TitleRudhira/BCAS3 is essential for mouse development and cardiovascular patterning.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2018
AuthorsShetty R, Joshi D, Jain M, Vasudevan M, Paul JChrysolite, Bhat G, Banerjee P, Abe T, Kiyonari H, VijayRaghavan K, Inamdar MS
JournalSci Rep
Volume8
Issue1
Pagination5632
Date Published2018 Apr 04
ISSN2045-2322
Abstract

Rudhira/Breast Carcinoma Amplified Sequence 3 (BCAS3) is a cytoskeletal protein that promotes directional cell migration and angiogenesis in vitro and is implicated in human carcinomas and coronary artery disease. To study the role of Rudhira during development in vivo, we generated the first knockout mouse for rudhira and show that Rudhira is essential for mouse development. Rudhira null embryos die at embryonic day (E) 9.5 accompanied by severe vascular patterning defects in embryonic and extra-embryonic tissues. To identify the molecular processes downstream of rudhira, we analyzed the transcriptome of intact knockout yolk sacs. Genome-wide transcriptome analysis showed that Rudhira functions in angiogenesis and its related processes such as cell adhesion, extracellular matrix organization, peptidase activity and TGFβ signaling. Since Rudhira is also expressed in endothelial cells (ECs), we further generated Tie2Cre-mediated endothelial knockout (CKO) of rudhira. CKO embryos survive to E11.5 and similar to the global knockout, display gross vascular patterning defects, showing that endothelial Rudhira is vital for development. Further, Rudhira knockdown ECs in culture fail to sprout in a spheroid-sprouting assay, strongly supporting its role in vascular patterning. Our study identifies an essential role for Rudhira in blood vessel remodeling and provides a mouse model for cardiovascular development.

DOI10.1038/s41598-018-24014-w
Alternate JournalSci Rep
PubMed ID29618843