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Seiwerth F, Bitar L, Samaržija M, Jakopović M. Long-term progression-free survival in non-small cell lung cancer patients: a spotlight on bevacizumab and its biosimilars. Expert Opin Biol Ther 2024:1-8. [PMID: 39285584 DOI: 10.1080/14712598.2024.2405562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2024] [Accepted: 09/13/2024] [Indexed: 09/20/2024]
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INTRODUCTION In the era of immunotherapy, bevacizumab seems to be losing its place in NSCLC treatment algorithms. The aim of this work is to try to define the advantages and disadvantages of NSCLC treatment with bevacizumab in combination regimens. AREAS COVERED We conducted a literature search in PubMed and Google Scholar to review the most important topics regarding bevacizumab treatment in NSCLC, with or without driver mutations, including trials with checkpoint inhibitors. Special emphasis was placed on the analysis of data on the treatment of patients with CNS metastases. EXPERT OPINION Bevacizumab is an antiangiogenic compound whose addition to chemotherapy made the first major breakthrough in the treatment of NSCLC. However, for the last 10 years or so, the use of combination immunotherapy regimens has suppressed the use and acquisition of new knowledge about bevacizumab. Newer data are primarily related to the treatment of EGFR-positive NSCLC patients with bevacizumab, with only a few larger studies investigating the use of a combination of bevacizumab and checkpoint inhibitors. The basic task remains to define the place of bevacizumab in treatment algorithms.
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- Fran Seiwerth
- Department of Lung Diseases Jordanovac, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Lung Diseases Jordanovac, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Lung Diseases Jordanovac, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
- School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Lung Diseases Jordanovac, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
- School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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ABSTRACT Acute lung injury (ALI) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) are caused by an exaggerated inflammatory response arising from a wide variety of pulmonary and systemic insults. Lung tissue is composed of a variety of cell populations, including parenchymal and immune cells. Emerging evidence has revealed that multiple cell populations in the lung work in concert to regulate lung inflammation in response to both direct and indirect stimulations. To date, the question of how different types of pulmonary cells communicate with each other and subsequently regulate or modulate inflammatory cascades remains to be fully addressed. In this review, we provide an overview of current advancements in understanding the role of cell-cell interaction in the development of ALI and depict molecular mechanisms by which cell-cell interactions regulate lung inflammation, focusing on inter-cellular activities and signaling pathways that point to possible therapeutic opportunities for ALI/ARDS.
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- Huiting Zhou
- Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Institute of Pediatric Research, Children’s Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Research and Development, Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Pang C, Lim CS, Brookes J, Tsui J, Hamilton G. Emerging importance of molecular pathogenesis of vascular malformations in clinical practice and classifications. Vasc Med 2020; 25:364-377. [PMID: 32568624 DOI: 10.1177/1358863x20918941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Vascular malformations occur during early vascular development resulting in abnormally formed vessels that can manifest as arterial, venous, capillary or lymphatic lesions, or in combination, and include local tissue overdevelopment. Vascular malformations are largely caused by sporadic somatic gene mutations. This article aims to review and discuss current molecular signaling pathways and therapeutic targets for vascular malformations and to classify vascular malformations according to the molecular pathways involved. A literature review was performed using Embase and Medline. Different MeSH terms were combined for the search strategy, with the aim of encompassing all studies describing the classification, pathogenesis, and treatment of vascular malformations. Major pathways involved in the pathogenesis of vascular malformations are vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), Ras/Raf/MEK/ERK, angiopoietin-TIE2, transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β), and PI3K/AKT/mTOR. These pathways are involved in controlling cellular growth, apoptosis, differentiation, and proliferation, and play a central role in endothelial cell signaling and angiogenesis. Many vascular malformations share similar aberrant molecular signaling pathways with cancers and inflammatory disorders. Therefore, selective anticancer agents and immunosuppressants may be beneficial in treating vascular malformations of specific mutations. The current classification systems of vascular malformations, including the International Society of the Study of Vascular Anomalies (ISSVA) classification, are primarily observational and clinical, and are not based on the molecular pathways involved in the pathogenesis of the condition. Several molecular pathways with potential therapeutic targets have been demonstrated to contribute to the development of various vascular anomalies. Classifying vascular malformations based on their molecular pathogenesis may improve treatment by determining the underlying nature of the condition and their potential therapeutic target.
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- Calver Pang
- Department of Vascular Surgery, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.,Department of Surgical Biotechnology, Division of Surgery & Interventional Science, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University College London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.,Department of Surgical Biotechnology, Division of Surgery & Interventional Science, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University College London, United Kingdom.,NIHR, University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.,Department of Interventional Radiology, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.,Department of Surgical Biotechnology, Division of Surgery & Interventional Science, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University College London, United Kingdom.,NIHR, University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.,Department of Surgical Biotechnology, Division of Surgery & Interventional Science, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University College London, United Kingdom
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Colás-Algora N, Millán J. How many cadherins do human endothelial cells express? Cell Mol Life Sci 2019; 76:1299-1317. [PMID: 30552441 PMCID: PMC11105309 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-018-2991-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2018] [Revised: 11/16/2018] [Accepted: 12/06/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The vasculature is the paradigm of a compartment generated by parallel cellular barriers that aims to transport oxygen, nutrients and immune cells in complex organisms. Vascular barrier dysfunction leads to fatal acute and chronic inflammatory diseases. The endothelial barrier lines the inner side of vessels and is the main regulator of vascular permeability. Cadherins comprise a superfamily of 114 calcium-dependent adhesion proteins that contain conserved cadherin motifs and form cell-cell junctions in metazoans. In mature human endothelial cells, only VE (vascular endothelial)-cadherin and N (neural)-cadherin have been investigated in detail. Although both cadherins are essential for regulating endothelial permeability, no comprehensive expression studies to identify which other family members could play a relevant role in endothelial cells has so far been performed. Here, we have reviewed gene and protein expression databases to analyze cadherin expression in mature human endothelium and found that at least 24 cadherin superfamily members are significantly expressed. Based on data obtained from other cell types, organisms and experimental models, we discuss their potential functions, many of them unrelated to the formation of endothelial cell-cell junctions. The expression of this new set of endothelial cadherins highlights the important but still poorly defined roles of planar cell polarity, the Hippo pathway and mitochondria metabolism in human vascular homeostasis.
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- Natalia Colás-Algora
- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, C/Nicolás Cabrera 1, Cantoblanco, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, C/Nicolás Cabrera 1, Cantoblanco, 28049, Madrid, Spain.
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Russo AE, Priolo D, Antonelli G, Libra M, McCubrey JA, Ferraù F. Bevacizumab in the treatment of NSCLC: patient selection and perspectives. LUNG CANCER (AUCKLAND, N.Z.) 2017; 8:259-269. [PMID: 29276417 PMCID: PMC5733913 DOI: 10.2147/lctt.s110306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) represents about 85% of all lung cancers, and more than half of NSCLCs are diagnosed at an advanced stage. Chemotherapy has reached a plateau in the overall survival curve of about 10 months. Therefore, in last decade novel targeted approaches have been developed to extend survival of these patients, including antiangiogenic treatment. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) signaling pathway plays a dominant role in stimulating angiogenesis, which is the main process promoting tumor growth and metastasis. Bevacizumab (bev; Avastin®) is a recombinant humanized monoclonal antibody that neutralizes VEGF's biologic activity through a steric blocking of its binding with VEGF receptor. Currently, bev is the only antiangiogenic agent approved for the first-line treatment of advanced or recurrent nonsquamous NSCLC in "bev-eligible" patients. The ineligibility to receive bev is related to its toxicity. In the pivotal trials of bev in NSCLC, fatal bleeding events including pulmonary hemorrhage were observed with rates higher in the chemotherapy-plus-bev group. Therefore, in order to reduce the incidence of severe pulmonary hemorrhage, numerous exclusion criteria have been characteristically applied for bev such as central tumor localization or tumor cavitation, use of anticoagulant therapy, presence of brain metastases, age of patients (elderly). Subsequent studies designed to evaluate the safety of bev have demonstrated that this agent is safe and well tolerated even in those patients subpopulations excluded from pivotal trials. This review outlines the current state-of-the-art on bev use in advanced NSCLC. It also describes patient selection and future perspectives on this antiangiogenic agent.
