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1 Rotation of the Myocardial Wall of the Outflow Tract Is Implicated in the Normal Positioning of the Great Arteries Fanny Bajolle,* Stéphane Zaffran,* Robert G. Kelly, Juliette Hadchouel, Damien Bonnet, Nigel A. Brown, Margaret E. Buckingham Abstract Congenital heart defects frequently involve a failure of outflow tract (OFT) formation during development. We analyzed the remodeling of the OFT, using the y96-myf5-nlacz-16 transgene, which marks a subpopulation of myocardial cells of the pulmonary trunk. Expression analyses of reporter transcript and protein suggest that the myocardial wall of the OFT rotates before and during the formation of the great arteries. Rotational movement was confirmed by Di-I injection experiments with cultured embryos. We subsequently examined the expression of the transgene in mouse models for OFT defects. In hearts with persistent truncus arteriosus (PTA), double outlet right ventricle (DORV), or transposition of the great arteries, rotation of the myocardial wall of the OFT is arrested or fails to initiate. This is observed in Splotch (Pax3) mutants with PTA or DORV and may be a result of defects in neural crest migration, known to affect OFT septation. However, in Pitx2 c mutant embryos, where cardiac neural crest cells are present in the heart, PTA and DORV are again associated with a rotation defect. This is also seen in Pitx2 c mutants, which have transposition of the great arteries. Because Pitx2c is involved in left right signaling, these results suggest that embryonic laterality affects rotation of the myocardial wall during OFT maturation. We propose that failure of normal rotation of OFT myocardium may underlie major forms of congenital heart disease. (Circ Res. 2006;98: ) Key Words: heart outflow tract Splotch Pitx2 transposition of the great arteries Congenital heart defects are observed in 0.8% of children in developed countries and are responsible for more than 20% of spontaneous abortions and 10% of all stillbirths. 1,2 Many of these defects are caused by abnormal development of the outflow region (also called conotruncal region) of the heart, leading to malformations such as persistent truncus arteriosus (PTA), double outlet right ventricle (DORV), or transposition of the great arteries (TGA). Experiments on avian and mammalian embryos have shown that myocardium of the outflow tract (OFT) is derived from pharyngeal mesoderm. 3 5 In the mouse, this has been described as the anterior heart field, 3 which also contributes myocardium to the right ventricle 6 and is itself part of a larger second heart field. 7 In the chick embryo, it has been shown that the vascular smooth muscle tunic of the aorta and pulmonary trunk, in addition to myocardium of the outflow region, is derived from pharyngeal mesoderm. 8 Moreover, its ablation leads to OFT defects such as tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) and pulmonary atresia. 9 As development proceeds, the single OFT undergoes remodeling into separate pulmonary and aortic arteries. This process involves interactions between diverse cell types, including myocardium, endocardium, and neural crest cells. 10 Endocardial cells respond to signals from the overlying myocardium and undergo an epithelial-to-mesenchymal transformation to form the conotruncal cushions. 11 Neural crest cells, which play an essential role in the normal septation of the heart, 12 invade the extracellular matrix of the cushions and participate in aortico-pulmonary septation. In the chick, cardiac neural crest ablation leads to OFT defects including TOF, PTA, DORV, and interrupted aortic arch. 13 In the mouse, Splotch mutations, known to result from disruption or deletion of the Pax3 gene, give rise to a similar spectrum of conotruncal defects, secondary to a neural crest cell migration defect Recently, cardiac neural crest ablation has been shown to affect formation of OFT myocardium from pharyngeal mesoderm. 17 Pitx2c mutant mice also have conotruncal defects. 18 Pitx2c confers embryonic left right signaling to asymmetrically developing organs. 19 Pitx2c is expressed asymmetrically in pharyngeal mesoderm and has been implicated in patterning of OFT myocardium. 20,21 Original received July 6, 2005; revision received December 15, 2005; accepted December 20, From the Department of Developmental Biology (F.B., S.Z., M.B.), CNRS URA 2578, Pasteur Institute, Paris, France; Developmental Biology Institute of Marseille-Luminy (R.G.K.), CNRS UMR6216, Marseille, France; INSERM U.36 (J.H.), College de France, Paris; Service de Cardiologie Pédiatrique (D.B.), Hôpital Necker-Enfants-Malades AP-HP, Paris, France; and Division of Basic Medical Sciences (N.A.B.), St. George s, University of London, United Kingdom. *Both authors contributed equally to this study. Correspondence to Margaret Buckingham, Department of Developmental Biology, Pasteur Institute, 25 rue du Dr. Roux, Paris, France. margab@pasteur.fr 2006 American Heart Association, Inc. Circulation Research is available at DOI: /01.RES e 421
