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Complete transposition of the great arteries (TGA) is inducible by treatment with all-trans retinoic acid in the ICR mouse. In this model, hypoplasia and dysplasia of the proximal outflow tract cushion tissue lead to non-spiral septation. In order to evaluate the effect of retinoic acid on the extracellular matrix of the cardiac outflow tract, we examined the distribution of collagen type I and hyaluronic acid, immunohistochemically, on days 8–9 of gestation. In controls, collagen type I fibrils ran mainly in a radial direction, extending towards the endocardium in the cardiac jelly of the proximal outflow tract. Also, a pair of longitudinal fiber bundles were formed stretching to the distal outflow tract. As for hyaluronic acid, intense staining was observed in the submyocardial and intermyocardial space of the outer curvature of the heart. On the other hand, in retinoic acid-treated embryos, the submyocardial radial fibrils or longitudinal fiber bundles of collagen type I were diminished, and irregular and dense deposits of collagen type I were observed along the endocardium. Furthermore, hyaluronic acid showed a loss of differential localization between the outer and inner curvature. Instead, irregular and intense staining was observed uniformly along the outflow myocardium. Thus, retinoic acid appeared to have perturbed the differentiation in the proximal outflow tract causing an altered organization of multiple extracellular matrix molecules, including collagen type I and hyaluronic acid, which led to an abnormal molecular network of the cardiac jelly in the cardiac outflow tract, abnormal septation and, further, to TGA or TGA-type anomalies.
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Yasui, H., Nakazawa, M., Morishima, M. et al. Altered distribution of collagen type I and hyaluronic acid in the cardiac outflow tract of mouse embryos destined to develop transposition of the great arteries. Heart Vessels 12, 171–178 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02767045
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