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- Alessia E Russo
- Medical Oncology Department, San Vincenzo Hospital, Taormina (Messina), Italy
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- Medical Oncology Department, San Vincenzo Hospital, Taormina (Messina), Italy
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- Medical Oncology Department, San Vincenzo Hospital, Taormina (Messina), Italy
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- Laboratory of Translational Oncology & Functional Genomics, Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA
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- Medical Oncology Department, San Vincenzo Hospital, Taormina (Messina), Italy
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Wang H, Zhu H, Guo Q, Qian T, Zhang P, Li S, Xue C, Gu X. Overlapping Mechanisms of Peripheral Nerve Regeneration and Angiogenesis Following Sciatic Nerve Transection. Front Cell Neurosci 2017; 11:323. [PMID: 29085283 PMCID: PMC5649188 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2017.00323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2017] [Accepted: 09/27/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Peripheral nervous system owns the ability of self-regeneration, mainly in its regenerative microenvironment including vascular network reconstruction. More recently, more attentions have been given to the close relationship between tissue regeneration and angiogenesis. To explore the overlap of molecular mechanisms and key regulation molecules between peripheral nerve regeneration and angiogenesis post peripheral nerve injury, integrative and bioinformatic analysis was carried out for microarray data of proximal stumps after sciatic nerve transection in SD rats. Nerve regeneration and angiogenesis were activated at 1 day immediately after sciatic nerve transection simultaneously. The more obvious changes of transcription regulators and canonical pathways suggested a phase transition between 1 and 4 days of both nerve regeneration and angiogenesis after sciatic nerve transection. Furthermore, 16 differentially expressed genes participated in significant biological processes of both nerve regeneration and angiogenesis, a few of which were validated by qPCR and immunofluorescent staining. It was demonstrated that STAT3, EPHB3, and Cdc42 co-expressed in Schwann cells and vascular endothelial cells to play a key role in regulation of nerve regeneration and angiogenesis simultaneously response to sciatic nerve transection. We provide a framework for understanding biological processes and precise molecular correlations between peripheral nerve regeneration and angiogenesis after peripheral nerve transection. Our work serves as an experimental basis and a valuable resource to further understand molecular mechanisms that define nerve injury-induced micro-environmental variation for achieving desired peripheral nerve regeneration.
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- Hongkui Wang
- Key Laboratory of Neuroregeneration of Jiangsu and Ministry of Education, Co-innovation Center of Neuroregeneration, Nantong University, Nantong, China
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- Key Laboratory of Neuroregeneration of Jiangsu and Ministry of Education, Co-innovation Center of Neuroregeneration, Nantong University, Nantong, China.,Jiangsu Clinical Medicine Center of Tissue Engineering and Nerve Injury Repair, Research Center of Clinical Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, China
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- Key Laboratory of Neuroregeneration of Jiangsu and Ministry of Education, Co-innovation Center of Neuroregeneration, Nantong University, Nantong, China
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- Key Laboratory of Neuroregeneration of Jiangsu and Ministry of Education, Co-innovation Center of Neuroregeneration, Nantong University, Nantong, China
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- Key Laboratory of Neuroregeneration of Jiangsu and Ministry of Education, Co-innovation Center of Neuroregeneration, Nantong University, Nantong, China
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- Key Laboratory of Neuroregeneration of Jiangsu and Ministry of Education, Co-innovation Center of Neuroregeneration, Nantong University, Nantong, China
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- Key Laboratory of Neuroregeneration of Jiangsu and Ministry of Education, Co-innovation Center of Neuroregeneration, Nantong University, Nantong, China.,Jiangsu Clinical Medicine Center of Tissue Engineering and Nerve Injury Repair, Research Center of Clinical Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, China
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- Key Laboratory of Neuroregeneration of Jiangsu and Ministry of Education, Co-innovation Center of Neuroregeneration, Nantong University, Nantong, China.,Jiangsu Clinical Medicine Center of Tissue Engineering and Nerve Injury Repair, Research Center of Clinical Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, China
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Hemorrhagic shock primes for lung vascular endothelial cell pyroptosis: role in pulmonary inflammation following LPS. Cell Death Dis 2016; 7:e2363. [PMID: 27607578 PMCID: PMC5059873 DOI: 10.1038/cddis.2016.274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2016] [Revised: 07/19/2016] [Accepted: 08/04/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Hemorrhagic shock (HS) often renders patients more susceptible to lung injury by priming for an exaggerated response to a second infectious stimulus. Acute lung injury (ALI) is a major component of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome following HS and regularly serves as a major cause of patient mortality. The lung vascular endothelium is an active organ that has a central role in the development of ALI through synthesizing and releasing of a number of inflammatory mediators. Cell pyroptosis is a caspase-1-dependent regulated cell death, which features rapid plasma membrane rupture and release of proinflammatory intracellular contents. In this study, we demonstrated an important role of HS in priming for LPS-induced lung endothelial cell (EC) pyroptosis. We showed that LPS through TLR4 activates Nlrp3 (NACHT, LRR, and PYD domains containing protein 3) inflammasome in mouse lung vascular EC, and subsequently induces caspase-1 activation. However, HS induced release of high-mobility group box 1 (HMGB1), which acting through the receptor for advanced glycation end products initiates EC endocytosis of HMGB1, and subsequently triggers a cascade of molecular events, including cathepsin B release from ruptured lysosomes followed by pyroptosome formation and caspase-1 activation. These HS-induced events enhance LPS-induced EC pyroptosis. We further showed that lung vascular EC pyroptosis significantly exaggerates lung inflammation and injury. The present study explores a novel mechanism underlying HS-primed ALI and thus presents a potential therapeutic target for post-HS ALI.
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Brugia malayi Asparaginyl-tRNA Synthetase Stimulates Endothelial Cell Proliferation, Vasodilation and Angiogenesis. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0146132. [PMID: 26751209 PMCID: PMC4709172 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0146132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2015] [Accepted: 12/14/2015] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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A hallmark of chronic infection with lymphatic filarial parasites is the development of lymphatic disease which often results in permanent vasodilation and lymphedema, but all of the mechanisms by which filarial parasites induce pathology are not known. Prior work showed that the asparaginyl-tRNA synthetase (BmAsnRS) of Brugia malayi, an etiological agent of lymphatic filariasis, acts as a physiocrine that binds specifically to interleukin-8 (IL-8) chemokine receptors. Endothelial cells are one of the many cell types that express IL-8 receptors. IL-8 also has been reported previously to induce angiogenesis and vasodilation, however, the effect of BmAsnRS on endothelial cells has not been reported. Therefore, we tested the hypothesis that BmAsnRS might produce physiological changes in endothelial by studying the in vitro effects of BmAsnRS using a human umbilical vein cell line EA.hy926 and six different endothelial cell assays. Our results demonstrated that BmAsnRS produces consistent and statistically significant effects on endothelial cells that are identical to the effects of VEGF, vascular endothelial growth factor. This study supports the idea that new drugs or immunotherapies that counteract the adverse effects of parasite-derived physiocrines may prevent or ameliorate the vascular pathology observed in patients with lymphatic filariasis.
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The Role of Mast Cell Specific Chymases and Tryptases in Tumor Angiogenesis. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2015; 2015:142359. [PMID: 26146612 PMCID: PMC4471246 DOI: 10.1155/2015/142359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2014] [Accepted: 02/13/2015] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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An association between mast cells and tumor angiogenesis is known to exist, but the exact role that mast cells play in this process is still unclear. It is thought that the mediators released by mast cells are important in neovascularization. However, it is not known how individual mediators are involved in this process. The major constituents of mast cell secretory granules are the mast cell specific proteases chymase, tryptase, and carboxypeptidase A3. Several previous studies aimed to understand the way in which specific mast cell granule constituents act to induce tumor angiogenesis. A body of evidence indicates that mast cell proteases are the pivotal players in inducing tumor angiogenesis. In this review, the likely mechanisms by which tryptase and chymase can act directly or indirectly to induce tumor angiogenesis are discussed. Finally, information presented here in this review indicates that mast cell proteases significantly influence angiogenesis thus affecting tumor growth and progression. This also suggests that these proteases could serve as novel therapeutic targets for the treatment of various types of cancer.
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Ek CJ, Nathanielsz P, Li C, Mallard C. Transcriptomal changes and functional annotation of the developing non-human primate choroid plexus. Front Neurosci 2015; 9:82. [PMID: 25814924 PMCID: PMC4357249 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2015.00082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2014] [Accepted: 02/25/2015] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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The choroid plexuses are small organs that protrude into each brain ventricle producing cerebrospinal fluid that constantly bathes the brain. These organs differentiate early in development just after neural closure at a stage when the brain is little vascularized. In recent years the plexus has been shown to have a much more active role in brain development than previously appreciated thereby it can influence both neurogenesis and neural migration by secreting factors into the CSF. However, much of choroid plexus developmental function is still unclear. Most previous studies on this organ have been undertaken in rodents but translation into humans is not straightforward since they have a different timing of brain maturation processes. We have collected choroid plexus from three fetal gestational ages of a non-human primate, the baboon, which has much closer brain development to humans. The transcriptome of the plexuses was determined by next generation sequencing and Ingenuity Pathway Analysis software was used to annotate functions and enrichment of pathways of changes in the transcriptome. The number of unique transcripts decreased with development and the majority of differentially expressed transcripts were down-regulated through development suggesting a more complex and active plexus earlier in fetal development. The functional annotation indicated changes across widespread biological functions in plexus development. In particular we find age-dependent regulation of genes associated with annotation categories: Gene Expression, Development of Cardiovascular System, Nervous System Development and Molecular Transport. Our observations support the idea that the choroid plexus has roles in shaping brain development.
