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Intraflagellar transport 20: New target for the treatment of ciliopathies. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2019; 1867:118641. [PMID: 31893523 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2019.118641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2019] [Revised: 12/17/2019] [Accepted: 12/25/2019] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Cilia are ubiquitous in mammalian cells. The formation and assembly of cilia depend on the normal functioning of the ciliary transport system. In recent years, various proteins involved in the intracellular transport of the cilium have attracted attention, as many diseases are caused by disorders in cilia formation. Intraflagellar transport 20 (IFT20) is a subunit of IFT complex B, which contains approximately 20 protein particles. Studies have shown that defects in IFT20 are associated with numerous system -related diseases, such as those of the urinary system, cardiovascular system, skeletal system, nervous system, immune system, reproductive system, and respiratory system. This review summarizes current research on IFT20.We describe studies related to the role of IFT20 in cilia formation and discuss new targets for treating diseases associated with ciliary dysplasia.
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In mammals, most cardiomyocytes (CMs) become polyploid (they have more than two complete sets of chromosomes). The purpose of this review is to evaluate assumptions about CM ploidy that are commonly discussed, even if not experimentally demonstrated, and to highlight key issues that are still to be resolved. Topics discussed here include (a) technical and conceptual difficulties in defining a polyploid CM, (b) the candidate role of reactive oxygen as a proximal trigger for the onset of polyploidy, (c) the relationship between polyploidization and other aspects of CM maturation, (d) recent insights related to the regenerative role of the subpopulation of CMs that are not polyploid, and (e) speculations as to why CMs become polyploid at all. New approaches to experimentally manipulate CM ploidy may resolve some of these long-standing and fundamental questions.
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- Peiheng Gan
- Department of Regenerative Medicine and Cell Biology and Department of Medicine Division of Cardiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425, USA; .,Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, and Cardiovascular Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226, USA
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- Department of Regenerative Medicine and Cell Biology and Department of Medicine Division of Cardiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425, USA;
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Boogerd CJ, Zhu X, Aneas I, Sakabe N, Zhang L, Sobreira DR, Montefiori L, Bogomolovas J, Joslin AC, Zhou B, Chen J, Nobrega MA, Evans SM. Tbx20 Is Required in Mid-Gestation Cardiomyocytes and Plays a Central Role in Atrial Development. Circ Res 2019; 123:428-442. [PMID: 29903739 PMCID: PMC6092109 DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.118.311339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text. Rationale: Mutations in the transcription factor TBX20 (T-box 20) are associated with congenital heart disease. Germline ablation of Tbx20 results in abnormal heart development and embryonic lethality by embryonic day 9.5. Because Tbx20 is expressed in multiple cell lineages required for myocardial development, including pharyngeal endoderm, cardiogenic mesoderm, endocardium, and myocardium, the cell type–specific requirement for TBX20 in early myocardial development remains to be explored. Objective: Here, we investigated roles of TBX20 in midgestation cardiomyocytes for heart development. Methods and Results: Ablation of Tbx20 from developing cardiomyocytes using a doxycycline inducible cTnTCre transgene led to embryonic lethality. The circumference of developing ventricular and atrial chambers, and in particular that of prospective left atrium, was significantly reduced in Tbx20 conditional knockout mutants. Cell cycle analysis demonstrated reduced proliferation of Tbx20 mutant cardiomyocytes and their arrest at the G1-S phase transition. Genome-wide transcriptome analysis of mutant cardiomyocytes revealed differential expression of multiple genes critical for cell cycle regulation. Moreover, atrial and ventricular gene programs seemed to be aberrantly regulated. Putative direct TBX20 targets were identified using TBX20 ChIP-Seq (chromatin immunoprecipitation with high throughput sequencing) from embryonic heart and included key cell cycle genes and atrial and ventricular specific genes. Notably, TBX20 bound a conserved enhancer for a gene key to atrial development and identity, COUP-TFII/Nr2f2 (chicken ovalbumin upstream promoter transcription factor 2/nuclear receptor subfamily 2, group F, member 2). This enhancer interacted with the NR2F2 promoter in human cardiomyocytes and conferred atrial specific gene expression in a transgenic mouse in a TBX20-dependent manner. Conclusions: Myocardial TBX20 directly regulates a subset of genes required for fetal cardiomyocyte proliferation, including those required for the G1-S transition. TBX20 also directly downregulates progenitor-specific genes and, in addition to regulating genes that specify chamber versus nonchamber myocardium, directly activates genes required for establishment or maintenance of atrial and ventricular identity. TBX20 plays a previously unappreciated key role in atrial development through direct regulation of an evolutionarily conserved COUPT-FII enhancer.
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- Cornelis J. Boogerd
- From the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (C.J.B., X.Z., L.Z., S.M.E.)
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- From the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (C.J.B., X.Z., L.Z., S.M.E.)
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- University of California, San Diego, La Jolla; Department of Human Genetics, University of Chicago, IL (I.A., N.S., D.R.S., L.M., A.C.J., M.A.N.)
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- University of California, San Diego, La Jolla; Department of Human Genetics, University of Chicago, IL (I.A., N.S., D.R.S., L.M., A.C.J., M.A.N.)
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- From the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (C.J.B., X.Z., L.Z., S.M.E.)
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- University of California, San Diego, La Jolla; Department of Human Genetics, University of Chicago, IL (I.A., N.S., D.R.S., L.M., A.C.J., M.A.N.)
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- University of California, San Diego, La Jolla; Department of Human Genetics, University of Chicago, IL (I.A., N.S., D.R.S., L.M., A.C.J., M.A.N.)
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- Department of Medicine (J.B., J.C., S.M.E.)
- Department of Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany (J.B.)
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- University of California, San Diego, La Jolla; Department of Human Genetics, University of Chicago, IL (I.A., N.S., D.R.S., L.M., A.C.J., M.A.N.)
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- Department of Genetics, Medicine and Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, New York, NY (B.Z.)
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- Department of Medicine (J.B., J.C., S.M.E.)
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- University of California, San Diego, La Jolla; Department of Human Genetics, University of Chicago, IL (I.A., N.S., D.R.S., L.M., A.C.J., M.A.N.)
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- From the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (C.J.B., X.Z., L.Z., S.M.E.)
- Department of Medicine (J.B., J.C., S.M.E.)
- Department of Pharmacology (S.M.E.)
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Cheng Z, Zhang Q, Yin A, Feng M, Li H, Liu H, Li Y, Qian L. The long non-coding RNA uc.4 influences cell differentiation through the TGF-beta signaling pathway. Exp Mol Med 2018; 50:e447. [PMID: 29504607 PMCID: PMC5903826 DOI: 10.1038/emm.2017.278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2017] [Revised: 08/26/2017] [Accepted: 08/31/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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In a previous study, we screened thousands of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) to assess their potential relationship with congenital heart disease (CHD). In this study, uc.4 attracted our attention because of its high level of evolutionary conservation and its antisense orientation to the CASZ1 gene, which is vital for heart development. We explored the function of uc.4 in cells and in zebrafish, and describe a potential mechanism of action. P19 cells were used to investigate the function of uc.4. We studied the effect of uc.4 overexpression on heart development in zebrafish. The overexpression of uc.4 influenced cell differentiation by inhibiting the TGF-beta signaling pathway and suppressed heart development in zebrafish, resulting in cardiac malformation. Taken together, our findings show that uc.4 is involved in heart development, thus providing a potential therapeutic target for CHD.
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- Zijie Cheng
- Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Cardiology, YinZhou Hospital Affiliated to Medical School of Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Huai An First People's Hospital, HuaiAn, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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Singh AR, Sivadas A, Sabharwal A, Vellarikal SK, Jayarajan R, Verma A, Kapoor S, Joshi A, Scaria V, Sivasubbu S. Chamber Specific Gene Expression Landscape of the Zebrafish Heart. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0147823. [PMID: 26815362 PMCID: PMC4729522 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0147823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2015] [Accepted: 01/08/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The organization of structure and function of cardiac chambers in vertebrates is defined by chamber-specific distinct gene expression. This peculiarity and uniqueness of the genetic signatures demonstrates functional resolution attributed to the different chambers of the heart. Altered expression of the cardiac chamber genes can lead to individual chamber related dysfunctions and disease patho-physiologies. Information on transcriptional repertoire of cardiac compartments is important to understand the spectrum of chamber specific anomalies. We have carried out a genome wide transcriptome profiling study of the three cardiac chambers in the zebrafish heart using RNA sequencing. We have captured the gene expression patterns of 13,396 protein coding genes in the three cardiac chambers—atrium, ventricle and bulbus arteriosus. Of these, 7,260 known protein coding genes are highly expressed (≥10 FPKM) in the zebrafish heart. Thus, this study represents nearly an all-inclusive information on the zebrafish cardiac transcriptome. In this study, a total of 96 differentially expressed genes across the three cardiac chambers in zebrafish were identified. The atrium, ventricle and bulbus arteriosus displayed 20, 32 and 44 uniquely expressing genes respectively. We validated the expression of predicted chamber-restricted genes using independent semi-quantitative and qualitative experimental techniques. In addition, we identified 23 putative novel protein coding genes that are specifically restricted to the ventricle and not in the atrium or bulbus arteriosus. In our knowledge, these 23 novel genes have either not been investigated in detail or are sparsely studied. The transcriptome identified in this study includes 68 differentially expressing zebrafish cardiac chamber genes that have a human ortholog. We also carried out spatiotemporal gene expression profiling of the 96 differentially expressed genes throughout the three cardiac chambers in 11 developmental stages and 6 tissue types of zebrafish. We hypothesize that clustering the differentially expressed genes with both known and unknown functions will deliver detailed insights on fundamental gene networks that are important for the development and specification of the cardiac chambers. It is also postulated that this transcriptome atlas will help utilize zebrafish in a better way as a model for studying cardiac development and to explore functional role of gene networks in cardiac disease pathogenesis.
