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HEY2

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HEY2
Identifiers
AliasesHEY2,CHF1, GRIDLOCK, GRL, HERP1, HESR2, HRT2, bHLHb32, hes related family bHLH transcription factor with YRPW motif 2
External IDsOMIM:604674;MGI:1341884;HomoloGene:22705;GeneCards:HEY2;OMA:HEY2 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_012259

NM_013904

RefSeq (protein)

NP_036391

NP_038932

Location (UCSC)Chr 6: 125.75 – 125.76 MbChr 10: 30.71 – 30.72 Mb
PubMedsearch[3][4]
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Hairy/enhancer-of-split related with YRPW motif protein 2(HEY2) also known ascardiovascular helix-loop-helix factor 1(CHF1) is aproteinthat in humans is encoded by theHEY2gene.[5][6]

This protein is a type oftranscription factorthat belongs to the hairy and enhancer of split-related (HESR) family of basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH)-typetranscription factors.It forms homo- or hetero-dimers that localize to the nucleus and interact with ahistone deacetylasecomplex to represstranscription.During embryonic development, this mechanism is used to control the number of cells that develop into cardiac progenitor cells and myocardial cells.[7]The relationship is inversely related, so as the number of cells that express the Hey2 gene increases, the more CHF1 is present to repress transcription and the number of cells that take on a myocardial fate decreases.[7]

Expression[edit]

The expression of the Hey2 gene is induced by theNotch signaling pathway.In this mechanism, adjacent cells bind via transmembrane notch receptors. Two similar and redundant genes in mouse are required for embryonic cardiovascular development, and are also implicated inneurogenesisandsomitogenesis.Alternatively spliced transcript variants have been found, but their biological validity has not been determined.[6]

Knockout studies[edit]

The Hey2 gene is involved with the formation of thecardiovascular systemand especially the heart itself.[7]Although studies have not been conducted about the effects of a malfunction in Hey2 expression in humans, experiments done with mice suggest this gene could be responsible for a number of heart defects. Using agene knockouttechnique, scientists inactivated both the Hey1 and Hey2 genes of mice.[8]The loss of these two genes resulted in death of the embryo 9.5 days after conception.[8]It was found that the developing hearts of these embryos lacked most structural formations which resulted in massive hemorrhage.[8]When only the Hey1 gene was knocked out, no apparent phenotypic changes occurred, suggesting that these two genes carry similar and redundant information for the development of the heart.[8]

Clinical significance[edit]

Common variants ofSCN5A,SCN10A,and HEY2 (this gene) are associated withBrugada syndrome.[9]

Interactions[edit]

HEY2 has been shown tointeractwithSirtuin 1[10]andNuclear receptor co-repressor 1.[11]

References[edit]

  1. ^abcGRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000135547Ensembl,May 2017
  2. ^abcGRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000019789Ensembl,May 2017
  3. ^"Human PubMed Reference:".National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ^"Mouse PubMed Reference:".National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. ^Leimeister C, Externbrink A, Klamt B, Gessler M (July 1999)."Hey genes: a novel subfamily of hairy- and Enhancer of split related genes specifically expressed during mouse embryogenesis".Mechanisms of Development.85(1–2): 173–7.doi:10.1016/S0925-4773(99)00080-5.PMID10415358.S2CID17342136.
  6. ^ab"Entrez Gene: HEY2 hairy/enhancer-of-split related with YRPW motif 2".
  7. ^abcGibb N, Lazic S, Yuan X, Deshwar AR, Leslie M, Wilson MD, Scott IC (November 2018)."Hey2 regulates the size of the cardiac progenitor pool during vertebrate heart development".Development.145(22): dev167510.doi:10.1242/dev.167510.PMID30355727.
  8. ^abcdFischer A, Schumacher N, Maier M, Sendtner M, Gessler M (April 2004)."The Notch target genes Hey1 and Hey2 are required for embryonic vascular development".Genes & Development.18(8): 901–11.doi:10.1101/gad.291004.PMC395849.PMID15107403.
  9. ^Bezzina CR, Barc J, Mizusawa Y, Remme CA, Gourraud JB, Simonet F, et al. (September 2013)."Common variants at SCN5A-SCN10A and HEY2 are associated with Brugada syndrome, a rare disease with high risk of sudden cardiac death".Nature Genetics.45(9): 1044–9.doi:10.1038/ng.2712.PMC3869788.PMID23872634.
  10. ^Takata T, Ishikawa F (January 2003). "Human Sir2-related protein SIRT1 associates with the bHLH repressors HES1 and HEY2 and is involved in HES1- and HEY2-mediated transcriptional repression".Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.301(1): 250–7.doi:10.1016/S0006-291X(02)03020-6.PMID12535671.
  11. ^Iso T, Sartorelli V, Poizat C, Iezzi S, Wu HY, Chung G, et al. (September 2001)."HERP, a novel heterodimer partner of HES/E(spl) in Notch signaling".Molecular and Cellular Biology.21(17): 6080–9.doi:10.1128/MCB.21.17.6080-6089.2001.PMC87325.PMID11486045.

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