2 422 Circulation Research February 17, 2006 Classic morphological studies of the developing chick heart have shown torsion of the OFT, which, when physically interrupted, leads to malposition of the great arteries. 22 Radioactive tattoos of the outflow region further establish that rotation occurs during OFT morphogenesis in the chick embryo. 23 Previous studies on human embryos suggested that the OFT undergoes rotation during its remodeling. 24 Computerization of distances and angles between major anatomical landmarks, in particular the axis of the semilunar valves, showed that the junction of the OFT and the great arteries undergoes a rapid rotation in a counterclockwise direction, facing downstream, between Carnegie stages 15 and In addition, the angle of the aortic to pulmonary valve axis, relative to the inferior surface of congenitally malformed hearts, suggested that TOF, DORV, and TGA may result from an arrested rotation of the outflow region at the base of the great arteries. 25,26 We now report a counterclockwise rotation of OFT myocardium in the mouse embryo and examine this phenomenon in mice with OFT defects. A transgenic line, y96-myf5-nlacz- 16, 27 in which -galactosidase activity marks a part of OFT myocardium, permits visualization of OFT rotation before, and during, the septation of this region. Di-I tracing experiments in cultured mouse embryos confirm this rotation. Comparison of transgene expression in Splotch and Pitx2 c mutant embryos, which have conotruncal defects, suggests that the abnormal position of the great arteries results from a premature arrest or failure to initiate OFT rotation. These results support the hypothesis that a spectrum of cardiac anomalies with abnormally positioned great arteries may arise from a perturbation of myocardial rotation, in addition to abnormal OFT septation caused by neural crest cell defects. These observations have implications for the understanding of conotruncal abnormalities in human congenital heart defects. Materials and Methods Mice and Genotyping The transgenic line y96-myf5-nlacz-16 (96-16) has been previously described. 27 The transgene consists of YAC DNA containing a 96-kb genomic fragment upstream of the mouse Myf5 gene followed by an nlacz reporter. Heterozygous (C57BL/6) and Splotch (Sp, C57BL/6, Jackson Laboratories) mice were interbred to obtain Sp mutants carrying the transgene. The mutation interferes with normal splicing of intron 3 and leads to at least 4 aberrantly spliced mrnas with exon 4 deleted. 28 Sp mutant embryos were identified by PCR using primers through exon 4: Sp1/exon4, TTTCTGCTAAGAAGGCTGGAAGGAAATGCG; Sp2/exon 4, TCCTCAGGATGCGGCTGATAGAACTCACACAC. The same procedure of interbreeding was performed with the and Pitx2 c (C57BL/6 CBA, F1) mice. The Pitx2 c neo allele has a deletion of the majority of exon 4 including all coding sequences within this exon. 20 Pitx2 c mutant embryos were identified by PCR using primers for exon 3 and the neo sequence: 118/exon 3, CTAATATCAGCTACCTGTCCCTGTCACTC; 119/exon 3, CTG- GAAGTATCGGAGATTGTATGCACCTC; and 126/neo, CGAC- GACCTGCAGC CAAGCTAGCT. Analysis of Transgene Expression Embryos were staged taking embryonic day (E) 0.5 as the morning of the vaginal plug. Dissection, X-gal staining, and in situ hybridization using an nlacz antisense probe were performed as described previously. 6 Embryos were examined using a Leica ZM20 stereomicroscope or Zeiss Axiophot microscope and photographed with a digital camera (Axiocam-Zeiss). Embryo Sections and Immunohistochemistry For immunohistochemistry or counterstaining, sections were incubated as described previously. 