PUBLICATION
TETs Regulate Proepicardial Cell Migration through Extracellular Matrix Organization during Zebrafish Cardiogenesis
- Authors
- Lan, Y., Pan, H., Li, C., Banks, K.M., Sam, J., Ding, B., Elemento, O., Goll, M.G., Evans, T.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-190117-7
- Date
- 2019
- Source
- Cell Reports 26: 720-732.e4 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Evans, Todd, Goll, Mary
- Keywords
- DNA demethylation, endocardium, genetics, heart development
- Datasets
- GEO:GSE121989, GEO:GSE121990, GEO:GSE121988, GEO:GSE121991
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Cell Movement
- Dioxygenases/genetics*
- Extracellular Matrix/metabolism*
- Heart/physiopathology*
- Organogenesis/genetics*
- Zebrafish
- Zebrafish Proteins/genetics*
- PubMed
- 30650362 Full text @ Cell Rep.
Citation
Lan, Y., Pan, H., Li, C., Banks, K.M., Sam, J., Ding, B., Elemento, O., Goll, M.G., Evans, T. (2019) TETs Regulate Proepicardial Cell Migration through Extracellular Matrix Organization during Zebrafish Cardiogenesis. Cell Reports. 26:720-732.e4.
Abstract
Ten-eleven translocation (Tet) enzymes (Tet1/2/3) mediate 5-methylcytosine (5mC) hydroxylation, which can facilitate DNA demethylation and thereby impact gene expression. Studied mostly for how mutant isoforms impact cancer, the normal roles for Tet enzymes during organogenesis are largely unknown. By analyzing compound mutant zebrafish, we discovered a requirement for Tet2/3 activity in the embryonic heart for recruitment of epicardial progenitors, associated with development of the atrial-ventricular canal (AVC). Through a combination of methylation, hydroxymethylation, and transcript profiling, the genes encoding the activin A subunit Inhbaa (in endocardium) and Sox9b (in myocardium) were implicated as demethylation targets of Tet2/3 and critical for organization of AVC-localized extracellular matrix (ECM), facilitating migration of epicardial progenitors onto the developing heart tube. This study elucidates essential DNA demethylation modifications that govern gene expression changes during cardiac development with striking temporal and lineage specificities, highlighting complex interactions in multiple cell populations during development of the vertebrate heart.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping