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Sedmera D. HLHS: Power of the Chick Model. J Cardiovasc Dev Dis 2022; 9:jcdd9040113. [PMID: 35448089 PMCID: PMC9031965 DOI: 10.3390/jcdd9040113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2022] [Revised: 04/01/2022] [Accepted: 04/07/2022] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Background: Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) is a rare but deadly form of human congenital heart disease, most likely of diverse etiologies. Hemodynamic alterations such as those resulting from premature foramen ovale closure or aortic stenosis are among the possible pathways. Methods: The information gained from studies performed in the chick model of HLHS is reviewed. Altered hemodynamics leads to a decrease in myocyte proliferation causing hypoplasia of the left heart structures and their functional changes. Conclusions: Although the chick phenocopy of HLHS caused by left atrial ligation is certainly not representative of all the possible etiologies, it provides many useful hints regarding the plasticity of the genetically normal developing myocardium under altered hemodynamic loading leading to the HLHS phenotype, and even suggestions on some potential strategies for prenatal repair.
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Affiliation(s)
- David Sedmera
- Institute of Anatomy, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, 128 00 Prague, Czech Republic;
- Laboratory of Developmental Cardiology, Institute of Physiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, 142 20 Prague, Czech Republic
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Alser M, Shurbaji S, Yalcin HC. Mechanosensitive Pathways in Heart Development: Findings from Chick Embryo Studies. J Cardiovasc Dev Dis 2021; 8:jcdd8040032. [PMID: 33810288 PMCID: PMC8065436 DOI: 10.3390/jcdd8040032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2021] [Revised: 03/18/2021] [Accepted: 03/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The heart is the first organ that starts to function in a developing embryo. It continues to undergo dramatic morphological changes while pumping blood to the rest of the body. Genetic regulation of heart development is partly governed by hemodynamics. Chick embryo is a major animal model that has been used extensively in cardiogenesis research. To reveal mechanosensitive pathways, a variety of surgical interferences and chemical treatments can be applied to the chick embryo to manipulate the blood flow. Such manipulations alter expressions of mechanosensitive genes which may anticipate induction of morphological changes in the developing heart. This paper aims to present different approaches for generating clinically relevant disturbed hemodynamics conditions using this embryonic chick model and to summarize identified mechanosensitive genes using the model, providing insights into embryonic origins of congenital heart defects.
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Affiliation(s)
- Maha Alser
- Biomedical Research Center, Qatar University, Doha P.O. Box 2713, Qatar; (M.A.); (S.S.)
- College of Health and Life Sciences, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha P.O. Box 34110, Qatar
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- Biomedical Research Center, Qatar University, Doha P.O. Box 2713, Qatar; (M.A.); (S.S.)
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- Biomedical Research Center, Qatar University, Doha P.O. Box 2713, Qatar; (M.A.); (S.S.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +974-4403-7719
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Eckhardt A, Kulhava L, Miksik I, Pataridis S, Hlavackova M, Vasinova J, Kolar F, Sedmera D, Ostadal B. Proteomic analysis of cardiac ventricles: baso-apical differences. Mol Cell Biochem 2018; 445:211-219. [PMID: 29302836 DOI: 10.1007/s11010-017-3266-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2017] [Accepted: 12/23/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The heart is characterized by a remarkable degree of heterogeneity. Since different cardiac pathologies affect different cardiac regions, it is important to understand molecular mechanisms by which these parts respond to pathological stimuli. In addition to already described left ventricular (LV)/right ventricular (RV) and transmural differences, possible baso-apical heterogeneity has to be taken into consideration. The aim of our study has been, therefore, to compare proteomes in the apical and basal parts of the rat RV and LV. Two-dimensional electrophoresis was used for the proteomic analysis. The major result of this study has revealed for the first time significant baso-apical differences in concentration of several proteins, both in the LV and RV. As far as the LV is concerned, five proteins had higher concentration in the apical compared to basal part of the ventricle. Three of them are mitochondrial and belong to the "metabolism and energy pathways" (myofibrillar creatine kinase M-type, L-lactate dehydrogenase, dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase). Myosin light chain 3 is a contractile protein and HSP60 belongs to heat shock proteins. In the RV, higher concentration in the apical part was observed in two mitochondrial proteins (creatine kinase S-type and proton pumping NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase). The described changes were more pronounced in the LV, which is subjected to higher workload. However, in both chambers was the concentration of proteins markedly higher in the apical than that in basal part, which corresponds to the higher energetic demand and contractile activity of these segments of both ventricles.
