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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-1-14
pubmed:abstractText
Wnts comprise a family of 20 lipid-modified glycoproteins in mammals and play critical roles during embryological development and organogenesis of several organ systems, including the heart. They are required for mesoderm formation and have been implicated in promoting cardiomyogenic differentiation of mammalian embryonic stem cells, but the underlying mechanisms regulating Wnt signaling during cardiomyogenesis remain poorly understood. In this report, we show that in a pluripotent mouse embryonal carcinoma stem cell line, SFRP2 inhibits cardiomyogenic differentiation by regulating Wnt3a transcription. SFRP2 inhibited early stages of cardiomyogenesis, preventing mesoderm specification and maintaining the cells in the undifferentiated state. Using a gain- and loss-of-function approach, we demonstrate that although addition of recombinant SFRP2 decreased Wnt3a transcription and cardiomyogenic differentiation, silencing of Sfrp2 led to enhanced Wnt3a transcription, mesoderm formation, and increased cardiomyogenesis. We show that the inhibitory effects of SFRP2 on Wnt transcription are secondary to interruption of a positive feedback effect of Wnt3a on its own transcription. Wnt3a increased its own transcription via the canonical pathway and TCF4 family of transcription factors, and the inhibitory effects of SFRP2 on Wnt3a transcription were associated with disruption of downstream canonical Wnt signaling. The inhibitory effects of Sfrp2 on Wnt3a expression identify Sfrp2 as a "checkpoint gene," which exerts its control on cardiomyogenesis through regulation of Wnt3a transcription.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:commentsCorrections
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1549-4918
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
26
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
35-44
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17916803-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:17916803-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:17916803-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:17916803-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:17916803-Embryonic Stem Cells, pubmed-meshheading:17916803-Feedback, Physiological, pubmed-meshheading:17916803-Fluorescent Antibody Technique, pubmed-meshheading:17916803-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:17916803-Heart, pubmed-meshheading:17916803-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:17916803-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:17916803-Myocytes, Cardiac, pubmed-meshheading:17916803-Pluripotent Stem Cells, pubmed-meshheading:17916803-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:17916803-Transcription, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:17916803-Transfection, pubmed-meshheading:17916803-Wnt Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:17916803-Wnt3 Protein, pubmed-meshheading:17916803-Wnt3A Protein
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
SFRP2 regulates cardiomyogenic differentiation by inhibiting a positive transcriptional autofeedback loop of Wnt3a.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases and Mandel Center for Hypertension & Atherosclerosis Research, Department of Medicine, GSRB 2, Box 3178, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA. arjundeb@med.unc.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural