Project description:Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is one of the most common heart defects in children and the underlying mechanisms remain elusive. miRNAs are a recently discovered class of regulators of gene expression and are becoming increasingly recognized as important regulators of heart development and function. The objective of the present study was to identify miRNAs that are abnormally expressed in clinical infant outflow tract myocardium tissues of TOFs. Microarray was used to analyze miRNA expression profiles in infant outflow tract myocardium tissues of TOFs and paired normal ones.
Project description:Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is one of the most common heart defects in children and the underlying mechanisms remain elusive. miRNAs are a recently discovered class of regulators of gene expression and are becoming increasingly recognized as important regulators of heart development and function. The objective of the present study was to identify miRNAs that are abnormally expressed in clinical infant outflow tract myocardium tissues of TOFs.
Project description:This SuperSeries is composed of the following subset Series: GSE35490: Noncoding RNA expression in myocardium from infants with tetralogy of Fallot [miRNA profiling] GSE35776: Noncoding RNA expression in myocardium from infants with tetralogy of Fallot [mRNA profiling] Refer to individual Series
Project description:Adult right ventricle from Tetralogy of Fallot patients undergoing pulmonary valve replacement vs right ventricle myocardium from unused donor hearts we used Microarray to determine whether there were differences in gene expression between these groups
Project description:Background: Extracellular matrix remodeling mechanisms are understudied in cardiac development and congenital heart defects. Two similar matrix-degrading metalloproteases, ADAMTS1 and ADAMTS5, are extensively co-expressed during mouse cardiac development. The mouse mutants of each have mild cardiac anomalies, but their combined genetic inactivation is precluded by tight linkage. We coupled Adamts1 inactivation with pharmacologic ADAMTS5 blockade to uncover stage-specific cooperative roles and mechanisms in mouse cardiac development. Methods: ADAMTS5 blockade was achieved in Adamts1 null mouse embryos using an activity-blocking monoclonal antibody during distinct developmental windows covering myocardial compaction or cardiac septation and outflow tract rotation. Synchrotron imaging, RNA in situ hybridization, immunofluorescence microscopy and electron microscopy were used to determine the impact on cardiac development and compared to Gpc6 and ADAMTS-cleavage resistant mouse mutants. Mass spectrometry-based N-terminomics was used to identify relevant substrates. Results: Combined inactivation of ADAMTS1 and ADAMTS5 prior to 12.5 days of gestation led to dramatic accumulation of versican-rich cardiac jelly and inhibited formation of compact and trabecular myocardium, which we also observed in mice with ADAMTS cleavage-resistant versican. Subsequently, combined knockout impaired outflow tract development and ventricular septal closure, generating a tetralogy of Fallot-like defect independently of versican proteolysis. N-terminomics of combined ADAMTS knockout and wild-type hearts identified a cleaved glypican-6 peptide only in the wild-type and showed that ADAMTS1 and ADAMTS5 each cleaved glypican-6. Paradoxically, ADAMTS1 and ADAMTS5 inactivated hearts lacked glypican-6 despite unaltered Gpc6 transcription. Gpc6-/- mice demonstrated similar rotational defects as the combined ADAMTS knockout and both had reduced Hedgehog signaling. Conclusions: ADAMTS1 and ADAMTS5 ensure proper cardiac development via cleavage of distinct proteoglycans, each with independent roles in cardiac development. Whereas versican clearance in cardiac jelly is required for proper ventricular cardiomyogenesis, glypican-6 cleavage may activate/stabilize this cell-surface proteoglycan which is required for Hedgehog signaling during outflow tract development.
Project description:Background: Extracellular matrix remodeling mechanisms are understudied in cardiac development and congenital heart defects. Two similar matrix-degrading metalloproteases, ADAMTS1 and ADAMTS5, are extensively co-expressed during mouse cardiac development. The mouse mutants of each have mild cardiac anomalies, but their combined genetic inactivation is precluded by tight linkage. We coupled Adamts1 inactivation with pharmacologic ADAMTS5 blockade to uncover stage-specific cooperative roles and mechanisms in mouse cardiac development. Methods: ADAMTS5 blockade was achieved in Adamts1 null mouse embryos using an activity-blocking monoclonal antibody during distinct developmental windows covering myocardial compaction or cardiac septation and outflow tract rotation. Synchrotron imaging, RNA in situ hybridization, immunofluorescence microscopy and electron microscopy were used to determine the impact on cardiac development and compared to Gpc6 and ADAMTS-cleavage resistant mouse mutants. Mass spectrometry-based N-terminomics was used to identify relevant substrates. Results: Combined inactivation of ADAMTS1 and ADAMTS5 prior to 12.5 days of gestation led to dramatic accumulation of versican-rich cardiac jelly and inhibited formation of compact and trabecular myocardium, which we also observed in mice with ADAMTS cleavage-resistant versican. Subsequently, combined knockout impaired outflow tract development and ventricular septal closure, generating a tetralogy of Fallot-like defect independently of versican proteolysis. N-terminomics of combined ADAMTS knockout and wild-type hearts identified a cleaved glypican-6 peptide only in the wild-type and showed that ADAMTS1 and ADAMTS5 each cleaved glypican-6. Paradoxically, ADAMTS1 and ADAMTS5 inactivated hearts lacked glypican-6 despite unaltered Gpc6 transcription. Gpc6-/- mice demonstrated similar rotational defects as the combined ADAMTS knockout and both had reduced Hedgehog signaling. Conclusions: ADAMTS1 and ADAMTS5 ensure proper cardiac development via cleavage of distinct proteoglycans, each with independent roles in cardiac development. Whereas versican clearance in cardiac jelly is required for proper ventricular cardiomyogenesis, glypican-6 cleavage may activate/stabilize this cell-surface proteoglycan which is required for Hedgehog signaling during outflow tract development.
Project description:Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is the most common cyanotic congenital heart defect with a world-wide prevalence of 3 to 4 cases per 10,000 life births. TOF is a congenital heart disease with four major cardiac defects, i.e., ventricular septal defect, overriding aortic root, infundibular stenosis of the pulmonary artery, and right ventricular hypertrophy. Treatment relies on correction surgery in early infancy. This study performed whole genome microarray gene expression profiling of cardiac specimens of the right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT), which were recovered during correction surgery of TOF from 11 pediatric patients diagnosed with TOF cardiac defects.
Project description:To determine cardiac transcription profile in acyanotic Tetralogy of Fallot patients, we collected myocardial samples immediately after institution of cardiopulmonary bypass from acyanotic Tetralogy of Fallot patients undergoing corrective surgery. The transcriptional profile of the mRNA in these samples was measured with gene array technology. Myocardial samples were collected, immediately after institution of cardiopulmonary bypass from acyanotic Tetralogy of Fallot patients undergoing corrective surgery.
Project description:To determine cardiac transcription profile in cyanotic Tetralogy of Fallot patients, we collected myocardial samples immediately after institution of cardiopulmonary bypass from cyanotic Tetralogy of Fallot patients undergoing corrective surgery. The transcriptional profile of the mRNA in these samples was measured with gene array technology. Myocardial samples were collected, immediately after institution of cardiopulmonary bypass from cyanotic Tetralogy of Fallot patients undergoing corrective surgery.
Project description:The right ventricular tissues of 5 children with tetralogy of Fallot and 5 healthy unaffected individuals were collected and sequenced in full transcriptome. Mechanism of tetralogy of fallot and cerna regulatory network were analyzed.