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- Adam Eckhardt
- Institute of Physiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská, 1083, Prague, Czech Republic.
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- Institute of Physiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská, 1083, Prague, Czech Republic.,Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Hlavova 8, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Physiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská, 1083, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Physiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská, 1083, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Physiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská, 1083, Prague, Czech Republic.,Department of Physiology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Viničná 7, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Physiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská, 1083, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Physiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská, 1083, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Physiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská, 1083, Prague, Czech Republic.,First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Kateřinská 32, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Physiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská, 1083, Prague, Czech Republic
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Bellazzi R, Engel F, Ferrazzi F. Gene network analysis: from heart development to cardiac therapy. Thromb Haemost 2017; 113:522-31. [DOI: 10.1160/th14-06-0483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2014] [Accepted: 08/14/2014] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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SummaryNetworks offer a flexible framework to represent and analyse the complex interactions between components of cellular systems. In particular gene networks inferred from expression data can support the identification of novel hypotheses on regulatory processes. In this review we focus on the use of gene network analysis in the study of heart development. Understanding heart development will promote the elucidation of the aetiology of congenital heart disease and thus possibly improve diagnostics. Moreover, it will help to establish cardiac therapies. For example, understanding cardiac differentiation during development will help to guide stem cell differentiation required for cardiac tissue engineering or to enhance endogenous repair mechanisms. We introduce different methodological frameworks to infer networks from expression data such as Boolean and Bayesian networks. Then we present currently available temporal expression data in heart development and discuss the use of network-based approaches in published studies. Collectively, our literature-based analysis indicates that gene network analysis constitutes a promising opportunity to infer therapy-relevant regulatory processes in heart development. However, the use of network-based approaches has so far been limited by the small amount of samples in available datasets. Thus, we propose to acquire high-resolution temporal expression data to improve the mathematical descriptions of regulatory processes obtained with gene network inference methodologies. Especially probabilistic methods that accommodate the intrinsic variability of biological systems have the potential to contribute to a deeper understanding of heart development.
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Pesevski Z, Kvasilova A, Stopkova T, Nanka O, Drobna Krejci E, Buffinton C, Kockova R, Eckhardt A, Sedmera D. Endocardial Fibroelastosis is Secondary to Hemodynamic Alterations in the Chick Embryonic Model of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. Dev Dyn 2017; 247:509-520. [PMID: 28543854 DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.24521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2017] [Revised: 05/01/2017] [Accepted: 05/10/2017] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Endocardial fibroelastosis (EFE) is a diffuse thickening of the ventricular endocardium, causing myocardial dysfunction and presenting as unexplained heart failure in infants and children. One of the postulated causes is persistent and increased wall tension in the ventricles. RESULTS To examine whether reduced ventricular pressure in a chick model of hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) induced by left atrial ligation (LAL) at embryonic day (ED) 4 is associated with EFE at later stages, myocardial fibrosis was evaluated by histology and immunoconfocal microscopy and mass spectrometry (MS) at ED12. Immunohistochemistry with collagen I antibody clearly showed a significant thickening of the layer of subendocardial fibrous tissue in LAL hearts, and MS proved this significant increase of collagen I. To provide further insight into pathogenesis of this increased fibroproduction, hypoxyprobe staining revealed an increased extent of hypoxic regions, normally limited to the interventricular septum, in the ventricular myocardium of LAL hearts at ED8. CONCLUSIONS Abnormal hemodynamic loading during heart development leads to myocardial hypoxia, stimulating collagen production in the subendocardium. Therefore, EFE in this chick embryonic model of HLHS appears to be a secondary effect of abnormal hemodynamics. Developmental Dynamics 247:509-520, 2018. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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Affiliation(s)
