PUBLICATION
The myocardium utilizes a platelet-derived growth factor receptor alpha (Pdgfra) - phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) signaling cascade to steer towards the midline during zebrafish heart tube formation
- Authors
- Shrestha, R., McCann, T., Saravanan, H., Lieberth, J., Koirala, P., Bloomekatz, J.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-231104-1
- Date
- 2023
- Source
- eLIFE 12: (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Bloomekatz, Joshua
- Keywords
- developmental biology, zebrafish
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Heart
- Myocardium/metabolism
- Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase/metabolism
- Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases*/metabolism
- Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/metabolism
- Receptors, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor/metabolism
- Signal Transduction
- Zebrafish*/metabolism
- Zebrafish Proteins/metabolism
- PubMed
- 37921445 Full text @ Elife
Citation
Shrestha, R., McCann, T., Saravanan, H., Lieberth, J., Koirala, P., Bloomekatz, J. (2023) The myocardium utilizes a platelet-derived growth factor receptor alpha (Pdgfra) - phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) signaling cascade to steer towards the midline during zebrafish heart tube formation. eLIFE. 12:.
Abstract
Coordinated cell movement is a fundamental process in organ formation. During heart development, bilateral myocardial precursors collectively move towards the midline (cardiac fusion) to form the primitive heart tube. Extrinsic influences such as the adjacent anterior endoderm are known to be required for cardiac fusion. We previously showed however, that the platelet-derived growth factor receptor alpha (Pdgfra) is also required for cardiac fusion (Bloomekatz et al. 2017). Nevertheless, an intrinsic mechanism that regulates myocardial movement has not been elucidated. Here, we show that the phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) intracellular signaling pathway has an essential intrinsic role in the myocardium directing movement towards the midline. In vivo imaging further reveals midline-oriented dynamic myocardial membrane protrusions that become unpolarized in PI3K-inhibited zebrafish embryos where myocardial movements are misdirected and slower. Moreover, we find that PI3K activity is dependent on and interacts with Pdgfra to regulate myocardial movement. Together our findings reveal an intrinsic myocardial steering mechanism that responds to extrinsic cues during the initiation of cardiac development.
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