GATA4

GATA binding protein 4

Tier: Cilia-Associated Genes

Ensembl:
ENSG00000136574
UniProt:
P43694
OMIM:
600576

Cilia effects upon perturbation of GATA4

Cilia number / % ciliated:
Unknown
Loss-of-function effect:
Unknown
Overexpression effect:
Unknown

Ciliogenesis screen results (3 screens)

  • Wheway et al. 2015 (siRNA) [siRNA]: Hyper-ciliogenesis (z=2.34) PMID:26167766
  • Breslow et al. 2018 (CRISPR) [CRISPR]: No Significant Effect PMID:29459680
  • Roosing et al. 2015 (siRNA) [siRNA]: No effect PMID:26595381

Phenotypes

Human ciliopathy phenotype:
46,XY partial gonadal dysgenesis; congenital heart disease

Subcellular localization

nucleus

References: PMID:41071877

Function

Functional validation in single- and double-heterozygous mouse models carrying these variants recapitulated TOF-like phenotypes and impaired normal cilia structure and function, particularly disrupting Hedgehog signaling in cardiomyocytes, and down-regulating key transcription factors Gata4 and Nkx2-5(PMID: 41071877).