The chemokine receptor CXCR7 functions to regulate cardiac valve remodeling
Open Access
- 18 January 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Developmental Dynamics
- Vol. 240 (2), 384-393
- https://doi.org/10.1002/dvdy.22549
Abstract
CXCR7 (RDC1), a G‐protein‐coupled receptor with conserved motifs characteristic of chemokine receptors, is enriched in endocardial and cushion mesenchymal cells in developing hearts, but its function is unclear. Cxcr7 germline deletion resulted in perinatal lethality with complete penetrance. Mutant embryos exhibited aortic and pulmonary valve stenosis due to semilunar valve thickening, with occasional ventricular septal defects. Semilunar valve mesenchymal cell proliferation increased in mutants from embryonic day 14 onward, but the cell death rate remained unchanged. Cxcr7 mutant valves had increased levels of phosphorylated Smad1/5/8, indicating increased BMP signaling, which may partly explain the thickened valve leaflets. The hyperproliferative phenotype appeared to involve Cxcr7 function in endocardial cells and their mesenchymal derivatives, as Tie2‐Cre Cxcr7flox/− mice had semilunar valve stenosis. Thus, CXCR7 is involved in semilunar valve development, possibly by regulating BMP signaling, and may contribute to aortic and pulmonary valve stenosis. Developmental Dynamics 240:384–393, 2011.This publication has 35 references indexed in Scilit:
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