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Jia Q, McDill BW, Li SZ, Deng C, Chang CP, Chen F. Smad signaling in the neural crest regulates cardiac outflow tract remodeling through cell autonomous and non-cell autonomous effects. Dev Biol 2007; 311:172-84. [PMID: 17916348 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2007.08.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2007] [Revised: 07/25/2007] [Accepted: 08/16/2007] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Neural crest cells (NCCs) are indispensable for the development of the cardiac outflow tract (OFT). Here, we show that mice lacking Smad4 in NCCs have persistent truncus arteriosus (PTA), severe OFT cushion hypoplasia, defective OFT elongation, and mispositioning of the OFT. Cardiac NCCs lacking Smad4 have increased apoptosis, apparently due to decreased Msx1/2 expression. This contributes to the reduction of NCCs in the OFT. Unexpectedly, mutants have MF20-expressing cardiomyocytes in the splanchnic mesoderm within the second heart field (SHF). This may result from abnormal differentiation or defective recruitment of differentiating SHF cells into OFT. Alterations in Bmp4, Sema3C, and PlexinA2 signals in the mutant OFT, SHF, and NCCs, disrupt the communications among different cell populations. Such disruptions can further affect the recruitment of NCCs into the OFT mesenchyme, causing severe OFT cushion hypoplasia and OFT septation failure. Furthermore, these NCCs have drastically reduced levels of Ids and MT1-MMP, affecting the positioning and remodeling of the OFT. Thus, Smad-signaling in cardiac NCCs has cell autonomous effects on their survival and non-cell autonomous effects on coordinating the movement of multiple cell lineages in the positioning and the remodeling of the OFT.
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- Qunshan Jia
- Renal Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Campus Box 8126, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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Stem cells are defined by their ability to both self-renew and give rise to multiple lineages in vivo and/or in vitro. As discussed in other chapters in this volume, the embryonic neural crest is a multipotent tissue that gives rise to a plethora of differentiated cell types in the adult organism and is unique to vertebrate embryos. From the point of view of stem cell biology, the neural crest is an ideal source for multipotent adult stem cells. Significant advances have been made in the past few years isolating neural crest stem cell lines that can be maintained in vitro and can give rise to many neural crest derivatives either in vitro or when placed back into the context of an embryo. The initial work identifying these stem cells was carried out with premigratory neural crest from the embryonic neural tube. Later, neural crest stem cells were isolated from postmigratory neural crest, presumably more restricted in developmental potential. More recently it has been demonstrated that neural crest stem cell progenitors persist in the adult in at least two differentiated tissues, the enteric nervous system of the gut and the whisker follicles of the facial skin. In all cases, the properties of the stem cells derived reflect their tissue of origin and the potential of the progenitors becomes more restricted with age. In this chapter we will review this work and speculate on future possibilities with respect to combining our knowledge of neural crest gene function in the embryo and the manipulation of adult neural crest stem cells in vitro and eventually in vivo.
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- Lu Teng
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, 1109 BRBII/III, 421 Curie Blvd., University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6058, USA
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Brown CB, Baldwin HS. Neural crest contribution to the cardiovascular system. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2007; 589:134-54. [PMID: 17076279 DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-46954-6_8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Normal cardiovascular development requires complex remodeling of the outflow tract and pharyngeal arch arteries to create the separate pulmonic and systemic circulations. During remodeling, the outflow tract is septated to form the ascending aorta and the pulmonary trunk. The initially symmetrical pharyngeal arch arteries are remodeled to form the aortic arch, subclavian and carotid arteries. Remodeling is mediated by a population of neural crest cells arising between the mid-otic placode and somite four called the cardiac neural crest. Cardiac neural crest cells form smooth muscle and pericytes in the great arteries, and the neurons of cardiac innervation. In addition to the physical contribution of smooth muscle to the cardiovascular system, cardiac neural crest cells also provide signals required for the maintenance and differentiation of the other cell layers in the pharyngeal apparatus. Reciprocal signaling between the cardiac neural crest cells and cardiogenic mesoderm of the secondary heart field is required for elaboration of the conotruncus and disruption in this signaling results in primary myocardial dysfunction. Cardiovascular defects attributed to the cardiac neural crest cells may reflect either cell autonomous defects in the neural crest or defects in signaling between the neural crest and adjacent cell layers.
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- Christopher B Brown
- Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, B3301 MCN, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-2495, USA.
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Samanta J, Burke GM, McGuire T, Pisarek AJ, Mukhopadhyay A, Mishina Y, Kessler JA. BMPR1a signaling determines numbers of oligodendrocytes and calbindin-expressing interneurons in the cortex. J Neurosci 2007; 27:7397-407. [PMID: 17626200 PMCID: PMC6672617 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1434-07.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Progenitor cells that express the transcription factor olig1 generate several neural cell types including oligodendrocytes and GABAergic interneurons in the dorsal cortex. The fate of these progenitor cells is regulated by a number of signals including bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) secreted in the dorsal forebrain. BMPs signal by binding to heteromeric serine-threonine kinase receptors formed by type I (BMPR1a, BMPR1b, Alk2) and type II (BMPRII) subunits. To determine the specific role of the BMPR1a subunit in lineage commitment by olig1-expressing cells, we used a cre/loxP genetic approach to ablate BMPR1a in these cells while leaving signaling from other subunits intact. There was a reduction in numbers of immature oligodendrocytes in the BMPR1a-null mutant brains at birth. However, by postnatal day 20, the BMPR1a-null mice had a significant increase in the number of mature and immature oligodendrocytes compared with wild-type littermates. There was also an increase in the proportion of calbindin-positive interneurons in the dorsomedial cortex of BMPR1a-null mice at birth without any change in the number of parvalbumin- or calretinin-positive cells. These effects were attributable, at least in part, to a decrease in the length of the cell cycle in subventricular zone progenitor cells. Thus, our findings indicate that BMPR1a mediates the suppressive effects of BMP signaling on oligodendrocyte lineage commitment and on the specification of calbindin-positive interneurons in the dorsomedial cortex.
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- Jayshree Samanta
- Department of Neurology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611, and
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- Department of Neurology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611, and
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- Department of Neurology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611, and
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- Department of Neurology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611, and
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- Department of Neurology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611, and
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- Laboratory of Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709
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- Department of Neurology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611, and
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Chen YH, Ishii M, Sun J, Sucov HM, Maxson RE. Msx1 and Msx2 regulate survival of secondary heart field precursors and post-migratory proliferation of cardiac neural crest in the outflow tract. Dev Biol 2007; 308:421-37. [PMID: 17601530 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2007.05.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2006] [Revised: 05/21/2007] [Accepted: 05/29/2007] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Msx1 and Msx2 are highly conserved, Nk-related homeodomain transcription factors that are essential for a variety of tissue-tissue interactions during vertebrate organogenesis. Here we show that combined deficiencies of Msx1 and Msx2 cause conotruncal anomalies associated with malalignment of the cardiac outflow tract (OFT). Msx1 and Msx2 play dual roles in outflow tract morphogenesis by both protecting secondary heart field (SHF) precursors against apoptosis and inhibiting excessive proliferation of cardiac neural crest, endothelial and myocardial cells in the conotruncal cushions. During incorporation of SHF precursors into the OFT myocardium, ectopic apoptosis in the Msx1-/-; Msx2-/- mutant SHF is associated with reduced expression of Hand1 and Hand2, which from work on Hand1 and Hand2 mutants may be functionally important in the inhibition of apoptosis in Msx1/2 mutants. Later during aorticopulmonary septation, excessive proliferation in the OFT cushion mesenchyme and myocardium of Msx1-/-; Msx2-/- mutants is associated with premature down-regulation of p27(KIP1), an inhibitor of cyclin-dependent kinases. Diminished accretion of SHF precursors to the elongating OFT myocardium and excessive accumulation of mesenchymal cells in the conotruncal cushions may work together to perturb the rotation of the truncus arteriosus, leading to OFT malalignment defects including double-outlet right ventricle, overriding aorta and pulmonary stenosis.
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- Yi-Hui Chen
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hospital, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, 1441 Eastlake Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
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Snider P, Olaopa M, Firulli AB, Conway SJ. Cardiovascular development and the colonizing cardiac neural crest lineage. ScientificWorldJournal 2007; 7:1090-113. [PMID: 17619792 PMCID: PMC2613651 DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2007.189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Although it is well established that transgenic manipulation of mammalian neural crest-related gene expression and microsurgical removal of premigratory chicken and Xenopus embryonic cardiac neural crest progenitors results in a wide spectrum of both structural and functional congenital heart defects, the actual functional mechanism of the cardiac neural crest cells within the heart is poorly understood. Neural crest cell migration and appropriate colonization of the pharyngeal arches and outflow tract septum is thought to be highly dependent on genes that regulate cell-autonomous polarized movement (i.e., gap junctions, cadherins, and noncanonical Wnt1 pathway regulators). Once the migratory cardiac neural crest subpopulation finally reaches the heart, they have traditionally been thought to participate in septation of the common outflow tract into separate aortic and pulmonary arteries. However, several studies have suggested these colonizing neural crest cells may also play additional unexpected roles during cardiovascular development and may even contribute to a crest-derived stem cell population. Studies in both mice and chick suggest they can also enter the heart from the venous inflow as well as the usual arterial outflow region, and may contribute to the adult semilunar and atrioventricular valves as well as part of the cardiac conduction system. Furthermore, although they are not usually thought to give rise to the cardiomyocyte lineage, neural crest cells in the zebrafish (Danio rerio) can contribute to the myocardium and may have different functions in a species-dependent context. Intriguingly, both ablation of chick and Xenopus premigratory neural crest cells, and a transgenic deletion of mouse neural crest cell migration or disruption of the normal mammalian neural crest gene expression profiles, disrupts ventral myocardial function and/or cardiomyocyte proliferation. Combined, this suggests that either the cardiac neural crest secrete factor/s that regulate myocardial proliferation, can signal to the epicardium to subsequently secrete a growth factor/s, or may even contribute directly to the heart. Although there are species differences between mouse, chick, and Xenopus during cardiac neural crest cell morphogenesis, recent data suggest mouse and chick are more similar to each other than to the zebrafish neural crest cell lineage. Several groups have used the genetically defined Pax3 (splotch) mutant mice model to address the role of the cardiac neural crest lineage. Here we review the current literature, the neural crest-related role of the Pax3 transcription factor, and discuss potential function/s of cardiac neural crest-derived cells during cardiovascular developmental remodeling.
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- Paige Snider
- Cardiovascular Development Group,
Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research,
Indiana University School of Medicine,
Indianapolis, IN 46202,
USA
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- Cardiovascular Development Group,
Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research,
Indiana University School of Medicine,
Indianapolis, IN 46202,
USA
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- Cardiovascular Development Group,
Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research,
Indiana University School of Medicine,
Indianapolis, IN 46202,
USA
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- Cardiovascular Development Group,
Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research,
Indiana University School of Medicine,
Indianapolis, IN 46202,
USA
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Ai D, Fu X, Wang J, Lu MF, Chen L, Baldini A, Klein WH, Martin JF. Canonical Wnt signaling functions in second heart field to promote right ventricular growth. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007; 104:9319-24. [PMID: 17519332 PMCID: PMC1890492 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0701212104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 146] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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The second heart field (SHF), progenitor cells that are initially sequestered outside the heart, migrates into the heart and gives rise to endocardium, myocardium, and smooth muscle. Because of its distinct developmental history, the SHF is likely subjected to different signals from that of the first heart field. Previous experiments revealed that canonical Wnt signaling negatively regulated first heart field specification. We inactivated the obligate canonical Wnt effector beta-catenin using a beta-catenin conditional null allele and the Mef2c AHF cre driver that directs cre activity specifically in SHF. We also expressed a stabilized form of beta-catenin to model continuous Wnt signaling in SHF. Our data indicate that Wnt signaling acts in a positive fashion to promote right ventricular and interventricular myocardial expansion. Cyclin D2 and Tgfbeta2 expression was drastically reduced in beta-catenin loss-of-function mutants, indicating that Wnt signaling is required for patterning and expansion of SHF derivatives. Our findings reveal that Wnt signaling plays a major positive role in promoting growth and diversification of SHF precursors into right ventricular and interventricular myocardium.
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- Di Ai
- *Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M System Health Science Center, 2121 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Unit 1000, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030
- Training Program in Genes and Development, University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX 77225; and
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- *Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M System Health Science Center, 2121 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030
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- *Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M System Health Science Center, 2121 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030
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- *Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M System Health Science Center, 2121 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030
- Program in Cardiovascular Sciences, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030
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- *Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M System Health Science Center, 2121 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Unit 1000, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030
- Training Program in Genes and Development, University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX 77225; and
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- *Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M System Health Science Center, 2121 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030
- Training Program in Genes and Development, University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX 77225; and
- To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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Johnson AN, Burnett LA, Sellin J, Paululat A, Newfeld SJ. Defective decapentaplegic signaling results in heart overgrowth and reduced cardiac output in Drosophila. Genetics 2007; 176:1609-24. [PMID: 17507674 PMCID: PMC1931542 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.107.073569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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During germ-band extension, Decapentaplegic (Dpp) signals from the dorsal ectoderm to maintain Tinman (Tin) expression in the underlying mesoderm. This signal specifies the cardiac field, and homologous genes (BMP2/4 and Nkx2.5) perform this function in mammals. We showed previously that a second Dpp signal from the dorsal ectoderm restricts the number of pericardial cells expressing the transcription factor Zfh1. Here we report that, via Zfh1, the second Dpp signal restricts the number of Odd-skipped-expressing and the number of Tin-expressing pericardial cells. Dpp also represses Tin expression independently of Zfh1, implicating a feed-forward mechanism in the regulation of Tin pericardial cell number. In the adjacent dorsal muscles, Dpp has the opposite effect. Dpp maintains Krüppel and Even-skipped expression required for muscle development. Our data show that Dpp refines the cardiac field by limiting the number of pericardial cells. This maintains the boundary between pericardial and dorsal muscle cells and defines the size of the heart. In the absence of the second Dpp signal, pericardial cells overgrow and this significantly reduces larval cardiac output. Our study suggests the existence of a second round of BMP signaling in mammalian heart development and that perhaps defects in this signal play a role in congenital heart defects.
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- Aaron N Johnson
- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287-4501, USA
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Van de Putte T, Francis A, Nelles L, van Grunsven LA, Huylebroeck D. Neural crest-specific removal of Zfhx1b in mouse leads to a wide range of neurocristopathies reminiscent of Mowat-Wilson syndrome. Hum Mol Genet 2007; 16:1423-36. [PMID: 17478475 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddm093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Mowat-Wilson syndrome is a recently delineated autosomal dominant developmental anomaly, whereby heterozygous mutations in the ZFHX1B gene cause mental retardation, delayed motor development, epilepsy and a wide spectrum of clinically heterogeneous features, suggestive of neurocristopathies at the cephalic, cardiac and vagal levels. However, our understanding of the etiology of this condition at the cellular level remains vague. This study presents the Zfhx1b protein expression domain in mouse embryos and correlates this with a novel mouse model involving a conditional mutation in the Zfhx1b gene in neural crest precursor cells. These mutant mice display craniofacial and gastrointestinal malformations that show resemblance to those found in human patients with Mowat-Wilson syndrome. In addition to these clinically recognized alterations, we document developmental defects in the heart, melanoblasts and sympathetic and parasympathetic anlagen. The latter observations in our mouse model for Mowat-Wilson suggest a hitherto unknown role for Zfhx1b in the development of these particular neural crest derivatives, which is a set of observations that should be acknowledged in the clinical management of this genetic disorder.