6 The myosin heavy chain antibody, MF20, was a monoclonal antibody from Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank, used at 1/200 dilution. The -galactosidase antibody was a rabbit polyclonal provided by J. F. Nicolas (Pasteur Institute, Paris, France) used at 1/500 dilution. The smooth muscle actin (SMA) was a monoclonal antibody from Sigma, used at 1/400. Secondary antibodies were goat anti-mouse Alexa 488 or 546 and goat anti-rabbit Alexa 594 used at 1/200 dilution or 1/1000, respectively (Molecular Probes). Sections were photographed using a Zeiss Axiovert microscope with an Axiocam camera (AxioVision 4.4, Zeiss). Di-I Injection and Mouse Embryo Culture Di-I labeling at E9.5 was initially performed levolaterally, through the yolk sac, amnion, and pericardial wall, with injection into the myocardium of the OFT, on the left, midway between the aortic sac and the dextral bend in the heart tube, as previously described. 6 Two embryos were euthanized immediately to verify the injection site, and the rest cultured for 24 hours. Of 25 live embryos, 8 showed counterclockwise spread of the dye. In a second series of experiments, the technique was refined to permit more precise localization of smaller amounts of dye, by dissecting a window through the yolk sac, opening the amnion and pericardium. This method can lead to growth impairment. However, in 10 live embryos with labeled cells, 3 showed counterclockwise relocation of the labeled cells. In this series, 4 embryos were euthanized immediately to verify the injection site. Corrosion Cast and Scanning Electron Microscopy Corrosion casts: E17.5 embryos were isolated and the heart exposed by a thoracic incision. Batson s number 17 acrylic (Polysciences) was injected into right and left ventricles until the great arteries were filled. After hardening overnight in distilled water at 4 C, tissues were removed with Maceration Solution at 50 C for 24 hours without a shaking. All samples were mounted on stubs and then sputter-coated with gold. Samples were observed on a Zeiss SM940 scanning electron microscope. Results The y96-myf5-nlacz-16 Transgenic Line Provides a Marker of Myocardium at the Base of the Pulmonary Trunk The transgenic mouse line y96-myf5-nlacz-16 (96-16), in which an nlacz reporter gene is under the control of 96 kb of genomic DNA upstream of the myogenic regulatory gene Myf5, expresses the transgene at sites of skeletal muscle formation, as expected, but also shows ectopic expression in the OFT of the heart attributable to an integration site effect (Figure 1a). At E9.5, expression is observed in the dorsal (or inferior) wall of the OFT and contiguous pharyngeal mesoderm in the dorsal wall of the pericardial cavity (Figure 1a). In the tubular OFT at E10.5, X-gal staining predominates in myocardial cells of the dorsal wall (Figure 1b, 1b, and 1c). By E12.5 (Figure 1d), transgene expression is restricted to the pulmonary trunk, to give a sharp boundary at the base of this vessel at E15.5 (Figure 1e and 1e ). At all stages, -galactosidase colocalizes with cardiac myosin heavy chain (Figure 1c and data not shown), indicating expression in the myocardium and not the adjacent smooth muscle of the vessel
3 Bajolle et al Rotation of the Outflow Tract Myocardium 423 Figure 1. The transgenic line y96-myf5-nlacz-16 (96-16) provides a marker of future myocardium at the base of the pulmonary trunk. a, At E9.5, the transgene is expressed in the OFT (arrowhead) of the heart (h) and contiguous pharyngeal mesoderm (asterisk) as revealed by X-gal staining. -Galactosidase activity at other sites reflects the expression of Myf5 in branchial arches (ba), hypoglossal cord (hc), and somites (s). Brain and ectopic mesenchymal expression is seen in the head (hd). b, Ventral view of an E10.5 heart, showing labeling of the tubular OFT. -Galactosidase positive cells are in the dorsal (or inferior) OFT wall (white line), shown in a cranial view in b. c, Coimmunohistochemistry with antibodies to myosin heavy chain (MF20) (green) and -galactosidase ( -gal) (red) on a transverse section of the proximal OFT at E10.5. Coexpression (yellow) confirms that -galactosidase positive cells are located in OFT myocardium. d, Ventral view of an E12.5 heart, showing transgene expression in the pulmonary trunk region of the OFT. e, Ventral view of an E15.5 heart, X-gal stained cells are concentrated at the base of the pulmonary trunk, shown in a cranial view in e. f, Coimmunohistochemistry with antibodies to smooth muscle actin (SMA) (red) and -galactosidase ( -gal) (green) on a transverse section