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Protein tyrosine phosphatase receptor zeta 1 deletion triggers defective heart morphogenesis in mice and zebrafish

Authors
Katraki-Pavlou, S., Kastana, P., Bousis, D., Ntenekou, D., Varela, A., Davos, C.H., Nikou, S., Papadaki, E., Tsigkas, G., Athanasiadis, E., Herradon, G., Mikelis, C.M., Beis, D., Papadimitriou, E.
ID
ZDB-PUB-211116-6
Date
2021
Source
American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology   322(1): H8-H24 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Beis, Dimitris
Keywords
angiogenesis, cardiac morphogenesis, cardiogenesis, tyrosine phosphatase
MeSH Terms
  • Animals
  • Gene Deletion
  • Heart/embryology*
  • Mice
  • Myocardium/metabolism*
  • Organogenesis*
  • Receptor-Like Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Class 5/genetics*
  • Receptor-Like Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Class 5/metabolism
  • Zebrafish
PubMed
34767486 Full text @ Am. J. Physiol. Heart Circ. Physiol.
Abstract
Protein tyrosine phosphatase receptor zeta 1 (PTPRZ1) is a transmembrane tyrosine phosphatase receptor highly expressed in embryonic stem cells. In the present work, gene expression analyses of Ptprz1-/- and Ptprz1+/+ mice endothelial cells and hearts pointed to an unidentified role of PTPRZ1 in heart development through regulation of heart-specific transcription factor genes. Echocardiography analysis in mice identified that both systolic and diastolic functions are affected in Ptprz1-/- compared to Ptprz1+/+ hearts, based on a dilated LV cavity, decreased ejection fraction and fraction shortening, and increased angiogenesis in Ptprz1-/- hearts, with no signs of cardiac hypertrophy. A zebrafish ptprz1-/- knockout was also generated and exhibits mis-regulated expression of developmental cardiac markers, bradycardia and defective heart morphogenesis characterized by enlarged ventricles and defected contractility. A selective PTPRZ1 tyrosine phosphatase inhibitor affected zebrafish heart development and function in a way like what is observed in the ptprz1-/- zebrafish. The same inhibitor had no effect in the function of the adult zebrafish heart, suggesting that PTPRZ1 is not important for the adult heart function, in line with data from the human cell atlas showing very low to negligible PTPRZ1 expression in the adult human heart. However, in line with the animal models, Ptprz1 was expressed in many different cell types in the human fetal heart, such as valvar, fibroblast-like, cardiomyocytes and endothelial cells. Collectively, these data suggest that PTPRZ1 regulates cardiac morphogenesis in a way that subsequently affects heart function and warrant further studies for the involvement of PTPRZ1 in idiopathic congenital cardiac pathologies.
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