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- Tom Van de Putte
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology (Celgen), KULeuven, Herestraat 49,B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.
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Richarte AM, Mead HB, Tallquist MD. Cooperation between the PDGF receptors in cardiac neural crest cell migration. Dev Biol 2007; 306:785-96. [PMID: 17499702 PMCID: PMC2040169 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2007.04.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2006] [Revised: 04/11/2007] [Accepted: 04/17/2007] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Neural crest cells (NCCs) are essential components of the sympathetic nervous system, skin, craniofacial skeleton, and aortic arch. It has been known for many years that perturbation of migration, proliferation, and/or differentiation of these cells leads to birth defects such as cleft palate and persistent truncus arteriosus (PTA). Previously, we had shown that disruption of the platelet-derived growth factor receptor (PDGFR) alpha in NCCs resulted in defects in craniofacial and aortic arch development, the latter with variable penetrance. Because we observed ventricular septal defects in embryos that are null for the PDGFRbeta, we hypothesized that both PDGF receptors are involved in NCC formation. Here, we show that both receptors are expressed in cardiac NCCs and that the combined loss of the PDGFRalpha and PDGFRbeta in NCCs resulted in NCC-related heart abnormalities, including PTA and a ventricular septal defect (VSD). Using NCC lineage tracing, we observed that loss of PDGF receptor signaling resulted in reduced NCCs in the conotruncus region, leading to defects in aortic arch septation. These results indicate that while PDGFRalpha plays a predominant role in NCC development, the PDGFRbeta is expressed by and functions in cardiac NCCs. Combined PDGF receptor signaling is required for sufficient recruitment of cardiac NCCs into the conotruncal region and for formation of the aortico-pulmonary and ventricular septum.
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- Alicia M Richarte
- Department of Molecular Biology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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Dunwoodie SL. Combinatorial signaling in the heart orchestrates cardiac induction, lineage specification and chamber formation. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2007; 18:54-66. [PMID: 17236794 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2006.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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The complexity of mammalian cardiogenesis is compounded, as the heart must function in the embryo whilst it is still being formed. Great advances have been made recently as additional cardiac progenitor cell populations have been identified. The induction and maintenance of these progenitors, and their deployment to the developing heart relies on combinatorial molecular signalling, a feature also of cardiac chamber formation. Many forms of congenital heart disease in humans are likely to arise from defects in the early stages of heart development; therefore it is important to understand the molecular pathways that underlie some of the key events that shape the heart during the early stages of it development.
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- Sally L Dunwoodie
- Developmental Biology Program, Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, 384 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia.
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Choi M, Stottmann RW, Yang YP, Meyers EN, Klingensmith J. The bone morphogenetic protein antagonist noggin regulates mammalian cardiac morphogenesis. Circ Res 2007; 100:220-8. [PMID: 17218603 DOI: 10.1161/01.res.0000257780.60484.6a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) play many roles in mammalian cardiac development. Here we address the functions of Noggin, a dedicated BMP antagonist, in the developing mouse heart. In early cardiac tissues, the Noggin gene is mainly expressed in the myocardial cells of the outflow tract, atrioventricular canal, and future right ventricle. The major heart phenotypes of Noggin mutant embryos are thicker myocardium and larger endocardial cushions. Both defects result from increased cell number. Cell proliferation is increased and cell cycle exit is decreased in the myocardium. Although we find evidence of increased BMP signal transduction in the myocardium and endocardium, we show that the cardiac defects of Noggin mutants are rescued by halving the gene dosage of Bmp4. In culture, BMP increases the epithelial-to-mesenchymal transformation (EMT) of endocardial explant cells. Increased EMT likely accounts for the enlarged atrioventricular cushion. In the outflow tract cushion, we observed an increased contribution of cardiac neural crest cells to the mutant cushion mesenchyme, although many cells of the cushion were not derived from neural crest. Thus the enlarged outflow tract cushion of Noggin mutants likely arises by increased contributions both of endocardial cells that have undergone EMT as well as cells that have migrated from the neural crest. These data indicate that antagonism of BMP signaling by Noggin plays a critical role in ensuring proper levels of cell proliferation and EMT during cardiac morphogenesis in the mouse.
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- Murim Choi
- Department of Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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Cardiac Development: Toward a Molecular Basis for Congenital Heart Disease. CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE 2007. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-84628-715-2_52] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Hutson MR, Kirby ML. Model systems for the study of heart development and disease. Cardiac neural crest and conotruncal malformations. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2006; 18:101-10. [PMID: 17224285 PMCID: PMC1858673 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2006.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 224] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Neural crest cells are multipotential cells that delaminate from the dorsal neural tube and migrate widely throughout the body. A subregion of the cranial neural crest originating between the otocyst and somite 3 has been called "cardiac neural crest" because of the importance of these cells in heart development. Much of what we know about the contribution and function of the cardiac neural crest in cardiovascular development has been learned in the chick embryo using quail-chick chimeras to study neural crest migration and derivatives as well as using ablation of premigratory neural crest cells to study their function. These studies show that cardiac neural crest cells are absolutely required to form the aorticopulmonary septum dividing the cardiac arterial pole into systemic and pulmonary circulations. They support the normal development and patterning of derivatives of the caudal pharyngeal arches and pouches, including the great arteries and the thymus, thyroid and parathyroids. Recently, cardiac neural crest cells have been shown to modulate signaling in the pharynx during the lengthening of the outflow tract by the secondary heart field. Most of the genes associated with cardiac neural crest function have been identified using mouse models. These studies show that the neural crest cells may not be the direct cause of abnormal cardiovascular development but they are a major component in the complex tissue interactions in the caudal pharynx and outflow tract. Since, cardiac neural crest cells span from the caudal pharynx into the outflow tract, they are especially susceptible to any perturbation in or by other cells in these regions. Thus, understanding congenital cardiac outflow malformations in human sequences of malformations as represented by the DiGeorge syndrome will necessarily require understanding development of the cardiac neural crest.
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- Mary R Hutson
- Department of Pediatrics, Bell Building, Room 157, Neonatology, Box 3179, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, United States.
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Mace PD, Cutfield JF, Cutfield SM. High resolution structures of the bone morphogenetic protein type II receptor in two crystal forms: Implications for ligand binding. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2006; 351:831-8. [PMID: 17094948 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.10.109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2006] [Accepted: 10/18/2006] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BMPRII is a type II TGF-beta serine threonine kinase receptor which is integral to the bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signalling pathway. It is known to bind BMP and growth differentiation factor (GDF) ligands, and has overlapping ligand specificity with the activin type II receptor, ActRII. In contrast to activin and TGF-beta type ligands, BMPs bind to type II receptors with lower affinity than type I receptors. Crystals of the BMPRII ectodomain were grown in two different forms, both of which diffracted to high resolution. The tetragonal form exhibited some disorder, whereas the entire polypeptide was seen in the orthorhombic form. The two structures retain the basic three-finger toxin fold of other TGF-beta receptor ectodomains, and share the main hydrophobic patch used by ActRII to bind various ligands. However, they present different conformations of the A-loop at the periphery of the proposed ligand-binding interface, in conjunction with rearrangement of a disulfide bridge within the loop. This particular disulfide (Cys94-Cys117) is only present in BMPRII and activin receptors, suggesting that it is important for their likely shared mode of binding. Evidence is presented that the two crystal forms represent ligand-bound and free conformations of BMPRII. Comparison with the solved structure of ActRII bound to BMP2 suggests that His87, unique amongst TGF-beta receptors, may play a key role in ligand recognition.