at the base of the great arteries at E Galactosidase positive cells are not present in the smooth muscle wall of the pulmonary trunk (pt) or aorta (ao) but are in the adjacent myocardium (m). la indicates left atrium; oft, outflow tract; ra, right atrium; rv, right ventricle. (Figure 1f). Labeling continues to be detectable, although weaker, at E18.5 (data not shown). -Galactosidase positive cells are not detected in the valves or septum (data not shown). These observations suggest that the transgenic line provides a marker of myocardium at the base of the pulmonary trunk, which can be followed during development of the OFT region. Rotation of OFT Myocardium The expression profile of the transgene between E9.5 and E12.5 in OFT myocardium shows a counterclockwise rotation during formation of the great arteries. -Galactosidase activity, is initially stronger in the right-hand side of the dorsal OFT wall, as seen in whole mount (Figure 2a) and sections (Figure 2e). Subsequently, -galactosidase Figure 2. Expression of the transgene during remodeling of the OFT. a through d, Ventral views of X-gal stained hearts at stage E9.5 (a), E10.5 (b), E11.5 (c), and E12.5 (d). a through d, Schematic representation of the -galactosidase activity seen in a through d. e through h, Transverse sections of the embryos shown in a through d, sectioned at the level of the OFT indicated by red dotted lines. Arrowheads indicate the changing position of X-gal staining in the myocardial wall of the OFT as development proceeds. i through l, In situ hybridization with an nlacz probe showing transcript accumulation in transgenic hearts at E9.5 (i) and E10.5 (j). Transcripts are concentrated dorsally at E10.5 (cranial views in inset [i and j ]). Arrowheads indicate sites where transcripts are highest. At E11.5 (k) and E12.5 (l) nlacz transcripts are not detectable in the outflow region but are observed elsewhere in the embryo at sites of skeletal myogenesis (data not shown). ao indicates aorta; la, left atrium; lv, left ventricle; oft, outflow tract; pt, pulmonary trunk; ra, right atrium; rv, right ventricle.
4 424 Circulation Research February 17, 2006 Figure 3. Di-I labeling of OFT myocardium. a and b, Di-I labeling through the yolk sac, amnion, and pericardial wall. a, Left lateral view of an embryo at E9.5 immediately after injection of Di-I where the black arrowhead indicates the site of injection. b, Right lateral view of the same embryo after 24 hours of culture, showing labeled cells in the right wall of the OFT. c and d, Di-I labeling after dissecting a window through the yolk sac, opening the amnion and pericardium. c, Superior view of a heart at E9.5 immediately after injection of Di-I in the left hand side of the OFT (black arrowhead). d, Superior view after 24 hours of culture, showing labeled cells in the ventral left wall of the OFT (red arrowhead shows site of injection on the left side of the OFT). ba indicates branchial arches; hd, head; la, left atrium; lv, left ventricle; oft, outflow tract; ra, right atrium; rv, right ventricle. positive cells are located dorsally (Figure 2b and 2f) and then in the left-hand and ventral part of the tubular OFT (Figure 2c and 2g), before becoming largely confined to the base of the pulmonary trunk (Figure 2d and 2h), as this separates from the aorta during individualization of the great arteries from the OFT. The expression pattern of the transgene is presented schematically in Figure 2a through 2d. These observations suggest that the myocardial wall of the OFT rotates during great artery development and that the transgene marks the myocardial component which will contribute to the base of the pulmonary trunk throughout this process. To show that this result does not reflect de novo transgene expression, we analyzed nlacz transcripts by in situ hybridization between E9.5 and E12.5 (Figure 2i through 2l). nlacz transcripts are observed at E9.5 and E10.5 (Figure 2i and 2j) but are not detectable subsequently (Figure 2k and 2l), whereas -galactosidase activity is still present (Figure 2c, 2d, 2g, and 2h), reflecting the stability of the -galactosidase protein compared with that of its mrna. The changing position of X-gal labeled cells during great artery formation therefore provides a chase, marking the cells that previously transcribed the transgene. A direct demonstration of OFT rotation comes from Di-I labeling experiments where dye was injected