Article ; Online: Hyperplastic conotruncal endocardial cushions and transposition of great arteries in perlecan-null mice.
2002 Volume 91, Issue 2, Page(s) 158–164
Abstract: Perlecan is a heparan-sulfate proteoglycan abundantly expressed in pericellular matrices and basement membranes during development. Inactivation of the perlecan gene in mice is lethal at two developmental stages: around E10 and around birth. We report a ... ...
| Abstract | Perlecan is a heparan-sulfate proteoglycan abundantly expressed in pericellular matrices and basement membranes during development. Inactivation of the perlecan gene in mice is lethal at two developmental stages: around E10 and around birth. We report a high incidence of malformations of the cardiac outflow tract in perlecan-deficient embryos. Complete transposition of great arteries was diagnosed in 11 out of 15 late embryos studied (73%). Three of these 11 embryos also showed malformations of semilunar valves. Mesenchymal cells in the outflow tract were abnormally abundant in mutant embryos by E9.5, when the endocardial-mesenchymal transformation starts in wild-type embryos. At E10.5, mutant embryos lacked well-defined spiral endocardial ridges, and the excess of mesenchymal cells obstructed sometimes the outflow tract lumen. Most of this anomalous mesenchyme expressed the smooth muscle cell-specific alpha-actin isoform, a marker of the neural crest in the outflow tract of the mouse. In wild-type embryos, perlecan is present in the basal surface of myocardium and endocardium, as well as surrounding presumptive neural crest cells. We suggest that the excess of mesenchyme at the earlier stages of conotruncal development precludes the formation of the spiral ridges and the rotation of the septation complex in order to achieve a concordant ventriculoarterial connection. The observed mesenchymal overpopulation might be due to an uncontrolled migration of neural crest cells, which would arrive prematurely to the heart. Thus, perlecan is involved in the control of the outflow tract mesenchymal population size, underscoring the importance of the extracellular matrix in cardiac morphogenesis. |
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| MeSH term(s) | Animals ; Arteries/abnormalities ; Arteries/embryology ; Coronary Circulation ; Embryo, Mammalian/abnormalities ; Endocardial Cushion Defects/etiology ; Endocardial Cushion Defects/pathology ; Heart/embryology ; Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans/analysis ; Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans/genetics ; Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans/physiology ; Hyperplasia ; Immunohistochemistry ; Kinetics ; Mesoderm/chemistry ; Mesoderm/cytology ; Mice ; Mice, Knockout ; Myocardium/pathology ; Phenotype ; Transposition of Great Vessels/etiology ; Transposition of Great Vessels/pathology |
| Chemical Substances | Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans ; perlecan (143972-95-6) |
| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2002-07-26 |
| Publishing country | United States |
| Document type | Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
| ZDB-ID | 80100-8 |
| ISSN | 1524-4571 ; 0009-7330 ; 0931-6876 |
| ISSN (online) | 1524-4571 |
| ISSN | 0009-7330 ; 0931-6876 |
| DOI | 10.1161/01.res.0000026056.81424.da |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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