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- C Joakim Ek
- Department of Physiology, Institute for Neuroscience and Physiology, University of Gothenburg, Sahlgrenska Academy Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Obstetrics, Center for Pregnancy and Newborn Research, The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, TX, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics, Center for Pregnancy and Newborn Research, The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, TX, USA
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- Department of Physiology, Institute for Neuroscience and Physiology, University of Gothenburg, Sahlgrenska Academy Gothenburg, Sweden
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Augustine R, Dominic EA, Reju I, Kaimal B, Kalarikkal N, Thomas S. Investigation of angiogenesis and its mechanism using zinc oxide nanoparticle-loaded electrospun tissue engineering scaffolds. RSC Adv 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ra07361d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Ammendola M, Leporini C, Marech I, Gadaleta CD, Scognamillo G, Sacco R, Sammarco G, De Sarro G, Russo E, Ranieri G. Targeting mast cells tryptase in tumor microenvironment: a potential antiangiogenetic strategy. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2014; 2014:154702. [PMID: 25295247 PMCID: PMC4177740 DOI: 10.1155/2014/154702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2014] [Revised: 08/14/2014] [Accepted: 08/19/2014] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Angiogenesis is a complex process finely regulated by the balance between angiogenesis stimulators and inhibitors. As a result of proangiogenic factors overexpression, it plays a crucial role in cancer development. Although initially mast cells (MCs) role has been defined in hypersensitivity reactions and in immunity, it has been discovered that MCs have a crucial interplay on the regulatory function between inflammatory and tumor cells through the release of classical proangiogenic factors (e.g., vascular endothelial growth factor) and nonclassical proangiogenic mediators granule-associated (mainly tryptase). In fact, in several animal and human malignancies, MCs density is highly correlated with tumor angiogenesis. In particular, tryptase, an agonist of the proteinase-activated receptor-2 (PAR-2), represents one of the most powerful angiogenic mediators released by human MCs after c-Kit receptor activation. This protease, acting on PAR-2 by its proteolytic activity, has angiogenic activity stimulating both human vascular endothelial and tumor cell proliferation in paracrine manner, helping tumor cell invasion and metastasis. Based on literature data it is shown that tryptase may represent a promising target in cancer treatment due to its proangiogenic activity. Here we focused on molecular mechanisms of three tryptase inhibitors (gabexate mesylate, nafamostat mesylate, and tranilast) in order to consider their prospective role in cancer therapy.
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- Michele Ammendola
- Department of Medical and Surgery Sciences, Clinical Surgery Unit, University “Magna Graecia” Medical School, Viale Europa, Germaneto, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Health Science, Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacovigilance Unit and Pharmacovigilance's Centre Calabria Region, University of Catanzaro “Magna Graecia” Medical School, Viale Europa, Germaneto, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Unit with Integrated Section of Translational Medical Oncology, Istituto Tumori “Giovanni Paolo II,” Viale Orazio Flacco 65, 70124 Bari, Italy
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- Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Unit with Integrated Section of Translational Medical Oncology, Istituto Tumori “Giovanni Paolo II,” Viale Orazio Flacco 65, 70124 Bari, Italy
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- Radiotherapy Unit, Istituto Tumori “Giovanni Paolo II,” Viale Orazio Flacco 65, 70124 Bari, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgery Sciences, Clinical Surgery Unit, University “Magna Graecia” Medical School, Viale Europa, Germaneto, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgery Sciences, Clinical Surgery Unit, University “Magna Graecia” Medical School, Viale Europa, Germaneto, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Health Science, Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacovigilance Unit and Pharmacovigilance's Centre Calabria Region, University of Catanzaro “Magna Graecia” Medical School, Viale Europa, Germaneto, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Health Science, Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacovigilance Unit and Pharmacovigilance's Centre Calabria Region, University of Catanzaro “Magna Graecia” Medical School, Viale Europa, Germaneto, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Unit with Integrated Section of Translational Medical Oncology, Istituto Tumori “Giovanni Paolo II,” Viale Orazio Flacco 65, 70124 Bari, Italy