into myocardial cells on the left-hand side of the OFT at E9.5 either through the yolk sac (Figure 3a) or after exteriorization (Figure 3c) (see Materials and Methods). After 24 hours of embryo culture, labeled cells are observed more ventrally, showing that these cells have now changed position (Figure 3b and 3d). This result was observed on 11 of 35 live labeled embryos. Protein and transcript expression from the OFT Defects in Splotch and in Pitx2 c Mutant Hearts Malposition of the Great Arteries DORV TGA TGA and PS PTA Splotch No. of hearts % 58% 42% Pitx2 c No. of hearts % 28% 65% 7% PS indicates pulmonary stenosis. transgene, together with Di-I labeling experiments, are all consistent with a counterclockwise rotation of the OFT. Defects in OFT Rotation in Splotch Embryos To gain insight into the role of myocardial rotation in OFT remodeling, we examined the expression of the transgene in mouse mutants in which this process is defective. Splotch embryos develop defects in the OFT, including PTA and DORV (Table and Figure 4). These conotruncal defects result from failure of the cardiac neural crest to colonize the developing heart in the absence of Pax3. 14,16 In Splotch mutant hearts with PTA at E14.5, the transgene is expressed in the left-hand part of the myocardium at the base of the single outflow vessel (Figure 4b and 4b ), whereas normally at this stage -galactosidase activity is concentrated in a ventral location at the base of the pulmonary trunk (Figure 4a and a ). In Splotch mutant hearts with DORV at E15.5, a rotation defect is again observed with -galactosidase positive cells present in the left-hand side of the outflow region, instead of ventrally (Figure 4d compared with 4c). At E11.5, during OFT septation, the transgene is normally expressed on the left side of the OFT (Figure 4e), whereas in the Splotch mutant, -galactosidase activity is observed dorsally (Figure 4f, arrowhead), as in wild-type hearts at E10.5 (see Figure 2f). These observations suggest that rotation of the myocardial wall of the OFT is affected at early stages in hearts, giving rise to DORV or PTA and is therefore associated with abnormal positioning of the great arteries and failure of OFT septation. Defects of OFT Rotation in Pitx2 c Embryos All Pitx2 c mutants have OFT anomalies with a majority characterized by abnormal positioning of the great arteries (93%), such as TGA or DORV, whereas 7% present PTA (Table). At E12.5, the aorta is normally positioned dorsally to the pulmonary trunk (Figure 5a), whereas in Pitx2 c mutants with DORV, the aorta is positioned ventrally (Figure 5b). As in the case of Splotch mutants with PTA, we observed expression in the left-hand side of the OFT in Pitx2 c mutant hearts with the same defect (Figure 5c and 5d), reinforcing the notion that PTA is associated with a rotation defect. Among the types of malposition of the great arteries observed in Pitx2 c mutants, 70% of embryos have TGA (Table and Figure 6b). Lateral views show that in these cases, the pulmonary trunk is positioned dorsally to the aorta instead
5 Bajolle et al Rotation of the Outflow Tract Myocardium 425 Figure 4. Analysis of the expression profile in Splotch mutant hearts. a and b, Ventral views of X-gal stained hearts at E14.5. a, In wild-type embryos, -galactosidase activity is normally detected in OFT myocardium at the base of the pulmonary trunk (pt). a, Inset that shows a cranial view, with an arrowhead marking the labeled cells. b, In a Splotch (Sp) mutant heart with PTA, -galactosidase positive cells are located in the left-hand part of the common OFT. b, Inset that shows a cranial view, with an arrowhead pointing to labeled cells. c and d, Ventral views of X-gal stained hearts from the line at E15.5. c, On a wild-type background, -galactosidase activity is detected ventrally at the base of the pulmonary trunk (arrowhead). d, In a Splotch mutant heart with DORV, the pulmonary trunk is positioned abnormally, side by side with the aorta, and -galactosidase positive cells are now detected in the left side of the outflow region (arrowhead). Lines outline the vessel walls. e and f, Transverse sections of X-gal stained hearts at E11.5. e, In a normal heart, -galactosidase activity is detected in the left part of the OFT (arrowhead). f, In a Splotch mutant heart, labeled cells are observed in the dorsal or inferior wall of the OFT (arrowhead). oft indicates OFT; la, left