RRC ID 74955
著者 Tessadori F, Tsingos E, Colizzi ES, Kruse F, van den Brink SC, van den Boogaard M, Christoffels VM, Merks RM, Bakkers J.
タイトル Twisting of the zebrafish heart tube during cardiac looping is a tbx5-dependent and tissue-intrinsic process.
ジャーナル Elife
Abstract Organ laterality refers to the left-right asymmetry in disposition and conformation of internal organs and is established during embryogenesis. The heart is the first organ to display visible left-right asymmetries through its left-sided positioning and rightward looping. Here, we present a new zebrafish loss-of-function allele for tbx5a, which displays defective rightward cardiac looping morphogenesis. By mapping individual cardiomyocyte behavior during cardiac looping, we establish that ventricular and atrial cardiomyocytes rearrange in distinct directions. As a consequence, the cardiac chambers twist around the atrioventricular canal resulting in torsion of the heart tube, which is compromised in tbx5a mutants. Pharmacological treatment and ex vivo culture establishes that the cardiac twisting depends on intrinsic mechanisms and is independent from cardiac growth. Furthermore, genetic experiments indicate that looping requires proper tissue patterning. We conclude that cardiac looping involves twisting of the chambers around the atrioventricular canal, which requires correct tissue patterning by Tbx5a.
巻・号 10
公開日 2021-8-10
DOI 10.7554/eLife.61733
PII 61733
PMID 34372968
PMC PMC8354640
MeSH Animals Body Patterning Embryo, Nonmammalian / embryology Heart / embryology* Organogenesis / genetics* Transcription Factors / genetics* Transcription Factors / metabolism Zebrafish / embryology* Zebrafish Proteins / genetics* Zebrafish Proteins / metabolism
IF 7.08
リソース情報
ゼブラフィッシュ UAS:RFP