institute of Stem Cell Research and Clinical Translation, Shanghai, China
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- Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Shanghai East Hospital, School of Life Sciences and Technology, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Stem Cells Translational Medicine, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Institute of Stem Cell Research and Clinical Translation, Shanghai, China
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- Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Shanghai East Hospital, School of Life Sciences and Technology, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Stem Cells Translational Medicine, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Institute of Stem Cell Research and Clinical Translation, Shanghai, China
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- Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Shanghai East Hospital, School of Life Sciences and Technology, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Stem Cells Translational Medicine, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Institute of Stem Cell Research and Clinical Translation, Shanghai, China
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- Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Shanghai East Hospital, School of Life Sciences and Technology, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Stem Cells Translational Medicine, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Institute of Stem Cell Research and Clinical Translation, Shanghai, China
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- Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Shanghai East Hospital, School of Life Sciences and Technology, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Stem Cells Translational Medicine, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Institute of Stem Cell Research and Clinical Translation, Shanghai, China
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- Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Shanghai East Hospital, School of Life Sciences and Technology, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Stem Cells Translational Medicine, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Institute of Stem Cell Research and Clinical Translation, Shanghai, China
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- Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Shanghai East Hospital, School of Life Sciences and Technology, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Stem Cells Translational Medicine, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Institute of Stem Cell Research and Clinical Translation, Shanghai, China
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- Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Shanghai East Hospital, School of Life Sciences and Technology, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Stem Cells Translational Medicine, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Institute of Stem Cell Research and Clinical Translation, Shanghai, China
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- Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Shanghai East Hospital, School of Life Sciences and Technology, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Stem Cells Translational Medicine, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Institute of Stem Cell Research and Clinical Translation, Shanghai, China
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Lin Y, Yang Q, Lin X, Liu X, Qian Y, Xu D, Cao N, Han X, Zhu Y, Hu W, He X, Yu Z, Kong X, Zhu L, Zhong Z, Liu K, Zhou B, Wang Y, Peng J, Zhu W, Wang J. Extracellular Matrix Disorganization Caused by ADAMTS16 Deficiency Leads to Bicuspid Aortic Valve With Raphe Formation. Circulation 2024; 149:605-626. [PMID: 38018454 DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.123.065458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2023] [Accepted: 11/03/2023] [Indexed: 11/30/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND A better understanding of the molecular mechanism of aortic valve development and bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) formation would significantly improve and optimize the therapeutic strategy for BAV treatment. Over the past decade, the genes involved in aortic valve development and BAV formation have been increasingly recognized. On the other hand, ADAMTS (a disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin motifs) gene family members have been reported to be able to modulate cardiovascular development and diseases. The present study aimed to further investigate the roles of ADAMTS family members in aortic valve development and BAV formation. METHODS Morpholino-based ADAMTS family gene-targeted screening for zebrafish heart outflow tract phenotypes combined with DNA sequencing in a 304 cohort BAV patient registry study was initially carried out to identify potentially related genes. Both ADAMTS gene-specific fluorescence in situ hybridization assay and genetic tracing experiments were performed to evaluate the expression pattern in the aortic valve. Accordingly, related genetic mouse models (both knockout and knockin) were generated using the CRISPR/Cas9 (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats/clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat-associated 9) method to further study the roles of ADAMTS family genes. The lineage-tracing technique was used again to evaluate how the cellular activity of specific progenitor cells was regulated by ADAMTS genes. Bulk RNA sequencing was used to investigate the signaling pathways involved. Inducible pluripotent stem cells derived from both BAV patients and genetic mouse tissue were used to study the molecular mechanism of ADAMTS. Immunohistochemistry was performed to examine the phenotype of cardiac valve anomalies, especially in the extracellular matrix components. RESULTS ADAMTS genes targeting and phenotype screening in zebrafish and targeted DNA sequencing on a cohort of patients with BAV identified ADAMTS16 (a disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin motifs 16) as a BAV-causing gene and found the ADAMTS16 p. H357Q variant in an inherited BAV family. Both in situ hybridization and genetic tracing studies described a unique spatiotemporal pattern of ADAMTS16 expression during aortic valve development. Adamts16+/- and Adamts16+/H355Q mouse models both exhibited a right coronary cusp-noncoronary cusp fusion-type BAV phenotype, with progressive aortic valve thickening associated with raphe formation (fusion of the commissure). Further, ADAMTS16 deficiency in Tie2 lineage cells recapitulated the BAV phenotype. This was confirmed in lineage-tracing mouse models in which Adamts16 deficiency affected endothelial and second heart field cells, not the neural crest cells. Accordingly, the changes were mainly detected in the noncoronary and right coronary leaflets. Bulk RNA sequencing using inducible pluripotent stem cells-derived endothelial cells and genetic mouse embryonic heart tissue unveiled enhanced FAK (focal adhesion kinase) signaling, which was accompanied by elevated fibronectin levels. Both in vitro inducible pluripotent stem cells-derived endothelial cells culture and ex vivo embryonic outflow tract explant studies validated the altered FAK signaling. CONCLUSIONS Our present study identified a novel BAV-causing ADAMTS16 p. H357Q variant. ADAMTS16 deficiency led to BAV formation.
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- Ying Lin
- Department of Cardiology, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine (Y.L., Q.Y., X. Lin, X. Liu, Y.Q., D.X., N.C., W.H., X.H., Z.Y., X.K., L.Z., Z.Z., W.Z., J.W.), Hangzhou, China
- State Key Laboratory of Transvascular Implantation Devices, Hangzhou, China (Y.L., Q.Y., X. Lin, X. Liu, Y.Q., D.X., N.C., W.H., X.H., Z.Y., X.K., L.Z., Z.Z., W.Z., J.W.)
- Cardiovascular Key Laboratory of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China (Y.L., Q.Y., X. Lin, X. Liu, Y.Q., D.X., N.C., W.H., X.H., Z.Y., X.K., L.Z., Z.Z., W.Z., J.W.)
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- Department of Cardiology, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine (Y.L., Q.Y., X. Lin, X. Liu, Y.Q., D.X., N.C., W.H., X.H., Z.Y., X.K., L.Z., Z.Z., W.Z., J.W.), Hangzhou, China
- State Key Laboratory of Transvascular Implantation Devices, Hangzhou, China (Y.L., Q.Y., X. Lin, X. Liu, Y.Q., D.X., N.C., W.H., X.H., Z.Y., X.K., L.Z., Z.Z., W.Z., J.W.)
- Cardiovascular Key Laboratory of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China (Y.L., Q.Y., X. Lin, X. Liu, Y.Q., D.X., N.C., W.H., X.H., Z.Y., X.K., L.Z., Z.Z., W.Z., J.W.)
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- Department of Cardiology, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine (Y.L., Q.Y., X. Lin, X. Liu, Y.Q., D.X., N.C., W.H., X.H., Z.Y., X.K., L.Z., Z.Z., W.Z., J.W.), Hangzhou, China
- State Key Laboratory of Transvascular Implantation Devices, Hangzhou, China (Y.L., Q.Y., X. Lin, X. Liu, Y.Q., D.X., N.C., W.H., X.H., Z.Y., X.K., L.Z., Z.Z., W.Z., J.W.)
- Cardiovascular Key Laboratory of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China (Y.L., Q.Y., X. Lin, X. Liu, Y.Q., D.X., N.C., W.H., X.H., Z.Y., X.K., L.Z., Z.Z., W.Z., J.W.)
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- Department of Cardiology, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine (Y.L., Q.Y., X. Lin, X. Liu, Y.Q., D.X., N.C., W.H., X.H., Z.Y., X.K., L.Z., Z.Z., W.Z., J.W.), Hangzhou, China
- Cardiovascular Key Laboratory of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China (Y.L., Q.Y., X. Lin, X. Liu, Y.Q., D.X., N.C., W.H., X.H., Z.Y., X.K., L.Z., Z.Z., W.Z., J.W.)
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- Department of Cardiology, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine (Y.L., Q.Y., X. Lin, X. Liu, Y.Q., D.X., N.C., W.H., X.H., Z.Y., X.K., L.Z., Z.Z., W.Z., J.W.), Hangzhou, China
- State Key Laboratory of Transvascular Implantation Devices, Hangzhou, China (Y.L., Q.Y., X. Lin, X. Liu, Y.Q., D.X., N.C., W.H., X.H., Z.Y., X.K., L.Z., Z.Z., W.Z., J.W.)
- Cardiovascular Key Laboratory of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China (Y.L., Q.Y., X. Lin, X. Liu, Y.Q., D.X., N.C., W.H., X.H., Z.Y., X.K., L.Z., Z.Z., W.Z., J.W.)
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- Department of Cardiology, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine (Y.L., Q.Y., X. Lin, X. Liu, Y.Q., D.X., N.C., W.H., X.H., Z.Y., X.K., L.Z., Z.Z., W.Z., J.W.), Hangzhou, China
- State Key Laboratory of Transvascular Implantation Devices, Hangzhou, China (Y.L., Q.Y., X. Lin, X. Liu, Y.Q., D.X., N.C., W.H., X.H., Z.Y., X.K., L.Z., Z.Z., W.Z., J.W.)
- Cardiovascular Key Laboratory of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China (Y.L., Q.Y., X. Lin, X. Liu, Y.Q., D.X., N.C., W.H., X.H., Z.Y., X.K., L.Z., Z.Z., W.Z., J.W.)
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- Department of Cardiology, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine (Y.L., Q.Y., X. Lin, X. Liu, Y.Q., D.X., N.C., W.H., X.H., Z.Y., X.K., L.Z., Z.Z., W.Z., J.W.), Hangzhou, China
- State Key Laboratory of Transvascular Implantation Devices, Hangzhou, China (Y.L., Q.Y., X. Lin, X. Liu, Y.Q., D.X., N.C., W.H., X.H., Z.Y., X.K., L.Z., Z.Z., W.Z., J.W.)