atrium; ra, right atrium. of spiraling around it (Figure 6a and 6b). The pulmonary trunk normally emerges from the right ventricle (Figure 6c), whereas in Pitx2 c mutant embryos with TGA, the pulmonary trunk is connected to the left ventricle (Figure 6d). This is referred to as ventriculo-arterial discordance. At E15.5, transgene expression is normally detected at the base of the pulmonary trunk, which lies ventral to the aorta (Figure 6e and 6e ). In contrast, in TGA hearts, transgene expression is maintained in myocardium at the base of the pulmonary trunk, now positioned dorso-laterally (Figure 6f and 6f ), also indicative of a rotation defect. Figure 5. Analysis of OFT myocardium in Pitx2 c mutant hearts with DORV and PTA. a and b, Ventral views of X-gal stained hearts at E12.5. a, -Galactosidase activity is detected at the base of the pulmonary trunk (pt) of a wild-type heart. b, In a Pitx2 c heart with DORV, the great arteries are positioned abnormally. The aorta (ao) is ventral (asterisk) and -galactosidase positive cells are now detected in the left side of the outflow region. c and d, Transverse sections of X-gal stained hearts at E15.5. c, On a wild-type background, the great arteries are separated by the aortico-pulmonary septum (asterisk) and the pulmonary trunk is positioned ventrally. X-Gal positive cells are located at the base of the pulmonary trunk (arrowhead). d, In a Pitx2 c mutant with PTA, the OFT is unseptated. X-Gal staining is detected in the left part of this single vessel (arrowhead). ao indicates aorta; ism, intercostal skeletal muscles; lv, left ventricle. Discussion Analysis of the expression profile of reporter protein compared with transcript from the y96-myf5-nlacz-16 (96-16) transgene, specifically expressed in myocardium at the base of the pulmonary trunk, suggested that the OFT rotates during development of the great arteries. Rotation of the myocardial wall of the OFT was demonstrated by Di-I injection experiments in cultured mouse embryos. Observations of transgene expression in Splotch mice with PTA or DORV reveal an arrest of OFT rotation associated with a septation defect. This is also observed in Pitx2 c mutant hearts which have similar malformations. In addition, we show that Pitx2 c mutants displaying TGA have a failure of OFT rotation. Thus, the expression profile of the transgene in Splotch and Pitx2 c mutants demonstrates that rotation of the myocardial wall of the OFT is disturbed in conotruncal defects such as PTA, DORV, and TGA, suggesting a crucial role for myocardial rotation in positioning of the great arteries. At early stages of OFT development, expression of the transgene colocalizes with myocardial markers, and -galactosidase continues to be present at the base of the
6 426 Circulation Research February 17, 2006 Figure 6. Analysis of OFT myocardium in Pitx2 c mutant hearts with TGA. a and b, Scanning electron microscopy of a caste of the great arteries. a, Lateral view of a normal OFT with the aorta (ao) crossing under the pulmonary trunk (pt). b, Lateral view of arteries from a Pitx2 c mutant with TGA showing that the vessels are parallel. c and d, Frontal sections of X-gal stained hearts from the line at E17.5. c, The great arteries have a normal position. X-Gal staining is seen at the base of the pulmonary trunk, ventral to the aorta with the pulmonary trunk connected to the right ventricle. d, The pulmonary trunk emerges from the left ventricle (ventriculo-arterial discordance). X-Gal staining is seen in myocardium at the base of the pulmonary trunk. e and f, Ventral views of X-gal stained hearts at E15.5. e, In a wild-type heart, labeled cells are detected at the base of the pulmonary trunk. e, Cranial view, showing -galactosidase activity predominantly in the ventral wall. f, In a Pitx2 c mutant heart with TGA, the pulmonary trunk, situated dorsally to the aorta, has labeled cells at its base. f, Cranial view, showing -galactosidase activity in pulmonary trunk myocardium, located dorsally and to the left. la indicates left atrium; lpa, left pulmonary artery; lv, left ventricle; ra, right atrium; rpa, right pulmonary artery; rv, right ventricle. pulmonary trunk at late fetal stages, after nlacz transcripts have ceased to be detectable. No -galactosidase positive cells are detected in the smooth muscle of the pulmonary trunk. This, together with the sharp boundary of transgene expression at the base of this vessel, is consistent with a retraction of the myocardium 23 as the smooth muscle tunic develops. 