scholarly journals Amiodarone Induces Overexpression of Similar to Versican b to Repress the EGFR/Gsk3b/Snail Signaling Axis during Cardiac Valve Formation of Zebrafish Embryos

PLoS ONE ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. e0144751 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hung-Chieh Lee ◽  
Hao-Chan Lo ◽  
Dao-Ming Lo ◽  
Mai-Yan Su ◽  
Jia-Rung Hu ◽  
...  
Circulation ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 118 (suppl_18) ◽  
Author(s):  
Steffen Just ◽  
Ina Berger ◽  
Benjamin Meder ◽  
David Hassel ◽  
Alexander Hess ◽  
...  

The genetic causes of congenital heart diseases especially cardiac valve disorders are mostly unknown. During the last decade, the zebrafish became an excellent and established model organism (1) to uncover these genetic defects and (2) to elucidate the underlying molecular pathomechanisms. We recently isolated the zebrafish mutation ping pong ( png m683 ) in a large-scale ENU-mutagenesis screen for recessive lethal mutations that perturb cardiac function. png mutant zebrafish embryos show pathologically developed cardiac valves. Due to malformation of the cardiac AV valves, png mutant zebrafish embryos exhibit vigorous regurgitation of blood between the atrium and the ventricle. Furthermore, as a result of the cardiac valve malformation and cardiac dysfunction png mutants die at day 6 post fertilization. Expression of several factors known to be crucial for the proper development and formation of the atrio-ventricluar canal (e.g. notch1b, bmp4 or versican) is significantly altered in png mutant zebrafish hearts. By a positional cloning approach we demonstrate that the ping pong phenotype is caused by a promotor mutation in a zebrafish gene encoding for a novel component of the “transcriptional mediator complex”. This mediator complex is a multi-protein complex that acts as a transcriptional coactivator and transduces informations from transcription factors to the RNA polymerase II. png is strongly expressed in zebrafish as well as human cardiomyocytes. Furthermore, sequence alignments demonstrate the evolutionary conservation of the ping pong gene product. Gene specific knock-down studies by means of modified antisense oligonucleotides reveal a phenocopy of the png mutant phenotype whereas injection of the gene-specific mRNA in png mutant embryos restores the mutant phenotype indicating that png is indeed responsible for the observed phenotype. The zebrafish evolved as an excellent model organism to study the molecular signalling pathways involved in cardiac valve formation. By detailed characterization of the zebrafish line ping pong we will obtain new insights into these molecular mechanisms especially the transcriptional control of valve formation and therefore the pathomechanisms of human cardiac valve disorders.


2014 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 330-336 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sun-Hye Shin ◽  
Sangkyu Lee ◽  
Jong-Sup Bae ◽  
Jun-Goo Jee ◽  
Hee-Jae Cha ◽  
...  

Circulation ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 124 (3) ◽  
pp. 324-334 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steffen Just ◽  
Ina M. Berger ◽  
Benjamin Meder ◽  
Johannes Backs ◽  
Andreas Keller ◽  
...  

Nature ◽  
10.1038/32426 ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 392 (6672) ◽  
pp. 186-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann M. Ranger ◽  
Michael J. Grusby ◽  
Martin R. Hodge ◽  
Ellen M. Gravallese ◽  
Fabienne Charles de la Brousse ◽  
...  

2010 ◽  
Vol 120 (10) ◽  
pp. 3493-3507 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis Luna-Zurita ◽  
Belén Prados ◽  
Joaquim Grego-Bessa ◽  
Guillermo Luxán ◽  
Gonzalo del Monte ◽  
...  

eLife ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne-Laure Duchemin ◽  
Hélène Vignes ◽  
Julien Vermot

Mechanical forces are well known for modulating heart valve developmental programs. Yet, it is still unclear how genetic programs and mechanosensation interact during heart valve development. Here, we assessed the mechanosensitive pathways involved during zebrafish outflow tract (OFT) valve development in vivo. Our results show that the hippo effector Yap1, Klf2, and the Notch signaling pathway are all essential for OFT valve morphogenesis in response to mechanical forces, albeit active in different cell layers. Furthermore, we show that Piezo and TRP mechanosensitive channels are important factors modulating these pathways. In addition, live reporters reveal that Piezo controls Klf2 and Notch activity in the endothelium and Yap1 localization in the smooth muscle progenitors to coordinate OFT valve morphogenesis. Together, this work identifies a unique morphogenetic program during OFT valve formation and places Piezo as a central modulator of the cell response to forces in this process.


2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Takashi Shimizu ◽  
Kazuaki Maruyama ◽  
Takeshi Kawamura ◽  
Yoshihiro Urade ◽  
Youichiro Wada

AbstractProtein kinase R-like endoplasmic reticulum kinase (PERK) is one of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress sensors. PERK loss-of-function mutations are known to cause Wolcott–Rallison syndrome. This disease is characterized by early-onset diabetes mellitus, skeletal dysplasia, and cardiac valve malformation. To understand the role of PERK in valve formation in vivo, we used an endothelial-specific PERK conditional knockout mice as well as in vitro PERK inhibition assays. We used ProteoStat dyes to visualize the accumulation of misfolded proteins in the endocardial cushion and valve mesenchymal cells (VMCs). Then, VMCs were isolated from E12.5 fetal mice, by fluorescence assisted cell sorting. Proteomic analysis of PERK-deleted VMCs identified the suppression of proteins related to fatty acid oxidation (FAO), especially carnitine palmitoyltransferase II (CPT2). CPT2 is a critical regulator of endocardial-mesenchymal transformation (EndoMT); however how TGF-β downstream signaling controls CPT2 expression remains unclear. Here, we showed that PERK inhibition suppressed, not only EndoMT but also CPT2 protein expression in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) under TGF-β1 stimulation. As a result, PERK inhibition suppressed mitochondrial metabolic activity. Taken together, these results demonstrate that PERK signaling is required for cardiac valve formation via FAO and EndoMT.


2013 ◽  
Vol 57 (11-12) ◽  
pp. 853-863 ◽  
Author(s):  
Boudewijn P.T. Kruithof ◽  
Marianna Kruithof-De-Julio ◽  
Robert E. Poelmann ◽  
Adriana C. Gittenberger-De-Groot ◽  
Vinciane Gaussin ◽  
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