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- Angom Ramcharan Singh
- Genomics and Molecular Medicine, CSIR Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Mathura Road, Delhi 110025, India
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- GN Ramachandran Knowledge Center for Genome Informatics, CSIR Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Mathura Road, Delhi 110025, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, CSIR-IGIB South Campus, Mathura Road, Delhi 110025, India
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- Genomics and Molecular Medicine, CSIR Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Mathura Road, Delhi 110025, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, CSIR-IGIB South Campus, Mathura Road, Delhi 110025, India
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- Genomics and Molecular Medicine, CSIR Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Mathura Road, Delhi 110025, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, CSIR-IGIB South Campus, Mathura Road, Delhi 110025, India
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- Genomics and Molecular Medicine, CSIR Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Mathura Road, Delhi 110025, India
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- Genomics and Molecular Medicine, CSIR Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Mathura Road, Delhi 110025, India
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- Genomics and Molecular Medicine, CSIR Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Mathura Road, Delhi 110025, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, CSIR-IGIB South Campus, Mathura Road, Delhi 110025, India
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- Genomics and Molecular Medicine, CSIR Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Mathura Road, Delhi 110025, India
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- GN Ramachandran Knowledge Center for Genome Informatics, CSIR Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Mathura Road, Delhi 110025, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, CSIR-IGIB South Campus, Mathura Road, Delhi 110025, India
- * E-mail: (VS); (SS)
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- Genomics and Molecular Medicine, CSIR Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Mathura Road, Delhi 110025, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, CSIR-IGIB South Campus, Mathura Road, Delhi 110025, India
- * E-mail: (VS); (SS)
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Geuss LR, Suggs LJ. Making cardiomyocytes: How mechanical stimulation can influence differentiation of pluripotent stem cells. Biotechnol Prog 2013; 29:1089-96. [DOI: 10.1002/btpr.1794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2013] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Laura R. Geuss
- Dept. of Biomedical Engineering; The University of Texas at Austin; Austin TX 78712
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- Dept. of Biomedical Engineering; The University of Texas at Austin; Austin TX 78712
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Spatial and temporal organization of signal transduction is coordinated through the segregation of signaling enzymes in selected cellular compartments. This highly evolved regulatory mechanism ensures the activation of selected enzymes only in the vicinity of their target proteins. In this context, cAMP-responsive triggering of protein kinase A is modulated by a family of scaffold proteins referred to as A-kinase anchoring proteins. A-kinase anchoring proteins form the core of multiprotein complexes and enable simultaneous but segregated cAMP signaling events to occur in defined cellular compartments. In this review we will focus on the description of A-kinase anchoring protein function in the regulation of cardiac physiopathology.
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- Alessia Perino
- Molecular Biotechnology Center, Department of Genetics, Biology and Biochemistry, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
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VanDusen NJ, Firulli AB. Twist factor regulation of non-cardiomyocyte cell lineages in the developing heart. Differentiation 2012; 84:79-88. [PMID: 22516205 DOI: 10.1016/j.diff.2012.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2011] [Revised: 02/14/2012] [Accepted: 03/07/2012] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The heart is a complex organ that is composed of numerous cell types, which must integrate their programs for proper specification, differentiation and cardiac morphogenesis. During cardiogenesis members of the Twist-family of basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factors play distinct roles within cardiac lineages such as the endocardium and extra-cardiac lineages such as the cardiac neural crest (cNCC) and epicardium. While the study of these cell populations is often eclipsed by that of cardiomyocytes, the contributions of non-cardiomyocytes to development and disease are increasingly being appreciated as both dynamic and essential. This review summarizes what is known regarding Twist-family bHLH function in extra-cardiac cell populations and the endocardium, with a focus on regulatory mechanisms, downstream targets, and expression profiles. Improving our understanding of the molecular pathways that Twist-family bHLH factors mediate in these lineages will be necessary to ascertain how their dysfunction leads to congenital disease and adult pathologies such as myocardial infarctions and cardiac fibroblast induced fibrosis. Indeed, this knowledge will prove to be critical to clinicians seeking to improve current treatments.
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- Nathan J VanDusen
- Riley Heart Research Center, Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana Medical School, 1044 W. Walnut St., Indianapolis, IN 46202-5225, USA
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Müller PS, Schulz R, Maretto S, Costello I, Srinivas S, Bikoff E, Robertson E. The fibronectin leucine-rich repeat transmembrane protein Flrt2 is required in the epicardium to promote heart morphogenesis. Development 2011; 138:1297-308. [PMID: 21350012 PMCID: PMC3050662 DOI: 10.1242/dev.059386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/06/2011] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The epicardium, the outermost tissue layer that envelops the developing heart and provides essential trophic signals for the myocardium, derives from the pro-epicardial organ (PEO). Two of the three members of the Flrt family of transmembrane glycoproteins, Flrt2 and Flrt3, are strongly co-expressed in the PEO. However, beginning at around day 10 of mouse development, following attachment and outgrowth, Flrt3 is selectively downregulated, and only Flrt2 is exclusively expressed in the fully delaminated epicardium. The present gene-targeting experiments demonstrate that mouse embryos lacking Flrt2 expression arrest at mid-gestation owing to cardiac insufficiency. The defects in integrity of the epicardial sheet and disturbed organization of the underlying basement membrane closely resemble those described in Flrt3-deficient embryos that fail to maintain cell-cell contacts in the anterior visceral endoderm (AVE) signalling centre that normally establishes the A-P axis. Using in vitro and in vivo reconstitution assays, we demonstrate that Flrt2 and Flrt3 are functionally interchangeable. When acting alone, either of these proteins is sufficient to rescue functional activities in the AVE and the developing epicardium.
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- Pari-Sima Müller
- The Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RE, UK
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- The Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RE, UK
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- The Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RE, UK
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- The Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RE, UK
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- Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RE, UK
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- The Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RE, UK
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- The Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RE, UK
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Melendez J, Grogg M, Zheng Y. Signaling role of Cdc42 in regulating mammalian physiology. J Biol Chem 2010; 286:2375-81. [PMID: 21115489 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.r110.200329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Cdc42 is a member of the Rho GTPase family of intracellular molecular switches regulating multiple signaling pathways involved in actomyosin organization and cell proliferation. Knowledge of its signaling function in mammalian cells came mostly from studies using the dominant-negative or constitutively active mutant overexpression approach in the past 2 decades. Such an approach imposes a number of experimental limitations related to specificity, dosage, and/or clonal variability. Recent studies by conditional gene targeting of cdc42 in mice have revealed its tissue- and cell type-specific role and provide definitive information of the physiological signaling functions of Cdc42 in vivo.
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- Jaime Melendez
- Division of Experimental Hematology and Cancer Biology, Children's Hospital Research Foundation, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229, USA
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Meadows KN, Iyer S, Stevens MV, Wang D, Shechter S, Perruzzi C, Camenisch TD, Benjamin LE. Akt promotes endocardial-mesenchyme transition. JOURNAL OF ANGIOGENESIS RESEARCH 2009; 1:2. [PMID: 19946410 PMCID: PMC2776235 DOI: 10.1186/2040-2384-1-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2009] [Accepted: 09/21/2009] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Endothelial to mesenchyme transition (EndMT) can be observed during the formation of endocardial cushions from the endocardium, the endothelial lining of the atrioventricular canal (AVC), of the developing heart at embryonic day 9.5 (E9.5). Many regulators of the process have been identified; however, the mechanisms driving the initial commitment decision of endothelial cells to EndMT have been difficult to separate from processes required for mesenchymal proliferation and migration. We have several lines of evidence that suggest a central role for Akt signaling in committing endothelial cells to enter EndMT. Akt1 mRNA was restricted to the endocardium of endocardial cushions while they were forming. The PI3K/Akt signaling pathway is necessary for mesenchyme outgrowth, as sprouting was inhibited in AVC explant cultures treated with the PI3K inhibitor LY294002. Furthermore, endothelial marker, VE-cadherin, was downregulated and mesenchyme markers, N-cadherin and Snail, were induced in response to expression of a constitutively active form of Akt1 (myrAkt1) in endothelial cells. Finally, we isolated the function of Akt1 signaling in the commitment to the transition using a transgenic model where myrAkt1 was pulsed only in endocardial cells and turned off after EndMT initiation. In this way, we determined that increased Akt signaling in the endocardium drives EndMT and discounted its other functions in cushion mesenchymal cells.
