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Tbx1 regulates proliferation and differentiation of multipotent heart progenitors.

ABSTRACT: TBX1 encodes a T-box transcription factor implicated in DiGeorge syndrome, which affects the development of many organs, including the heart. Loss of Tbx1 results into hypoplasia of heart regions derived from the second heart field, a population of cardiac progenitors cells (CPCs). Thus, we hypothesized that Tbx1 is an important player in the biology of CPCs.We asked whether Tbx1 is expressed in multipotent CPCs and, if so, what role it may play in them.We used clonal analysis of Tbx1-expressing cells and loss and gain of function models, in vivo and in vitro, to define the role of Tbx1 in CPCs. We found that Tbx1 is expressed in multipotent heart progenitors that, in clonal assays, can give rise to 3 heart lineages expressing endothelial, smooth muscle and cardiomyocyte markers. In multipotent cells, Tbx1 stimulates proliferation, explaining why Tbx1(-/-) embryos have reduced proliferation in the second heart field. In this population, Tbx1 is expressed while cells are undifferentiated and it disappears with the onset of muscle markers. Loss of Tbx1 results in premature differentiation, whereas gain results in reduced differentiation in vivo. We found that Tbx1 binds serum response factor, a master regulator of muscle differentiation, and negatively regulates its level.The Tbx1 protein marks CPCs, supports their proliferation, and inhibits their differentiation. We propose that Tbx1 is a key regulator of CPC homeostasis as it modulates positively their proliferation and negatively their differentiation.

SUBMITTER: Chen L

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2796444 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Tbx1 regulates proliferation and differentiation of multipotent heart progenitors.

Chen Li L Fulcoli Filomena Gabriella FG Tang Susan S Baldini Antonio A

Circulation research 20090910 9

<h4>Rationale</h4>TBX1 encodes a T-box transcription factor implicated in DiGeorge syndrome, which affects the development of many organs, including the heart. Loss of Tbx1 results into hypoplasia of heart regions derived from the second heart field, a population of cardiac progenitors cells (CPCs). Thus, we hypothesized that Tbx1 is an important player in the biology of CPCs.<h4>Objective</h4>We asked whether Tbx1 is expressed in multipotent CPCs and, if so, what role it may play in them.<h4>Me ...[more]

PMID: 19745164

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Tbx1 regulates proliferation and differentiation of multipotent heart progenitors.

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