- Zivorad Pesevski
- Institute of Anatomy, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.,Institute of Physiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Anatomy, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Anatomy, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Anatomy, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Anatomy, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.,Institute of Physiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
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- Institute of Physiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic.,Institute of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Physiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Anatomy, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.,Institute of Physiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
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Heidecker B, Kittleson MM, Kasper EK, Wittstein IS, Champion HC, Russell SD, Baughman KL, Hare JM. Transcriptomic Analysis Identifies the Effect of Beta-Blocking Agents on a Molecular Pathway of Contraction in the Heart and Predicts Response to Therapy. JACC Basic Transl Sci 2016; 1:107-121. [PMID: 30167508 PMCID: PMC6113163 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacbts.2016.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2015] [Revised: 02/23/2016] [Accepted: 02/23/2016] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Over the last decades, beta-blockers have been a key component of heart failure therapy. However, currently there is no method to identify patients who will benefit from beta-blocking therapy versus those who will be unresponsive or worsen. Furthermore, there is an unmet need to better understand molecular mechanisms through which heart failure therapies, such as beta-blockers, improve cardiac function, in order to design novel targeted therapies. Solving these issues is an important step towards personalized medicine. Here, we present a comprehensive transcriptomic analysis of molecular pathways that are affected by beta-blocking agents and a transcriptomic biomarker to predict therapy response.
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Key Words
- AR, adrenergic receptor
- EF, ejection fraction
- EMB, endomyocardial biopsy
- GO, gene ontology
- HF, heart failure
- MYH, myosin heavy chain
- MiPP, Misclassified Penalized Posteriors
- SAM, significance analysis of microarrays
- SERCA, sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium-dependent ATPase
- TBB, transcriptomic-based biomarker
- beta-blocking agents
- biomarker
- gene expression
- heart failure
- transcriptomics
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- University of Miami, Miami, Florida
- Reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Joshua M. Hare, Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Biomedical Research Building, 1501 NW 10th Avenue, Room, 910 P.O. Box 016960 (R-125), Miami, Florida 33136.
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Krejci E, Pesevski Z, Nanka O, Sedmera D. Physiological role of FGF signaling in growth and remodeling of developing cardiovascular system. Physiol Res 2016; 65:425-35. [PMID: 27070743 DOI: 10.33549/physiolres.933216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Fibroblast growth factor (FGF) signaling plays an important role during embryonic induction and patterning, as well as in modulating proliferative and hypertrophic growth in fetal and adult organs. Hemodynamically induced stretching is a powerful physiological stimulus for embryonic myocyte proliferation. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of FGF2 signaling on growth and vascularization of chick embryonic ventricular wall and its involvement in transmission of mechanical stretch-induced signaling to myocyte growth in vivo. Myocyte proliferation was significantly higher at the 48 h sampling interval in pressure-overloaded hearts. Neither Western blotting, nor immunohistochemistry performed on serial paraffin sections revealed any changes in the amount of myocardial FGF2 at that time point. ELISA showed a significant increase of FGF2 in the serum. Increased amount of FGF2 mRNA in the heart was confirmed by real time PCR. Blocking of FGF signaling by SU5402 led to decreased myocyte proliferation, hemorrhages in the areas of developing vasculature in epicardium and digit tips. FGF2 synthesis is increased in embryonic ventricular cardiomyocytes in response to increased stretch due to pressure overload. Inhibition of FGF signaling impacts also vasculogenesis, pointing to partial functional redundancy in paracrine control of cell proliferation in the developing heart.
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- E Krejci
- Institute of Anatomy, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic, Institute of Physiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic.
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