Heart Development (Brauer) Flashcards
Vasculogenesis
new blood vessel formation from the coalescence and assembly of endothelial cells into functional vessels during embryonic development of the cardiovascular system
Angiogenesis
new blood vessels take shape from existing blood vessels by “sprouting” of endothelial cells thus expanding the vascular tree
Intussusceptive angiogenesis
By intussusception a new blood vessel is created by splitting of an existing blood vessel in two. In this type of vessel formation, the capillary wall extends into the lumen to split a single vessel in two
Four phases of intussusceptive angiogenesis
First, the two opposing First, the two opposing capillary walls establish a zone of contact.
Second, the endothelial cell junctions are reorganized and the vessel bilayer is perforated to allow growth factors and cells to penetrate into the lumen.
Third, a core is formed between the two new vessels at the zone of contact that is filled with pericytes and myofibroblasts. These cells begin laying collagen fibers into the core to provide an extracellular matrix for growth of the vessel lumen.
Finally, the core is fleshed out with no alterations to the basic structure.
Hematopoeisis
starts in the yolk sac mesoderm at Day17 and finishes by Day 60
Hemangioblasts
Rise from undifferentiated mesoderm and from aggregates (blood islands), from which vasculature will form. They are multipotent precursor cells that can differentiate into both hematopoietic progenitor (form erythrocytes and macrophages) and endothelial precursor cells.
*cannot make lymphocytes
Definitive hematopoietic stems cells
Programmed from hemogenic endothelial cells, which found in the AGM (aortic gonadal mesonephric) dorsal aorta region. They appear around Day27, migrate to the liver around Day30, and completely disappear from the AGM region by Day40.
*capable of generating myeloid and lymphoid cell lineages.
vessels assembled “de novo”
Presumptive dorsal aortae and aortic arches, the internal carotid arteries, and the anterior and posterior cardinal veins are assembled from individual endothelial cells
Angiomas
Benign tumors that result from an overgrowth of capillaries via vasculogenesis. Capillary (capillaries) vs. Cavernous (venous sinuses) hemangiomas. Prevalence is 2.5% of neonates
Formation of early cardiogenic precursors
- Mesoderm cells travel through primitive streak to embryo’s head, form horseshoe-shaped area with two limbs (AKA primary heart field)
- Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) signals limbs’ cells to organize into two tubes
- Lateral mesoderm splits into somatic, splanchnic layers. Concurrently, primitive pericardial cavity forms lateral to each tube
- At inferior end, each endocardial tube connects to vitelline vein stemming from yolk sac
- Mesoderm cells also form pair of longitudinal vessels (AKA dorsal aortae
Formation of the primitive heart tube
- Embryo folds into cylindrical shape as lateral borders meet at midline –> Two endocardial tubes fuse, forming primitive heart tube
- Left, right vitelline veins also fuse, forming sinus venosus (AKA inflow tract)
- Aortae fuse, forming aortic sac (AKA outflow tract)
- Primitive pericardial cavities fuse around heart tube, forming pericardial cavity
- Heart tube remains attached to pericardial cavity by sheet of mesoderm called dorsal mesocardium; heart tube now has two layers (endothelial lining, cardiac myoblasts)
Layers of the simple heart tube
Endothelial lining forms endocardium
Cardiac myoblasts form myocardium – Some myocardial cells in sinus venosus begin to produce rhythmic electrical discharge
Mesenchymal cells of dorsal mesocardium form proepicardial organ – These cells proliferate, migrate over myocardium, form epicardium
Primary heat field
From pharyngeal mesoderm. Gives rise to ventricular myocardium and will develop into left and right atria and the left ventricle
Secondary heart field
Second wave of progenitor cells from pharyngeal mesoderm that will become the right ventricle and outflow tract. The secondary hear field also contributes to the lengthening of the heart tube, especially at the arterial end.
Improper cardiac looping
- Heterotaxy: abnormal left-right axis
- Ventricular inversion is reverse looping (right sided left ventricle)
- Situs inversus totalis – total reverse
- Partial situs ambiguous – partial, heart and GI reversed
- Visceroatrial heterotaxia – reversed (right) heart, but normal GI
Fetal cardiac blood flow
- blood entering from the IVC is shuttled through the foramen ovale into the left atrium
- LA receives the oxygenated blood that is transferred to the LV and out into fetal systemic arterial side
- blood entering the RV from the RA includes less oxygenated blood from SVA and coronary sinus but also a portion of the blood from the IVC
- Blood exiting the RV re-enters the systemic arterial side via the ductus arteriosus with only about 11-13% actually going through the pulmonary arteries to reach the developing lungs
Transverse sinus development
The dorsal mesocardium formed by splanchnic mesoderm located beneath the foregut, maintains the positioning of the primitive heart tube within the pericardial cavity. Rupture of the dorsal mesocardium, leaves the transverse sinus behind
Fate of Sinus Venosus
- Sinus venosos opening begins to shift to the right
- Left vitelline and umbilical veins disappear
- Left sinus venosus and left horn shift to right common atrium
- Most of left cardinal vein disappears, what is left is the coronary sinus