Hideyuki Beppu

University of Toyama

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Kenneth D. Bloch

Harvard University

En Li

Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University

Paul B. Yu

North Sichuan Medical University

Kohei Miyazono

The University of Tokyo

Noriko Kawai

Tenri Hospital

Masahiro Kawabata

Tohoku University

Donna Y. Deng

Kaiser Permanente

Joseph Loscalzo

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Isao Kitajima

University of Toyama

Yingyi Zhang

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

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Inflammation, endothelial injury, and persistent pulmonary hypertension in heterozygous BMPR2-mutant mice

AJP Heart and Circulatory Physiology (2008)

Yanli Song Laura A. Coleman Jianru Shi Hideyuki Beppu Kazuki Sato

Heterozygous bone morphogenetic protein receptor-II-knockout (BMPR2(+/-)) mice have a similar genetic trait like that in some idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension patients. To examine the effect of pulmonary endothelial injury in BMPR2(+/-) mice, we challenged the mice with two injections of monocrotaline combined with intratracheal instillation of replication-deficient adenovirus expressing 5-lipoxygenase (MCT+Ad5LO). After the challenge (1 wk), BMPR2(+/-) mice exhibited a doubling of right ventricular systolic pressure that was greater than that of wild-type mice and remained elevated for 3 wk before heart failure developed. Muscularization and thickening of small pulmonary arterioles was evident in the BMPR2(+/-) lungs at 2 wk after the challenge and became severe at 3 wk. Marked perivascular infiltration of T cells, B cells, and macrophages was associated with the remodeled vessels. Real-time PCR analysis showed that the expression of six endothelial cell markers in lung tissue was decreased to 20-40% of original levels at 1 wk after the challenge in both BMPR2(+/-) and wild-type mice and largely recovered in wild-type (50-80%) but not BMPR2(+/-) lungs (30-50%) at 3 wk after the challenge. Macrophage inflammatory protein-1alpha and fractalkine receptor expression doubled in BMPR2(+/-) compared with wild-type lungs. Expression of type I and type II BMP receptors, but not transforming growth factor-beta receptors, in the challenged BMPR2(+/-) and wild-type lungs showed a similar pattern of expression as that of endothelial markers. Apoptotic responses at 1 wk after MCT and Ad5LO challenge were also significantly greater in the BMPR2(+/-) lungs than the wild-type lungs. These data show that BMPR2(+/-) mice are more sensitive to MCT+Ad5LO-induced pulmonary hypertension than wild-type mice. Greater endothelial injury and an enhanced inflammatory response could be the underlying causes of the sensitivity and may work in concert with BMPR2 heterozygosity to promote the development of persistent pulmonary hypertension.

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10.1152/ajpheart.91519.2007

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Basolateral BMP Signaling in Polarized Epithelial Cells

PLoS ONE (2013)

Masao Saitoh Takuya Shirakihara Akira Fukasawa Kana Horiguchi Kei Sakamoto

Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) regulate various biological processes, mostly mediated by cells of mesenchymal origin. However, the roles of BMPs in epithelial cells are poorly understood. Here, we demonstrate that, in polarized epithelial cells, BMP signals are transmitted from BMP receptor complexes exclusively localized at the basolateral surface of the cell membrane. In addition, basolateral stimulation with BMP increased expression of components of tight junctions and enhanced the transepithelial resistance (TER), counteracting reduction of TER by treatment with TGF-β or an anti-tumor drug. We conclude that BMPs maintain epithelial polarity via intracellular signaling from basolaterally localized BMP receptors.

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10.1371/journal.pone.0062659

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MEGF8 is a modifier of BMP signaling in trigeminal sensory neurons

eLife (2013)

Caitlin Engelhard Sarah Sarsfield Janna Merte Qiang Wang Peng Li

Bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signaling has emerged as an important regulator of sensory neuron development. Using a three-generation forward genetic screen in mice we have identified Megf8 as a novel modifier of BMP4 signaling in trigeminal ganglion (TG) neurons. Loss of Megf8 disrupts axon guidance in the peripheral nervous system and leads to defects in development of the limb, heart, and left-right patterning, defects that resemble those observed in Bmp4 loss-of-function mice. Bmp4 is expressed in a pattern that defines the permissive field for the peripheral projections of TG axons and mice lacking BMP signaling in sensory neurons exhibit TG axon defects that resemble those observed in Megf8 (-/-) embryos. Furthermore, TG axon growth is robustly inhibited by BMP4 and this inhibition is dependent on Megf8. Thus, our data suggest that Megf8 is involved in mediating BMP4 signaling and guidance of developing TG axons. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.01160.001.