- Cardiovascular Key Laboratory of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China (Y.L., Q.Y., X. Lin, X. Liu, Y.Q., D.X., N.C., W.H., X.H., Z.Y., X.K., L.Z., Z.Z., W.Z., J.W.)
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- Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, China (X.H.)
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Biosystems Homeostasis & Protection and Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network (Y.Z., K.L., J.P.), Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Cardiology, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine (Y.L., Q.Y., X. Lin, X. Liu, Y.Q., D.X., N.C., W.H., X.H., Z.Y., X.K., L.Z., Z.Z., W.Z., J.W.), Hangzhou, China
- State Key Laboratory of Transvascular Implantation Devices, Hangzhou, China (Y.L., Q.Y., X. Lin, X. Liu, Y.Q., D.X., N.C., W.H., X.H., Z.Y., X.K., L.Z., Z.Z., W.Z., J.W.)
- Cardiovascular Key Laboratory of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China (Y.L., Q.Y., X. Lin, X. Liu, Y.Q., D.X., N.C., W.H., X.H., Z.Y., X.K., L.Z., Z.Z., W.Z., J.W.)
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- Department of Cardiology, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine (Y.L., Q.Y., X. Lin, X. Liu, Y.Q., D.X., N.C., W.H., X.H., Z.Y., X.K., L.Z., Z.Z., W.Z., J.W.), Hangzhou, China
- State Key Laboratory of Transvascular Implantation Devices, Hangzhou, China (Y.L., Q.Y., X. Lin, X. Liu, Y.Q., D.X., N.C., W.H., X.H., Z.Y., X.K., L.Z., Z.Z., W.Z., J.W.)
- Cardiovascular Key Laboratory of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China (Y.L., Q.Y., X. Lin, X. Liu, Y.Q., D.X., N.C., W.H., X.H., Z.Y., X.K., L.Z., Z.Z., W.Z., J.W.)
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- Department of Cardiology, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine (Y.L., Q.Y., X. Lin, X. Liu, Y.Q., D.X., N.C., W.H., X.H., Z.Y., X.K., L.Z., Z.Z., W.Z., J.W.), Hangzhou, China
- State Key Laboratory of Transvascular Implantation Devices, Hangzhou, China (Y.L., Q.Y., X. Lin, X. Liu, Y.Q., D.X., N.C., W.H., X.H., Z.Y., X.K., L.Z., Z.Z., W.Z., J.W.)
- Cardiovascular Key Laboratory of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China (Y.L., Q.Y., X. Lin, X. Liu, Y.Q., D.X., N.C., W.H., X.H., Z.Y., X.K., L.Z., Z.Z., W.Z., J.W.)
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- Department of Cardiology, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine (Y.L., Q.Y., X. Lin, X. Liu, Y.Q., D.X., N.C., W.H., X.H., Z.Y., X.K., L.Z., Z.Z., W.Z., J.W.), Hangzhou, China
- State Key Laboratory of Transvascular Implantation Devices, Hangzhou, China (Y.L., Q.Y., X. Lin, X. Liu, Y.Q., D.X., N.C., W.H., X.H., Z.Y., X.K., L.Z., Z.Z., W.Z., J.W.)
- Cardiovascular Key Laboratory of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China (Y.L., Q.Y., X. Lin, X. Liu, Y.Q., D.X., N.C., W.H., X.H., Z.Y., X.K., L.Z., Z.Z., W.Z., J.W.)
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- Department of Cardiology, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine (Y.L., Q.Y., X. Lin, X. Liu, Y.Q., D.X., N.C., W.H., X.H., Z.Y., X.K., L.Z., Z.Z., W.Z., J.W.), Hangzhou, China
- State Key Laboratory of Transvascular Implantation Devices, Hangzhou, China (Y.L., Q.Y., X. Lin, X. Liu, Y.Q., D.X., N.C., W.H., X.H., Z.Y., X.K., L.Z., Z.Z., W.Z., J.W.)
- Cardiovascular Key Laboratory of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China (Y.L., Q.Y., X. Lin, X. Liu, Y.Q., D.X., N.C., W.H., X.H., Z.Y., X.K., L.Z., Z.Z., W.Z., J.W.)
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- Department of Cardiology, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine (Y.L., Q.Y., X. Lin, X. Liu, Y.Q., D.X., N.C., W.H., X.H., Z.Y., X.K., L.Z., Z.Z., W.Z., J.W.), Hangzhou, China
- State Key Laboratory of Transvascular Implantation Devices, Hangzhou, China (Y.L., Q.Y., X. Lin, X. Liu, Y.Q., D.X., N.C., W.H., X.H., Z.Y., X.K., L.Z., Z.Z., W.Z., J.W.)
- Cardiovascular Key Laboratory of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China (Y.L., Q.Y., X. Lin, X. Liu, Y.Q., D.X., N.C., W.H., X.H., Z.Y., X.K., L.Z., Z.Z., W.Z., J.W.)
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Biosystems Homeostasis & Protection and Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network (Y.Z., K.L., J.P.), Hangzhou, China
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- New Cornerstone Investigator Institute, State Key Laboratory of Cell Biology, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (B.Z.)
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- Cardiovascular Research Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Diseases of Ministry of Education, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, China (Y.W.)
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Biosystems Homeostasis & Protection and Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network (Y.Z., K.L., J.P.), Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Cardiology, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine (Y.L., Q.Y., X. Lin, X. Liu, Y.Q., D.X., N.C., W.H., X.H., Z.Y., X.K., L.Z., Z.Z., W.Z., J.W.), Hangzhou, China
- State Key Laboratory of Transvascular Implantation Devices, Hangzhou, China (Y.L., Q.Y., X. Lin, X. Liu, Y.Q., D.X., N.C., W.H., X.H., Z.Y., X.K., L.Z., Z.Z., W.Z., J.W.)
- Cardiovascular Key Laboratory of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China (Y.L., Q.Y., X. Lin, X. Liu, Y.Q., D.X., N.C., W.H., X.H., Z.Y., X.K., L.Z., Z.Z., W.Z., J.W.)
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- Department of Cardiology, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine (Y.L., Q.Y., X. Lin, X. Liu, Y.Q., D.X., N.C., W.H., X.H., Z.Y., X.K., L.Z., Z.Z., W.Z., J.W.), Hangzhou, China
- Research Center for Life Science and Human Health, Binjiang Institute (J.W.), Hangzhou, China
- State Key Laboratory of Transvascular Implantation Devices, Hangzhou, China (Y.L., Q.Y., X. Lin, X. Liu, Y.Q., D.X., N.C., W.H., X.H., Z.Y., X.K., L.Z., Z.Z., W.Z., J.W.)
- Cardiovascular Key Laboratory of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China (Y.L., Q.Y., X. Lin, X. Liu, Y.Q., D.X., N.C., W.H., X.H., Z.Y., X.K., L.Z., Z.Z., W.Z., J.W.)
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Astrof S, Arriagada C, Saijoh Y, Francou A, Kelly RG, Moon A. Aberrant differentiation of second heart field mesoderm prefigures cellular defects in the outflow tract in response to loss of FGF8. Dev Biol 2023; 499:10-21. [PMID: 37060937 PMCID: PMC10686765 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2023.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2023] [Revised: 03/31/2023] [Accepted: 04/04/2023] [Indexed: 04/17/2023]
Abstract
Development of the outflow tract of the heart requires specification, proliferation and deployment of a progenitor cell population from the second heart field to generate the myocardium at the arterial pole of the heart. Disruption of these processes leads to lethal defects in rotation and septation of the outflow tract. We previously showed that Fibroblast Growth Factor 8 (FGF8) directs a signaling cascade in the second heart field that regulates critical aspects of OFT morphogenesis. Here we show that in addition to the survival and proliferation cues previously described, FGF8 provides instructive and patterning information to OFT myocardial cells and their progenitors that prevents their aberrant differentiation along a working myocardial program.
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- Sophie Astrof
- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, Newark, NJ, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, Newark, NJ, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS UMR 7288, Developmental Biology Institute of Marseille, Marseille, France
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- Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS UMR 7288, Developmental Biology Institute of Marseille, Marseille, France
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- Department of Molecular and Functional Genomics, Weis Center for Research, Geisinger Clinic, Danville, PA, USA; Department of Human Genetics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA; The Mindich Child Health and Development Institute, Hess Center for Science and Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
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Melamed S, Zaffryar-Eilot S, Nadjar-Boger E, Aviram R, Zhao H, Yaseen-Badarne W, Kalev-Altman R, Sela-Donenfeld D, Lewinson O, Astrof S, Hasson P, Wolfenson H. Initiation of fibronectin fibrillogenesis is an enzyme-dependent process. Cell Rep 2023; 42:112473. [PMID: 37148241 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2022] [Revised: 02/16/2023] [Accepted: 04/19/2023] [Indexed: 05/08/2023] Open
Abstract
Fibronectin fibrillogenesis and mechanosensing both depend on integrin-mediated force transmission to the extracellular matrix. However, force transmission is in itself dependent on fibrillogenesis, and fibronectin fibrils are found in soft embryos where high forces cannot be applied, suggesting that force cannot be the sole initiator of fibrillogenesis. Here, we identify a nucleation step prior to force transmission, driven by fibronectin oxidation mediated by lysyl oxidase enzyme family members. This oxidation induces fibronectin clustering, which promotes early adhesion, alters cellular response to soft matrices, and enhances force transmission to the matrix. In contrast, absence of fibronectin oxidation abrogates fibrillogenesis, perturbs cell-matrix adhesion, and compromises mechanosensation. Moreover, fibronectin oxidation promotes cancer cell colony formation in soft agar as well as collective and single-cell migration. These results reveal a force-independent enzyme-dependent mechanism that initiates fibronectin fibrillogenesis, establishing a critical step in cell adhesion and mechanosensing.
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- Shay Melamed
- Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology, The Rappaport Faculty of Medicine and Research Institute, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 31096, Israel
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- Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology, The Rappaport Faculty of Medicine and Research Institute, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 31096, Israel
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- Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology, The Rappaport Faculty of Medicine and Research Institute, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 31096, Israel
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- Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology, The Rappaport Faculty of Medicine and Research Institute, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 31096, Israel
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- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, Newark, NJ 07103, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology, The Rappaport Faculty of Medicine and Research Institute, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 31096, Israel
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- Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences, The Hebrew University, Rehovot, Israel
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- Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences, The Hebrew University, Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, The Rappaport Faculty of Medicine and Research Institute, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 31096, Israel
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- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, Newark, NJ 07103, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology, The Rappaport Faculty of Medicine and Research Institute, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 31096, Israel.
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- Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology, The Rappaport Faculty of Medicine and Research Institute, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 31096, Israel.
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Ong LP, Bargehr J, Knight-Schrijver VR, Lee J, Colzani M, Bayraktar S, Bernard WG, Marchiano S, Bertero A, Murry CE, Gambardella L, Sinha S. Epicardially secreted fibronectin drives cardiomyocyte maturation in 3D-engineered heart tissues. Stem Cell Reports 2023; 18:936-951. [PMID: 37001515 PMCID: PMC10147941 DOI: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2023.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2022] [Revised: 02/28/2023] [Accepted: 03/01/2023] [Indexed: 04/14/2023] Open
Abstract
Ischemic heart failure is due to irreversible loss of cardiomyocytes. Preclinical studies showed that human pluripotent stem cell (hPSC)-derived cardiomyocytes could remuscularize infarcted hearts and improve cardiac function. However, these cardiomyocytes remained immature. Incorporating hPSC-derived epicardial cells has been shown to improve cardiomyocyte maturation, but the exact mechanisms are unknown. We posited epicardial fibronectin (FN1) as a mediator of epicardial-cardiomyocyte crosstalk and assessed its role in driving hPSC-derived cardiomyocyte maturation in 3D-engineered heart tissues (3D-EHTs). We found that the loss of FN1 with peptide inhibition F(pUR4), CRISPR-Cas9-mediated FN1 knockout, or tetracycline-inducible FN1 knockdown in 3D-EHTs resulted in immature cardiomyocytes with decreased contractile function, and inefficient Ca2+ handling. Conversely, when we supplemented 3D-EHTs with recombinant human FN1, we could recover hPSC-derived cardiomyocyte maturation. Finally, our RNA-sequencing analyses found FN1 within a wider paracrine network of epicardial-cardiomyocyte crosstalk, thus solidifying FN1 as a key driver of hPSC-derived cardiomyocyte maturation in 3D-EHTs.
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- Lay Ping Ong
- Wellcome - MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, University of Cambridge, Puddicombe Way, CB2 0AW Cambridge, UK; Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, ACCI Level 6, Hills Road, Box 110, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK.
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- Wellcome - MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, University of Cambridge, Puddicombe Way, CB2 0AW Cambridge, UK; Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, ACCI Level 6, Hills Road, Box 110, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK
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- Wellcome - MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, University of Cambridge, Puddicombe Way, CB2 0AW Cambridge, UK; Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, ACCI Level 6, Hills Road, Box 110, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK
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- Wellcome - MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, University of Cambridge, Puddicombe Way, CB2 0AW Cambridge, UK; Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, ACCI Level 6, Hills Road, Box 110, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK
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- Wellcome - MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, University of Cambridge, Puddicombe Way, CB2 0AW Cambridge, UK; Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, ACCI Level 6, Hills Road, Box 110, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK
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- Wellcome - MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, University of Cambridge, Puddicombe Way, CB2 0AW Cambridge, UK; Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, ACCI Level 6, Hills Road, Box 110, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK
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- Wellcome - MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, University of Cambridge, Puddicombe Way, CB2 0AW Cambridge, UK; Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, ACCI Level 6, Hills Road, Box 110, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK
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- Departments of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology, Bioengineering, and Medicine/Cardiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA; Center for Cardiovascular Biology, Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Molecular Biotechnology Center, Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Torino, Via Nizza 52, 10126 Torino, Italy
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- Departments of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology, Bioengineering, and Medicine/Cardiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA; Center for Cardiovascular Biology, Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Wellcome - MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, University of Cambridge, Puddicombe Way, CB2 0AW Cambridge, UK; Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, ACCI Level 6, Hills Road, Box 110, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK
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- Wellcome - MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, University of Cambridge, Puddicombe Way, CB2 0AW Cambridge, UK; Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, ACCI Level 6, Hills Road, Box 110, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK.
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Yao J, Ma F, Zhang L, Zhu C, Jumabay M, Yao Z, Wang L, Cai X, Zhang D, Qiao X, Shivkumar K, Pellegrini M, Yao Y, Wu X, Boström KI. Single-Cell RNA-Seq Identifies Dynamic Cardiac Transition Program from Adipose Derived Cells Induced by Leukemia Inhibitory Factor. Stem Cells 2022; 40:932-948. [PMID: 35896368 PMCID: PMC9585902 DOI: 10.1093/stmcls/sxac048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2022] [Accepted: 06/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
Abstract
Adipose-derived cells (ADCs) from white adipose tissue (WAT) are promising stem cell candidates because of their large regenerative reserves and the potential for cardiac regeneration. However, given the heterogeneity of ADC and its unsolved mechanisms of cardiac acquisition, ADC-cardiac transition efficiency remains low. In this study, we explored the heterogeneity of ADCs and the cellular kinetics of 39,432 single-cell transcriptomes along the leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) induced ADC-cardiac transition. We identified distinct ADC subpopulations that reacted differentially to LIF when entering the cardiomyogenic program, further demonstrating that ADC-myogenesis is time-dependent and initiates from transient changes in nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) signaling. At later stages, pseudotime analysis of ADCs navigated a trajectory with two branches corresponding to activated myofibroblast or cardiomyocyte-like cells. Our findings offer a high-resolution dissection of ADC heterogeneity and cell fate during ADC-cardiac transition, thus providing new insights into potential cardiac stem cells.
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- Jiayi Yao
- Division of Cardiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
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- Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.,Chongqing International Institute for Immunology, Chongqing 401338, China
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- Division of Cardiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
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- Division of Cardiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
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- Division of Allergy, Immunology Center for Immunity, Infection, and Inflammation Pediatrics, Dept of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA
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- Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Precision Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- Division of Cardiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
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- Division of Cardiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
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- Division of Cardiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
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- Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.,Dept of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
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- Division of Cardiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
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- Division of Cardiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
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- Division of Cardiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.,Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
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Derrick CJ, Sánchez-Posada J, Hussein F, Tessadori F, Pollitt EJG, Savage AM, Wilkinson RN, Chico TJ, van Eeden FJ, Bakkers J, Noël ES. Asymmetric Hapln1a drives regionalized cardiac ECM expansion and promotes heart morphogenesis in zebrafish development. Cardiovasc Res 2022; 118:226-240. [PMID: 33616638 PMCID: PMC8752364 DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvab004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2019] [Accepted: 01/08/2021] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
Abstract
AIMS Vertebrate heart development requires the complex morphogenesis of a linear tube to form the mature organ, a process essential for correct cardiac form and function, requiring coordination of embryonic laterality, cardiac growth, and regionalized cellular changes. While previous studies have demonstrated broad requirements for extracellular matrix (ECM) components in cardiac morphogenesis, we hypothesized that ECM regionalization may fine tune cardiac shape during heart development. METHODS AND RESULTS Using live in vivo light sheet imaging of zebrafish embryos, we describe a left-sided expansion of the ECM between the myocardium and endocardium prior to the onset of heart looping and chamber ballooning. Analysis using an ECM sensor revealed the cardiac ECM is further regionalized along the atrioventricular axis. Spatial transcriptomic analysis of gene expression in the heart tube identified candidate genes that may drive ECM expansion. This approach identified regionalized expression of hapln1a, encoding an ECM cross-linking protein. Validation of transcriptomic data by in situ hybridization confirmed regionalized hapln1a expression in the heart, with highest levels of expression in the future atrium and on the left side of the tube, overlapping with the observed ECM expansion. Analysis of CRISPR-Cas9-generated hapln1a mutants revealed a reduction in atrial size and reduced chamber ballooning. Loss-of-function analysis demonstrated that ECM expansion is dependent upon Hapln1a, together supporting a role for Hapln1a in regionalized ECM modulation and cardiac morphogenesis. Analysis of hapln1a expression in zebrafish mutants with randomized or absent embryonic left-right asymmetry revealed that laterality cues position hapln1a-expressing cells asymmetrically in the left side of the heart tube. CONCLUSION We identify a regionalized ECM expansion in the heart tube which promotes correct heart development, and propose a novel model whereby embryonic laterality cues orient the axis of ECM asymmetry in the heart, suggesting these two pathways interact to promote robust cardiac morphogenesis.
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- Christopher J Derrick
- Department of Biomedical Science, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK
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- Department of Biomedical Science, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK
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- Department of Biomedical Science, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK
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- Hubrecht Institute for Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical Science, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK
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- Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield, Medical School, Beech Hill Road, Sheffield, S10 2RX, UK
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- Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield, Medical School, Beech Hill Road, Sheffield, S10 2RX, UK
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- Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield, Medical School, Beech Hill Road, Sheffield, S10 2RX, UK
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- Department of Biomedical Science, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK
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- Hubrecht Institute for Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical Science, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK
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Derrick CJ, Pollitt EJG, Sanchez Sevilla Uruchurtu A, Hussein F, Grierson AJ, Noël ES. Lamb1a regulates atrial growth by limiting second heart field addition during zebrafish heart development. Development 2021; 148:272294. [PMID: 34568948 DOI: 10.1242/dev.199691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2021] [Accepted: 09/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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During early vertebrate heart development, the heart transitions from a linear tube to a complex asymmetric structure, a morphogenetic process that occurs simultaneously with growth of the heart. Cardiac growth during early heart morphogenesis is driven by deployment of cells from the second heart field (SHF) into both poles of the heart. Laminin is a core component of the extracellular matrix and, although mutations in laminin subunits are linked with cardiac abnormalities, no role for laminin has been identified in early vertebrate heart morphogenesis. We identified tissue-specific expression of laminin genes in the developing zebrafish heart, supporting a role for laminins in heart morphogenesis. Analysis of heart development in lamb1a zebrafish mutant embryos reveals mild morphogenetic defects and progressive cardiomegaly, and that Lamb1a functions to limit heart size during cardiac development by restricting SHF addition. lamb1a mutants exhibit hallmarks of altered haemodynamics, and blocking cardiac contractility in lamb1a mutants rescues heart size and atrial SHF addition. Together, these results suggest that laminin mediates interactions between SHF deployment and cardiac biomechanics during heart morphogenesis and growth in the developing embryo.
