The Role of Transcription Factors Sox4 and Sox11 in Mouse Heart Development
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The role of transcription factors Sox4 and Sox11 in mouse heart development Die Rolle der Transkriptionsfaktoren Sox4 und Sox11 während der Herzentwicklung der Maus Der Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Friedrich‐Alexander‐Universität Erlangen‐Nürnberg zur Erlangung des Doktorgrades Dr. rer. nat. vorgelegt von Mandy Paul aus Bautzen Als Dissertation genehmigt von der Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Friedrich‐Alexander Universität Erlangen‐Nürnberg. Tag der mündlichen Prüfung: 09.10.2014 Vorsitzende/r des Promotionsorgans: Prof. Dr. Johannes Barth Gutachter/in: Prof. Dr. Michael Wegner PD Dr. Dieter Engelkamp “The scientist is not a person who gives the right answers, he is one who asks the right questions” Claude Lévi‐Strauss Meiner Familie gewidmet I. Table of content SUMMARY ............................................................................................. I ZUSAMMENFASSUNG.......................................................................... III 1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................ 1 1.1 CARDIAC DEVELOPMENT ..................................................................................................... 1 1.1.1 MORPHOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE HEART ‐ AN OVERVIEW ................................................ 1 1.1.2 CARDIAC SEPTATION .......................................................................................................... 4 1.1.2.1 ATRIOVENTRICULAR CANAL AND ATRIAL SEPTATION ................................................................. 4 1.1.2.2 VENTRICULAR GROWTH AND SEPTATION ................................................................................ 5 1.1.3 OUTFLOW TRACT DEVELOPMENT ........................................................................................... 6 1.1.3.1 MORPHOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT AND SEPTATION ................................................................... 6 1.1.3.2 CONTRIBUTION OF NEURAL CREST CELLS TO OUTFLOW TRACT MORPHOLOGY ............................... 8 1.1.4 OUTFLOW TRACT MALFORMATIONS ...................................................................................... 9 1.2 SOX PROTEIN FAMILY ........................................................................................................ 12 1.2.1 SOXC PROTEINS ............................................................................................................... 13 1.2.1.1 SOX4 ............................................................................................................................ 14 1.2.1.2 SOX11 .......................................................................................................................... 15 1.2.1.3 SOX12 .......................................................................................................................... 17 2. AIM OF THE STUDY ......................................................................... 19 3. RESULTS .......................................................................................... 21 3.1 SOX4 AND SOX11 FUNCTION IN CARDIAC OUTFLOW TRACT DEVELOPMENT .................................. 21 3.1.1 SOX4 AND SOX11 FUNCTION IN CARDIAC NEURAL CREST CELLS ................................................. 21 3.1.1.1 MACROSCOPIC ANALYSIS OF OUTFLOW TRACT DEVELOPMENT IN MICE WITH SOX4 AND SOX11 ABLATION IN CARDIAC NEURAL CREST CELLS ........................................................................... 21 3.1.1.2 DETAILED HISTOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF OUTFLOW TRACT DEVELOPMENT IN MICE WITH SOX4 AND SOX11 ABLATION IN CARDIAC NEURAL CREST CELLS ................................................................ 24 3.1.1.3 DETAILED HISTOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF VENTRICULAR SEPTUM DEVELOPMENT IN MICE WITH SOX4 AND SOX11 ABLATION IN CARDIAC NEURAL CREST CELLS ................................................................ 26 3.1.1.4 APPEARANCE OF ANIMALS WITH A SPECIFIC ABLATION OF SOX4 AND SOX11 IN NEURAL CREST CELLS 27 3.1.1.5 ANALYSIS OF EARLY OUTFLOW TRACT DEVELOPMENT IN MICE WITH SOX4 ABLATION IN CARDIAC NEURAL CREST CELLS VIA AP2::CRE ................................................................................... 28 3.1.1.6 EFFICIENT DELETION OF SOX4 AND SOX11 IN NEURAL CREST CELLS ............................................ 28 3.1.2 SOX4 AND SOX11 FUNCTION IN MESODERMAL CELLS .............................................................. 30 3.1.2.1 ANALYSIS OF EARLY OUTFLOW TRACT DEVELOPMENT IN MICE WITH SOX4 AND SOX11 ABLATION IN MESODERMAL CELLS ......................................................................................................... 30 3.1.2.2 ANALYSIS OF LATE OUTFLOW TRACT DEVELOPMENT IN MICE WITH SOX4 AND SOX11 ABLATION IN MESODERMAL CELLS ......................................................................................................... 