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- Peter D Mace
- Department of Biochemistry, Otago School of Medical Sciences, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand
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Xu H, Baldini A. Genetic pathways to mammalian heart development: Recent progress from manipulation of the mouse genome. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2006; 18:77-83. [PMID: 17178242 PMCID: PMC1934561 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2006.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Mammalian heart development requires multiple genetic networks, only some of which are becoming known in all their complexity. Substantial new information has become available thanks to an expanding toolkit that offers more and more mouse gene manipulation options, and that is taking the mouse closer to more powerful invertebrate genetic models. We review examples of recent data with a cardiac-lineage-based view of heart development, especially outflow tract and right ventricle. The medical significance of these studies is not only relevant to congenital heart disease, but also to the biology of cardiac cell regeneration.
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- Huansheng Xu
- Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M University System, Houston, TX, 77030
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- Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M University System, Houston, TX, 77030
- Department of Biochemistry, University Federico II, and Tigem, Via P. Castellino Naples, Italy
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Anderson RM, Stottmann RW, Choi M, Klingensmith J. Endogenous bone morphogenetic protein antagonists regulate mammalian neural crest generation and survival. Dev Dyn 2006; 235:2507-20. [PMID: 16894609 PMCID: PMC6626635 DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.20891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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We demonstrate here that Chordin and Noggin function as bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) antagonists in vivo to promote mammalian neural crest development. Using Chrd and Nog single and compound mutants, we find that Noggin has a major role in promoting neural crest formation, in which Chordin is partially redundant. BMP signaling is increased in dorsal tissues lacking Noggin and is further increased when Chordin is also absent. The early neural crest domain is expanded with decreased BMP antagonism in vivo. Noggin and Chordin also regulate subsequent neural crest cell emigration from the neural tube. However, reduced levels of these BMP antagonists ultimately result in perturbation of neural crest cell derived peripheral nervous system and craniofacial skeletal elements. Such defects reflect, at least in part, a function to limit apoptosis in neural crest cells. Noggin and Chordin, therefore, function together to regulate both the generation and survival of neural crest cells in mammalian development.
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- author for correspondence: ; fax: 919-668-3467, phone: 919-684-9402, fax: 919-684-5481
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Wang J, Nagy A, Larsson J, Dudas M, Sucov HM, Kaartinen V. Defective ALK5 signaling in the neural crest leads to increased postmigratory neural crest cell apoptosis and severe outflow tract defects. BMC DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY 2006; 6:51. [PMID: 17078885 PMCID: PMC1635039 DOI: 10.1186/1471-213x-6-51] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2006] [Accepted: 11/01/2006] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Background Congenital cardiovascular diseases are the most common form of birth defects in humans. A substantial portion of these defects has been associated with inappropriate induction, migration, differentiation and patterning of pluripotent cardiac neural crest stem cells. While TGF-β-superfamily signaling has been strongly implicated in neural crest cell development, the detailed molecular signaling mechanisms in vivo are still poorly understood. Results We deleted the TGF-β type I receptor Alk5 specifically in the mouse neural crest cell lineage. Failure in signaling via ALK5 leads to severe cardiovascular and pharyngeal defects, including inappropriate remodeling of pharyngeal arch arteries, abnormal aortic sac development, failure in pharyngeal organ migration and persistent truncus arteriosus. While ALK5 is not required for neural crest cell migration, our results demonstrate that it plays an important role in the survival of post-migratory cardiac neural crest cells. Conclusion Our results demonstrate that ALK5-mediated signaling in neural crest cells plays an essential cell-autonomous role in the pharyngeal and cardiac outflow tract development.
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MESH Headings
- Activin Receptors, Type I/deficiency
- Activin Receptors, Type I/genetics
- Activin Receptors, Type I/physiology
- Animals
- Aorta/abnormalities
- Aorta/embryology
- Apoptosis/genetics
- Branchial Region/abnormalities
- Branchial Region/embryology
- Cell Movement/genetics
- Female
- Heart Defects, Congenital/embryology
- Heart Defects, Congenital/genetics
- Mice
- Mice, Knockout
- Mice, Transgenic
- Neural Crest/embryology
- Neural Crest/pathology
- Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases
- Receptor, Transforming Growth Factor-beta Type I
- Receptors, Transforming Growth Factor beta/deficiency
- Receptors, Transforming Growth Factor beta/genetics
- Receptors, Transforming Growth Factor beta/physiology
- Signal Transduction/genetics
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- Jikui Wang
- Developmental Biology Program, The Saban Research Institute of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Departments of Pathology and Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA
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- Developmental Biology Program, The Saban Research Institute of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Departments of Pathology and Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA
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- Molecular Medicine and Gene Therapy, Institute of Laboratory Medicine and Department of Medicine, Lund University Hospital, 221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Developmental Biology Program, The Saban Research Institute of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Departments of Pathology and Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA
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- Institute for Genetic Medicine, Keck School of Medicine University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
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- Developmental Biology Program, The Saban Research Institute of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Departments of Pathology and Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA
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David L, Mallet C, Mazerbourg S, Feige JJ, Bailly S. Identification of BMP9 and BMP10 as functional activators of the orphan activin receptor-like kinase 1 (ALK1) in endothelial cells. Blood 2006; 109:1953-61. [PMID: 17068149 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2006-07-034124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 520] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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ALK1 is an endothelial-specific type I receptor of the TGFbeta receptor family whose heterozygous mutations cause hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia type 2. Although TGFbeta1 and TGFbeta3 have been shown to bind ALK1 under specific experimental conditions, they may not represent the physiological ligands for this receptor. In the present study, we demonstrate that BMP9 induces the phosphorylation of Smad1/5/8 in microvascular endothelial cells, and this phosphorylation lasts over a period of 24 hours. BMP9 also activates the ID1 promoter-derived BMP response element (BRE) in a dose-dependent manner (EC50 = 45 +/- 27 pg/mL), and this activation is abolished by silencing ALK1 expression or addition of ALK1 extracellular domain. Overexpression of endoglin increases the BMP9 response, whereas silencing of both BMPRII and ActRIIA expressions completely abolishes it. BMP10, which is structurally close to BMP9, is also a potent ALK1 ligand. Finally, we demonstrate that BMP9 and BMP10 potently inhibit endothelial cell migration and growth, and stimulate endothelial expression of a panel of genes that was previously reported to be activated by the constitutively active form of ALK1. Taken together, our results suggest that BMP9 and BMP10 are two specific ALK1 ligands that may physiologically trigger the effects of ALK1 on angiogenesis.
