mortality/aging
• homozygotes die by E11.5
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cardiovascular system
• at E10.5, homozygotes display reduced complexity of the vascular architecture and increased vessel size
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• at E10.5, the mutant anterior carotid arteries appear relatively simple and dilated, with infrequent smaller branches
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• at E9.5, endothelial cells forming the endocardium in the mutant heart appear thinner and more elongated
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• by E10.5, homozygotes display defective angiogenic remodeling (dilatation and reduced complexity of primary head vessels) associated with abnormal cell-cell contacts
• TEM revealed weak cell-to-cell contacts between the abluminal endothelial cell surfaces and surrounding support cells, and also between VSMCs and their neighbors
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• at E9.5, mutant yolk sacs display disrupted vasculature with large and uniformly sized lumens and disorganized mesodermal angioblast-derived blood islands
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• at E10.5, homozygotes show impaired association of mutant periendothelial VSMCs with the endothelium
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• at E10.5, homozygotes scattered and frequently reduced VSMCs throughout the entire vascular system
• a relative absence of VSMC-coating branches is noted in the head (anterior carotid arteries)
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• at E10.5, the mutant primary head veins are dilated
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• by E11.5, mutant hearts and cardiac outflow tracts are congested with blood
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• by E10.5, homozygotes display severely reduced trabeculation in the ventricle
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• by E10.5, homozygotes exhibit a thin myocardium associated with reduced trabeculation
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• by E10.5, homozygotes display poorly developed (hypoplastic) endocardial cushions
• reduced cell contacts are noted between mesenchymal cells in the endocardial cushions and the cardiac myocytes of the heart wall
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• at E10, homozygotes show an abnormally shaped left ventricle
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• at E10, homozygotes display a thin-walled left ventricle
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• by E10.5, mutant embryos frequently display an enlarged pericardium but are equivalent in size to wild-type embryos
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• by E10.5, homozygotes show poor heart contractility
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embryo
• at E9.5, mutant yolk sacs display disrupted vasculature with large and uniformly sized lumens and disorganized mesodermal angioblast-derived blood islands
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pale yolk sac
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• by E11.5, all homozygotes appear necrotic with pale yolk sacs
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muscle
• at E10.5, homozygotes show impaired association of mutant periendothelial VSMCs with the endothelium
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• at E10.5, homozygotes scattered and frequently reduced VSMCs throughout the entire vascular system
• a relative absence of VSMC-coating branches is noted in the head (anterior carotid arteries)
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• by E10.5, homozygotes display severely reduced trabeculation in the ventricle
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• by E10.5, homozygotes exhibit a thin myocardium associated with reduced trabeculation
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• by E10.5, homozygotes show poor heart contractility
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cellular
• mutant MEFs plated on fibronectin show an aberrant rounded morphology, including an increased number of small focal complexes and a disorganized, depolarized actin cytoskeleton
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• mutant MEFs plated on fibronectin show a disorganized, depolarized actin cytoskeleton
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• mutant MEFs and embryos show impaired sensitivity to growth factors
• MAPK activation is specifically impaired in regions of mutant embryos that undergo angiogenic remodeling
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• at E10.0, homozygotes show impaired adhesive contact of the endothelium with adjacent ECM components and support cells
• reduced cellular adhesion is also noted in the outflow tract and yolk sac
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