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(Circulation Research. 2000;87:969.)
© 2000 American Heart Association, Inc.

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Epicardial Outgrowth Inhibition Leads to Compensatory Mesothelial Outflow Tract Collar and Abnormal Cardiac Septation and Coronary Formation

Adriana C. Gittenberger-de Groot, Mark-Paul F.M. Vrancken Peeters, Maarten Bergwerff, Monica M.T. Mentink, Robert E. Poelmann

From the Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Correspondence to Prof Dr A.C. Gittenberger-de Groot, Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Leiden University Medical Center, PO Box 9602, 2300 RC Leiden, the Netherlands. E-mail acgitten{at}lumc.nl

In the present study, we investigated the modulatory role of the epicardium in myocardial and coronary development. Epicardial cell tracing experiments have shown that epicardium-derived cells are the source of interstitial myocardial fibroblasts, cushion mesenchyme, and smooth muscle cells. Epicardial outgrowth inhibition studies show abnormalities of the compact myocardial layer, myocardialization of cushion tissue, looping, septation, and coronary vascular formation. Lack of epicardial spreading is partly compensated by mesothelial outgrowth over the conotruncal region. Heterospecific epicardial transplant is able to partially rescue the myocardial development, as well as septation and coronary formation.

Key Words: epicardium • coronary vasculature • myocardial differentiation • ablation • chimerization

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