Mechanistic study of transcription factor Sox18 during heart development

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Heart development is a delicate and complex process regulated by coordination of various signaling pathways. In this study, we investigated the role of sox18 in heart development by modulating Wnt/β-Catenin signaling pathways. Our spatiotemporal expression analysis revealed that sox18 is mainly expressed in the heart, branchial arch, pharyngeal arch, spinal cord, and intersegmental vessels at the tailbud stage of Xenopus tropicalis embryo. Overexpression of sox18 in the X. tropicalis embryos causes heart edema, while loss-of-function of sox18 can change the signal of developmental heart marker gata4 at different stages, suggesting that sox18 plays an essential role in the development of the heart. Knockdown of SOX18 in human umbilical vein endothelial cells suggests a link between Sox18 and β-CATENIN, a key regulator of the Wnt signaling pathway. Sox18 negatively regulates islet1 and tbx3, the downstream factors of Wnt/β-Catenin signaling, during the linear heart tube formation and the heart looping stage. Taken together, our findings highlight the crucial role of Sox18 in the development of the heart via inhibiting Wnt/β-Catenin signaling.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:350

Enthalten in:

General and comparative endocrinology - 350(2024) vom: 01. März, Seite 114472

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Liang, Jianxin [VerfasserIn]
Ul Hassan, Imtiaz [VerfasserIn]
Yee Cheung, Man [VerfasserIn]
Feng, Lei [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Yi-Jyun [VerfasserIn]
Long, Qi [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Chengdong [VerfasserIn]
Ding, Yuyue [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Ziqing [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Yuan [VerfasserIn]
Li, Yulong [VerfasserIn]
Guo, Donghao [VerfasserIn]
Guo, Xiaofang [VerfasserIn]
Chi Bun Wong, Thomas [VerfasserIn]
Kaleem Samma, Muhammad [VerfasserIn]
Rong, Zixin [VerfasserIn]
Qi, Xufeng [VerfasserIn]
Cai, Dongqing [VerfasserIn]
Ngai, Sai-Ming [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Hui [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Beta Catenin
Heart development
Journal Article
SOX18 protein, human
SOXF Transcription Factors
Sox18
Sox18 protein, Xenopus
Transcriptional factor
Wnt signaling pathway
Xenopus
Xenopus Proteins

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Date Completed 25.03.2024

Date Revised 27.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ygcen.2024.114472

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM36863521X