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- Laurent David
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Equipe Mixte INSERM (EMI 01-05), Grenoble, France
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Luo Y, High FA, Epstein JA, Radice GL. N-cadherin is required for neural crest remodeling of the cardiac outflow tract. Dev Biol 2006; 299:517-28. [PMID: 17014840 PMCID: PMC1866362 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2006.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2006] [Revised: 08/24/2006] [Accepted: 09/05/2006] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Cardiac neural crest cells undergo extensive cell rearrangements during the formation of the aorticopulmonary septum in the outflow tract. However, the morphogenetic mechanisms involved in this fundamental process remain poorly understood. To determine the function of the Ca2+-dependent cell adhesion molecule, N-cadherin, in murine neural crest, we applied the Cre/loxP system and created mouse embryos genetically mosaic for N-cadherin. Specifically, deletion of N-cadherin in neural crest cells led to embryonic lethality with distinct cardiovascular defects. Neural crest cell migration and homing to the cardiac outflow tract niche were unaffected by loss of N-cadherin. However, N-cadherin-deficient neural crest cells were unable to undergo the normal morphogenetic changes associated with outflow tract remodeling, resulting in persistent truncus arteriosus in the majority of mutant embryos. Other mutant embryos initiated aorticopulmonary septum formation; however, the neural crest cells were unable to elongate and align properly along the midline and remained rounded with limited contact with their neighbors. Interestingly, rotation of the outflow tract was incomplete in these mutants suggesting that alignment of the channels is dependent on N-cadherin-generated cytoskeletal forces. A second cardiac phenotype was observed where loss of N-cadherin in the epicardium led to disruption of heterotypic cell interactions between the epicardium and myocardium resulting in a thinned ventricular myocardium. Thus, we conclude that in addition to its role in myocardial cell adhesion, N-cadherin is required for neural crest cell rearrangements critical for patterning of the cardiac outflow tract and in the maintenance of epicardial-myocardial cell interactions.
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- Yang Luo
- Center for Research on Reproduction and Women’s Health, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
- Cardiovascular Institute, Department of Medicine and the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
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- Cardiovascular Institute, Department of Medicine and the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
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- Cardiovascular Institute, Department of Medicine and the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
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- Center for Research on Reproduction and Women’s Health, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
- #Correspondence to: Dr. Glenn Radice, Center for Research on Reproduction and Women’s Health, University of Pennsylvania, 1355 Biomedical Research Building II/III, 421 Curie Blvd., Philadelphia, PA 19104, Tel: (215) 898-0164, Fax: (215) 573-5408, e-mail:
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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: 1.8] [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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Mace PD, Cutfield JF, Cutfield SM. Bacterial expression and purification of the ovine type II bone morphogenetic protein receptor ectodomain. Protein Expr Purif 2006; 52:40-9. [PMID: 16982201 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2006.07.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2006] [Revised: 07/17/2006] [Accepted: 07/25/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) are essential for a wide range of developmental processes. They signal through type I and type II serine/threonine kinase receptors, and differ from other TGF-beta family members in that the type II receptor binds with a lower affinity than the type I. Here, we describe the development of various Escherichia coli expression systems for the extracellular domain of the ovine type II bone morphogenetic protein receptor. In order to facilitate disulfide bond formation and protein solubility, BMPRII was expressed fused to bacterial thioredoxin, which, following cleavage, could be purified using several chromatography steps. Although this material migrated as a single band in denaturing PAGE, native-PAGE indicated heterogeneity, and this protein could not be crystallised. When expressed alone, either containing a histidine tag or as an untagged protein, the receptor ectodomain was deposited as insoluble inclusion bodies. Protein subjected to in vitro refolding procedures exhibited multiple species following anion exchange chromatography and size exclusion chromatography, as visualised on native-PAGE. Separation of these species could be achieved using a MonoP chromatofocusing matrix. One of these separated fractions, representing about 5% of the starting material, was amenable to crystallisation, and furthermore exhibited biological activity. Crystals of the histidine-tagged form were shown to diffract weakly, whereas crystals of the native form grew in two different morphologies, and diffracted to a resolution of 1.2A.
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- Peter D Mace
- Department of Biochemistry, Otago School of Medical Sciences, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand.
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Park C, Lavine K, Mishina Y, Deng CX, Ornitz DM, Choi K. Bone morphogenetic protein receptor 1A signaling is dispensable for hematopoietic development but essential for vessel and atrioventricular endocardial cushion formation. Development 2006; 133:3473-84. [PMID: 16887829 DOI: 10.1242/dev.02499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Bone morphogenetic protein 4 (BMP4) is crucial for the formation of FLK1-expressing (FLK1(+)) mesodermal cells. To further define the requirement for BMP signaling in the differentiation of blood, endothelial and smooth muscle cells from FLK1(+) mesoderm, we inactivated Alk3 (Bmpr1a) in FLK1(+) cells by crossing Alk3(floxed/floxed) and Flk1(+/Cre)Alk3(+/floxed) mice. Alk3 conditional knockout (CKO) mice died between E10.5 and E11.5. Unexpectedly, Alk3 CKO embryos did not show any hematopoietic defects. However, Alk3 CKO embryos displayed multiple abnormalities in vascular development, including vessel remodeling and maturation, which contributed to severe abdominal hemorrhage. Alk3 CKO embryos also displayed defects in atrioventricular canal (AVC) endocardial cushion formation in the heart. Collectively, our studies indicate a crucial role for ALK3 in vessel remodeling, vessel integrity and endocardial cushion formation during the development of the circulation system.
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- Changwon Park
- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
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Liu S, Liu F, Schneider AE, St Amand T, Epstein JA, Gutstein DE. Distinct cardiac malformations caused by absence of connexin 43 in the neural crest and in the non-crest neural tube. Development 2006; 133:2063-73. [PMID: 16624854 DOI: 10.1242/dev.02374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Connexin 43 (Cx43) is expressed in the embryonic heart, cardiac neural crest (CNC) and neural tube, and germline knockout (KO) of Cx43 results in aberrant cardiac outflow tract (OFT) formation and abnormal coronary deployment. Prior studies suggest a vital role for CNC expression of Cx43 in heart development. Surprisingly, we found that conditional knockout (CKO) of Cx43 in the dorsal neural tube and CNC mediated by Wnt1-Cre failed to recapitulate the Cx43-null OFT phenotype, although coronary vasculature was abnormal in this mutant line. A broader CKO mediated by P3pro (Pax3)-Cre, involving both ventral and dorsal aspects of the thoracic neural tube and CNC, resulted in infundibular bulging and coronary anomalies similar to those seen in germline Cx43-null hearts. P3pro-Cre-mediated loss of Cx43 in the neural tube was characterized by a late phase of cellular delamination from the dorsal and lateral neural tube, a markedly increased abundance of neuroepithelium-derived cells outside of the neural tube and an excess of such cells infiltrating the heart and infundibulum. Thus, expression of Cx43 in the CNC is crucial for normal coronary deployment, but Cx43 is not required in the CNC for normal OFT morphogenesis. Rather, this study suggests a novel function for Cx43 in which Cx43 acts through non-crest neuroepithelial cells to suppress cellular delamination from the neural tube and thereby preserve normal OFT development.
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- Shasha Liu
- Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
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Schlueter J, Männer J, Brand T. BMP is an important regulator of proepicardial identity in the chick embryo. Dev Biol 2006; 295:546-58. [PMID: 16677627 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2006.03.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2005] [Revised: 03/16/2006] [Accepted: 03/28/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The proepicardium (PE) is a transient structure formed by pericardial coelomic mesothelium at the venous pole of the embryonic heart and gives rise to several cell types of the mature heart. In order to study PE development in chick embryos, we have analyzed the expression pattern of the marker genes Tbx18, Wt1, and Cfc. During PE induction, the three marker genes displayed a left-right asymmetric expression pattern. In each case, expression on the right side was stronger than on the left side. The left-right asymmetric gene expression observed here is in accord with the asymmetric formation of the proepicardium in the chick embryo. While initially the marker genes were expressed in the primitive sinus horn, subsequently, expression became confined to the PE mesothelium. In order to search for signaling factors involved in PE development, we studied Bmp2 and Bmp4 expression. Bmp2 was bilaterally expressed in the sinus venosus. In contrast, Bmp4 expression was initially expressed unilaterally in the right sinus horn and subsequently in the PE. In order to assess its functional role, BMP signaling was experimentally modulated by supplying exogenous BMP2 and by inhibiting endogenous BMP signaling through the addition of Noggin. Both supplying BMP and blocking BMP signaling resulted in a loss of PE marker gene expression. Surprisingly, both experimental situations lead to cardiac myocyte formation in the PE cultures. Careful titration experiments with exogenously added BMP2 or Noggin revealed that PE-specific marker gene expression depends on a low level of BMP signaling. Implantation of BMP2-secreting cells or beads filled with Noggin protein into the right sinus horn of HH stage 11 embryos resulted in downregulation of Tbx18 expression, corresponding to the results of the explant assay. Thus, a distinct level of BMP signaling is required for PE formation in the chick embryo.