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- Kafi N Meadows
- Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Clement CA, Kristensen SG, Møllgård K, Pazour GJ, Yoder BK, Larsen LA, Christensen ST. The primary cilium coordinates early cardiogenesis and hedgehog signaling in cardiomyocyte differentiation. J Cell Sci 2009; 122:3070-82. [PMID: 19654211 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.049676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Defects in the assembly or function of primary cilia, which are sensory organelles, are tightly coupled to developmental defects and diseases in mammals. Here, we investigated the function of the primary cilium in regulating hedgehog signaling and early cardiogenesis. We report that the pluripotent P19.CL6 mouse stem cell line, which can differentiate into beating cardiomyocytes, forms primary cilia that contain essential components of the hedgehog pathway, including Smoothened, Patched-1 and Gli2. Knockdown of the primary cilium by Ift88 and Ift20 siRNA or treatment with cyclopamine, an inhibitor of Smoothened, blocks hedgehog signaling in P19.CL6 cells, as well as differentiation of the cells into beating cardiomyocytes. E11.5 embryos of the Ift88(tm1Rpw) (Ift88-null) mice, which form no cilia, have ventricular dilation, decreased myocardial trabeculation and abnormal outflow tract development. These data support the conclusion that cardiac primary cilia are crucial in early heart development, where they partly coordinate hedgehog signaling.
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Grimes AC, Kirby ML. The outflow tract of the heart in fishes: anatomy, genes and evolution. JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY 2009; 74:983-1036. [PMID: 20735616 DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2008.02125.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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A large number of congenital heart defects associated with mortality in humans are those that affect the cardiac outflow tract, and this provides a strong imperative to understand its development during embryogenesis. While there is wide phylogenetic variation in adult vertebrate heart morphology, recent work has demonstrated evolutionary conservation in the early processes of cardiogenesis, including that of the outflow tract. This, along with the utility and high reproductive potential of fish species such as Danio rerio, Oryzias latipes etc., suggests that fishes may provide ideal comparative biological models to facilitate a better understanding of this poorly understood region of the heart. In this review, the authors present the current understanding of both phylogeny and ontogeny of the cardiac outflow tract in fishes and examine how new molecular studies are informing the phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary trajectories that have been proposed. The authors also attempt to address some of the issues of nomenclature that confuse this area of research.
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- A C Grimes
- Departamento de Biología del Desarrollo Cardiovascular, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC), Melchor Fernández Almagro, 3 28029 Madrid, Spain.
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Vincentz JW, Barnes RM, Firulli BA, Conway SJ, Firulli AB. Cooperative interaction of Nkx2.5 and Mef2c transcription factors during heart development. Dev Dyn 2008; 237:3809-19. [PMID: 19035347 PMCID: PMC2639719 DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The interactions of diverse transcription factors mediate the molecular programs that regulate mammalian heart development. Among these, Nkx2.5 and the Mef2c regulate common downstream targets and exhibit striking phenotypic similarities when disrupted, suggesting a potential interaction during heart development. Co-immunoprecipitation and mammalian two-hybrid experiments revealed a direct molecular interaction between Nkx2.5 and Mef2c. Assessment of mRNA expression verified spatiotemporal cardiac coexpression. Finally, genetic interaction studies employing histological and molecular analyses showed that, although Nkx2.5(-/-) and Mef2c(-/-) individual mutants both have identifiable ventricles, Nkx2.5(-/-);Mef2c(-/-) double mutants do not, and that mutant cardiomyocytes express only atrial and second heart field markers. Molecular marker and cell death and proliferation analyses provide evidence that ventricular hypoplasia is the result of defective ventricular cell differentiation. Collectively, these data support a hypothesis where physical, functional, and genetic interactions between Nkx2.5 and Mef2c are necessary for ventricle formation.
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- Joshua W. Vincentz
- Riley Heart Research Center, Herman B Wells Center for Pediatric Research Division of Pediatrics Cardiology, Departments Anatomy and Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana Medical School, 1044 W. Walnut St., Indianapolis, IN 46202−5225, USA
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- Riley Heart Research Center, Herman B Wells Center for Pediatric Research Division of Pediatrics Cardiology, Departments Anatomy and Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana Medical School, 1044 W. Walnut St., Indianapolis, IN 46202−5225, USA
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- Riley Heart Research Center, Herman B Wells Center for Pediatric Research Division of Pediatrics Cardiology, Departments Anatomy and Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana Medical School, 1044 W. Walnut St., Indianapolis, IN 46202−5225, USA
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- Riley Heart Research Center, Herman B Wells Center for Pediatric Research Division of Pediatrics Cardiology, Departments Anatomy and Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana Medical School, 1044 W. Walnut St., Indianapolis, IN 46202−5225, USA
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- Riley Heart Research Center, Herman B Wells Center for Pediatric Research Division of Pediatrics Cardiology, Departments Anatomy and Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana Medical School, 1044 W. Walnut St., Indianapolis, IN 46202−5225, USA
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Microarray-bioinformatics analysis of altered genomic expression profiles between human fetal and infant myocardium. Chin Med J (Engl) 2008. [DOI: 10.1097/00029330-200807020-00002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Kassab GS. Biomechanics of the cardiovascular system: the aorta as an illustratory example. J R Soc Interface 2006; 3:719-40. [PMID: 17015300 PMCID: PMC1885359 DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2006.0138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2006] [Accepted: 05/31/2006] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Biomechanics relates the function of a physiological system to its structure. The objective of biomechanics is to deduce the function of a system from its geometry, material properties and boundary conditions based on the balance laws of mechanics (e.g. conservation of mass, momentum and energy). In the present review, we shall outline the general approach of biomechanics. As this is an enormously broad field, we shall consider a detailed biomechanical analysis of the aorta as an illustration. Specifically, we will consider the geometry and material properties of the aorta in conjunction with appropriate boundary conditions to formulate and solve several well-posed boundary value problems. Among other issues, we shall consider the effect of longitudinal pre-stretch and surrounding tissue on the mechanical status of the vessel wall. The solutions of the boundary value problems predict the presence of mechanical homeostasis in the vessel wall. The implications of mechanical homeostasis on growth, remodelling and postnatal development of the aorta are considered.
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- Ghassan S Kassab
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.
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Bhattacharya S, Macdonald ST, Farthing CR. Molecular mechanisms controlling the coupled development of myocardium and coronary vasculature. Clin Sci (Lond) 2006; 111:35-46. [PMID: 16764556 DOI: 10.1042/cs20060003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Cardiac failure affects 1.5% of the adult population and is predominantly caused by myocardial dysfunction secondary to coronary vascular insufficiency. Current therapeutic strategies improve prognosis only modestly, as the primary cause -- loss of normally functioning cardiac myocytes -- is not being corrected. Adult cardiac myocytes are unable to divide and regenerate to any significant extent following injury. New cardiac myocytes are, however, created during embryogenesis from progenitor cells and then by cell division from existing cardiac myocytes. This process is intimately linked to the development of coronary vasculature from progenitors originating in the endothelium, the proepicardial organ and neural crest. In this review, we systematically evaluate approx. 90 mouse mutations that impair heart muscle growth during development. These studies provide genetic evidence for interactions between myocytes, endothelium and cells derived from the proepicardial organ and the neural crest that co-ordinate myocardial and coronary vascular development. Conditional knockout and transgenic rescue experiments indicate that Vegfa, Bmpr1a (ALK3), Fgfr1/2, Mapk14 (p38), Hand1, Hand2, Gata4, Zfpm2 (FOG2), Srf and Txnrd2 in cardiac myocytes, Rxra and Wt1 in the proepicardial organ, EfnB2, Tek, Mapk7, Pten, Nf1 and Casp8 in the endothelium, and Bmpr1a and Pax3 in neural crest cells are key molecules controlling myocardial development. Coupling of myocardial and coronary development is mediated by BMP (bone morphogenetic protein), FGF (fibroblast growth factor) and VEGFA (vascular endothelial growth factor A) signalling, and also probably involves hypoxia. Pharmacological targeting of these molecules and pathways could, in principle, be used to recreate the embryonic state and achieve coupled myocardial and coronary vascular regeneration in failing hearts.
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- Shoumo Bhattacharya
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Oxford, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK.
