Analysis of wt1a reporter line expression levels during proepicardium formation in the zebrafish.

Andrés-Delgado, Laura; Galardi-Castilla, María; Mercader, Nadia; Santamaría, Luis (2020). Analysis of wt1a reporter line expression levels during proepicardium formation in the zebrafish. Histology and histopathology, 35(9), pp. 1035-1046. Gutenberg 10.14670/HH-18-238

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The epicardium is the outer mesothelial layer of the heart. It covers the myocardium and plays important roles in both heart development and regeneration. It is derived from the proepicardium (PE), groups of cells that emerges at early developmental stages from the dorsal pericardial layer (DP) close to the atrio-ventricular canal and the venous pole of the heart-tube. In zebrafish, PE cells extrude apically into the pericardial cavity as a consequence of DP tissue constriction, a process that is dependent on Bmp pathway signaling. Expression of the transcription factor Wilms tumor-1, Wt1, which is a leader of important morphogenetic events such as apoptosis regulation or epithelial-mesenchymal cell transition, is also necessary during PE formation. In this study, we used the zebrafish model to compare intensity level of the wt1a reporter line epi:GFP in PE and its original tissue, the DP. We found that GFP is present at higher intensity level in the PE tissue, and differentially wt1 expression at pericardial tissues could be involved in the PE formation process. Our results reveal that bmp2b overexpression leads to enhanced GFP level both in DP and in PE tissues.

Item Type:	Journal Article (Original Article)
Division/Institute:	04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > Institute of Anatomy 04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > Institute of Anatomy > Anatomy
UniBE Contributor:	Mercader Huber, Nadia Isabel
Subjects:	600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health
ISSN:	0213-3911
Publisher:	Gutenberg
Language:	English
Submitter:	Nadia Isabel Mercader Huber
Date Deposited:	02 Dec 2020 11:08
Last Modified:	05 Dec 2022 15:41
Publisher DOI:	10.14670/HH-18-238
PubMed ID:	32633330
URI:	https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/147037