Essentiality of Regulator of G Protein Signaling 6 and Oxidized Ca2+ /Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase II in Notch Signaling and Cardiovascular Development

Journal of the American Heart Association
Bandana ChakravartiRory A Fisher

Abstract

Congenital heart defects are the most common birth defects worldwide. Although defective Notch signaling is the major cause of mouse embryonic death from cardiovascular defects, how Notch signaling is regulated during embryonic vasculogenesis and heart development is poorly understood. Regulator of G protein signaling 6 (RGS6)-/-/Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII)VV double mutant mice were developed by crossing RGS6-/- mice with mice expressing an oxidation-resistant CaMKIIδ (CaMKIIVV), and the resulting embryonic defects/lethality were investigated using E7.5 to E15.5 embryos. While loss of either RGS6 or oxidized CaMKIIδ does not alter embryogenesis, their combined loss causes defective Notch signaling, severe cardiovascular defects, and embryonic lethality (≈E10.5-11.5). Embryos lacking RGS6 and expressing oxidation-resistant CaMKIIδ exhibit reduced myocardial wall thickness, abnormal trabeculation, and arterial specification defects. Double mutants show vascular remodeling defects, including reduced neurovascularization, delayed neural tube maturation, and small dorsal aortae. These striking cardiovascular defects were accompanied by placental and yolk sac defects in angiogenesis, hematopoiesis, and vascul...Continue Reading

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