PUBLICATION
Mutations in Bcl9 and Pygo genes cause congenital heart defects by tissue-specific perturbation of Wnt/β-catenin signaling.
- Authors
- Cantù, C., Felker, A., Zimmerli, D., Prummel, K.D., Cabello, E.M., Chiavacci, E., Méndez-Acevedo, K.M., Kirchgeorg, L., Burger, S., Ripoll, J., Valenta, T., Hausmann, G., Vilain, N., Aguet, M., Burger, A., Panáková, D., Basler, K., Mosimann, C.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-181028-1
- Date
- 2018
- Source
- Genes & Development 32(21-22): 1443-1458 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Burger, Alexa, Burger, Sibylle, Chiavacci, Elena, Felker, Anastasia, Mosimann, Christian, Panáková, Daniela, Prummel, Karin
- Keywords
- CRISPR–Cas9, Wnt signaling, cardiovascular development, congenital heart disease, heart, transcription
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Heart/embryology
- Heart Defects, Congenital/genetics*
- Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/genetics*
- Mice
- Mutation
- Myocardium/metabolism
- Transcription Factors/genetics*
- Wnt Signaling Pathway*
- Zebrafish/embryology
- Zebrafish/genetics
- Zebrafish Proteins/genetics*
- beta Catenin/metabolism
- PubMed
- 30366904 Full text @ Genes & Dev.
Citation
Cantù, C., Felker, A., Zimmerli, D., Prummel, K.D., Cabello, E.M., Chiavacci, E., Méndez-Acevedo, K.M., Kirchgeorg, L., Burger, S., Ripoll, J., Valenta, T., Hausmann, G., Vilain, N., Aguet, M., Burger, A., Panáková, D., Basler, K., Mosimann, C. (2018) Mutations in Bcl9 and Pygo genes cause congenital heart defects by tissue-specific perturbation of Wnt/β-catenin signaling.. Genes & Development. 32(21-22):1443-1458.
Abstract
Bcl9 and Pygopus (Pygo) are obligate Wnt/β-catenin cofactors in Drosophila, yet their contribution to Wnt signaling during vertebrate development remains unresolved. Combining zebrafish and mouse genetics, we document a conserved, β-catenin-associated function for BCL9 and Pygo proteins during vertebrate heart development. Disrupting the β-catenin-BCL9-Pygo complex results in a broadly maintained canonical Wnt response yet perturbs heart development and proper expression of key cardiac regulators. Our work highlights BCL9 and Pygo as selective β-catenin cofactors in a subset of canonical Wnt responses during vertebrate development. Moreover, our results implicate alterations in BCL9 and BCL9L in human congenital heart defects.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping