期刊
CIRCULATION RESEARCH
卷 103, 期 10, 页码 1139-1146出版社
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.0000338613.89841.c1
关键词
cardiac development; hypoxia; transcription; myofibrillogenesis; HIF1 alpha
资金
- Swiss Cardiovascular Research & Teaching Network
- Swiss University Conference
- Swiss National Science Foundation [3100-063486]
- Gebert-Ruf Foundation [P038/01]
- Novartis Foundation
- Dr Josef Steiner Cancer
Development of the mammalian heart is governed by precisely orchestrated interactions between signaling pathways integrating environmental cues and a core cardiac transcriptional network that directs differentiation, growth and morphogenesis. Here we report that in mice, at about embryonic day (E) 8.5 to E10.0, cardiac development proceeds in an environment that is hypoxic and characterized by high levels of hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)1 alpha protein. Mice lacking HIF1 alpha in ventricular cardiomyocytes exhibit aborted development at looping morphogenesis and embryonic lethality between E11.0 to E12.0. Intriguingly, HIF1 alpha-deficient hearts display reduced expression of the core cardiac transcription factors Mef2C and Tbx5 and of titin, a giant protein that serves as a template for the assembly and organization of the sarcomere. Chromatin immunoprecipitation experiments revealed that Mef2C, Tbx5, and titin are direct target genes of HIF1 alpha in vivo. Thus, hypoxia signaling controls cardiac development through HIF1 alpha-mediated transcriptional regulation of key components of myofibrillogenesis and the cardiac transcription factor network, thereby providing a mechanistic basis of how heart development, morphogenesis, and function is coupled to low oxygen tension during early embryogenesis. (Circ Res. 2008; 103: 1139-1146.)
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