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Jacques D, Sader S, Perreault C, Abdel-Samad D, Provost C. Roles of nuclear NPY and NPY receptors in the regulation of the endocardial endothelium and heart functionThis paper is one of a selection of papers published in this Special issue, entitled Second Messengers and Phosphoproteins—12th International Conference. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 2006; 84:695-705. [PMID: 16998533 DOI: 10.1139/y05-162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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It is now well accepted that the heart is a multifunctional organ in which endothelial cells, and more particularly endocardial endothelial cells (EECs), seem to play an important role in regulating and maintaining cardiac excitation–contraction coupling. Even if major differences exist between vascular endothelial cells (VECs) and EECs, all endothelial cells including EECs release a variety of auto- and paracrine factors such as nitric oxide, endothelin-1, angiotensin II, and neuropeptide Y. All these factors were reported to affect cardiomyocyte contractile performance and rhythmicity. In this review, findings on the morphology of EECs, differences between EECs and other types of endothelial cells, interactions between EECs and the adjacent cardiomyocytes, and effects of NPY on the heart will be presented. We will also show evidence on the presence and localization of NPY and the Y1receptor in the endocardial endothelium and discuss their role in the regulation of cytosolic and nuclear free calcium.
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- Danielle Jacques
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sherbrooke, 3001 12th Avenue North, Sherbrooke, QC J1H 5N4, Canada.
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Jacques D, Sader S, Perreault C, Abdel-Samad D. NPY and NPY receptors: presence, distribution and roles in the regulation of the endocardial endothelium and cardiac function. EXS 2006:77-87. [PMID: 16382998 DOI: 10.1007/3-7643-7417-9_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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- Danielle Jacques
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec J1H 5N4, Canada.
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Congenital heart disease remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. In recent years, significant advances in molecular genetics, improved understanding of morphogenesis, recognition of specific patterning of abnormalities within and between species, and the impact of the Human Genome Project have accounted for these advances. Continued rapid developments in genomics and proteomics are anticipated. Epidemiologic investigations continue to be necessary to assess the influence of the environment on genetics. We are on the threshold of influencing the occurrence of congenital heart diseases.
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- Andrew N Pelech
- Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, PO Box 26509, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53266-0509, USA.
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Iida M, Heike T, Yoshimoto M, Baba S, Doi H, Nakahata T. Identification of cardiac stem cells with FLK1, CD31, and VE-cadherin expression during embryonic stem cell differentiation. FASEB J 2005; 19:371-8. [PMID: 15746180 DOI: 10.1096/fj.04-1998com] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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We evaluated the expression of the FLK1, one of the lateral mesoderm early markers where cardiogenesis occurs, to characterize and isolate cardiac stem/progenitor cells from ES cells. Dissociated cells from embryoid bodies (EBs) on day 3, 4, or 5 were collected into two subpopulations with or without FLK1 expression and coculture on OP9 stromal cells was continued to examine whether contracting colonies came out or not. FLK1+ cells from EBs at days 3 and 4 formed spontaneous contracting colonies more efficiently than FLK1- cells on the same days, but not at day 5. Most contracting cardiac colonies derived from FLK1+cells mainly on day 4 were detected on endothelial cells along with hematopoietic cells. Further characterization of cells with these capabilities into three lineages revealed the FLK1+ CD31-VE-cadherin-phenotype. Our findings indicate that FLK1+cells, especially FLK1+ CD31-VE-cadherin-cells, could act as cardiohemangioblasts to form cardiac cells as well as endothelial cells and hematopoietic cells.
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- Midori Iida
- Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto city, Kyoto, Japan
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Gao Z, Xu H, DiSilvestre D, Halperin VL, Tunin R, Tian Y, Yu W, Winslow RL, Tomaselli GF. Transcriptomic profiling of the canine tachycardia-induced heart failure model: global comparison to human and murine heart failure. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2005; 40:76-86. [PMID: 16236311 PMCID: PMC1896268 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2005.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2005] [Revised: 07/28/2005] [Accepted: 08/05/2005] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Alterations of cardiac gene expression are central to ventricular dysfunction in human heart failure (HF). The canine tachycardia pacing-induced HF model is known to reproduce the main hemodynamic, echocardiographic and electrophysiological changes observed in human HF. In this study, we use this HF model to compare gene expression profiles in the left and right ventricles (LV, RV) of normal and end-stage failing canine hearts and compare the transcription profiles to those in human and murine models of HF. In end-stage HF, the LV exhibits down regulation of genes involved in energy production, cardiac contraction, and modulation of excitation-contraction coupling as compared with normal LV. The majority of transcriptomic changes between normal and end-stage canine HF were shared by the RV and LV. Genes down regulated only in the LV included those involved in aerobic energy production pathways, regulation of actin filament length, and enzyme-linked receptor protein signaling pathways. In normal canine hearts, genes encoding specific components of the contractile apparatus exhibit LV-RV asymmetric expression patterns; in failing hearts, cardiac fetal transcription factors MEF2 and MITF and the stress-responsive transcription factor ATF4 showed interventricular differences in expression. The comparison among the canine tachypacing, mouse transgenic, and human HF reveals that human disease involves down regulation of genes in a broad range of biological processes while experimentally induced HF is associated with down regulation of energy pathways, and that human ischemic HF and canine HF share a similar over representation of transcriptional pathways in the up regulated genes. This study provides insights into the molecular pathways leading to end-stage tachycardia-induced HF, and into global transcriptomic differences between the animal HF models and human HF.
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- Zhong Gao
- Center for Cardiovascular Bioinformatics and Modeling, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Whiting School of Engineering, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
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- The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 720 Rutland Avenue, 844 Ross Building, Baltimore, MD 21205-2179, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 720 Rutland Avenue, 844 Ross Building, Baltimore, MD 21205-2179, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 720 Rutland Avenue, 844 Ross Building, Baltimore, MD 21205-2179, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 720 Rutland Avenue, 844 Ross Building, Baltimore, MD 21205-2179, USA
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- The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA
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- Center for Cardiovascular Bioinformatics and Modeling, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Whiting School of Engineering, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
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- Center for Cardiovascular Bioinformatics and Modeling, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Whiting School of Engineering, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 720 Rutland Avenue, 844 Ross Building, Baltimore, MD 21205-2179, USA
- * Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 410 955 2774; fax: +1 410 955 7953. E-mail address: (G.F. Tomaselli)
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Villar AJ, Kim J, De Blank P, Gillespie AM, Kozy HM, Ursell PC, Epstein CJ. Effects of genetic background on cardiovascular anomalies in the Ts16 mouse. Dev Dyn 2005; 232:131-9. [PMID: 15580624 DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.20216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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To investigate the genetic contribution to phenotypic variability in aneuploidy, we generated mice with trisomy 16 (Ts16) by mating [Rb(6.16)24Lub x Rb(16.17)7Bnr]F1 males with females from four inbred strains, BALB/cJ, C3H/HeJ, C57BL/6J, and DBA/2J. Among the four Ts16 strains that were generated, there were no significant differences in survival, weight, or length relative to euploid control littermates at either embryonic day (E) 14.5 or E17.5. All Ts16 fetuses at E14.5 had edema that ranged from mild to severe, increased amniotic fluid volume, and a thickened neck. At E17.5, Ts16 fetuses exhibited two distinct phenotypes, one with an edematous morphology and the other runt-like. None of these gross morphological abnormalities was strain-specific either in occurrence or frequency. At E10.5, there were pharyngeal arch artery (PAA) anomalies in all Ts16 embryos on the C3H/HeJ background, but none in trisomics on the other three backgrounds. However, at E17.5, there was in addition to ventricular and atrioventricular septal defects, a high frequency of aortic arch defects in Ts16 fetuses, irrespective of genetic background. Taken together, these findings indicate that there are at least two mechanistic responses to the presence of three copies of mouse chromosome 16 in the modeling of the cardiovascular system: one, development of PAA defects, is strongly influenced by genetic background; but the second, development of aortic arch anomalies in the absence of preexisting PAA anomalies, is not.
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- A J Villar
- Department of Pediatrics, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143, USA.
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Wang Z, Zhai W, Richardson JA, Olson EN, Meneses JJ, Firpo MT, Kang C, Skarnes WC, Tjian R. Polybromo protein BAF180 functions in mammalian cardiac chamber maturation. Genes Dev 2004; 18:3106-16. [PMID: 15601824 PMCID: PMC535920 DOI: 10.1101/gad.1238104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2004] [Accepted: 10/12/2004] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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BAF and PBAF are two related mammalian chromatin remodeling complexes essential for gene expression and development. PBAF, but not BAF, is able to potentiate transcriptional activation in vitro mediated by nuclear receptors, such as RXRalpha, VDR, and PPARgamma. Here we show that the ablation of PBAF-specific subunit BAF180 in mouse embryos results in severe hypoplastic ventricle development and trophoblast placental defects, similar to those found in mice lacking RXRalpha and PPARgamma. Embryonic aggregation analyses reveal that in contrast to PPARgamma-deficient mice, the heart defects are likely a direct result of BAF180 ablation, rather than an indirect consequence of trophoblast placental defects. We identified potential target genes for BAF180 in heart development, such as S100A13 as well as retinoic acid (RA)-induced targets RARbeta2 and CRABPII. Importantly, BAF180 is recruited to the promoter of these target genes and BAF180 deficiency affects the RA response for CRABPII and RARbeta2. These studies reveal unique functions of PBAF in cardiac chamber maturation.