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- Department of Biomedical Science, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
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- Department of Biomedical Science, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
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- Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2HQ, UK
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- Department of Biomedical Science, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
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Yuzhalin AE. Parallels between the extracellular matrix roles in developmental biology and cancer biology. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2021; 128:90-102. [PMID: 34556419 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2021.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2021] [Revised: 09/07/2021] [Accepted: 09/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Interaction of a tumor with its microenvironment is an emerging field of investigation, and the crosstalk between cancer cells and the extracellular matrix is of particular interest, since cancer patients with abundant and stiff extracellular matrices display a poorer prognosis. At the post-juvenile stage, the extracellular matrix plays predominantly a structural role by providing support to cells and tissues; however, during development, matrix proteins exert a plethora of diverse signals to guide the movement and determine the fate of pluripotent cells. Taking a closer look at the communication between the extracellular matrix and cells of a developing body may bring new insights into cancer biology and identify cancer weaknesses. This review discusses parallels between the extracellular matrix roles during development and tumor growth.
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- Arseniy E Yuzhalin
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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Genome-Wide Association Study Based on Random Regression Model Reveals Candidate Genes Associated with Longitudinal Data in Chinese Simmental Beef Cattle. Animals (Basel) 2021; 11:ani11092524. [PMID: 34573489 PMCID: PMC8470172 DOI: 10.3390/ani11092524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2021] [Revised: 08/24/2021] [Accepted: 08/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Simple Summary Genome-wide association study (GWAS) has become the main approach for detecting functional genes that affects complex traits. For growth traits, the conventional GWAS method can only deal with the single-record traits observed at specific time points, rather than the longitudinal traits measured at multiple time points. Previous studies have reported the random regression model (RRM) for longitudinal data could overcome the limitation of the traditional GWAS model. Here, we present an association analysis based on RRM (GWAS-RRM) for 808 Chinese Simmental beef cattle at four stages of age. Ultimately, 37 significant single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and several important candidate genes were screened to be associated with the body weight. Enrichment analysis showed these genes were significantly enriched in the signaling transduction pathway and lipid metabolism. This study not only offers a further understanding of the genetic basis for growth traits in beef cattle, but also provides a robust analytics tool for longitudinal traits in various species. Abstract Body weight (BW) is an important longitudinal trait that directly described the growth gain of bovine in production. However, previous genome-wide association study (GWAS) mainly focused on the single-record traits, with less attention paid to longitudinal traits. Compared with traditional GWAS models, the association studies based on the random regression model (GWAS-RRM) have better performance in the control of the false positive rate through considering time-stage effects. In this study, the BW trait data were collected from 808 Chinese Simmental beef cattle aged 0, 6, 12, and 18 months, then we performed a GWAS-RRM to fit the time-varied SNP effect. The results showed a total of 37 significant SNPs were associated with BW. Gene functional annotation and enrichment analysis indicated FGF4, ANGPT4, PLA2G4A, and ITGA5 were promising candidate genes for BW. Moreover, these genes were significantly enriched in the signaling transduction pathway and lipid metabolism. These findings will provide prior molecular information for bovine gene-based selection, as well as facilitate the extensive application of GWAS-RRM in domestic animals.
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Schussler O, Gharibeh L, Mootoosamy P, Murith N, Tien V, Rougemont AL, Sologashvili T, Suuronen E, Lecarpentier Y, Ruel M. Cardiac Neural Crest Cells: Their Rhombomeric Specification, Migration, and Association with Heart and Great Vessel Anomalies. Cell Mol Neurobiol 2021; 41:403-429. [PMID: 32405705 PMCID: PMC11448677 DOI: 10.1007/s10571-020-00863-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2019] [Accepted: 05/05/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Outflow tract abnormalities are the most frequent congenital heart defects. These are due to the absence or dysfunction of the two main cell types, i.e., neural crest cells and secondary heart field cells that migrate in opposite directions at the same stage of development. These cells directly govern aortic arch patterning and development, ascending aorta dilatation, semi-valvular and coronary artery development, aortopulmonary septation abnormalities, persistence of the ductus arteriosus, trunk and proximal pulmonary arteries, sub-valvular conal ventricular septal/rotational defects, and non-compaction of the left ventricle. In some cases, depending on the functional defects of these cells, additional malformations are found in the expected spatial migratory area of the cells, namely in the pharyngeal arch derivatives and cervico-facial structures. Associated non-cardiovascular anomalies are often underestimated, since the multipotency and functional alteration of these cells can result in the modification of multiple neural, epidermal, and cervical structures at different levels. In most cases, patients do not display the full phenotype of abnormalities, but congenital cardiac defects involving the ventricular outflow tract, ascending aorta, aortic arch and supra-aortic trunks should be considered as markers for possible impaired function of these cells. Neural crest cells should not be considered as a unique cell population but on the basis of their cervical rhombomere origins R3-R5 or R6-R7-R8 and specific migration patterns: R3-R4 towards arch II, R5-R6 arch III and R7-R8 arch IV and VI. A better understanding of their development may lead to the discovery of unknown associated abnormalities, thereby enabling potential improvements to be made to the therapeutic approach.
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- Olivier Schussler
- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery Adult and Pediatric, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland.
- Cardiovascular Research Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Geneva, Rue Michel Servet 1, 1211, Geneva 4, Switzerland.
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- Molecular Genetics and Cardiac Regeneration Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery Adult and Pediatric, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery Adult and Pediatric, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery Adult and Pediatric, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Ottawa Heart Institute and School of Epidemiology, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Ottawa Heart Institute and School of Epidemiology, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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The developing heart is formed of two tissue layers separated by an extracellular matrix (ECM) that provides chemical and physical signals to cardiac cells. While deposition of specific ECM components creates matrix diversity, the cardiac ECM is also dynamic, with modification and degradation playing important roles in ECM maturation and function. In this Review, we discuss the spatiotemporal changes in ECM composition during cardiac development that support distinct aspects of heart morphogenesis. We highlight conserved requirements for specific ECM components in human cardiac development, and discuss emerging evidence of a central role for the ECM in promoting heart regeneration.
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- Department of Biomedical Science, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
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Warkala M, Chen D, Ramirez A, Jubran A, Schonning M, Wang X, Zhao H, Astrof S. Cell-Extracellular Matrix Interactions Play Multiple Essential Roles in Aortic Arch Development. Circ Res 2021; 128:e27-e44. [PMID: 33249995 PMCID: PMC7864893 DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.120.318200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2020] [Accepted: 11/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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RATIONALE Defects in the morphogenesis of the fourth pharyngeal arch arteries (PAAs) give rise to lethal birth defects. Understanding genes and mechanisms regulating PAA formation will provide important insights into the etiology and treatments for congenital heart disease. OBJECTIVE Cell-ECM (extracellular matrix) interactions play essential roles in the morphogenesis of PAAs and their derivatives, the aortic arch artery and its major branches; however, their specific functions are not well-understood. Previously, we demonstrated that integrin α5β1 and Fn1 (fibronectin) expressed in the Isl1 lineages regulate PAA formation. The objective of the current studies was to investigate cellular mechanisms by which integrin α5β1 and Fn1 regulate aortic arch artery morphogenesis. METHODS AND RESULTS Using temporal lineage tracing, whole-mount confocal imaging, and quantitative analysis of the second heart field (SHF) and endothelial cell (EC) dynamics, we show that the majority of PAA EC progenitors arise by E7.5 in the SHF and contribute to pharyngeal arch endothelium between E7.5 and E9.5. Consequently, SHF-derived ECs in the pharyngeal arches form a plexus of small blood vessels, which remodels into the PAAs by 35 somites. The remodeling of the vascular plexus is orchestrated by signals dependent on the pharyngeal ECM microenvironment, extrinsic to the endothelium. Conditional ablation of integrin α5β1 or Fn1 in the Isl1 lineages showed that signaling by the ECM regulates aortic arch artery morphogenesis at multiple steps: (1) accumulation of SHF-derived ECs in the pharyngeal arches, (2) remodeling of the EC plexus in the fourth arches into the PAAs, and (3) differentiation of neural crest-derived cells adjacent to the PAA endothelium into vascular smooth muscle cells. CONCLUSIONS PAA formation is a multistep process entailing dynamic contribution of SHF-derived ECs to pharyngeal arches, the remodeling of endothelial plexus into the PAAs, and the remodeling of the PAAs into the aortic arch artery and its major branches. Cell-ECM interactions regulated by integrin α5β1 and Fn1 play essential roles at each of these developmental stages.
