Simulated Microgravity Impairs Cardiac Autonomic Neurogenesis from Neural Crest Cells
Simulated Microgravity Impairs Cardiac Autonomic Neurogenesis from Neural Crest Cells
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DOI:
10.1089/scd.2017.0265
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发表时间:
2018-03-20
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通讯作者:
Hare, Joshua M.
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作者:
Hatzistergos, Konstantinos E.;Jiang, Zhijie;Hare, Joshua M.
Microgravity-induced alterations in the autonomic nervous system (ANS) contribute to derangements in both the mechanical and electrophysiological function of the cardiovascular system, leading to severe symptoms in humans following space travel. Because the ANS forms embryonically from neural crest (NC) progenitors, we hypothesized that microgravity can impair NC-derived cardiac structures. Accordingly, we conducted in vitro simulated microgravity experiments employing NC genetic lineage tracing in mice with cKit(CreERT2/+), Isl1nLacZ, and Wnt1-Cre reporter alleles. Inducible fate mapping in adult mouse hearts and pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) demonstrated reduced cKit(CreERT2/+)-mediated labeling of both NC-derived cardiomyocytes and autonomic neurons (P