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- Zhong Wang
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-3204, USA
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Kozar K, Ciemerych MA, Rebel VI, Shigematsu H, Zagozdzon A, Sicinska E, Geng Y, Yu Q, Bhattacharya S, Bronson RT, Akashi K, Sicinski P. Mouse development and cell proliferation in the absence of D-cyclins. Cell 2004; 118:477-91. [PMID: 15315760 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2004.07.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 495] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2004] [Revised: 06/20/2004] [Accepted: 06/28/2004] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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D-type cyclins (cyclins D1, D2, and D3) are regarded as essential links between cell environment and the core cell cycle machinery. We tested the requirement for D-cyclins in mouse development and in proliferation by generating mice lacking all D-cyclins. We found that these cyclin D1(-/-)D2(-/-)D3(-/-) mice develop until mid/late gestation and die due to heart abnormalities combined with a severe anemia. Our analyses revealed that the D-cyclins are critically required for the expansion of hematopoietic stem cells. In contrast, cyclin D-deficient fibroblasts proliferate nearly normally but show increased requirement for mitogenic stimulation in cell cycle re-entry. We found that the proliferation of cyclin D1(-/-)D2(-/-)D3(-/-) cells is resistant to the inhibition by p16(INK4a), but it critically depends on CDK2. Lastly, we found that cells lacking D-cyclins display reduced susceptibility to the oncogenic transformation. Our results reveal the presence of alternative mechanisms that allow cell cycle progression in a cyclin D-independent fashion.
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- Katarzyna Kozar
- Department of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Tabibiazar R, Wagner RA, Liao A, Quertermous T. Transcriptional Profiling of the Heart Reveals Chamber-Specific Gene Expression Patterns. Circ Res 2003; 93:1193-201. [PMID: 14576202 DOI: 10.1161/01.res.0000103171.42654.dd] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Cardiac chamber-specific gene expression is critical for the normal development and function of the heart. To investigate the genetic basis of cardiac anatomical specialization, we have undertaken a nearly genome-wide transcriptional profiling of the four heart chambers and the interventricular septum. Rigorous statistical analysis has allowed the identification of known and novel members of gene families that are felt to be important in cardiac development and function, including LIM proteins, homeobox proteins, wnt and T-box pathway proteins, as well as structural proteins like actins and myosins. In addition, these studies have allowed the identification of thousands of additional differentially expressed genes, for which there is little structural or functional information. Clustering of genes with known and unknown functions provides insights into signaling pathways that are essential for development and maintenance of chamber-specific features. To facilitate future research in this area, a searchable internet database has been constructed that allows study of the chamber-specific expression of any gene represented on this comprehensive microarray. It is anticipated that further study of genes identified through this effort will provide insights into the specialization of heart chamber tissues, and their specific roles in cardiac development, aging, and disease.
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- Raymond Tabibiazar
- Donald W. Reynolds Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine 300 Pasteur Dr, Falk CVRC Stanford, Calif 94305, USA
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Landles C, Chalk S, Steel JH, Rosewell I, Spencer-Dene B, Lalani EN, Parker MG. The Thyroid Hormone Receptor-Associated Protein TRAP220 Is Required at Distinct Embryonic Stages in Placental, Cardiac, and Hepatic Development. Mol Endocrinol 2003; 17:2418-35. [PMID: 14500757 DOI: 10.1210/me.2003-0097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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AbstractRecent work indicates that thyroid hormone receptor-associated protein 220 (TRAP220), a subunit of the multiprotein TRAP coactivator complex, is essential for embryonic survival. We have generated TRAP220 conditional null mice that are hypomorphic and express the gene at reduced levels. In contrast to TRAP220 null mice, which die at embryonic d 11.5 (E11.5), hypomorphic mice survive until E13.5. The reduced expression in hypomorphs results in hepatic necrosis, defects in hematopoiesis, and hypoplasia of the ventricular myocardium, similar to that observed in TRAP220 null embryos at an earlier stage. The embryonic lethality of null embryos at E11.5 is due to placental insufficiency. Tetraploid aggregation assays partially rescues embryonic development until E13.5, when embryonic loss occurs due to hepatic necrosis coupled with poor myocardial development as observed in hypomorphs. These findings demonstrate that, for normal placental function, there is an absolute requirement for TRAP220 in extraembryonic tissues at E11.5, with an additional requirement in embryonic tissues for hepatic and cardiovascular development thereafter.
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- Christian Landles
- Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology, Imperial College, Faculty of Medicine, Du Cane Road, London W12 ONN, United Kingdom
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Development of the coronary vascular system is an interesting model in developmental biology with major implications for the clinical setting. Although coronary vessel development is a form of vasculogenesis followed by angiogenesis, this system uses several unique developmental processes not observed in the formation of other blood vessels. This review summarizes the literature that describes the development of the coronary system, highlighting the unique aspects of coronary vessel development. It should be noted that many of the basic mechanisms that govern vasculogenesis in other systems have not been analyzed in coronary vessel development. In addition, we present recent advances in the field that uncover the basic mechanisms regulating the generation of these blood vessels and identify areas in need of additional studies.
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- Aya M Wada
- Stahlman Cardiovascular Laboratories, Program for Developmental Biology, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn, USA
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Hogan PG, Chen L, Nardone J, Rao A. Transcriptional regulation by calcium, calcineurin, and NFAT. Genes Dev 2003; 17:2205-32. [PMID: 12975316 DOI: 10.1101/gad.1102703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1548] [Impact Index Per Article: 70.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Patrick G Hogan
- The Center for Blood Research, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Schubert W, Yang XY, Yang TTC, Factor SM, Lisanti MP, Molkentin JD, Rincon M, Chow CW. Requirement of transcription factor NFAT in developing atrial myocardium. J Cell Biol 2003; 161:861-74. [PMID: 12796475 PMCID: PMC2172977 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200301058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Nuclear factor of activated T cell (NFAT) is a ubiquitous regulator involved in multiple biological processes. Here, we demonstrate that NFAT is temporally required in the developing atrial myocardium between embryonic day 14 and P0 (birth). Inhibition of NFAT activity by conditional expression of dominant-negative NFAT causes thinning of the atrial myocardium. The thin myocardium exhibits severe sarcomere disorganization and reduced expression of cardiac troponin-I (cTnI) and cardiac troponin-T (cTnT). Promoter analysis indicates that NFAT binds to and regulates transcription of the cTnI and the cTnT genes. Thus, regulation of cytoskeletal protein gene expression by NFAT may be important for the structural architecture of the developing atrial myocardium.
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MESH Headings
- Active Transport, Cell Nucleus/genetics
- Animals
- Animals, Newborn
- Binding Sites/genetics
- Cell Nucleus/genetics
- DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics
- DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism
- Down-Regulation/genetics
- Fetus
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental/genetics
- Genes, Regulator/genetics
- Heart Atria/abnormalities
- Heart Atria/growth & development
- Heart Atria/metabolism
- Mice
- Mice, Transgenic
- Microscopy, Electron
- Mutation/genetics
- Myocardium/metabolism
- Myocytes, Cardiac/metabolism
- Myocytes, Cardiac/pathology
- Myocytes, Cardiac/ultrastructure
- NFATC Transcription Factors
- Nuclear Proteins
- Promoter Regions, Genetic/genetics
- Sarcomeres/metabolism
- Sarcomeres/pathology
- Sarcomeres/ultrastructure
- Transcription Factors/genetics
- Transcription Factors/metabolism
- Troponin I/biosynthesis
- Troponin I/genetics
- Troponin T/biosynthesis
- Troponin T/genetics
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- William Schubert
- Dept. of Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Jack and Pearl Resnick Campus, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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Conway SJ, Kruzynska-Frejtag A, Kneer PL, Machnicki M, Koushik SV. What cardiovascular defect does my prenatal mouse mutant have, and why? Genesis 2003; 35:1-21. [PMID: 12481294 DOI: 10.1002/gene.10152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Since the advent of mouse targeted mutations, gene traps, an escalating use of a variety of complex transgenic manipulations, and large-scale chemical mutagenesis projects yielding many mutants with cardiovascular defects, it has become increasingly evident that defects within the heart and vascular system are largely responsible for the observed in utero lethality of the embryo and early fetus. If a transgenically altered embryo survives implantation but fails to be born, it usually indicates that there is some form of lethal cardiovascular defect present. A number of embryonic organ and body systems, including the central nervous system, gut, lungs, urogenital system, and musculoskeletal system appear to have little or no survival value in utero (Copp, 1995). Cardiovascular abnormalities include the failure to establish an adequate yolk-sac vascular circulation, which results in early lethality (E8.5-10.5); poor cardiac function (E9.0-birth); failure to undergo correct looping and chamber formation of the primitive heart tube (E9.0-11.0); improper septation, including division of the common ventricle and atria and the establishment of a divided outflow tract (E11.0-13.0); inadequate establishment of the cardiac conduction system (E12.0-birth); and the failure of the in utero cardiovascular system to adapt to adult life (birth) and close the interatrial and aorta-pulmonary trunk shunts that are required for normal fetal life. Importantly, the developmental timing of lethality is usually a good indicator of both the type of the cardiovascular defect present and may also suggest the possible underlying cause/s. The purpose of this review is both to review the literature and to provide a beginner's guide for analysing cardiovascular defects in mouse mutants.
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- Simon J Conway
- Institute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics and Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Medical College of Georgia, Georgia.
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Brutsaert DL. Cardiac endothelial-myocardial signaling: its role in cardiac growth, contractile performance, and rhythmicity. Physiol Rev 2003; 83:59-115. [PMID: 12506127 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00017.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 509] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Experimental work during the past 15 years has demonstrated that endothelial cells in the heart play an obligatory role in regulating and maintaining cardiac function, in particular, at the endocardium and in the myocardial capillaries where endothelial cells directly interact with adjacent cardiomyocytes. The emerging field of targeted gene manipulation has led to the contention that cardiac endothelial-cardiomyocytal interaction is a prerequisite for normal cardiac development and growth. Some of the molecular mechanisms and cellular signals governing this interaction, such as neuregulin, vascular endothelial growth factor, and angiopoietin, continue to maintain phenotype and survival of cardiomyocytes in the adult heart. Cardiac endothelial cells, like vascular endothelial cells, also express and release a variety of auto- and paracrine agents, such as nitric oxide, endothelin, prostaglandin I(2), and angiotensin II, which directly influence cardiac metabolism, growth, contractile performance, and rhythmicity of the adult heart. The synthesis, secretion, and, most importantly, the activities of these endothelium-derived substances in the heart are closely linked, interrelated, and interactive. It may therefore be simplistic to try and define their properties independently from one another. Moreover, in relation specifically to the endocardial endothelium, an active transendothelial physicochemical gradient for various ions, or blood-heart barrier, has been demonstrated. Linkage of this blood-heart barrier to the various other endothelium-mediated signaling pathways or to the putative vascular endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factors remains to be determined. At the early stages of cardiac failure, all major cardiovascular risk factors may cause cardiac endothelial activation as an adaptive response often followed by cardiac endothelial dysfunction. Because of the interdependency of all endothelial signaling pathways, activation or disturbance of any will necessarily affect the others leading to a disturbance of their normal balance, leading to further progression of cardiac failure.
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Chen THP, Chang TC, Kang JO, Choudhary B, Makita T, Tran CM, Burch JBE, Eid H, Sucov HM. Epicardial induction of fetal cardiomyocyte proliferation via a retinoic acid-inducible trophic factor. Dev Biol 2002; 250:198-207. [PMID: 12297106 DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2002.0796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 173] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Mouse embryos lacking the retinoic acid receptor RXRalpha properly undergo the early steps of heart development, but then fail to initiate a proliferative expansion of cardiomyocytes that normally results in the formation of the compact zone of the ventricular chamber wall. RXRalpha(-/-) embryos have a hypoplastic ventricular chamber and die in midgestation from cardiac insufficiency. In this study, we have investigated the underlying mechanistic basis of this phenotype. We find that interference with retinoic acid receptor function in the epicardium of transgenic embryos recapitulates the hypoplastic phenotype of RXRalpha deficient embryos. We further show that wild type primary epicardial cells, and an established epicardial cell line (EMC cells), secrete trophic protein factors into conditioned media that stimulate thymidine incorporation in primary fetal cardiomyocytes, and thymidine incorporation, cell cycle progression, and induction of cyclin D1 and E activity in NIH3T3 cells. In contrast, primary epicardial cells derived from RXRalpha(-/-) embryos and an EMC subline constitutively expressing a dominant negative receptor construct both fail to secrete activity into conditioned media. The production of trophic factors is induced by retinoic acid treatment and is inhibited by a retinoid receptor antagonist. Fetal atrial and ventricular myocytes both respond to epicardial-derived trophic signaling, although postnatal cardiomyocytes are nonresponsive. We therefore propose that the fetal epicardium, in response to retinoic acid and in a manner requiring the activity of RXRalpha, secretes trophic factors which drive fetal cardiomyocyte proliferation and promote ventricular chamber morphogenesis.
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- Tim H P Chen
- Institute for Genetic Medicine, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, 2250 Alcazar St., IGM240, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA
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Nugent P, Pisano MM, Weinrich MC, Greene RM. Increased susceptibility to retinoid-induced teratogenesis in TGF-beta2 knockout mice. Reprod Toxicol 2002; 16:741-7. [PMID: 12401501 DOI: 10.1016/s0890-6238(02)00053-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) and retinoic acid (RA) have been implicated in normal and abnormal embryonic development. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of TGF-beta2 gene deletion on susceptibility to RA-induced teratogenesis in a mouse model. TGF-beta2 heterozygous or wild-type mice were mated and the dams dosed with a teratogenic dose of RA, or with control vehicle. The incidence of RA-induced cleft palate (CP) was 48% in wild-type embryos from wild-type dams, increasing to 71% in TGF-beta2 heterozygous littermates. Wild-type and TGF-beta2 heterozygous embryos from heterozygous dams exhibited a CP incidence of 74 and 77% respectively, following treatment with RA. Ninety-one percent of littermates nullizygous for TGF-beta2 were dead when examined; the remainder exhibited a CP. We conclude that the genotype of the dam and embryo with respect to TGF-beta2 affects the incidence of RA-induced teratogenesis.
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- Paul Nugent
- Birth Defects Center, University of Louisville School of Dentistry, 501 S Preston Street, Suite 301, Louisville, KY 40292, USA
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Development of the heart is a complex process involving primary and secondary heart fields that are set aside to generate myocardial and endocardial cell lineages. The molecular inductions that occur in the primary heart field appear to be recapitulated in induction and myocardial differentiation of the secondary heart field, which adds the conotruncal segments to the primary heart tube. While much is now known about the initial steps and factors involved in induction of myocardial differentiation, little is known about induction of endocardial development. Many of the genes expressed by nascent myocardial cells, which then become committed to a specific heart segment, have been identified and studied. In addition to the heart fields, several other "extracardiac" cell populations contribute to the fully functional mature heart. Less is known about the genetic programs of extracardiac cells as they enter the heart and take part in cardiogenesis. The molecular/genetic basis of many congenital cardiac defects has been elucidated in recent years as a result of new insights into the molecular control of developmental events.
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- Margaret L Kirby
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3179, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
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Guo X, Kono Y, Mattrey R, Kassab GS. Morphometry and strain distribution of the C57BL/6 mouse aorta. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2002; 283:H1829-37. [PMID: 12384460 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00224.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The goal of the present study was to obtain a systematic set of data along the length of the mouse aorta to study variations of morphometry (diameter, wall thickness, and curvature), strain, and stress of the mouse aorta. Five mice were imaged with a 13-MHz ultrasound probe to determine the in vivo diameter along the aorta. A cast was made of these aortas to validate the ultrasonic diameter measurements. The root mean squared and systematic errors for these measurements were 12.6% and 6.4% of the mean ultrasound diameter, respectively. The longitudinal variations of geometry, stress, and strain from the aortic valve to the common iliac bifurcation were documented. Our results show that the residual circumferential strain leads to a uniformity of transmural strain of the aorta in the loaded state along the entire length of the aorta. Furthermore, we validated the incompressibility condition along the length of the aorta. These data of normal mice will serve as a reference state for the study of disease in future knockout models.
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- X Guo
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California-Irvine, 204 Rockwell Engineering Center, Irvine, CA 92697-2715, USA
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Pandur P, Läsche M, Eisenberg LM, Kühl M. Wnt-11 activation of a non-canonical Wnt signalling pathway is required for cardiogenesis. Nature 2002; 418:636-41. [PMID: 12167861 DOI: 10.1038/nature00921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 402] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Formation of the vertebrate heart requires a complex interplay of several temporally regulated signalling cascades. In Xenopus laevis, cardiac specification occurs during gastrulation and requires signals from the dorsal lip and underlying endoderm. Among known Xenopus Wnt genes, only Wnt-11 shows a spatiotemporal pattern of expression that correlates with cardiac specification, which indicates that Wnt-11 may be involved in heart development. Here we show, through loss- and gain-of-function experiments, that XWnt-11 is required for heart formation in Xenopus embryos and is sufficient to induce a contractile phenotype in embryonic explants. Treating the mouse embryonic carcinoma stem cell line P19 with murine Wnt-11 conditioned medium triggers cardiogenesis, which indicates that the function of Wnt-11 in heart development has been conserved in higher vertebrates. XWnt-11 mediates this effect by non-canonical Wnt signalling, which is independent of beta-catenin and involves protein kinase C and Jun amino-terminal kinase. Our results indicate that the cardiac developmental program requires non-canonical Wnt signal transduction.