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- Michael Warkala
- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, Newark, NJ, USA
- Multidisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Biomedical Sciences: Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Cancer Track, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, Newark, NJ, USA
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- Graduate Program in Cell & Developmental Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, Newark, NJ, USA
- Multidisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Biomedical Sciences: Cell Biology, Neuroscience and Physiology Track, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, Newark, NJ, USA
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- Graduate Program in Cell & Developmental Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, Newark, NJ, USA
- Multidisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Biomedical Sciences: Cell Biology, Neuroscience and Physiology Track, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, Newark, NJ, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, Newark, NJ, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, Newark, NJ, USA
- Multidisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Biomedical Sciences: Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Cancer Track, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, Newark, NJ, USA
- Multidisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Biomedical Sciences: Cell Biology, Neuroscience and Physiology Track, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, Newark, NJ, USA
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Schumacher JA, Wright ZA, Owen ML, Bredemeier NO, Sumanas S. Integrin α5 and Integrin α4 cooperate to promote endocardial differentiation and heart morphogenesis. Dev Biol 2020; 465:46-57. [PMID: 32628938 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2020.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2020] [Revised: 06/11/2020] [Accepted: 06/17/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Endocardium is critically important for proper function of the cardiovascular system. Not only does endocardium connect the heart to blood vasculature, it also plays an important role in heart morphogenesis, valve formation, and ventricular trabeculation. The extracellular protein Fibronectin (Fn1) promotes endocardial differentiation, but the signaling pathways downstream of Fn1 that regulate endocardial development are not understood. Here, we analyzed the role of the Fibronectin receptors Integrin alpha5 (Itga5) and Integrin alpha4 (Itga4) in zebrafish heart development. We show that itga5 mRNA is expressed in both endocardium and myocardium during early stages of heart development. Through analysis of both itga5 single mutants and itga4;itga5 double mutants, we show that loss of both itga5 and itga4 results in enhanced defects in endocardial differentiation and morphogenesis compared to loss of itga5 alone. Loss of both itga5 and itga4 results in cardia bifida and severe myocardial morphology defects. Finally, we find that loss of itga5 and itga4 results in abnormally narrow anterior endodermal sheet morphology. Together, our results support a model in which Itga5 and Itga4 cooperate to promote endocardial differentiation, medial migration of endocardial and myocardial cells, and morphogenesis of anterior endoderm.
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- Jennifer A Schumacher
- Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA; Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA; Department of Biological Sciences, Miami University, Hamilton, OH, USA.
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- Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA; Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
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Reciprocal integrin/integrin antagonism through kindlin-2 and Rho GTPases regulates cell cohesion and collective migration. Matrix Biol 2020; 93:60-78. [PMID: 32450218 DOI: 10.1016/j.matbio.2020.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2019] [Revised: 05/12/2020] [Accepted: 05/12/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Collective cell behaviour during embryogenesis and tissue repair requires the coordination of intercellular junctions, cytoskeleton-dependent shape changes controlled by Rho GTPases, and integrin-dependent cell-matrix adhesion. Many different integrins are simultaneously expressed during wound healing, embryonic development, and sprouting angiogenesis, suggesting that there is extensive integrin/integrin cross-talk to regulate cell behaviour. Here, we show that fibronectin-binding β1 and β3 integrins do not act synergistically, but rather antagonize each other during collective cell processes in neuro-epithelial cells, placental trophoblasts, and endothelial cells. Reciprocal β1/β3 antagonism controls RhoA activity in a kindlin-2-dependent manner, balancing cell spreading, contractility, and intercellular adhesion. In this way, reciprocal β1/β3 antagonism controls cell cohesion and cellular plasticity to switch between extreme and opposing states, including epithelial versus mesenchymal-like phenotypes and collective versus individual cell migration. We propose that integrin/integrin antagonism is a universal mechanism to effectuate social cellular interactions, important for tissue morphogenesis, endothelial barrier function, trophoblast invasion, and sprouting angiogenesis.
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Leonard CE, Taneyhill LA. The road best traveled: Neural crest migration upon the extracellular matrix. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2020; 100:177-185. [PMID: 31727473 PMCID: PMC7071992 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2019.10.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2019] [Revised: 09/29/2019] [Accepted: 10/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Neural crest cells have the extraordinary task of building much of the vertebrate body plan, including the craniofacial cartilage and skeleton, melanocytes, portions of the heart, and the peripheral nervous system. To execute these developmental programs, stationary premigratory neural crest cells first acquire the capacity to migrate through an extensive process known as the epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition. Once motile, neural crest cells must traverse a complex environment consisting of other cells and the protein-rich extracellular matrix in order to get to their final destinations. Herein, we will highlight some of the main molecular machinery that allow neural crest cells to first exit the neuroepithelium and then later successfully navigate this intricate in vivo milieu. Collectively, these extracellular and intracellular factors mediate the appropriate migration of neural crest cells and allow for the proper development of the vertebrate embryo.
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- Carrie E Leonard
- Department of Animal and Avian Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 USA.
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- Department of Animal and Avian Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 USA.
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Zhu M, Zhang K, Tao H, Hopyan S, Sun Y. Magnetic Micromanipulation for In Vivo Measurement of Stiffness Heterogeneity and Anisotropy in the Mouse Mandibular Arch. RESEARCH (WASHINGTON, D.C.) 2020; 2020:7914074. [PMID: 32666052 PMCID: PMC7327709 DOI: 10.34133/2020/7914074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2020] [Accepted: 05/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The mechanical properties of tissues are pivotal for morphogenesis and disease progression. Recent approaches have enabled measurements of the spatial distributions of viscoelastic properties among embryonic and pathological model systems and facilitated the generation of important hypotheses such as durotaxis and tissue-scale phase transition. There likely are many unexpected aspects of embryo biomechanics we have yet to discover which will change our views of mechanisms that govern development and disease. One area in the blind spot of even the most recent approaches to measuring tissue stiffness is the potentially anisotropic nature of that parameter. Here, we report a magnetic micromanipulation device that generates a uniform magnetic field gradient within a large workspace and permits measurement of the variation of tissue stiffness along three orthogonal axes. By applying the device to the organ-stage mouse embryo, we identify spatially heterogenous and directionally anisotropic stiffness within the mandibular arch. Those properties correspond to the domain of expression and the angular distribution of fibronectin and have potential implications for mechanisms that orient collective cell movements and shape tissues during development. Assessment of anisotropic properties extends the repertoire of current methods and will enable the generation and testing of hypotheses.
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- Min Zhu
- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Canada M5S 3G8
- Program in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada M5G 0A4
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- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Canada M5S 3G8
- Program in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada M5G 0A4
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- Program in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada M5G 0A4
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- Program in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada M5G 0A4
- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Canada M5S 1A8
- Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto, Canada M5G 1X8
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- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Canada M5S 3G8
- Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Canada M5S 3G9
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, Canada M5S 3G4
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Hasten E, Morrow BE. Tbx1 and Foxi3 genetically interact in the pharyngeal pouch endoderm in a mouse model for 22q11.2 deletion syndrome. PLoS Genet 2019; 15:e1008301. [PMID: 31412026 PMCID: PMC6709926 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1008301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2018] [Revised: 08/26/2019] [Accepted: 07/10/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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We investigated whether Tbx1, the gene for 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11.2DS) and Foxi3, both required for segmentation of the pharyngeal apparatus (PA) to individual arches, genetically interact. We found that all Tbx1+/-;Foxi3+/- double heterozygous mouse embryos had thymus and parathyroid gland defects, similar to those in 22q11.2DS patients. We then examined Tbx1 and Foxi3 heterozygous, null as well as conditional Tbx1Cre and Sox172A-iCre/+ null mutant embryos. While Tbx1Cre/+;Foxi3f/f embryos had absent thymus and parathyroid glands, Foxi3-/- and Sox172A-iCre/+;Foxi3f/f endoderm conditional mutant embryos had in addition, interrupted aortic arch type B and retroesophageal origin of the right subclavian artery, which are all features of 22q11.2DS. Tbx1Cre/+;Foxi3f/f embryos had failed invagination of the third pharyngeal pouch with greatly reduced Gcm2 and Foxn1 expression, thereby explaining the absence of thymus and parathyroid glands. Immunofluorescence on tissue sections with E-cadherin and ZO-1 antibodies in wildtype mouse embryos at E8.5-E10.5, revealed that multilayers of epithelial cells form where cells are invaginating as a normal process. We noted that excessive multilayers formed in Foxi3-/-, Sox172A-iCre/+;Foxi3f/f as well as Tbx1 null mutant embryos where invagination should have occurred. Several genes expressed in the PA epithelia were downregulated in both Tbx1 and Foxi3 null mutant embryos including Notch pathway genes Jag1, Hes1, and Hey1, suggesting that they may, along with other genes, act downstream to explain the observed genetic interaction. We found Alcam and Fibronectin extracellular matrix proteins were reduced in expression in Foxi3 null but not Tbx1 null embryos, suggesting that some, but not all of the downstream mechanisms are shared.
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- Erica Hasten
- Department of Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America
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Fan QC, Tian H, Wang Y, Liu XB. Integrin-α5 promoted the progression of oral squamous cell carcinoma and modulated PI3K/AKT signaling pathway. Arch Oral Biol 2019; 101:85-91. [PMID: 30909080 DOI: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2019.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2018] [Revised: 03/07/2019] [Accepted: 03/10/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Integrin-α5 (ITGA5) gene has been reported to be critical for the progression of several cancers. However, the effects of ITGA5 in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) remain unclear. METHODS We firstly used bioinformatics methods to analyze the ITGA5 gene expression based on the public dataset. HO1-N-1 and SCC-9 cells with silenced ITGA5 were constructed using siRNA. Then, we determined the biological functions of ITGA5 in OSCC cells using cell counting kit-8 (CCK-8) assay, colony formation assay, wound healing assay and transwell assays. The expression of PI3K, p-PI3K, AKT, p-AKT, ERK and pERK were determined by western blot. RESULTS Our results revealed that ITGA5 expression was up-regulated in OSCC. The biological experiments further confirmed that ITGA5 expression was higher in OSCC cell lines. Moreover, we found that knockdown of ITGA5 inhibited the proliferation, migration and invasion of OSCC cells. The expression of phosphorylated-(p) PI3K, p-AKT and p-ERK obviously decreased after knockdown of ITGA5 in OSCC cells. CONCLUSION In summary, ITGA5 could promote the progression of OSCC via activating the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway, and it can be regarded as a potential biomarker for OSCC treatment.