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- Jan Schlueter
- Cell and Developmental Biology, Theodor-Boveri-Institute, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany
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Wang J, Sridurongrit S, Dudas M, Thomas P, Nagy A, Schneider MD, Epstein JA, Kaartinen V. Atrioventricular cushion transformation is mediated by ALK2 in the developing mouse heart. Dev Biol 2005; 286:299-310. [PMID: 16140292 PMCID: PMC1361261 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2005.07.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2005] [Revised: 07/29/2005] [Accepted: 07/31/2005] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Developmental abnormalities in endocardial cushions frequently contribute to congenital heart malformations including septal and valvular defects. While compelling evidence has been presented to demonstrate that members of the TGF-beta superfamily are capable of inducing endothelial-to-mesenchymal transdifferentiation in the atrioventricular canal, and thus play a key role in formation of endocardial cushions, the detailed signaling mechanisms of this important developmental process, especially in vivo, are still poorly known. Several type I receptors (ALKs) for members of the TGF-beta superfamily are expressed in the myocardium and endocardium of the developing heart, including the atrioventricular canal. However, analysis of their functional role during mammalian development has been significantly complicated by the fact that deletion of the type I receptors in mouse embryos often leads to early embryonal lethality. Here, we used the Cre/loxP system for endothelial-specific deletion of the type I receptor Alk2 in mouse embryos. The endothelial-specific Alk2 mutant mice display defects in atrioventricular septa and valves, which result from a failure of endocardial cells to appropriately transdifferentiate into the mesenchyme in the AV canal. Endocardial cells deficient in Alk2 demonstrate decreased expression of Msx1 and Snail, and reduced phosphorylation of BMP and TGF-beta Smads. Moreover, we show that endocardial cells lacking Alk2 fail to delaminate from AV canal explants. Collectively, these results indicate that the BMP type I receptor ALK2 in endothelial cells plays a critical non-redundant role in early phases of endocardial cushion formation during cardiac morphogenesis.
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- Jikui Wang
- Developmental Biology, The Saban Research Institute of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA
- Department of Pathology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
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- Developmental Biology, The Saban Research Institute of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA
- Department of Pathology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
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- Developmental Biology, The Saban Research Institute of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA
- Department of Pathology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
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- Cardiovascular Research Programs, The Saban Research Instititute of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
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- Developmental Biology, The Saban Research Institute of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA
- Department of Pathology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
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- Center for Cardiovascular Development, Department of Medicine, Molecular and Cellular Biology, and Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine and the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Developmental Biology, The Saban Research Institute of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA
- Department of Pathology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
- Department of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
- * Corresponding author. Department of Pathology, Mail stop #35 Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, 4650 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA. Fax: +1 323 671 3613. E-mail address: (V. Kaartinen)
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Common signaling pathways such as those for Wnts and BMPs are used many times during embryogenesis. During the development of the neural crest, Wnt and BMP signals are used repeatedly at different stages to influence initial induction, segregation from the neuroepithelium and cell fate determination. This review considers how specificity is generated within the neural crest for these reiterated signals, discussing examples of how the outcomes of signaling events are modulated by context.
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- David W Raible
- University of Washington, Department of Biological Structure, HSB G-514, Seattle, WA 98195-7420, USA.
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Satoskar AA, Tanner SM, Weinstein M, Qualman SJ, de la Chapelle A. Baalc, a marker of mesoderm and muscle. Gene Expr Patterns 2005; 5:463-73. [PMID: 15749074 DOI: 10.1016/j.modgep.2004.12.008] [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] [Received: 10/08/2004] [Revised: 12/22/2004] [Accepted: 12/23/2004] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Transcripts of the Brain and Acute Leukemia, Cytoplasmic (BAALC) gene are expressed in human neuroectodermal tissues and in CD34-positive bone marrow cells. High transcript levels occur in leukemic blasts from some patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), where high expression is an independent marker of poor prognosis. To gain insight into the hitherto unknown function of BAALC/Baalc, we studied its protein expression in embryonic and adult mouse tissue by immunohistochemical analysis. Baalc protein was mainly expressed in developing and mature muscle cells (cardiac, skeletal, and smooth) beginning on day E9 (heart). Signal was seen in the pre-muscle mesodermal cells of the dermatomyotome regions, and the derivatives of the lateral plate and intermediate mesoderm such as smooth muscle wall of the esophagus, stomach, the gut tube, bronchi, small blood vessels, and urinary bladder. This pattern continued through the late embryonic stages into adulthood. Baalc appeared to localize in the cytoplasm, adjacent to the cell membrane. This is distinctly observed in adult skeletal muscle cells. Baalc co-localized with known muscle-associated proteins but not with neural crest or neuronal markers. Scattered expression in adult bone marrow hematopoietic cells and weak expression in the brain neuropil also occurred. In conclusion, BAALC/Baalc is a marker of the mesodermal lineage, especially muscle.
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- Anjali A Satoskar
- Human Cancer Genetics Program, Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, 420 West 12th Avenue, TMRF 646, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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The neural crest is a transient, migratory cell population found in all vertebrate embryos that generate a diverse range of cell and tissue derivatives including, but not limited, to the neurons and glia of the peripheral nervous system, smooth muscle, connective tissue, melanocytes, craniofacial cartilage, and bone. Over the past few years, many studies have provided tremendous insights into understanding the mechanisms regulating the induction and migration of neural crest cell development. This review highlights the surprising and perhaps unexpected roles for morphogens in these distinct processes. A comparison of studies performed in several different vertebrates emphasizes the requirement for coordination between multiple signaling pathways in the induction and migration of neural crest cells in the developing embryo.
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- Natalie C Jones
- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, 1000 East 50th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64110, USA
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Ishii M, Han J, Yen HY, Sucov HM, Chai Y, Maxson RE. Combined deficiencies of Msx1 and Msx2 cause impaired patterning and survival of the cranial neural crest. Development 2005; 132:4937-50. [PMID: 16221730 DOI: 10.1242/dev.02072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 146] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The neural crest is a multipotent, migratory cell population that contributes to a variety of tissues and organs during vertebrate embryogenesis. Here, we focus on the function of Msx1 and Msx2, homeobox genes implicated in several disorders affecting craniofacial development in humans. We show that Msx1/2 mutants exhibit profound deficiencies in the development of structures derived from the cranial and cardiac neural crest. These include hypoplastic and mispatterned cranial ganglia, dysmorphogenesis of pharyngeal arch derivatives and abnormal organization of conotruncal structures in the developing heart. The expression of the neural crest markers Ap-2alpha, Sox10 and cadherin 6 (cdh6) in Msx1/2 mutants revealed an apparent retardation in the migration of subpopulations of preotic and postotic neural crest cells, and a disorganization of neural crest cells paralleling patterning defects in cranial nerves. In addition, normally distinct subpopulations of migrating crest underwent mixing. The expression of the hindbrain markers Krox20 and Epha4 was altered in Msx1/2 mutants, suggesting that defects in neural crest populations may result, in part, from defects in rhombomere identity. Msx1/2 mutants also exhibited increased Bmp4 expression in migratory cranial neural crest and pharyngeal arches. Finally, proliferation of neural crest-derived mesenchyme was unchanged, but the number of apoptotic cells was increased substantially in neural crest-derived cells that contribute to the cranial ganglia and the first pharyngeal arch. This increase in apoptosis may contribute to the mispatterning of the cranial ganglia and the hypoplasia of the first arch.