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- Petra Pandur
- [1] Abt Entwicklungsbiochemie, Junior group SFB 271, Universität Göttingen, Humboldtallee 23, D-37073 Göttingen, Germany [2] Abt Biochemie, Universität Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee-11, D-89081 Ulm, Germany
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Knowledge of the early development of the heart has increased rapidly in recent years as microscopic techniques, experimental models using animal, avian and insect species, and various genetic techniques have been brought to bear on the mysteries of human fetal cardiac development. The development of the heart occurs rapidly from embryonic day 18 in humans to the twelfth week of fetal life. The stages include gastrulation and formation of the primitive heart tube with rhythmic contractions appearing at day 21, segmentation of the primitive heart tube, looping, realignment of inflow and outflow segments, septation of the atria, ventricles and outflow segments, formation of atrio-ventricular valves, and development of aortic and pulmonary trunks and aortic arches. The genes and factors currently known to be involved in cardiac development are reviewed, but much is still to be determined as the field is evolving with extraordinary rapidity.
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- Ruth Collins-Nakai
- Division of Pediatric Cardiology, 4C2 Walter Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2B7.
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Wei L, Imanaka-Yoshida K, Wang L, Zhan S, Schneider MD, DeMayo FJ, Schwartz RJ. Inhibition of Rho family GTPases by Rho GDP dissociation inhibitor disrupts cardiac morphogenesis and inhibits cardiomyocyte proliferation. Development 2002; 129:1705-14. [PMID: 11923206 DOI: 10.1242/dev.129.7.1705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Studies of Rho GTPases in Drosophila and Xenopus suggest that Rho family proteins may play an important role in embryogenesis. A reverse genetic approach was employed to explore the role of Rho GTPases in murine cardiac development. Cardiac-specific inhibition of Rho family protein activities was achieved by expressing Rho GDIα, a specific GDP dissociation inhibitor for Rho family proteins, using the α-myosin heavy chain promoter, active at embryonic day (E)8.0 during morphogenesis of the linear heart tube. RhoA, Rac1 and Cdc42 activities were significantly inhibited, as shown by decreased membrane translocation of these proteins in the transgenic hearts. Transgenic F1 mice for each of two independent lines expressing the highest levels of the transgene, died around E10.5. Homozygotes of the middle copy-number lines, in which Rho GDIα expression was increased four-fold over normal levels, were also embryonic lethal. Cardiac morphogenesis in these embryos was disrupted, with incomplete looping, lack of chamber demarcation, hypocellularity and lack of trabeculation. Cell proliferation was inhibited in the transgenic hearts, as shown by immunostaining with anti-phosphohistone H3, a marker of mitosis. In addition, ventricular hypoplasia was associated with up-regulation of p21, an inhibitor of cyclin-dependent kinases, and with down-regulation of cyclin A, while cell survival was not affected. These results reveal new biological functions for Rho family proteins as essential determinants of cell proliferation signals at looping and chamber maturation stages in mammalian cardiac development.
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- Lei Wei
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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Brewer S, Jiang X, Donaldson S, Williams T, Sucov HM. Requirement for AP-2alpha in cardiac outflow tract morphogenesis. Mech Dev 2002; 110:139-49. [PMID: 11744375 DOI: 10.1016/s0925-4773(01)00579-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Most developing structures that express the transcription factor gene AP-2alpha are compromised in AP-2alpha mutant mouse embryos. Since the cardiac neural crest population is one prominent site of AP-2alpha expression, and because the neural crest is known to be required for normal cardiac morphogenesis, we have investigated the involvement of AP-2alpha in cardiac development. All AP-2alpha-deficient embryos examined had malformations of the outflow tract of the developing heart: most had double outlet right ventricle, and a small fraction had persistent truncus arteriosus. To visualize AP-2alpha-expressing cells during the period of cardiac morphogenesis, we established a new mutant germline allele in which an IRES-lacZ sequence was inserted by homologous recombination into the AP-2alpha locus. Positive expression was observed in the cardiac neural crest population during the E9.5-10.5 period (as well as in other known domains of AP-2alpha expression previously noted by in situ hybridization studies), and was mostly extinguished by E11.5 when the cardiac neural crest has migrated into the outflow tract of the developing heart. Importantly, the distribution of AP-2alpha-expressing cardiac neural crest appeared to be identical in normal and mutant embryos. From this analysis, we propose that the AP-2alpha gene functions within the neural crest lineage, that AP-2alpha is not required for neural crest cell migration, and that normal AP-2alpha gene function is required prior to E11.5. AP-2alpha may be involved in an interaction between neural crest and surrounding tissues in the subpharyngeal region, thereby promoting normal outflow tract morphogenesis.
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- Stephanie Brewer
- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale University, 266 Whitney Avenue, KBT 1034, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
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Yamagishi H, Yamagishi C, Nakagawa O, Harvey RP, Olson EN, Srivastava D. The combinatorial activities of Nkx2.5 and dHAND are essential for cardiac ventricle formation. Dev Biol 2001; 239:190-203. [PMID: 11784028 DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2001.0417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Nkx2.5/Csx and dHAND/Hand2 are conserved transcription factors that are coexpressed in the precardiac mesoderm and early heart tube and control distinct developmental events during cardiogenesis. To understand whether Nkx2.5 and dHAND may function in overlapping genetic pathways, we generated mouse embryos lacking both Nkx2.5 and dHAND. Mice heterozygous for mutant alleles of Nkx2.5 and dHAND were viable. Although single Nkx2.5 or dHAND mutants have a morphological atrial and single ventricular chamber, Nkx2.5(-/-)dHAND(-/-) mutants had only a single cardiac chamber which was molecularly defined as the atrium. Complete ventricular dysgenesis was observed in Nkx2.5(-/-)dHAND(-/-) mutants; however, a precursor pool of ventricular cardiomyocytes was identified on the ventral surface of the heart tube. Because Nkx2.5 mutants failed to activate eHAND expression even in the early precardiac mesoderm, the Nkx2.5(-/-)dHAND(-/-) phenotype appears to reflect an effectively null state of dHAND and eHAND. Cell fate analysis in dHAND mutants suggests a role of HAND genes in survival and expansion of the ventricular segment, but not in specification of ventricular cardiomyocytes. Our molecular analyses also revealed the cooperative regulation of the homeodomain protein, Irx4, by Nkx2.5 and dHAND. These studies provide the first demonstration of gene mutations that result in ablation of the entire ventricular segment of the mammalian heart, and reveal essential transcriptional pathways for ventricular formation.
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- H Yamagishi
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 6000 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, Texas 75390-9148, USA
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Everett AD. Identification, cloning, and developmental expression of hepatoma-derived growth factor in the developing rat heart. Dev Dyn 2001; 222:450-8. [PMID: 11747079 DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.1204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Hepatoma derived growth factor (HDGF) was identified as a developmentally regulated cardiac gene by mRNA differential display using 12-day rat fetal conotruncus vs. newborn aorta. The full-length rat HDGF cDNA was cloned from a rat fetal heart cDNA library and found to be 94 and 88% homologous to the mouse and human sequence, respectively. The rat sequence, like the human and mouse, contains a highly conserved amino portion and putative bipartite nuclear localization sequence. By Northern analysis, HDGF is highly expressed in the fetal conotruncus, heart, kidney, brain, and gut. By immunocytochemistry, HDGF was first detected only in atrial myocytes, hind gut epithelia, and notochord of the E10 rat with a nuclear expression pattern. By E12, expression had broadened to include the ventricular myocytes, endocardial cells, and cells of the ventricular outflow tract. HDGF is unique in that it is the first described nuclear targeted growth factor in the developing heart. The early expression of HDGF in embryonic heart and fetal gut suggests that HDGF may play a role in cardiovascular growth and differentiation.
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- A D Everett
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology and the Cardiovascular Research Center of the University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908-1356, USA.
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Mesaeli N, Nakamura K, Opas M, Michalak M. Endoplasmic reticulum in the heart, a forgotten organelle? Mol Cell Biochem 2001; 225:1-6. [PMID: 11716351 DOI: 10.1023/a:1012209923231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Our hypothesis is that sarcoplasmic and endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ stores may be functionally distinct compartments in cardiomyocytes. Sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ store is responsible for control of excitation-contraction coupling whereas endoplasmic reticulum compartment may provide Ca2+ for housekeeping and transcriptional functions.