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- Qing-Chun Fan
- Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Liaocheng People's Hospital, Liaocheng, China
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- The Eighth Department of Neurology, Liaocheng Third People's Hospital, Liaocheng, China
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- Clinical Laboratory, Liaocheng People's Hospital, Liaocheng, China
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- Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Liaocheng People's Hospital, Liaocheng, China.
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Gunawan F, Gentile A, Fukuda R, Tsedeke AT, Jiménez-Amilburu V, Ramadass R, Iida A, Sehara-Fujisawa A, Stainier DYR. Focal adhesions are essential to drive zebrafish heart valve morphogenesis. J Cell Biol 2019; 218:1039-1054. [PMID: 30635353 PMCID: PMC6400548 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201807175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2018] [Revised: 11/07/2018] [Accepted: 12/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Gunawan et al. analyze at single-cell resolution collective endocardial cell migration into the extracellular matrix and the cellular rearrangements forming leaflets during zebrafish heart valve formation. They show that focal adhesion activity driven by Integrin α5β1 and Talin1 are essential to drive cardiac valve morphogenesis in zebrafish. Elucidating the morphogenetic events that shape vertebrate heart valves, complex structures that prevent retrograde blood flow, is critical to understanding valvular development and aberrations. Here, we used the zebrafish atrioventricular (AV) valve to investigate these events in real time and at single-cell resolution. We report the initial events of collective migration of AV endocardial cells (ECs) into the extracellular matrix (ECM), and their subsequent rearrangements to form the leaflets. We functionally characterize integrin-based focal adhesions (FAs), critical mediators of cell–ECM interactions, during valve morphogenesis. Using transgenes to block FA signaling specifically in AV ECs as well as loss-of-function approaches, we show that FA signaling mediated by Integrin α5β1 and Talin1 promotes AV EC migration and overall shaping of the valve leaflets. Altogether, our investigation reveals the critical processes driving cardiac valve morphogenesis in vivo and establishes the zebrafish AV valve as a vertebrate model to study FA-regulated tissue morphogenesis.
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- Felix Gunawan
- Department of Developmental Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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- Department of Developmental Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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- Department of Developmental Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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- Department of Developmental Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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- Department of Developmental Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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- Department of Developmental Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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- Institute for Frontier Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Developmental Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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Zhang G, Isaji T, Zhiwei X, Xu L, Fukuda T, Gu J. N
‐acetylglucosaminyltransferase‐I as a novel regulator of epithelial‐mesenchymal transition. FASEB J 2018; 33:2823-2835. [DOI: 10.1096/fj.201801478r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Guowei Zhang
- Division of Regulatory GlycobiologyInstitute of Molecular Biomembrane and GlycobiologyTohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical UniversitySendaiJapan
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- Division of Regulatory GlycobiologyInstitute of Molecular Biomembrane and GlycobiologyTohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical UniversitySendaiJapan
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- Division of Regulatory GlycobiologyInstitute of Molecular Biomembrane and GlycobiologyTohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical UniversitySendaiJapan
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- Division of Regulatory GlycobiologyInstitute of Molecular Biomembrane and GlycobiologyTohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical UniversitySendaiJapan
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- Division of Regulatory GlycobiologyInstitute of Molecular Biomembrane and GlycobiologyTohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical UniversitySendaiJapan
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- Division of Regulatory GlycobiologyInstitute of Molecular Biomembrane and GlycobiologyTohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical UniversitySendaiJapan
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de Almeida PG, Pinheiro GG, Nunes AM, Gonçalves AB, Thorsteinsdóttir S. Fibronectin assembly during early embryo development: A versatile communication system between cells and tissues. Dev Dyn 2016; 245:520-35. [PMID: 26845241 DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.24391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2015] [Revised: 01/20/2016] [Accepted: 01/25/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Fibronectin extracellular matrix is essential for embryogenesis. Its assembly is a cell-mediated process where secreted fibronectin dimers bind to integrin receptors on receiving cells, which actively assemble fibronectin into a fibrillar matrix. During development, paracrine communication between tissues is crucial for coordinating morphogenesis, typically being mediated by growth factors and their receptors. Recent reports of situations where fibronectin is produced by one tissue and assembled by another, with implications on tissue morphogenesis, suggest that fibronectin assembly may also be a paracrine communication event in certain contexts. RESULTS Here we addressed which tissues express fibronectin (Fn1) while also localizing assembled fibronectin matrix and determining the mRNA expression and/or protein distribution pattern of integrins α5 and αV, α chains of the major fibronectin assembly receptors, during early chick and mouse development. We found evidence supporting a paracrine system in fibronectin matrix assembly in several tissues, including immature mesenchymal tissues, components of central and peripheral nervous system and developing muscle. CONCLUSIONS Thus, similarly to growth factor signaling, fibronectin matrix assembly during early development can be both autocrine and paracrine. We therefore propose that it be considered a cell-cell communication event at the same level and significance as growth factor signaling during embryogenesis.
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- Patrícia Gomes de Almeida
- Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Change (cE3c), Departamento de Biologia Animal, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Change (cE3c), Departamento de Biologia Animal, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Change (cE3c), Departamento de Biologia Animal, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Change (cE3c), Departamento de Biologia Animal, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Change (cE3c), Departamento de Biologia Animal, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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Lu F, Ma FF, Zhang W, Li Y, Wei FY, Zhou L. Qualitative research of alternatively splice variants of fibronectin in different development stage of mice heart. J Thorac Dis 2016; 7:2307-12. [PMID: 26793352 DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2015.12.36] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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BACKGROUND Fibronectin (FN) plays vital roles in cell adhesion, differentiation, proliferation and migration. It is involved in the process of embryonic development and is highly conserved during evolution. The EIIIA and EIIIB of FN show a very high degree of homology among vertebrates. Embryos deleting both EIIIA and EIIIB displayed multiple embryonic cardiovascular defects, implying their crucial role during embryogenesis. The correlation of spliced EIIIB, EIIIA, and IIICS of FN to heart development was studied by observing their chronological expression in mice heart. METHODS C57 mice embryos at E11.5, E12.5, E13.5, E14.5, E15.5, E16.5, E17.5, E18.5, E19.5 days, postnatal day 1 (P1d), and adult male mice (3 months) were used. For each alternatively spliced FN1 domain (EIIIB, EIIIA and IIICS), primer pairs were designed for specific amplification. Total RNA was extracted from the heart tissue, reverse transcripted to cDNA, followed by RT-PCR with specific primers. The PCR amplification was verified by agarose gel electrophoresis, showing specific fragments of the expected sizes. RESULTS In adult mice heart, only alternatively splice variants of EIIIA-, EIIIB-, IIICS+ were expressed. While in embryonic mice, spliced variant of EIIIA+/-, EIIIB+/-, IIICS+ were observed. The expression of EIIIA and EIIIB changed during heart development. CONCLUSIONS FN is crucial for the normal development of the embryonic heart by modulating cardiac neural crest (CNC) proliferation and survival, and maintenance of CNC cells. FN1 gene seems to play a significant role by expression of highly conserved EIIIA and EIIIB in embryonic heart development.
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- Feng Lu
- 1 Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China ; 2 Xiamen Diabetes Institute, First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen 361003, China
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- 1 Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China ; 2 Xiamen Diabetes Institute, First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen 361003, China
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- 1 Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China ; 2 Xiamen Diabetes Institute, First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen 361003, China
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- 1 Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China ; 2 Xiamen Diabetes Institute, First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen 361003, China
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- 1 Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China ; 2 Xiamen Diabetes Institute, First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen 361003, China
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- 1 Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China ; 2 Xiamen Diabetes Institute, First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen 361003, China
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Wang X, Astrof S. Neural crest cell-autonomous roles of fibronectin in cardiovascular development. Development 2015; 143:88-100. [PMID: 26552887 DOI: 10.1242/dev.125286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2015] [Accepted: 11/03/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The chemical and mechanical properties of extracellular matrices (ECMs) modulate diverse aspects of cellular fates; however, how regional heterogeneity in ECM composition regulates developmental programs is not well understood. We discovered that fibronectin 1 (Fn1) is expressed in strikingly non-uniform patterns during mouse development, suggesting that regionalized synthesis of the ECM plays cell-specific regulatory roles during embryogenesis. To test this hypothesis, we ablated Fn1 in the neural crest (NC), a population of multi-potent progenitors expressing high levels of Fn1. We found that Fn1 synthesized by the NC mediated morphogenesis of the aortic arch artery and differentiation of NC cells into vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) by regulating Notch signaling. We show that NC Fn1 signals in an NC cell-autonomous manner through integrin α5β1 expressed by the NC, leading to activation of Notch and differentiation of VSMCs. Our data demonstrate an essential role of the localized synthesis of Fn1 in cardiovascular development and spatial regulation of Notch signaling.
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- Xia Wang
- Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Department of Medicine, Center for Translational Medicine, 1020 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
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- Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Department of Medicine, Center for Translational Medicine, 1020 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
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Chen D, Wang X, Liang D, Gordon J, Mittal A, Manley N, Degenhardt K, Astrof S. Fibronectin signals through integrin α5β1 to regulate cardiovascular development in a cell type-specific manner. Dev Biol 2015; 407:195-210. [PMID: 26434918 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2015.09.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2015] [Revised: 09/09/2015] [Accepted: 09/12/2015] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Fibronectin (Fn1) is an evolutionarily conserved extracellular matrix glycoprotein essential for embryonic development. Global deletion of Fn1 leads to mid-gestation lethality from cardiovascular defects. However, severe morphogenetic defects that occur early in embryogenesis in these embryos precluded assigning a direct role for Fn1 in cardiovascular development. We noticed that Fn1 is expressed in strikingly non-uniform patterns during mouse embryogenesis, and that its expression is particularly enriched in the pharyngeal region corresponding with the pharyngeal arches 3, 4, and 6. This region bears a special importance for the developing cardiovascular system, and we hypothesized that the localized enrichment of Fn1 in the pharyngeal region may be essential for cardiovascular morphogenesis. To test this hypothesis, we ablated Fn1 using the Isl1(Cre) knock-in strain of mice. Deletion of Fn1 using the Isl1(Cre) strain resulted in defective formation of the 4th pharyngeal arch arteries (PAAs), aberrant development of the cardiac outflow tract (OFT), and ventricular septum defects. To determine the cell types responding to Fn1 signaling during cardiovascular development, we deleted a major Fn1 receptor, integrin α5 using the Isl1(Cre) strain, and observed the same spectrum of abnormalities seen in the Fn1 conditional mutants. Additional conditional mutagenesis studies designed to ablate integrin α5 in distinct cell types within the Isl1(+) tissues and their derivatives, suggested that the expression of integrin α5 in the pharyngeal arch mesoderm, endothelium, surface ectoderm and the neural crest were not required for PAA formation. Our studies suggest that an (as yet unknown) integrin α5-dependent signal extrinsic to the pharyngeal endothelium mediates the formation of the 4th PAAs.
