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Molecular and Cellular Biology, October 2005, p. 8960-8970, Vol. 25, No. 20
0270-7306/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/MCB.25.20.8960-8970.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Hey Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors Are Repressors of GATA4 and GATA6 and Restrict Expression of the GATA Target Gene ANF in Fetal Hearts

Andreas Fischer,1 Jürgen Klattig,1,{dagger} Burkhard Kneitz,1,{ddagger} Holger Diez,1 Manfred Maier,1 Bettina Holtmann,2 Christoph Englert,1,{dagger} and Manfred Gessler1*

Theodor Boveri Institute (Biocenter), Physiological Chemistry I, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany,1 Institut fuer Klinische Neurobiologie, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany2

Received 22 March 2005/ Returned for modification 24 April 2005/ Accepted 21 July 2005

The Hey basic helix-loop-helix transcription factors are downstream effectors of Notch signaling in the cardiovascular system. Mice lacking Hey2 develop cardiac hypertrophy, often associated with congenital heart defects, whereas combined Hey1/Hey2 deficiency leads to severe vascular defects and embryonic lethality around embryonic day E9.5. The molecular basis of these disorders is poorly understood, however, since target genes of Hey transcription factors in the affected tissues remain elusive. To identify genes regulated by Hey factors we have generated a conditional Hey1 knockout mouse. This strain was used to generate paired Hey2- and Hey1/2-deficient embryonic stem cell lines. Comparison of these cell lines by microarray analysis identified GATA4 and GATA6 as differentially expressed genes. Loss of Hey1/2 leads to elevated GATA4/6 and ANF mRNA levels in embryoid bodies, while forced expression of Hey factors strongly represses expression of the GATA4 and GATA6 promoter in various cell lines. In addition, the promoter activity of the GATA4/6 target gene ANF was inhibited by Hey1, Hey2, and HeyL. Protein interaction and mutation analyses suggest that repression is due to direct binding of Hey proteins to GATA4 and GATA6, blocking their transcriptional activity. In Hey2-deficient fetal hearts we observed elevated mRNA levels of ANF and CARP. Expression of ANF and Hey2 is normally restricted to the trabecular and compact myocardial layer, respectively. Intriguingly, loss of Hey2 leads to ectopic ANF expression in the compact layer, suggesting a direct role for Hey2 in limiting ANF expression in this cardiac compartment.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Theodor-Boveri-Institute, Physiological Chemistry I, Biocenter, University of Wuerzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Wuerzburg, Germany. Phone: 49 931 8884159. Fax: 49 931 8884150. E-mail: gessler{at}biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de.

{dagger} Present address: Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, Jena, Germany.

{ddagger} Present address: Urologische Klinik, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany.

Molecular and Cellular Biology, October 2005, p. 8960-8970, Vol. 25, No. 20
0022-538X/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/MCB.25.20.8960-8970.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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