31 3.1.3 ANALYSIS OF OUTFLOW TRACT DEVELOPMENT IN MICE WITH SOX4 AND SOX11 ABLATION IN CARDIAC NEURAL CREST AND MESODERMAL CELLS .............................................................................. 33 3.1.4 ANALYSIS OF EARLY OUTFLOW TRACT DEVELOPMENT IN MICE WITH SOX4 AND SOX11 ABLATION IN ENDOTHELIAL CELLS .......................................................................................................... 34 3.1.5 PROPERTIES OF CARDIAC NEURAL CREST CELLS IN THE ABSENCE OF SOX4 AND SOX11 .................... 35 3.1.6 ABLATION OF SOX4 AND SOX11 LEADS TO MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES IN CARDIAC NEURAL CREST CELLS ............................................................................................................................ 38 3.1.7. SOX12 EXPRESSION IN THE OUTFLOW TRACT ......................................................................... 39 3.1.8 ABLATION OF SOX4 AND SOX11 LEADS TO ALTERED MARKER GENE EXPRESSION IN CARDIAC NEURAL CREST CELLS .................................................................................................................... 39 3.1.8.1 IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF MARKER GENE EXPRESSION OF CARDIAC NEURAL CREST CELLS IN MICE WITH SOX4 AND SOX11 ABLATION IN NEURAL CREST CELLS ............................................... 39 3.1.8.2 QUANTITATIVE RT‐PCR ANALYSIS OF MARKER GENE EXPRESSION OF CARDIAC NEURAL CREST CELLS IN MICE WITH SOX4 AND SOX11 ABLATION IN NEURAL CREST CELLS ............................................... 42 3.1.9 PUTATIVE SOX4 AND SOX11 BINDING SITES IN ADAM19 AND E‐CADHERIN PROMOTER REGIONS ..... 43 3.1.10 DIRECT BINDING OF SOX4 AND SOX11 TO NEWLY IDENTIFIED SOX BINDING SITES IN ADAM19 AND E‐ CADHERIN PROMOTER REGIONS .......................................................................................... 44 3.1.11 SOX11 ASSOCIATES WITH ENDOGENOUS ADAM19 AND E‐CADHERIN PROMOTER REGION .............. 46 3.1.12 SOX4 AND SOX11 ACTIVATE ADAM19 AND E‐CADHERIN PROMOTERS ....................................... 49 3.2 POSTTRANSLATIONAL MODIFICATION OF SOX4 AND SOX11 ..................................................... 51 3.2.1 PUTATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION SITES OF SOX4 AND SOX11 ....................................................... 51 3.2.2 PHOSPHORYLATION ANALYSIS OF SOX4 AND SOX11 ............................................................... 52 3.2.3 ANALYSIS OF ACTIVATION POTENTIAL OF PUTATIVE SOXC PHOSPHORYLATION MUTANTS ................ 54 3.2.4 ANALYSIS OF BINDING ABILITY OF PUTATIVE SOXC PHOSPHORYLATION MUTANTS ......................... 55 4. DISCUSSION ............................................................................... 57 4.1 THE ROLE OF SOXC PROTEINS IN OUTFLOW TRACT DEVELOPMENT .............................................. 57 4.1.1 THE ROLE OF SOX4 IN OUTFLOW TRACT DEVELOPMENT ........................................................... 57 4.1.2 THE ROLE OF SOX11 IN OUTFLOW TRACT DEVELOPMENT ......................................................... 58 4.1.3 REDUNDANT FUNCTION OF SOX4 AND SOX11 IN OUTFLOW TRACT DEVELOPMENT ........................ 59 4.1.4 THE ROLE OF SOX12 IN OUTFLOW TRACT DEVELOPMENT ......................................................... 60 4.2 PARTICIPATION OF OTHER SOX PROTEINS IN HEART DEVELOPMENT ............................................. 61 4.3 THE ROLE OF SOXC PROTEINS IN OTHER TISSUES ..................................................................... 62 4.4 PROLIFERATION, MIGRATION AND APOPTOSIS OF NEURAL CREST CELLS ARE NOT AFFECTED BY SOXC DELETION ....................................................................................................................... 63 4.5 MORPHOLOGICAL AND CYTOSKELETAL ALTERATIONS IN SOXC DEFICIENT CARDIAC NEURAL CREST CELLS .................................................................................................................................... 63 4.6 ALTERED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EXPRESSION IN OUTFLOW TRACT REGIONS CONTAINING SOXC DEFICIENT CARDIAC NEURAL CREST CELLS .............................................................................. 65 4.7 ADAM19: A DIRECT TARGET OF SOXC PROTEINS .................................................................... 66 4.8 ALTERED EMT AND MET MARKER GENE EXPRESSION IN OUTFLOW TRACT REGIONS CONTAINING SOXC DEFICIENT CARDIAC NEURAL CREST CELLS .............................................................................. 67 4.9 E‐CADHERIN: A DIRECT TARGET OF SOXC PROTEINS ................................................................ 68 4.10 RELEVANCE IN DISEASE ..................................................................................................... 69 4.11 OUTLOOK .....................................................................................................................