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- Dongying Chen
- Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Department of Medicine, Center for Translational Medicine, 1020 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA; Cell and Developmental Biology graduate program, Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
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- Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Department of Medicine, Center for Translational Medicine, 1020 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
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- Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Department of Medicine, Center for Translational Medicine, 1020 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
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- Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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- Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Department of Medicine, Center for Translational Medicine, 1020 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
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- Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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- Children's Hospital of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
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- Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Department of Medicine, Center for Translational Medicine, 1020 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA; Cell and Developmental Biology graduate program, Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.
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Pentimento: Neural Crest and the origin of mesectoderm. Dev Biol 2015; 401:37-61. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2014.12.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2014] [Revised: 12/28/2014] [Accepted: 12/30/2014] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Turner CJ, Badu-Nkansah K, Crowley D, van der Flier A, Hynes RO. α5 and αv integrins cooperate to regulate vascular smooth muscle and neural crest functions in vivo. Development 2015; 142:797-808. [PMID: 25670798 DOI: 10.1242/dev.117572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The RGD-binding α5 and αv integrins have been shown to be key regulators of vascular smooth muscle cell (vSMC) function in vitro. However, their role on vSMCs during vascular development in vivo remains unclear. To address this issue, we have generated mice that lack α5, αv or both α5 and αv integrins on their vSMCs, using the SM22α-Cre transgenic mouse line. To our surprise, neither α5 nor αv mutants displayed any obvious vascular defects during embryonic development. By contrast, mice lacking both α5 and αv integrins developed interrupted aortic arches, large brachiocephalic/carotid artery aneurysms and cardiac septation defects, but developed extensive and apparently normal vasculature in the skin. Cardiovascular defects were also found, along with cleft palates and ectopically located thymi, in Wnt1-Cre α5/αv mutants, suggesting that α5 and αv cooperate on neural crest-derived cells to control the remodelling of the pharyngeal arches and the septation of the heart and outflow tract. Analysis of cultured α5/αv-deficient vSMCs suggests that this is achieved, at least in part, through proper assembly of RGD-containing extracellular matrix proteins and the correct incorporation and activation of latent TGF-β.
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- Christopher J Turner
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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Sapudom J, Rubner S, Martin S, Thoenes S, Anderegg U, Pompe T. The interplay of fibronectin functionalization and TGF-β1 presence on fibroblast proliferation, differentiation and migration in 3D matrices. Biomater Sci 2015; 3:1291-301. [DOI: 10.1039/c5bm00140d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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TGF-β1 dependent fibroblast behaviour in a wound healing context is mimicked by topologically and mechanically defined collagen matrices with fibronectin functionalization.
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- Jiranuwat Sapudom
- Institute of Biochemistry
- Faculty of Biosciences
- Pharmacy and Psychology
- Universität Leipzig
- Leipzig 04103
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- Institute of Biochemistry
- Faculty of Biosciences
- Pharmacy and Psychology
- Universität Leipzig
- Leipzig 04103
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- Institute of Biochemistry
- Faculty of Biosciences
- Pharmacy and Psychology
- Universität Leipzig
- Leipzig 04103
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- Department of Dermatology
- Venereology and Allergology
- Universitätsklinikum Leipzig
- Leipzig 04103
- Germany
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- Department of Dermatology
- Venereology and Allergology
- Universitätsklinikum Leipzig
- Leipzig 04103
- Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry
- Faculty of Biosciences
- Pharmacy and Psychology
- Universität Leipzig
- Leipzig 04103
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Liang D, Wang X, Mittal A, Dhiman S, Hou SY, Degenhardt K, Astrof S. Mesodermal expression of integrin α5β1 regulates neural crest development and cardiovascular morphogenesis. Dev Biol 2014; 395:232-44. [PMID: 25242040 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2014.09.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2014] [Revised: 09/10/2014] [Accepted: 09/11/2014] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Integrin α5-null embryos die in mid-gestation from severe defects in cardiovascular morphogenesis, which stem from defective development of the neural crest, heart and vasculature. To investigate the role of integrin α5β1 in cardiovascular development, we used the Mesp1(Cre) knock-in strain of mice to ablate integrin α5 in the anterior mesoderm, which gives rise to all of the cardiac and many of the vascular and muscle lineages in the anterior portion of the embryo. Surprisingly, we found that mutant embryos displayed numerous defects related to the abnormal development of the neural crest such as cleft palate, ventricular septal defect, abnormal development of hypoglossal nerves, and defective remodeling of the aortic arch arteries. We found that defects in arch artery remodeling stem from the role of mesodermal integrin α5β1 in neural crest proliferation and differentiation into vascular smooth muscle cells, while proliferation of pharyngeal mesoderm and differentiation of mesodermal derivatives into vascular smooth muscle cells was not defective. Taken together our studies demonstrate a requisite role for mesodermal integrin α5β1 in signaling between the mesoderm and the neural crest, thereby regulating neural crest-dependent morphogenesis of essential embryonic structures.
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- Dong Liang
- Thomas Jefferson University, Department of Medicine, Center for Translational Medicine, 1020 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson University, Department of Medicine, Center for Translational Medicine, 1020 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson University, Department of Medicine, Center for Translational Medicine, 1020 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson University, Department of Medicine, Center for Translational Medicine, 1020 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson University, Department of Medicine, Center for Translational Medicine, 1020 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
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- Childrens Hospital of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson University, Department of Medicine, Center for Translational Medicine, 1020 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.
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Pulina M, Liang D, Astrof S. Shape and position of the node and notochord along the bilateral plane of symmetry are regulated by cell-extracellular matrix interactions. Biol Open 2014; 3:583-90. [PMID: 24928429 PMCID: PMC4154294 DOI: 10.1242/bio.20148243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The node and notochord (and their equivalents in other species) are essential signaling centers, positioned along the plane of bilateral symmetry in developing vertebrate embryos. However, genes and mechanisms regulating morphogenesis of these structures and their placement along the embryonic midline are not well understood. In this work, we provide the first evidence that the position of the node and the notochord along the bilateral plane of symmetry are under genetic control and are regulated by integrin α5β1 and fibronectin in mice. We found that the shape of the node is often inverted in integrin α5-null and fibronectin-null mutants, and that the positioning of node and the notochord is often skewed away from the perceived plane of embryonic bilateral of symmetry. Our studies also show that the shape and position of the notochord are dependent on the shape and embryonic placement of the node. Our studies suggest that fibronectin regulates the shape of the node by affecting apico-basal polarity of the nodal cells. Taken together, our data indicate that cell–extracellular matrix interactions mediated by integrin α5β1 and fibronectin regulate the geometry of the node as well as the placement of the node and notochord along the plane of bilateral symmetry in the mammalian embryo.
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- Maria Pulina
- Present address: Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Center for Translational Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA Present address: Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Center for Translational Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA Present address: Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA.
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Qiao L, Gao H, Zhang T, Jing L, Xiao C, Xiao Y, Luo N, Zhu H, Meng W, Xu H, Mo X. Snail modulates the assembly of fibronectin via α5 integrin for myocardial migration in zebrafish embryos. Sci Rep 2014; 4:4470. [PMID: 24667151 PMCID: PMC3966048 DOI: 10.1038/srep04470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2013] [Accepted: 03/07/2014] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The Snail family member snail encodes a zinc finger-containing transcriptional factor that is involved in heart formation. Yet, little is known about how Snail regulates heart development. Here, we identified that one of the duplicated snail genes, snai1b, was expressed in the heart region of zebrafish embryos. Depletion of Snai1b function dramatically reduced expression of α5 integrin, disrupted Fibronectin layer in the heart region, especially at the midline, and prevented migration of cardiac precursors, resulting in defects in cardiac morphology and function in zebrafish embryos. Injection of α5β1 protein rescued the Fibronectin layer and then the myocardial precursor migration in snai1b knockdown embryos. The results provide the molecular mechanism how Snail controls the morphogenesis of heart during embryonic development.
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- Liangjun Qiao
- 1] Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology, Center for Medical Stem Cell Biology, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China [2]
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- 1] Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology, Center for Medical Stem Cell Biology, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China [2]
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- Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology, Center for Medical Stem Cell Biology, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology, Center for Medical Stem Cell Biology, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology, Center for Medical Stem Cell Biology, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology, Center for Medical Stem Cell Biology, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology, Center for Medical Stem Cell Biology, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology, Center for Medical Stem Cell Biology, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology, Center for Medical Stem Cell Biology, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology, Center for Medical Stem Cell Biology, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology, Center for Medical Stem Cell Biology, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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Disruption of G-protein γ5 subtype causes embryonic lethality in mice. PLoS One 2014; 9:e90970. [PMID: 24599258 PMCID: PMC3944967 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0090970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2013] [Accepted: 02/06/2014] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Heterotrimeric G-proteins modulate many processes essential for embryonic development including cellular proliferation, migration, differentiation, and survival. Although most research has focused on identifying the roles of the various αsubtypes, there is growing recognition that similarly divergent βγ dimers also regulate these processes. In this paper, we show that targeted disruption of the mouse Gng5 gene encoding the γ5 subtype produces embryonic lethality associated with severe head and heart defects. Collectively, these results add to a growing body of data that identify critical roles for the γ subunits in directing the assembly of functionally distinct G-αβγ trimers that are responsible for regulating diverse biological processes. Specifically, the finding that loss of the G-γ5 subtype is associated with a reduced number of cardiac precursor cells not only provides a causal basis for the mouse phenotype but also raises the possibility that G-βγ5 dependent signaling contributes to the pathogenesis of human congenital heart problems.
