2024-03-29T14:56:22Zhttp://repisalud.isciii.es/oai/requestoai:repisalud.isciii.es:20.500.12105/55282022-10-10T10:16:54Zcom_20.500.12105_2145com_20.500.12105_2051com_20.500.12105_2144col_20.500.12105_2146
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VanDusen, Nathan J.
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Casanovas, Jose
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Vincentz, Joshua W.
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Firulli, Beth A.
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Osterwalder, Marco
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Lopez-Rios, Javier
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Zeller, Rolf
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Zhou, Bin
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Grego-Bessa, Joaquim
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de la Pompa, Jose Luis
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Shou, Weinian
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Firulli, Anthony B.
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2014
The basic-helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factor Hand2 plays critical roles during cardiac morphogenesis via expression and function within myocardial, neural crest, and epicardial cell populations. Here, we show that Hand2 plays two essential Notch-dependent roles within the endocardium. Endocardial ablation of Hand2 results in failure to develop a patent tricuspid valve, intraventricular septum defects, and hypotrabeculated ventricles, which collectively resemble the human congenital defect tricuspid atresia. We show endocardial Hand2 to be an integral downstream component of a Notch endocardium-to-myocardium signaling pathway and a direct transcriptional regulator of Neuregulin1. Additionally, Hand2 participates in endocardium-to-endocardium-based cell signaling, with Hand2 mutant hearts displaying an increased density of coronary lumens. Molecular analyses further reveal dysregulation of several crucial components of Vegf signaling, including VegfA, VegfR2, Nrp1, and VegfR3. Thus, Hand2 functions as a crucial downstream transcriptional effector of endocardial Notch signaling during both cardiogenesis and coronary vasculogenesis.
Cell Rep. 2014; 9(6):2071-83
2211-1247
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/5528
25497097
10.1016/j.celrep.2014.11.021
Cell Reports
CORONARY-ARTERIES
ENDOTHELIAL-CELLS
TRICUSPID-ATRESIA
CARDIAC GROWTH
HEART-DISEASE
DNA-BINDING
LIMB BUD
IN-VIVO
GENE
ANGIOGENESIS
Hand2 Is an Essential Regulator for Two Notch-Dependent Functions within the Embryonic Endocardium