Abstract
During heart development at the pregastrula stage, prospective heart cells reside in the posterior lateral region of the epiblast layer. Interaction of tissues between the posterior epiblast and hypoblast is necessary to generate the future heart mesoderm. Signaling regulating the interaction involves fibroblast growth factor (FGF)-8, Nodal, bone morphogenetic protein (BMP)-antagonist, and canonical Wnt and acts on the posterior epiblast to induce the expression of genes specific for the anterior lateral mesoderm. At the early gastrula stage, prospective heart cells accumulate at the posterior midline and migrate to the anterior region of the primitive streak. During gastrulation, future heart cells leave the primitive streak and migrate anterolaterally to form the left and right anterior lateral plate mesoderm including the precardiac mesoderm. At this stage, prospective heart cells receive endoderm-derived signals, including BMP, FGF, and Wnt-antagonist, and thereby become committed to the heart lineage. At the neurula stage, the left and right precardiac mesoderm move to the ventral midline and fuse, resulting in the formation of a single primitive heart tube. Therefore, a two-step signaling cascade, which includes tissue interaction between epiblast and hypoblast at the blastula stage and endoderm-derived signals during gastrulation, is required to generate a beating heart.
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