8 Further support for rotation of OFT myocardium in the mouse comes from a clonal analysis, 29 which showed oriented cell growth of myocardial cells in different compartments of the heart. A spiraling orientation of clones was observed in the OFT at E10.5, compatible with rotation of the myocardium. 30 Labeling of cells in the right-hand side of the pharyngeal mesoderm, which will contribute to OFT myocardium, in the chick embryo resulted in labeled cells on the left side of the OFT, again consistent with rotation. 8 Earlier studies on human embryos, based on measurement of distances and angles between major anatomical landmarks, had shown that the junction of the OFT and great arteries undergoes a rotational movement between Carnegie stages 15 and Moreover, measurements on embryos with conotruncal defects suggested that this rotation is prematurely arrested at different developmental stages according to the type of malformation. 25,26 Our study provides the first direct evidence for such counterclockwise rotation of the OFT in mammalian embryos. The rotation of OFT myocardium in the mouse embryo, as visualized with the transgene, begins at E9.5, equivalent to Carnegie stage 11, whereas rotation has been documented from Carnegie stage 15 in humans. This may reflect the sensitivity of transgene detection compared with physical measurements. Most of the myocardium has been added to the mouse OFT by E9.5, suggesting that the OFT first elongates and then rotates. Rotation of the myocardial wall of the OFT is integrated into the remodeling process of the outflow region, which is intimately linked to the influx of neural crest. Splotch mutant mice develop OFT defects, including PTA and DORV, 15,31 as a result of reduced colonization of the OFT by cardiac neural crest cells. 14,16 Our study demonstrates that rotation of the OFT myocardial wall is prematurely arrested in Splotch embryos. This precedes OFT septation, a process dependent on neural crest cells that guide the organization of the endocardial cushions. 11 Because we have never detected Pax3 expression in OFT myocardium, including in Pax3 nlacz/ mice in which the heart is -galactosidase negative, 32 the reduction of cardiac neural crest in Splotch mutant embryos may indirectly influence the process of OFT rotation. Moreover, rotation is observed from E9.5, when neural crest cells first invade this region. 14,33 The rotation defect supports the conclusion that OFT development requires extensive crosstalk between neural crest and myocardial cells. 17,34 However, this is not the only factor that leads to defective OFT rotation associated with PTA, because it is also seen in the 7% of hearts with this malformation in Pitx2 c mutants where cardiac neural crest migration appears to occur normally. 20 These findings show that abnormal septation, secondary to a neural crest cell defect, 9 is not the only cause of PTA, which we show is associated with a rotation defect. Ablation of cardiac neural crest in the chick embryo induces a large spectrum of malformations affecting the OFT region but not TGA. 13 This malformation probably has multiple causes, as evidenced by the Perlecan mouse, which has an extracellular matrix defect, 35 or by retinoic acid treatments, which induce endocardial cushion defects. 36 As seen here for Pitx2 c, mutations in genes that affect left right asymmetry, such as cryptic or type IIB activin receptor can also lead to TGA. 19,37,38 Our observations on Pitx2 c mutant embryos suggest that this malformation can be induced by a laterality defect affecting rotation of the myocardial wall of the OFT. This may result from an earlier effect on OFT myocardial precursors in the anterior heart field, 3 where cells express Pitx2c and are perturbed in its absence. 20 Left right signaling may also exert its effect via the myocardium itself, because misexpression of Pitx2 in the embryonic heart
