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Gene x Environment Interactions and Congenital Heart Defects – Illuminating the Mechanisms

基因 x 环境相互作用和先天性心脏缺陷 — 阐明机制

基本信息

批准号：
10750131
负责人：
Irene E Zohn
金额：
$ 60万
依托单位：
CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2023
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2023-07-21 至 2028-04-30
项目状态：
未结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10750131
关键词：
Affect Alleles Animals Arteries Back Binding Proteins Branchial arch structure Cardiac Cells Complex Congenital Abnormality Congenital Heart Defects DNA Sequence Alteration Data Defect Development Developmental Process Diet Disease Disease model Embryo Embryonic Development Environment Environmental Risk Factor Etiology Experimental Designs Gene Dosage Gene Expression Genes Genetic Genetic Diseases Heart Heterozygote Human In Situ In Situ Hybridization Intake Laboratories Link Live Birth Micronutrients Modeling Mothers Mus Mutagenesis Mutant Strains Mice Mutation Patients Phenotype Positioning Attribute Prevalence Prevention strategy Proteins Publishing Retinoic Acid Receptor Risk Reduction Series Signal Transduction Stem Cell Development Structural Congenital Anomalies Testing Time Tretinoin Vitamin A Vitamin A Deficiency Work aortic arch cardiogenesis experimental study feeding gene environment interaction genetic variant human model in vivo malformation mother nutrition mouse model mutant mutant mouse model novel personalized strategies premature prevent progenitor receptor binding stem cells ubiquitin ligase

项目摘要

PROJECT SUMMARY The causes of most non-syndromic structural birth defects remain unknown due to their complex causes where genetic and environmental factors (GxE) interact to cause disease. Understanding how GxE converges to alter embryonic development is critical for devising preventive strategies to reduce risks. Recent work by the Zohn laboratory established a new mouse model to study the mechanisms underlying GxE interactions and congenital heart defects (CHDs). Extensive preliminary studies with this mouse model led us to formulate our central hypotheses: GxE converges to alter gene expression in cardiac progenitor cells to alter cell fate, and different genetic variants in critical genes can have divergent effects on GxE interactions. We propose two Specific Aims that use our GxE mouse models to illuminate how GxE interacts to cause CHDs. Our experimental design involves altering the vitamin A content of the maternal diet (Environmental factor) in mice carrying a mutation in Hectd1 (Genetic factor), a novel ubiquitin ligase discovered in the Zohn laboratory. We show that while neither heterozygous mutation of Hectd1 nor mild vitamin A deficiency results in CHDs, the combination of the two causes CHDs. Mechanistically we demonstrate that Hectd1 is required for vitamin A/retinoic acid signaling, yet how HECTD1 regulates signaling remains unknown. The aims of this project are 1) to determine how GxE converges to cause CHDs in our model and 2) to elucidate how HECTD1 regulates retinoic acid signaling utilizing an allelic series of truncated HECTD1 mouse lines that model human CHD-associated mutations. Interestingly, our preliminary studies indicate that distinct mutations in HECTD1 disrupt retinoic acid signaling differently. Successful completion of these aims will: 1) provide a deeper mechanistic understanding of how GXE interacts to cause CHDs by elucidating which critical developmental processes are disrupted in our GxE model; 3) reveal how HECTD1 regulates RA signaling; and 4) link our animal studies to human disorders by modeling patient mutations in mouse models and determining how these mutations differentially interact with maternal vitamin A intake. These studies will reveal the mechanisms of how GxE interaction alters the development of the heart and pinpoint critical targets for preventing birth defects.

项目总结