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Kyadari M, Fatma T, Azad R, Velpandian T. Evaluation of antiangiogenic and antiproliferative potential of the organic extract of green algae Chlorella pyrenoidosa. Indian J Pharmacol 2014; 45:569-74. [PMID: 24347763 PMCID: PMC3847245 DOI: 10.4103/0253-7613.121366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2012] [Revised: 12/28/2012] [Accepted: 09/15/2013] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE algae isolates obtained from fresh and marine resources could be one of the richest sources of novel bioactive secondary metabolites expected to have pharmaceutical significance for new drug development. This study was conducted to evaluate the antiangiogenic and antiproliferative activity of Chlorella pyrenoidosa in experimental models of angiogenesis and by MTT assay. MATERIALS AND METHODS lyophilized extract of C. pyrenoidosa was extracted using dichloromethane/methanol (2:1), concentrated and vacuum evaporated to obtain the dried extract. The crude extract was evaluated in the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-induced angiogenesis in in ovo chick chorioallantoic membrane assay (CAM) at various concentrations (n = 8) using thalidomide and normal saline as positive and untreated control groups, respectively. The crude extract was also subjected to the antiangiogenic activity in the silver nitrate/potassium nitrate cautery model of corneal neovascularization (CN) in rats where topical bevacizumab was used as a positive control. The vasculature was photographed and blood vessel density was quantified using Aphelion imaging software. The extract was also evaluated for its anti proliferative activity by microculture tetrazolium test (MTT) assay using HeLa cancer cell line (ATCC). RESULTS VEGF increased the blood vessel density by 220% as compared to normal and thalidomide treatment decreased it to 67.2% in in ovo assay. In the in-vivo CN model, the mean neovascular density in the control group, the C. pyrenoidosa extract and bevacizumab group were found to be 100%, 59.02%, and 32.20%, respectively. The Chlorella pyrenoidosa extract negatively affected the viability of HeLa cells. An IC50 value of the extract was 570 μg/ml, respectively. CONCLUSION a significant antiangiogenic activity was observed against VEGF-induced neovascularization and antiproliferative activity by MTT assay. In this study, it could be attributed that the activity may be due to the presence of secondary metabolites in the C. pyrenoidosa extract.
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- Mahender Kyadari
- Department of Pharmacy, Integrated Institute of Technology, Dwarka, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Bio-Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Ocular Pharmacology and Pharmacy, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Ocular Pharmacology and Pharmacy, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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Pazopanib a tyrosine kinase inhibitor with strong anti-angiogenetic activity: A new treatment for metastatic soft tissue sarcoma. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2014; 89:322-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2013.08.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2013] [Revised: 08/16/2013] [Accepted: 08/21/2013] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Hajirezaei M, Darbouy M, Kazemi B. Cloning and Expression of the Functional Human Anti-vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) Using the pcDNA3.1 Vector and the Human Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia Cell Line K562. Protein J 2014; 33:100-9. [DOI: 10.1007/s10930-013-9533-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Papparella A, Nino F, Noviello C, Romano M, Papparella S, Paciello O, Sinisi AA. Morphologic changes due to human chorionic gonadotropin in the rat testis: Role of vascular endothelial growth factor. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013. [DOI: 10.4236/ojped.2013.32016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Munaron L, Scianna M. Multilevel complexity of calcium signaling: Modeling angiogenesis. World J Biol Chem 2012; 3:121-6. [PMID: 22905290 PMCID: PMC3421110 DOI: 10.4331/wjbc.v3.i6.121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2012] [Revised: 05/11/2012] [Accepted: 05/18/2012] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Intracellular calcium signaling is a universal, evolutionary conserved and versatile regulator of cell biochemistry. The complexity of calcium signaling and related cell machinery can be investigated by the use of experimental strategies, as well as by computational approaches. Vascular endothelium is a fascinating model to study the specific properties and roles of calcium signals at multiple biological levels. During the past 20 years, live cell imaging, patch clamp and other techniques have allowed us to detect and interfere with calcium signaling in endothelial cells (ECs), providing a huge amount of information on the regulation of vascularization (angiogenesis) in normal and tumoral tissues. These data range from the spatiotemporal dynamics of calcium within different cell microcompartments to those in entire multicellular and organized EC networks. Beside experimental strategies, in silico endothelial models, specifically designed for simulating calcium signaling, are contributing to our knowledge of vascular physiology and pathology. They help to investigate and predict the quantitative features of proangiogenic events moving through subcellular, cellular and supracellular levels. This review focuses on some recent developments of computational approaches for proangiogenic endothelial calcium signaling. In particular, we discuss the creation of hybrid simulation environments, which combine and integrate discrete Cellular Potts Models. They are able to capture the phenomenological mechanisms of cell morphological reorganization, migration, and intercellular adhesion, with single-cell spatiotemporal models, based on reaction-diffusion equations that describe the agonist-induced intracellular calcium events.