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- N Mesaeli
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research Group in Molecular Biology of Membrane Proteins and the Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton
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Merscher S, Funke B, Epstein JA, Heyer J, Puech A, Lu MM, Xavier RJ, Demay MB, Russell RG, Factor S, Tokooya K, Jore BS, Lopez M, Pandita RK, Lia M, Carrion D, Xu H, Schorle H, Kobler JB, Scambler P, Wynshaw-Boris A, Skoultchi AI, Morrow BE, Kucherlapati R. TBX1 is responsible for cardiovascular defects in velo-cardio-facial/DiGeorge syndrome. Cell 2001; 104:619-29. [PMID: 11239417 DOI: 10.1016/s0092-8674(01)00247-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 685] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Velo-cardio-facial syndrome (VCFS)/DiGeorge syndrome (DGS) is a human disorder characterized by a number of phenotypic features including cardiovascular defects. Most VCFS/DGS patients are hemizygous for a 1.5-3.0 Mb region of 22q11. To investigate the etiology of this disorder, we used a cre-loxP strategy to generate mice that are hemizygous for a 1.5 Mb deletion corresponding to that on 22q11. These mice exhibit significant perinatal lethality and have conotruncal and parathyroid defects. The conotruncal defects can be partially rescued by a human BAC containing the TBX1 gene. Mice heterozygous for a null mutation in Tbx1 develop conotruncal defects. These results together with the expression patterns of Tbx1 suggest a major role for this gene in the molecular etiology of VCFS/DGS.
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- S Merscher
- Department of Molecular Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, 10461, Bronx, NY, USA
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Phoon CK, Aristizabal O, Turnbull DH. 40 MHz Doppler characterization of umbilical and dorsal aortic blood flow in the early mouse embryo. ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE & BIOLOGY 2000; 26:1275-1283. [PMID: 11120365 DOI: 10.1016/s0301-5629(00)00278-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Physiological study of the developing mouse circulation has lagged behind advances in molecular cardiology. Using an innovative high-frequency Doppler system, we noninvasively characterized circulatory hemodynamics in early mouse embryos. We used image-guided 43 MHz pulsed-wave (PW) Doppler ultrasound to study the umbilical artery and vein, or dorsal aorta in 109 embryos. Studies were conducted on embryonic days (E) 9.5-14.5. Heart rate, peak blood flow velocities, and velocity time integrals in all vessels increased from E9.5-14.5, indicating increasing stroke volume and cardiac output. Heart rate, ranging from 192 bpm (E9.5) to 261 bpm (E14.5), was higher than previously reported. Placental impedance, assessed by the time delay between the peaks of the umbilical arterial and venous waveforms and by venous pulsatility, decreased with gestation. Acceleration time, a load-independent Doppler index of cardiac contractility, remained constant but seemed sensitive to heart rate. High-frequency PW Doppler is a powerful tool for the quantitative, noninvasive investigation of early mouse circulatory development.
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- C K Phoon
- Pediatric Cardiology Program, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA.
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Carson CT, Kinzler ER, Parr BA. Tbx12, a novel T-box gene, is expressed during early stages of heart and retinal development. Mech Dev 2000; 96:137-40. [PMID: 10940636 DOI: 10.1016/s0925-4773(00)00376-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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T-box genes encode transcription factors that regulate many developmental processes. We have cloned a novel mouse T-box gene, Tbx12. Tbx12 is the vertebrate homologue of the Drosophila H15 gene and the Caenorhabditis elegans tbx-12 gene. Tbx12 is expressed in extraembryonic tissues such as the amnion and allantois. In the embryo, Tbx12 is strongly expressed in the neural retina and the heart.
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- C T Carson
- MCD Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0347, USA
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Meyer N, Jaconi M, Landopoulou A, Fort P, Pucéat M. A fluorescent reporter gene as a marker for ventricular specification in ES-derived cardiac cells. FEBS Lett 2000; 478:151-8. [PMID: 10922488 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(00)01839-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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We have established a CGR8 embryonic stem (ES) cell clone (MLC2ECFP) which expresses the enhanced cyan variant of Aequorea victoria green fluorescent protein (ECFP) under the transcriptional control of the ventricular myosin light chain 2 (MLC2v) promoter. Using epifluorescence imaging of vital embryoid bodies (EB) and reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), we found that the MLC2v promoter is switched on as early as day 7 and is accompanied by formation of cell clusters featuring a bright ECFP blue fluorescence. The fluorescent areas within the EBs were all beating on day 8. MLC2ECFP ES cells showed the same time course of cardiac differentiation as mock ES cells as assessed by RT-PCR of genes encoding cardiac-specific transcription factors and contractile proteins. The MLC2v promoter conferred ventricular specificity to ECFP expression within the EB as revealed by MLC2v co-staining of ECFP fluorescent cells. MLC2ECFP-derived cardiac cells still undergo cell division on day 12 after isolation from EBs but withdraw from the cell cycle on day 16. This ES cell clone provides a powerful cell model to study the signalling roads of factors regulating cardiac cell proliferation and terminal differentiation with a view to using them for experimental cell therapy.
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- N Meyer
- CRBM, CNRS UPR 1086, IFR 24, 1919, route de Mende, 34293 Montpellier, France
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DeRossi C, Laiosa MD, Silverstone AE, Holdener BC. Mouse fzd4 maps within a region of chromosome 7 important for thymus and cardiac development. Genesis 2000; 27:64-75. [PMID: 10890980 DOI: 10.1002/1526-968x(200006)27:2<64::aid-gene30>3.0.co;2-i] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The cardiac neural crest (CNC) plays a central role in development of the thymus gland and cardiovascular system. Through morphological and histological characterization of embryos homozygous for the Del(7)Tyr(c-112K) and Del(7)Tyr(c-3H) albino deletions, we identified abnormalities that are consistent with aberrant development of tissues requiring CNC contributions. The defects include incompletely penetrant heart and great vessel patterning defects and hypoplastic thymus glands. The CNC phenotype is complemented by the partially overlapping deletion Del(7)Tyr(c-23DVT). Combined, these results suggest that a functional region necessary for development of CNC derived tissues is located between the Del(7)Tyr(c-23DVT) and Del(7)Tyr(c-112K) distal deletion breakpoints. This interval encompasses a functional region previously identified as important for juvenile survival (juvenile development and fertility, jdf). Using deletion mapping, we localized the Frizzled4 (Fzd4) gene to the jdf/thymus and cardiac development intervals.
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- C DeRossi
- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology and the Institute for Cell and Developmental Biology, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York 11794-5215, USA
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Ito M, Yuan CX, Okano HJ, Darnell RB, Roeder RG. Involvement of the TRAP220 component of the TRAP/SMCC coactivator complex in embryonic development and thyroid hormone action. Mol Cell 2000; 5:683-93. [PMID: 10882104 DOI: 10.1016/s1097-2765(00)80247-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 237] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The TRAP220 component of the TRAP/SMCC complex, a mammalian homologof the yeast Mediator that shows diverse coactivation functions, interacts directly with nuclear receptors. Ablation of the murine Trap220 gene revealed that null mutants die during an early gestational stage with heart failure and exhibit impaired neuronal development with extensive apoptosis. Primary embryonic fibroblasts derived from null mutants show an impaired cell cycle regulation and a prominent decrease of thyroid hormone receptor function that is restored by ectopic TRAP220 but no defect in activation by Gal4-RARalpha/RXRalpha, p53, or VP16. Moreover, haploinsufficient animals show growth retardation, pituitary hypothyroidism, and widely impaired transcription in certain organs. These results indicate that TRAP220 is essential for a wide range of physiological processes but also that it has gene- and activator-selective functions.
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- M Ito
- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10021, USA
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Xian M, Honbo N, Zhang J, Liew CC, Karliner JS, Lau YF. The green fluorescent protein is an efficient biological marker for cardiac myocytes. J Mol Cell Cardiol 1999; 31:2155-65. [PMID: 10640443 DOI: 10.1006/jmcc.1999.1046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
Abstract
There is a need for a non-toxic marker for cardiac myocytes in studies of cardiac development and in experimentally induced pathophysiologic states in adult animals. We investigated the possibility of using the enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) gene as such a biological marker for cardiac myocytes in both whole animal and cell culture systems. Several lines of transgenic mice were constructed harboring an EGFP gene directed by a 2.38-kb promoter fragment of the hamster beta -myosin heavy chain gene. The transgene was preferentially expressed in the cardiac progenitor cells of embryos at E7.5, a developmental stage that precedes the formation of the cardiomyotube. It was specifically expressed in the cardiomyotube and myotomes along the somites of embryos at E8.5. The EGFP transgene expression continued in the heart throughout gestation and became very intense at birth. When neonatal cardiac cells were fractionated into myocytes and non-myocytes by a differential plating procedure, only myocytes from the transgenic mice showed specific green fluorescence of the transgene product that can be used as a marker for flow cytometry analysis. Although the expression levels were heterogeneous, EGFP expression persisted in the hearts of postnatal animals. In addition to the heart, some skeletal and smooth muscles from transgenic animals also expressed the transgene. The transgenic mice were healthy and had a normal life span, identical to their non-transgenic littermates. These results demonstrate that EGFP is an efficient non-toxic biological marker for cardiac myocytes.
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Affiliation(s)
- M Xian
- Cardiology Section, Medical Service, VA Medical Center & Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California at San Francisco 94121, USA
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