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Endothelin receptor type A expression defines a distinct cardiac subdomain within the heart field and is later implicated in chamber myocardium formation

Journal

DEVELOPMENT
Volume 137, Issue 22, Pages 3823-3833

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COMPANY OF BIOLOGISTS LTD
DOI: 10.1242/dev.054015

Keywords

Cardiac development; Heart fields; Endothelin; Mouse

Funding

  1. MEXT, Japan
  2. Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan
  3. Mitsubishi Pharma Research Foundation
  4. Japan Cardiovascular Research Foundation
  5. Mochida Memorial Foundation for Medical and Pharmaceutical Research
  6. Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [22700449, 21390238] Funding Source: KAKEN

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The avian and mammalian heart originates from two distinct embryonic regions: an early differentiating first heart field and a dorsomedially located second heart field. It remains largely unknown when and how these subdivisions of the heart field divide into regions with different fates. Here, we identify in the mouse a subpopulation of the first (crescent-forming) field marked by endothelin receptor type A (Ednra) gene expression, which contributes to chamber myocardium through a unique type of cell behavior. Ednra-lacZ/EGFP-expressing cells arise in the ventrocaudal inflow region of the early linear heart tube, converge to the midline, move anteriorly along the outer curvature and give rise to chamber myocardium mainly of the left ventricle and both atria. This movement was confirmed by fluorescent dye-labeling and transplantation experiments. The Ednra-lacZ/EGFP-expressing subpopulation is characterized by the presence of Tbx5-expressing cells. Ednra-null embryonic hearts often demonstrate hypoplasia of the ventricular wall, low mitotic activity and decreased Tbx5 expression with reciprocal expansion of Tbx2 expression. Conversely, endothelin 1 stimulates ERK phosphorylation and Tbx5 expression in the early embryonic heart. These results indicate that early Ednra expression defines a subdomain of the first heart field contributing to chamber formation, in which endothelin 1/Ednra signaling is involved. The present finding provides an insight into how subpopulations within the crescent-forming (first) heart field contribute to the coordination of heart morphogenesis through spatiotemporally defined cell movements.

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