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  • Genetics
  • Molecular Biology

Background:

  • The Nodal-Lefty-Pitx2 cascade is essential for establishing left-right body axis.
  • Mutations in PITX2 or FOXC1 cause Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome (ARS), a multi-system disorder.
  • Cardiac defects are a known ARS phenotype, suggesting a link to left-right patterning disruption.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the role of FOXC1 in organ laterality and situs determination in zebrafish.
  • To explore the contribution of FOXC1 to congenital heart defects in ARS.

Main Methods:

  • CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing to generate foxc1a and foxc1b mutants in zebrafish.
  • Analysis of cardiac looping and visceral organ situs in foxc1 mutants.
  • Assessment of Nodal-Lefty-Pitx2 pathway gene expression in foxc1 mutants.

Main Results:

  • Zebrafish foxc1a and foxc1b mutants displayed abnormal cardiac looping and increased cardiac situs defects.
  • Liver and pancreas isomerism, indicative of gut situs abnormalities, were observed in foxc1 double homozygotes.
  • FOXC1 overexpression perturbed the placement of asymmetric visceral organs.
  • foxc1 mutation reduced or abolished lefty2 expression in the lateral plate mesoderm.

Conclusions:

  • FOXC1 plays a novel and dosage-sensitive role in left-right patterning.
  • Disruption of FOXC1 contributes to congenital heart defects in ARS by affecting organ laterality.
  • These findings provide a mechanistic link between FOXC1 mutations and cardiac anomalies in Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome.