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dc.contributor.authorGhaskadbi, S.
dc.contributor.authorPatwardhan, V.
dc.contributor.authorChakraborthy, M.
dc.contributor.authorAgrawal, S.
dc.contributor.authorVerma, M.K.
dc.contributor.authorChatterji, A.
dc.contributor.authorLenka, N.
dc.contributor.authorParab, P.B.
dc.date.accessioned2008-11-20T07:05:26Z
dc.date.available2008-11-20T07:05:26Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.identifier.citationCellular and Molecular Life Sciences, vol.65; 3312-3324p.
dc.identifier.urihttp://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/1480
dc.description.abstractCardiac myocytes are the first cells to differentiate during the development of a vertebrate embryo. A wide variety of molecules take part in various steps in this process. While exploring biologically active molecules from marine sources, it is found that a constituent of perivitelline fluid from embryos of the Indian horseshoe crab can enhance growth and differentiation of chick embryonic heart. The factor has been purified and identified the cardiac promoting molecule to be a novel lectin. It is shown that this molecule influences cardiac development by increasing the number of cells constituting the heart and by modulating the expression of several cardiac development regulatory genes in chick embryos. Using mouse embryonic stem cells it is shown that the cardiac myocyte-enhancing capacity of this molecule extends to mammals and its effects can be blocked using methylated sugars. This molecule may prove to be an important tool in the study of cardiomyocyte differentiation.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherBirkhäuser Basel
dc.rightsCopyright [2008]. All efforts have been made to respect the copyright to the best of our knowledge. Inadvertent omissions, if brought to our notice, stand for correction and withdrawal of document from this repository.
dc.subjectembryonic development
dc.subjectlectins
dc.subjectmolecules
dc.titleEnhancement of vertebrate cardiogenesis by a lectin from perivitelline fluid of horseshoe crab embryo
dc.typeJournal Article


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