Heartformationiscuedbyacombinationofpositiveandnegativesignalsfromsurroundingtissues.InhibitorysignalsthatblockheartformationinanteriorparaxialmesodermincludeWntfamilymembersexpressedindorsalneuraltubeandanti-BMPsexpressedintheaxialtissues(i.e.,noggininthenotochord).Wntsignallingpathway,whichisessentialforsettinguptheentirebodypatternduringembryonicdevelopmentinvolvesglycogensynthasekinase-3(GSK3).IntheabsenceofWntsignaling,GSK3isactiveandphosphorylatesb-cateninresultinginitsdegradationbyubiquitin-mediatedproteolysis.ActivationofWntsignalinginhibitsGSK3,therebypreventingphosphorylationofb-catenin,whichisthenabletomovetothenucleus.ThereitassociateswithmembersoftheLEF-1/TCFfamilyoftranscriptionfactors,whichactivatethetranscriptionofgeneslikecyclin-D1,myc,andMMPs.TheWntsignalingpathwayisblockedbyafamilyofsecretedproteinssuchascrescentandDkk-1sufficientforinductionofheartformationinposteriormesoderm.BMPsignalingcanalsobeblockedbytheBMPantagoNISTsnogginandchordin,whicharesecretedfromthenotochordandcooperatewithWntstopreventcardiogenesis.ReceptorsforBMPs,membersofthetransforminggrowthfactor-beta(TGFb)superfamily,arepersistentlyexpressedduringcardiacdevelopment,yetmicelackingtypeIIortypeIABMPreceptorsdieatgastrulationandcannotbeusedtoassesspotentiallaterrolesincreationoftheheart.Activinreceptor-likekinase3(ALK3)isspecificallyrequiredatmid-gestationfornormaldevelopmentofthetrabeculae,compactmyocardium,interventricularseptum,andendocardialcushion.CardiacmusclelackingALK3isspecificallydeficientinexpressingTGFb2,anestablishedparacrinemediatorofcushionmorphogenesis.Inhumans,congenitalheartdefectsoccurwithaprevalenceofatleast1%innewborns,andareevenmorecommonindeathbeforeterm.Mostfrequentaredefectsinseptationandthecardiacvalves,andfewsinglegeneetiologiesareknown.TheinvariabledefectsinmyocardiumandAVcushionresultingfromcongenitaldeletionofALK3providestrongsupportforitsassessmentasacandidategeneinhumancongenitalheartdisease.

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