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10.7554/elife.01160

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BMP type II receptor regulates positioning of outflow tract and remodeling of atrioventricular cushion during cardiogenesis

Developmental Biology (2009)

Hideyuki Beppu Rajeev Malhotra Yuko Beppu John J. Lepore Michael S. Parmacek

Atrioventricular cushions

10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.04.032

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Compound disruption of smad2 accelerates malignant progression of intestinal tumors in apc knockout mice.

PubMed (2002)

Toshiaki Hamamoto Hideyuki Beppu Hitoshi Okada Masahiro Kawabata Tadaichi Kitamura

Smad2 is a receptor-regulated Smad that is activated specifically by transforming growth factor beta and activin signaling. We disrupted the mouse Smad2 gene by gene targeting. Homozygous Smad2 mutant mice died around E8.5 with impaired visceral endoderm function and deficiency of mesoderm formation. Heterozygotes were fertile and had no apparent abnormality up to at least 1 1/2 year of age. To examine the role of Smad2 inactivation in the process of carcinogenesis, we prepared compound heterozygous mice, which carry both Apc and Smad2 mutations on the same chromosome in the cis-configuration. Compound inactivation of Smad2 in heterozygous Apc mutant mice did not change the total number of intestinal tumors but increased sudden death from intestinal obstruction caused by extremely large tumors. Furthermore, histological examination revealed that Apc/Smad2 cis-compound heterozygotes developed multiple invasive cancers that had never been observed in Apc single heterozygotes. These results indicate that loss of Smad2 does not initiate tumorigenesis by itself but accelerates malignant progression of tumors to invasive cancer in the late stages of carcinogenesis.

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cDNA Cloning and Genomic Organization of the Mouse BMP Type II Receptor

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications (1997)

Hideyuki Beppu Osamu Minowa Kohei Miyazono Masahiro Kawabata

10.1006/bbrc.1997.6816

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Bone Morphogenetic Proteins Signal Via SMAD and Mitogen-activated Protein (MAP) Kinase Pathways at Distinct Times during Osteoclastogenesis

Journal of Biological Chemistry (2013)

Aaron Broege Lan Pham Eric D. Jensen Ann Emery Tsang‐Hai Huang

To investigate the role of bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signaling in osteoclastogenesis in vivo, we eliminated BMPRII in osteoclasts by creating a BMPRIIfl/fl;lysM-Cre mouse strain. Conditional knock-out (cKO) mice are osteopetrotic when compared with WT controls due to a decrease in osteoclast activity. Bone marrow macrophages (BMMs) isolated from cKO mice are severely inhibited in their capacity to differentiate into mature osteoclasts in the presence of M-CSF and receptor activator of NF-κB (RANK) ligand. We also show that BMP noncanonical (MAPK) and canonical (SMAD) pathways are utilized at different stages of osteoclast differentiation. BMP2 induces p38 phosphorylation in pre-fusion osteoclasts and increases SMAD phosphorylation around osteoclast precursor fusion. Phosphorylation of MAPKs was decreased in differentiated BMMs from cKO animals. Treating BMMs with the SMAD inhibitor dorsomorphin confirms the requirement for the canonical pathway around the time of fusion. These results demonstrate the requirement for BMP signaling in osteoclasts for proper bone homeostasis and also explore the complex signaling mechanisms employed by BMP signaling during osteoclast differentiation. To investigate the role of bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signaling in osteoclastogenesis in vivo, we eliminated BMPRII in osteoclasts by creating a BMPRIIfl/fl;lysM-Cre mouse strain. Conditional knock-out (cKO) mice are osteopetrotic when compared with WT controls due to a decrease in osteoclast activity. Bone marrow macrophages (BMMs) isolated from cKO mice are severely inhibited in their capacity to differentiate into mature osteoclasts in the presence of M-CSF and receptor activator of NF-κB (RANK) ligand. We also show that BMP noncanonical (MAPK) and canonical (SMAD) pathways are utilized at different stages of osteoclast differentiation. BMP2 induces p38 phosphorylation in pre-fusion osteoclasts and increases SMAD phosphorylation around osteoclast precursor fusion. Phosphorylation of MAPKs was decreased in differentiated BMMs from cKO animals. Treating BMMs with the SMAD inhibitor dorsomorphin confirms the requirement for the canonical pathway around the time of fusion. These results demonstrate the requirement for BMP signaling in osteoclasts for proper bone homeostasis and also explore the complex signaling mechanisms employed by BMP signaling during osteoclast differentiation.

10.1074/jbc.m113.496950

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Antagonism between Smad1 and Smad2 signaling determines the site of distal visceral endoderm formation in the mouse embryo

The Journal of Cell Biology (2009)

Masamichi Yamamoto Hideyuki Beppu Katsuyoshi Takaoka Chikara Meno En Li

The anterior–posterior axis of the mouse embryo is established by formation of distal visceral endoderm (DVE) and its subsequent migration. The precise mechanism of DVE formation has remained unknown, however. Here we show that bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signaling plays dual roles in DVE formation. BMP signaling is required at an early stage for differentiation of the primitive endoderm into the embryonic visceral endoderm (VE), whereas it inhibits DVE formation, restricting it to the distal region, at a later stage. A Smad2-activating factor such as Activin also contributes to DVE formation by generating a region of VE positive for the Smad2 signal and negative for Smad1 signal. DVE is thus formed at the distal end of the embryo, the only region of VE negative for the Smad1 signal and positive for Smad2 signal. An inverse relation between the level of phosphorylated Smad1 and that of phosphorylated Smad2 in VE suggests an involvement of antagonism between Smad1- and Smad2-mediated signaling.

10.1083/jcb.200808044

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Constitutively Active ALK2 Receptor Mutants Require Type II Receptor Cooperation

Molecular and Cellular Biology (2013)

Jana Bagarova Ashley J. Vonner Kelli Armstrong Jan Börgermann Carol Lai

Constitutively activating mutations in receptor kinases recruit downstream effector pathways independently of upstream signaling, with consequences ranging from developmental syndromes to cancer. Classic fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) is a congenital syndrome resulting from highly conserved activating mutations of the glycine-serine-rich (GS) regulatory domain of ACVR1, encoding bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) type I receptor ALK2, which lead to inappropriate signaling and heterotopic ossification of soft tissues. It is unclear if constitutively active mutant ALK2 receptors (caALK2) can function independently of signaling complexes with type II receptors and ligands. We found that ablation of BmpRII and ActRIIa abrogated BMP ligand-mediated and caALK2-mediated signaling and transcription in cells and disrupted caALK2-induced heterotopic ossification in mice. Signaling via GS domain ALK2 mutants could be restored by the expression of either BMP type II receptor. The contribution of BMP type II receptors was independent of their ligand-binding or kinase function but was dependent upon an intact cytoplasmic domain. These data demonstrate that GS domain ALK2 mutants act independently of upstream signaling but may require a nonenzymatic scaffolding function provided by type II receptors to form functional, apparently ligand-independent signaling complexes. These findings define the minimal requirements for signaling of GS domain ALK2 mutants, with implications for the therapeutic targeting of their activity in disease.

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10.1128/mcb.01595-12

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Genetic Ablation of the Bmpr2 Gene in Pulmonary Endothelium Is Sufficient to Predispose to Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Circulation (2008)

Kwonho Hong Young Jae Lee Eunji Lee Sung Ok Park Chul Ju Han

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a rare but fatal lung disease of diverse origins. PAH is now further subclassified as idiopathic PAH, familial PAH, and associated PAH varieties. Heterozygous mutations in BMPR2 can be detected in 50% to 70% of patients with familial PAH and 10% to 40% of patients with idiopathic PAH. Although endothelial cells have been suspected as the cellular origin of PAH pathogenesis, no direct in vivo evidence has been clearly presented. The present study was designed to investigate whether endothelial Bmpr2 deletion can predispose to PAH.The Bmpr2 gene was deleted in pulmonary endothelial cells using Bmpr2 conditional knockout mice and a novel endothelial Cre transgenic mouse line. Wide ranges of right ventricular systolic pressure were observed in mice with heterozygous (21.7 to 44.1 mm Hg; median, 23.7 mm Hg) and homozygous (20.7 to 56.3 mm Hg; median, 27 mm Hg) conditional deletion of Bmpr2 in pulmonary endothelial cells compared with control mice (19.9 to 26.7 mm Hg; median, 23 mm Hg) at 2 to 7 months of age. A subset of mice with right ventricular systolic pressure >30 mm Hg exhibited right ventricular hypertrophy and an increase in the number and wall thickness of muscularized distal pulmonary arteries. In the lungs of these mice with high right ventricular systolic pressure, the expression of proteins involved in the pathogenesis of PAH such as serotonin transporter and tenascin-C was elevated in distal arteries and had a high incidence of perivascular leukocyte infiltration and in situ thrombosis.Conditional heterozygous or homozygous Bmpr2 deletion in pulmonary endothelial cells predisposes mice to develop PAH.

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Endothelial Dysfunction

10.1161/circulationaha.107.736801

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