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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Volume 106, Issue 44, Pages 18604-18609Publisher
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0900635106
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cardiac jelly; cardiomyocyte identity; epithelial-mesenchymal transformation; extracellular matrix; misexpression
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During early heart development, Tbx2 gene expression is initiated in the cardiac crescent and then becomes restricted to the outflow tract and the atrioventricular region. We identified a Tbx2 regulatory region, enriched in multiple Smad sites, sufficient to reproduce Tbx2 expression patterns overlapping Bmp2 and Bmp4 gene activity in the heart. The role of Tbx2 in cardiogenesis was analyzed by using Cre-LoxP activated Tbx2 transgenic misexpression in chamber myocardium. Ventricular Tbx2 misexpression exhibited an abnormally narrow chamber lumen owing to the expansion of Hyaluronan synthase 2 expression in the ECM or cardiac jelly and the appearance of the endocardial cushions (ECs). Excessive Tbx2 also induced Tgf beta 2, which coincided with the outgrowth epithelial-mesenchymal transformed cells in ventricular and atrial tissues modifying cardiomyocyte identity from chamber type to non-chamber type. Tbx2, a central intermediary of Bmp-Smad signaling, has a central part in directing Has2 and Tgf beta 2 expression, facilitating EC formation.
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