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Dai X, Jiang W, Zhang Q, Xu L, Geng P, Zhuang S, Petrich BG, Jiang C, Peng L, Bhattacharya S, Evans SM, Sun Y, Chen J, Liang X. Requirement for integrin-linked kinase in neural crest migration and differentiation and outflow tract morphogenesis. BMC Biol 2013; 11:107. [PMID: 24131868 PMCID: PMC3906977 DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-11-107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2013] [Accepted: 10/07/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Neural crest defects lead to congenital heart disease involving outflow tract malformation. Integrin-linked-kinase (ILK) plays important roles in multiple cellular processes and embryogenesis. ILK is expressed in the neural crest, but its role in neural crest and outflow tract morphogenesis remains unknown. RESULTS We ablated ILK specifically in the neural crest using the Wnt1-Cre transgene. ILK ablation resulted in abnormal migration and overpopulation of neural crest cells in the pharyngeal arches and outflow tract and a significant reduction in the expression of neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM) and extracellular matrix components. ILK mutant embryos exhibited an enlarged common arterial trunk and ventricular septal defect. Reduced smooth muscle differentiation, but increased ossification and neurogenesis/innervation were observed in ILK mutant outflow tract that may partly be due to reduced transforming growth factor β2 (TGFβ2) but increased bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signaling. Consistent with these observations, microarray analysis of fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS)-sorted neural crest cells revealed reduced expression of genes associated with muscle differentiation, but increased expression of genes of neurogenesis and osteogenesis. CONCLUSIONS Our results demonstrate that ILK plays essential roles in neural crest and outflow tract development by mediating complex crosstalk between cell matrix and multiple signaling pathways. Changes in these pathways may collectively result in the unique neural crest and outflow tract phenotypes observed in ILK mutants.
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- Key Laboratory of Arrhythmia, Ministry of Education, East Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, 150 Jimo Road, Shanghai 200120, China.
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Cui L, Xu S, Ma D, Gao J, Liu Y, Yue J, Wu B. The role of integrin-α5 in the proliferation and odontogenic differentiation of human dental pulp stem cells. J Endod 2013; 40:235-40. [PMID: 24461410 DOI: 10.1016/j.joen.2013.08.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2013] [Revised: 08/04/2013] [Accepted: 08/05/2013] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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INTRODUCTION It has been reported that integrin-α5 (ITGA5) activity is related to cell proliferation, differentiation, migration, and organ development. However, the involvement of ITGA5 in the biological functions of human dental pulp stem cells (hDPSCs) has not been explored. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of ITGA5 in the proliferation and odontogenic differentiation of hDPSCs. METHODS We knocked down ITGA5 in hDPSCs using lentivirus-mediated ITGA5 short hairpin RNA (shRNA). Changes in the proliferation in hDPSCs infected with lentiviruses expressing ITGA5-specific shRNA or negative control shRNA were examined using the 3-(4,5-Dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay and 5-ethynyl-2'-deoxyuridine labeling. Both ITGA5 knockdown cells and shMock cells were cultured in mineralization medium for 3 weeks, and the differentiation of cells was detected with alizarin red S staining. The expression of odontogenic differentiation-related molecular markers was assessed using real-time polymerase chain reaction and Western blot assays. RESULTS The knockdown of ITGA5 decreased the proliferation capacity of hDPSCs. ITGA5 shRNA promoted odontogenic differentiation of hDPSCs with the enhanced formation of mineralized nodules. It also up-regulated the messenger RNA expression of multiple markers of odontogenesis and the expression of dentin sialophosphoprotein protein. CONCLUSIONS These findings suggest that ITGA5 plays an important role in maintaining hDPSCs in a proliferative state. The inhibition of ITGA5 signaling promotes the odontogenic differentiation of hDPSCs.
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- Li Cui
- Department of Stomatology, Nanfang Hospital, Guangzhou, China; College of Stomatology, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Stomatology, Nanfang Hospital, Guangzhou, China; College of Stomatology, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Stomatology, Nanfang Hospital, Guangzhou, China; College of Stomatology, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Stomatology, Nanfang Hospital, Guangzhou, China; College of Stomatology, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Stomatology, Nanfang Hospital, Guangzhou, China; College of Stomatology, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Stomatology, Nanfang Hospital, Guangzhou, China; College of Stomatology, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Stomatology, Nanfang Hospital, Guangzhou, China; College of Stomatology, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
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Mittal A, Pulina M, Hou SY, Astrof S. Fibronectin and integrin alpha 5 play requisite roles in cardiac morphogenesis. Dev Biol 2013; 381:73-82. [PMID: 23791818 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2013.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2012] [Revised: 06/02/2013] [Accepted: 06/06/2013] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Fibronectin and its major receptor, integrin α5β1 are required for embryogenesis. These mutants have similar phenotypes, although, defects in integrin α5-deficient mice are milder. In this paper, we examined heart development in those mutants, in which the heart is formed, and discovered that both fibronectin and integrin α5 were required for cardiac morphogenesis, and in particular, for the formation of the cardiac outflow tract. We found that Isl1+ precursors are specified and migrate into the heart in fibronectin- or integrin α5-mutant embryos, however, the hearts in these mutants are of aberrant shape, and the cardiac outflow tracts are short and malformed. We show that these defects are likely due to the requirement for cell adhesion to fibronectin for proliferation of myocardial progenitors and for Fgf8 signaling in the pharyngeal region.
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- Ashok Mittal
- Department of Medicine, Center for Translational Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, 1025 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Endo Y, Ishiwata-Endo H, Yamada KM. Cloning and characterization of chicken α5 integrin: endogenous and experimental expression in early chicken embryos. Matrix Biol 2013; 32:381-6. [PMID: 23587661 DOI: 10.1016/j.matbio.2013.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2013] [Revised: 04/08/2013] [Accepted: 04/08/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Key roles for fibronectin and its integrin receptors have been postulated in the multiple cell-matrix interactions essential for chick embryo morphogenesis. However, mechanistic studies of these processes have been hampered by the current absence of sequence data and chicken cDNA clones for the major fibronectin receptor subunit, integrin α5 (ITGA5). We report here the sequence, endogenous expression pattern, and transfection of full-length chicken integrin α5. During early chicken embryonic development, α5 is highly expressed in cranial neural folds and migrating neural crest cells, suggesting potential roles in neural crest formation and migration. In fact, over-expression of this integrin in early neural tube selectively induces BMP5, a growth factor recently implicated in neural crest formation. Availability of these α5 integrin tools should facilitate studies of its functions in early embryonic development.
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- Yukinori Endo
- Laboratory of Cell and Developmental Biology, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-4370, United States.
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McKeown SJ, Wallace AS, Anderson RB. Expression and function of cell adhesion molecules during neural crest migration. Dev Biol 2012; 373:244-57. [PMID: 23123967 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2012.10.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2012] [Revised: 10/18/2012] [Accepted: 10/25/2012] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Neural crest cells are highly migratory cells that give rise to many derivatives including peripheral ganglia, craniofacial structures and melanocytes. Neural crest cells migrate along defined pathways to their target sites, interacting with each other and their environment as they migrate. Cell adhesion molecules are critical during this process. In this review we discuss the expression and function of cell adhesion molecules during the process of neural crest migration, in particular cadherins, integrins, members of the immunoglobulin superfamily of cell adhesion molecules, and the proteolytic enzymes that cleave these cell adhesion molecules. The expression and function of these cell adhesion molecules and proteases are compared across neural crest emigrating from different axial levels, and across different species of vertebrates.
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- Sonja J McKeown
- Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, University of Melbourne, 3010 VIC, Australia.
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Pulina MV, Hou SY, Mittal A, Julich D, Whittaker CA, Holley SA, Hynes RO, Astrof S. Essential roles of fibronectin in the development of the left-right embryonic body plan. Dev Biol 2011; 354:208-20. [PMID: 21466802 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2011.03.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2010] [Revised: 03/14/2011] [Accepted: 03/28/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Studies in Xenopus laevis suggested that cell-extracellular matrix (ECM) interactions regulate the development of the left-right axis of asymmetry; however, the identities of ECM components and their receptors important for this process have remained unknown. We discovered that FN is required for the establishment of the asymmetric gene expression pattern in early mouse embryos by regulating morphogenesis of the node, while cellular fates of the nodal cells, canonical Wnt and Shh signaling within the node were not perturbed by the absence of FN. FN is also required for the expression of Lefty 1/2 and activation of SMADs 2 and 3 at the floor plate, while cell fate specification of the notochord and the floor plate, as well as signaling within and between these two embryonic organizing centers remained intact in FN-null mutants. Furthermore, our experiments indicate that a major cell surface receptor for FN, integrin α5β1, is also required for the development of the left-right asymmetry, and that this requirement is evolutionarily conserved in fish and mice. Taken together, our studies demonstrate the requisite role for a structural ECM protein and its integrin receptor in the development of the left-right axis of asymmetry in vertebrates.
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- Maria V Pulina
- Weill Cornell Medical College, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, New York, NY, USA
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Jung Y, Kissil JL, McCarty JH. β8 integrin and band 4.1B cooperatively regulate morphogenesis of the embryonic heart. Dev Dyn 2010; 240:271-7. [DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.22513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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