7 Bajolle et al Rotation of the Outflow Tract Myocardium 427 Figure 7. Rotation of the myocardial wall of the OFT is involved in normal positioning of the great arteries. Rotation is compromised in the absence of Pax3 (Splotch mutants), which affects neural crest migration and endocardial cushion development. It is also compromised in the absence of Pitx2, which mediates left right signaling. Failure of myocardial rotation results in an abnormal position of the great arteries. When the defect of rotation is associated with abnormal septation, this leads to PTA. ao indicates aorta; pt, pulmonary trunk; orange, myocardium; blue, transgene expression. correlates with abnormal OFT development. 39 Whatever the underlying cause, our results suggest that arrested rotation of OFT myocardium is related to TGA in the absence of Pitx2 c. The fact that this phenomenon is also associated with PTA and DORV probably reflects underlying complexity in the cell populations and stages affected in the Pitx2 c mutant, leading to a spectrum of abnormalities during OFT remodeling. Rotation of the myocardium at the base of the OFT is probably essential to achieve normal positioning of the great arteries with respect to each other at the ventriculo-arterial junction. Indeed, the spiraling movement of the aortico-pulmonary septum, which generates specific ventriculo-arterial connections, may result from the rotation of the myocardial wall of the OFT (Figure 7). Understanding the molecular and genetic regulation of OFT rotation, as visualized here for the first time in the mouse, should provide important new insights into congenital heart defects affecting ventricular septation and great artery development. Acknowledgments This work was supported by the Pasteur Institute, the CNRS, and by a grant from the ACI Integrative Biology Program of the French Research Ministry (to M.B.). F.B. received a fellowship from the Evian society and the Foundation Lefoulon-Delalande. R.K. is an INSERM research fellow and is supported by the INSERM Avenir Program and the Fondation de France. The laboratory of N.B. is supported by British Heart Foundation Program grant RG/ We are grateful to Sigolène Meilhac, Didier Montarras, and Frédéric Relaix for helpful discussions. We thank Emmanuel Pecnard, Catherine Bodin, and Didier Rocancourt for technical assistance. References 1. Hoffman JI, Kaplan S. The incidence of congenital heart disease. JAm Coll Cardiol. 2002;39: Samanek M. Congenital heart malformations: prevalence, severity, survival, and quality of life. Cardiol Young. 2000;10: Kelly RG, Brown NA, Buckingham ME. The arterial pole of the mouse heart forms from Fgf10-expressing cells in pharyngeal mesoderm. Dev Cell. 2001;1: Mjaatvedt CH, Nakaoka T, Moreno-Rodriguez R, Norris RA, Kern MJ, Eisenberg CA, Turner D, Markwald RR. The outflow tract of the heart is recruited from a novel heart-forming field. Dev Biol. 2001;238: Waldo KL, Kumiski DH, Wallis KT, Stadt HA, Hutson MR, Platt DH, Kirby ML. Conotruncal myocardium arises from a secondary heart field. Development. 2001;128: Zaffran S, Kelly RG, Meilhac SM, Buckingham ME, Brown NA. Right ventricular myocardium derives from the anterior heart field. Circ Res. 2004;95: Buckingham M, Meilhac SM, Zaffran S. Building the mammalian heart from two sources of myocardial cells. Nat Rev Genet. 2005;6: Waldo KL, Hutson MR, Ward CC, Zdanowicz M, Stadt HA, Kumiski D, Abu-Issa R, Kirby ML. Secondary heart field contributes myocardium and smooth muscle to the arterial pole of the developing heart. Dev Biol. 2005;281: Ward C, Stadt H, Hutson M, Kirby ML. Ablation of the secondary heart field leads to tetralogy of Fallot and pulmonary atresia. Dev Biol. 2005; 284: Thompson RP, Fitzharris TP. Division of cardiac outflow. In: Ferrans V, Rosenkuist G, Weinstein C, eds. Cardiac Morphogenesis. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science Publishing and Co Inc; 1985: Markwald RR, Fitzharris TP, Manasek FJ. Structural development of endocardial cushions. Am J Anat. 1977;148: Van Mierop LH, Alley RD, Kausel HW, Stranahan A. The anatomy and embryology of endocardial cushion defects. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1962;43: Kirby ML, Gale TF, Stewart DE. Neural crest cells contribute to normal aorticopulmonary septation. Science. 1983;220: Epstein JA, Li J, Lang D, Chen F, Brown CB, Jin F, Lu MM, Thomas M, Liu E, Wessels A, Lo CW. Migration of cardiac neural crest cells in Splotch embryos. Development. 2000;127: Conway SJ, Henderson DJ, Kirby ML, Anderson RH, Copp AJ. Development of a lethal congenital heart defect in the splotch (Pax3) mutant mouse. Cardiovasc Res. 1997;36: Conway SJ, Henderson DJ, Copp AJ. Pax3 is required for cardiac neural crest migration in the mouse: evidence from the splotch (Sp2H) mutant. Development. 1997;124:
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