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- Mamoru Ishii
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Norris Cancer Hospital, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, 1441 Eastlake Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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Washington Smoak I, Byrd NA, Abu-Issa R, Goddeeris MM, Anderson R, Morris J, Yamamura K, Klingensmith J, Meyers EN. Sonic hedgehog is required for cardiac outflow tract and neural crest cell development. Dev Biol 2005; 283:357-72. [PMID: 15936751 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2005.04.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 159] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2004] [Revised: 04/05/2005] [Accepted: 04/15/2005] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The Hedgehog signaling pathway is critical for a significant number of developmental patterning events. In this study, we focus on the defects in pharyngeal arch and cardiovascular patterning present in Sonic hedgehog (Shh) null mouse embryos. Our data indicate that, in the absence of Shh, there is general failure of the pharyngeal arch development leading to cardiac and craniofacial defects. The cardiac phenotype results from arch artery and outflow tract patterning defects, as well as abnormal development of migratory neural crest cells (NCCs). The constellation of cardiovascular defects resembles a severe form of the human birth defect syndrome tetralogy of Fallot with complete pulmonary artery atresia. Previous studies have demonstrated a role for Shh in NCC survival and proliferation at later stages of development. Our data suggest that SHH signaling does not act directly on NCCs as a survival factor, but rather acts to restrict the domains that NCCs can populate during early stages (e8.5-10.5) of cardiovascular and craniofacial development.
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Mazerbourg S, Sangkuhl K, Luo CW, Sudo S, Klein C, Hsueh AJW. Identification of receptors and signaling pathways for orphan bone morphogenetic protein/growth differentiation factor ligands based on genomic analyses. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:32122-32. [PMID: 16049014 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m504629200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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There are more than 30 human transforming growth factor beta/bone morphogenetic protein/growth differentiation factor (TGFbeta/BMP/GDF)-related ligands known to be important during embryonic development, organogenesis, bone formation, reproduction, and other physiological processes. Although select TGFbeta/BMP/GDF proteins were found to interact with type II and type I serine/threonine receptors to activate downstream Smad and other proteins, the receptors and signaling pathways for one-third of these TGFbeta/BMP/GDF paralogs are still unclear. Based on a genomic analysis of the entire repertoire of TGFbeta/BMP/GDF ligands and serine/threonine kinase receptors, we tested the ability of three orphan BMP/GDF ligands to activate a limited number of phylogenetically related receptors. We characterized the dimeric nature of recombinant GDF6 (also known as BMP13), GDF7 (also known as BMP12), and BMP10. We demonstrated their bioactivities based on the activation of Smad1/5/8-, but not Smad2/3-, responsive promoter constructs in the MC3T3 cell line. Furthermore, we showed their ability to induce the phosphorylation of Smad1, but not Smad2, in these cells. In COS7 cells transfected with the seven known type I receptors, overexpression of ALK3 or ALK6 conferred ligand signaling by GDF6, GDF7, and BMP10. In contrast, transfection of MC3T3 cells with ALK3 small hairpin RNA suppressed Smad signaling induced by all three ligands. Based on the coevolution of ligands and receptors, we also tested the role of BMPRII and ActRIIA as the type II receptor candidates for the three orphan ligands. We found that transfection of small hairpin RNA for BMPRII and ActRIIA in MC3T3 cells suppressed the signaling of GDF6, GDF7, and BMP10. Thus, the present approach provides a genomic paradigm for matching paralogous polypeptide ligands with a limited number of evolutionarily related receptors capable of activating specific downstream Smad proteins.
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- Sabine Mazerbourg
- Division of Reproductive Biology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stanford University School of Medicine, California 94305-5317, USA
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Neural crest cells (NCCs) contribute to many organs and tissues during embryonic development. Amongst these, the cardiovascular system represents a fascinating example. In this review, recent advances in our understanding of the developmental biology and molecular genetics regulating cardiac NCC maturation will be summarized. While the existence of a significant neural crest (NC) contribution to the developing heart has been appreciated for more than 20 years, only in the last few years have molecular pathways regulating this process been elucidated and the significant contribution of these mechanisms to the etiology of congenital heart disease in man become apparent. Emerging data suggest that ongoing studies will reveal complex inductive interactions between cardiac NC and a series of other cell types contributing to the developing cardiovascular system.
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- Jason Z Stoller
- Division of Neonatology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 954 BRB II, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Of all the model organisms used to study human development, rodents such as mice most accurately reflect human craniofacial development. Collective advances in mouse embryology and mouse genetics continue to shape our understanding of neural crest cell development and by extrapolation the etiology of human congenital head and facial birth defects. The aim of this review is to highlight the considerable progress being made in our understanding of cranial neural crest cell patterning in mouse embryos.
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- Paul A Trainor
- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA.
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Engleka KA, Gitler AD, Zhang M, Zhou DD, High FA, Epstein JA. Insertion of Cre into the Pax3 locus creates a new allele of Splotch and identifies unexpected Pax3 derivatives. Dev Biol 2005; 280:396-406. [PMID: 15882581 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2005.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 199] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2004] [Revised: 01/19/2005] [Accepted: 02/03/2005] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Pax3 is a transcription factor expressed in the dorsal neural tube and somite of the developing embryo. It plays critical roles in pre-migratory neural crest cells and in myogenic precursors of skeletal muscle. Pax3-deficient Splotch embryos display neural tube and neural crest defects and lack hypaxial muscles. We have created a new allele of Splotch by replacing the first coding exon with a gene encoding Cre recombinase. This functions as a null allele and no Pax3 protein is detected in homozygous embryos. Heterozygous Pax3(Cre/+) mice display a white belly spot, as do Splotch heterozygotes. Homozygous Pax3(Cre/Cre) embryos are embryonic lethal. We have used Pax3(Cre/+) mice to fate-map Pax3 derivatives in the developing mouse. As expected, neural crest and some somitic derivatives are identified. However, we also detect previously unappreciated derivatives of Pax3-expressing precursors in the colonic epithelium of the hindgut and within the urogenital system.
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- Kurt A Engleka
- Cardiovascular Division, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 19104, USA
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Kléber M, Lee HY, Wurdak H, Buchstaller J, Riccomagno MM, Ittner LM, Suter U, Epstein DJ, Sommer L. Neural crest stem cell maintenance by combinatorial Wnt and BMP signaling. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 169:309-20. [PMID: 15837799 PMCID: PMC2171862 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200411095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 146] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Canonical Wnt signaling instructively promotes sensory neurogenesis in early neural crest stem cells (eNCSCs) (Lee, H.Y., M. Kleber, L. Hari, V. Brault, U. Suter, M.M. Taketo, R. Kemler, and L. Sommer. 2004. Science. 303:1020-1023). However, during normal development Wnt signaling induces a sensory fate only in a subpopulation of eNCSCs while other cells maintain their stem cell features, despite the presence of Wnt activity. Hence, factors counteracting Wnt signaling must exist. Here, we show that bone morphogenic protein (BMP) signaling antagonizes the sensory fate-inducing activity of Wnt/beta-catenin. Intriguingly, Wnt and BMP act synergistically to suppress differentiation and to maintain NCSC marker expression and multipotency. Similar to NCSCs in vivo, NCSCs maintained in culture alter their responsiveness to instructive growth factors with time. Thus, stem cell development is regulated by combinatorial growth factor activities that interact with changing cell-intrinsic cues.
