title: Congenital heart disease protein 5 associates with CASZ1 to maintain myocardial tissue integrity.
abstract: The identification and characterization of the cellular and molecular pathways involved in the differentiation and morphogenesis of specific cell types of the developing heart are crucial to understanding the process of cardiac development and the pathology associated with human congenital heart disease. Here, we show that the cardiac transcription factor CASTOR (CASZ1) directly interacts with congenital heart disease 5 protein (CHD5), which is also known as tryptophan-rich basic protein (WRB), a gene located on chromosome 21 in the proposed region responsible for congenital heart disease in individuals with Down's syndrome. We demonstrate that loss of CHD5 in Xenopus leads to compromised myocardial integrity, improper deposition of basement membrane, and a resultant failure of hearts to undergo cell movements associated with cardiac formation. We further report that CHD5 is essential for CASZ1 function and that the CHD5-CASZ1 interaction is necessary for cardiac morphogenesis. Collectively, these results establish a role for CHD5 and CASZ1 in the early stages of vertebrate cardiac development.
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina McAllister Heart Institute, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280, USA Department of Biology, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280, USA.
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sojka
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina McAllister Heart Institute, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280, USA Department of Genetics, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280, USA.
authors.forename: Nirav M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Amin
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280, USA.
authors.forename: Devin
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gibbs
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina McAllister Heart Institute, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280, USA Department of Biology, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280, USA.
authors.forename: Kathleen S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Christine
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina McAllister Heart Institute, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280, USA Department of Genetics, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280, USA.
authors.forename: Marta S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Charpentier
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina McAllister Heart Institute, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280, USA Department of Biology, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280, USA Department of Genetics, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280, USA frank_conlon@med.unc.edu.
authors.forename: Frank L
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Conlon
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001485:Basement Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D002448:Cell Adhesion; D002465:Cell Movement; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D006321:Heart / Q000196:embryology*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000378:metabolism; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D009024:Morphogenesis; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D032383:Myocytes, Cardiac / Q000166:cytology; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D010641:Phenotype; D011485:Protein Binding; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism*; D020798:Two-Hybrid System Techniques; D029867:Xenopus Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D014982:Xenopus laevis
chemical_list: C528906:CASZ1 protein, Xenopus; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D029867:Xenopus Proteins
keywords: CASTOR; CASZ1; CHD5; Cardiac; Cardiomyocyte; Congenital heart disease; Down's syndrome; Heart development; Heart morphogenesis; Morphogenesis; Proliferation; WRB; Xenopus