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ArticleJournal of molecular and cellular cardiology2018

Myocardial β-Catenin-BMP2 signaling promotes mesenchymal cell proliferation during endocardial cushion formation.

Yidong Wang, Pengfei Lu, Bingruo Wu, Dario F Riascos-Bernal, Nicholas E S Sibinga, Tomas Valenta, Konrad Basler, Bin Zhou

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Article in Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Yidong WangCardiovascular Research Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, China; Department of Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States. Electronic address: yidwang119@mail.xjtu.edu.cn.
Pengfei LuDepartment of Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States.
Bingruo WuDepartment of Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States.
Dario F Riascos-BernalDepartment of Medicine (Cardiology Division), Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology, Wilf Family Cardiovascular Research Institute, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States.
Nicholas E S SibingaDepartment of Medicine (Cardiology Division), Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology, Wilf Family Cardiovascular Research Institute, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States.
Tomas ValentaInstitute of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zurich, Zurich, 8057, Switzerland.
Konrad BaslerInstitute of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zurich, Zurich, 8057, Switzerland.
Bin ZhouDepartment of Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States; Department of Genetics, Pediatrics, and Medicine (Cardiology), Wilf Family Cardiovascular Research Institute, Institute for Aging Research, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, United States; Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital and State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. Electronic address: bin.zhou@einstein.yu.edu.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine · USUniversity of Zurich · CH

Funding

Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms in Coronary Artery Development and AnomaliesR01HL133120 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI BIN ZHOU · 2016 to 2026
$4.6M
Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Calcific Aortic StenosisR01HL111770 · NHLBI · ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, INC · PI ZHOU, BIN · 2012 to 2015
$2.3M
Mechanisms of Coronary Ostium Formation and Coronary Artery PatterningR01HL116997 · NHLBI · ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, INC · PI ZHOU, BIN · 2013 to 2017
$1.6M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL111770NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL116997NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL133120
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Abnormal endocardial cushion formation is a major cause of congenital heart valve disease, which is a common birth defect with significant morbidity and mortality. Although β-catenin and BMP2 are two well-known regulators of endocardial cushion formation, their interaction in this process is largely unknown. Here, we report that deletion of β-catenin in myocardium results in formation of hypoplastic endocardial cushions accompanying a decrease of mesenchymal cell proliferation. Loss of β-catenin reduced Bmp2 expression in myocardium and SMAD signaling in cushion mesenchyme. Exogenous BMP2 recombinant proteins fully rescued the proliferation defect of mesenchymal cells in cultured heart explants from myocardial β-catenin knockout embryos. Using a canonical WNT signaling reporter mouse line, we showed that cushion myocardium exhibited high WNT/β-catenin activities during endocardial cushion growth. Selective disruption of the signaling function of β-catenin resulted in a cushion growth defect similar to that caused by the complete loss of β-catenin. Together, these observations demonstrate that myocardial β-catenin signaling function promotes mesenchymal cell proliferation and endocardial cushion expansion through inducing BMP signaling.

Indexed as

OrganogenesisSignal TransductionAnimalsbeta CateninBone Morphogenetic Protein 2Cell ProliferationEndocardial CushionsEndocardiumMesodermMiceModels, BiologicalMyocardiumParacrine CommunicationRatsWnt Signaling Pathwaybeta CateninBone Morphogenetic Protein 2BMPCongenital heart valve diseaseEndocardial cushion formationβ-Catenin

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PMID30201295
PMCPMC10662972
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