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- Maurice Kléber
- Institute of Cell Biology, Department of Biology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH-Hönggerberg, Zurich, Switzerland
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Lavine KJ, Yu K, White AC, Zhang X, Smith C, Partanen J, Ornitz DM. Endocardial and epicardial derived FGF signals regulate myocardial proliferation and differentiation in vivo. Dev Cell 2005; 8:85-95. [PMID: 15621532 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2004.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 256] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2004] [Revised: 11/06/2004] [Accepted: 12/01/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The epicardium regulates growth and survival of the underlying myocardium. This activity depends on intrinsic retinoic acid (RA) and erythropoietin signals. However, these signals do not act directly on the myocardium and instead are proposed to regulate the production of an unidentified soluble epicardial derived mitogen. Here, we show that Fgf9, Fgf16, and Fgf20 are expressed in the endocardium and epicardium and that RA can induce epicardial expression of Fgf9. Using knockout mice and an embryonic heart organ culture system, we show that endocardial and epicardial derived FGF signals regulate myocardial proliferation during midgestation heart development. We further show that this FGF signal is received by both FGF receptors 1 and 2 acting redundantly in the cardiomyoblast. In the absence of this signal, premature differentiation results in cellular hypertrophy and newborn mice develop a dilated cardiomyopathy. FGFs thus constitute all or part of the epicardial signal regulating myocardial growth and differentiation.
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- Kory J Lavine
- Department of Molecular Biology and Pharmacology, Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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In 2001, three research groups described a previously unrecognized population of progenitor cells in pharyngeal mesoderm that gives rise to myocardium at the arterial pole of the heart. In the last 4 years, the major importance of the cellular contribution of pharyngeal mesoderm to normal and pathologic heart development has become apparent. Lineage-tracing experiments have defined the extent to which pharyngeal progenitor cells colonize the heart, revealing a contribution to venous, as well as arterial, pole myocardium; in addition, major molecular inroads have been made into understanding gene regulation in pharyngeal myocardial progenitor cells, implicating forkhead, Gata, LIM homeodomain, MEF2, SMAD, and T-box transcription factors. The key role of the anterior heart field during normal heart development is underscored by the demonstration that both direct and indirect perturbation of myocardial progenitor cells in pharyngeal mesoderm result in congenital heart disease.
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- Robert G Kelly
- Developmental Biology Institute of Marseilles, Marseille, France.
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Harrison RE, Berger R, Haworth SG, Tulloh R, Mache CJ, Morrell NW, Aldred MA, Trembath RC. Transforming Growth Factor-β Receptor Mutations and Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Childhood. Circulation 2005; 111:435-41. [PMID: 15687131 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.0000153798.78540.87] [Citation(s) in RCA: 175] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
Background—
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a potentially fatal vasculopathy that can develop at any age. Adult-onset disease has previously been associated with mutations in
BMPR2
and
ALK-1
. Presentation in early life may be associated with congenital heart disease but frequently is idiopathic.
Methods and Results—
We performed mutation analysis in genes encoding receptor members of the transforming growth factor-β cell-signaling pathway in 18 children (age at presentation <6 years) with PAH. Sixteen children were initially diagnosed with idiopathic PAH and 2 with PAH in association with congenital heart defects. Germ-line mutations were observed in 4 patients (22%) (age at disease onset, 1 month to 6 years), all of whom presented with idiopathic PAH. The
BMPR2
mutations (n=2, 11%) included a partial gene deletion and a nonsense mutation, both arising de novo in the proband. Importantly, a missense mutation of
ALK-1
and a branch-site mutation of
endoglin
were also detected. Presenting clinical features or progression of pulmonary hypertension did not distinguish between patients with mutations in the different genes or between those without mutations.
Conclusions—
The cause of PAH presenting in childhood is heterogeneous in nature, with genetic defects of transforming growth factor-β receptors playing a critical role.
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MESH Headings
- Activin Receptors, Type I/genetics
- Activin Receptors, Type I/physiology
- Activin Receptors, Type II
- Amino Acid Motifs/genetics
- Amino Acid Substitution
- Antigens, CD
- Bone Morphogenetic Protein Receptors, Type II
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Codon, Nonsense
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- Endoglin
- Exons/genetics
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genotype
- Germ-Line Mutation
- Heart Defects, Congenital/genetics
- Humans
- Hypertension, Pulmonary/etiology
- Hypertension, Pulmonary/genetics
- Infant
- Infant, Newborn
- Male
- Mutation, Missense
- Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/genetics
- Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/physiology
- RNA Splicing
- Receptors, Cell Surface
- Receptors, Transforming Growth Factor beta/genetics
- Receptors, Transforming Growth Factor beta/physiology
- Sequence Deletion
- Signal Transduction/physiology
- Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic/complications
- Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic/genetics
- Transforming Growth Factor beta/physiology
- Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1/genetics
- Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1/physiology
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- Rachel E Harrison
- Division of Medical Genetics, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
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Firulli AB, Conway SJ. Combinatorial transcriptional interaction within the cardiac neural crest: a pair of HANDs in heart formation. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 72:151-61. [PMID: 15269889 PMCID: PMC2561314 DOI: 10.1002/bdrc.20009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
Abstract
The cardiac neural crest cells migrate from the rostral dorsal neural folds and populate the branchial arches, which contribute directly to the cardiac-outflow structures. Although neural crest cell specification is associated with a number of morphogenic factors, little is understood about the mechanisms by which transcription factors actually implement the transcriptional programs that dictate cell migration and later the differentiation into the proper cell types within the great vessels and the heart. It is clear from genetic evidence that members of the paired box family and basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factors from the twist family of proteins are expressed in and play an important function in cardiac neural crest specification and differentiation. Interestingly, both paired box and bHLH factors can function as dimers and, in the case of twist family bHLH factors, partner choice can clearly dictate a change in transcriptional program. The focus of this review is to consider what role the protein-protein interactions of these transcription factors may play in determining cardiac neural crest specification and differentiation, and how genetic alteration of transcription factor stoichiometry within the cell may reflect more than a simple null event.
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- Anthony B Firulli
- Wells Center for Pediatric Research, James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202-5225, USA.
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Tam PPL, Khoo PL, Wong N, Tsang TE, Behringer RR. Regionalization of cell fates and cell movement in the endoderm of the mouse gastrula and the impact of loss of Lhx1(Lim1) function. Dev Biol 2004; 274:171-87. [PMID: 15355796 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2004.07.005] [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] [Received: 05/08/2004] [Revised: 07/01/2004] [Accepted: 07/02/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
Abstract
Investigation of the developmental fates of cells in the endodermal layer of the early bud stage mouse embryo revealed a regionalized pattern of distribution of the progenitor cells of the yolk sac endoderm and the embryonic gut. By tracing the site of origin of cells that are allocated to specific regions of the embryonic gut, it was found that by late gastrulation, the respective endodermal progenitors are already spatially organized in anticipation of the prospective mediolateral and anterior-posterior destinations. The fate-mapping data further showed that the endoderm in the embryonic compartment of the early bud stage gastrula still contains cells that will colonize the anterior and lateral parts of the extraembryonic yolk sac. In the Lhx1(Lim1)-null mutant embryo, the progenitors of the embryonic gut are confined to the posterior part of the endoderm. In particular, the prospective anterior endoderm was sequestered to a much smaller distal domain, suggesting that there may be fewer progenitor cells for the anterior gut that is poorly formed in the mutant embryo. The deficiency of gut endoderm is not caused by any restriction in endodermal potency of the mutant epiblast cells but more likely the inadequate allocation of the definitive endoderm. The inefficient movement of the anterior endoderm, and the abnormal differentiation highlighted by the lack of Sox17 and Foxa2 expression, may underpin the malformation of the head of Lhx1 mutant embryos.
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- Patrick P L Tam
- Embryology Unit, Children's Medical Research Institute, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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