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- Luca Munaron
- Luca Munaron, Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, Centre for Nanostructured Interfaces and Surfaces, Centre for Complex Systems in Molecular Biology and Medicine, University of Torino, 10123 Torino, Italy
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Ross EA, Abrahamson DR, St John P, Clapp WL, Williams MJ, Terada N, Hamazaki T, Ellison GW, Batich CD. Mouse stem cells seeded into decellularized rat kidney scaffolds endothelialize and remodel basement membranes. Organogenesis 2012; 8:49-55. [PMID: 22692231 DOI: 10.4161/org.20209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION To address transplant organ shortage, a promising strategy is to decellularize kidneys in a manner that the scaffold retains signals for seeded pluripotent precursor cells to differentiate and recapitulate native structures: matrix-to-cell signaling followed by cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions, thereby remodeling and replacing the original matrix. This would reduce scaffold antigenicity and enable xeno-allografts. RESULTS DAPI-labeled cells in arterial vessels and glomeruli were positive for both endothelial lineage markers, BsLB4 and VEGFR2. Rat scaffold's basement membrane demonstrated immunolabeling with anti-mouse laminin β1. Labeling intensified over time with 14 day incubations. CONCLUSION We provide new evidence for matrix-to-cell signaling in acellular whole organ scaffolds that induces differentiation of pluripotent precursor cells to endothelial lineage. Production of mouse basement membrane supports remodeling of host (rat)-derived scaffolds and thereby warrants further investigation as a promising approach for xenotransplantation. METHODS We previously showed that murine embryonic stem cells arterially seeded into acellular rat whole kidney scaffolds multiply and demonstrate morphologic, immunohistochemical and gene expression evidence for differentiation. Vascular cell endothelialization was now further tested by endothelial specific BsLB4 lectin and anti-VEGFR2 (Flk1) antibodies. Remodeling of the matrix basement membranes from rat to mouse ("murinization") was assessed by a monoclonal antibody specific for mouse laminin β1 chain.
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- Edward A Ross
- Division of Nephrology, Hypertension and Renal Transplantation; University of Florida, Gainesville, FL USA.
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Krikun G. Endometriosis, angiogenesis and tissue factor. SCIENTIFICA 2012; 2012:306830. [PMID: 24278684 PMCID: PMC3820463 DOI: 10.6064/2012/306830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2012] [Accepted: 07/04/2012] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Tissue factor (TF), is a cellular receptor that binds the factor VII/VIIa to initiate the blood coagulation cascade. In addition to its role as the initiator of the hemostatic cascade, TF is known to be involved in angiogenesis via intracellular signaling that utilizes the protease activated receptor-2 (PAR-2). We now review the physiologic expression of TF in the endometrium and its altered expression in multiple cell types derived from eutopic and ectopic endometrium from women with endometriosis compared with normal endometrium. Our findings suggest that TF might be an ideal target for therapeutic intervention in endometriosis. We have employed a novel immunoconjugate molecule known as Icon and were able to eradicate endometrial lesions in a mouse model of endometriosis without affecting fertility. These findings have major implications for potential treatment in humans.
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- Graciela Krikun
- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, Yale University, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
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Starossom SC, Imitola J, Wang Y, Cao L, Khoury SJ. Subventricular zone microglia transcriptional networks. Brain Behav Immun 2011; 25:991-9. [PMID: 21074605 PMCID: PMC3109092 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2010.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2010] [Revised: 11/03/2010] [Accepted: 11/03/2010] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Microglia play an important role in inflammatory diseases of the central nervous system. There is evidence of microglial diversity with distinct phenotypes exhibiting either neuroprotection and repair or neurotoxicity. However the precise molecular mechanisms underlying this diversity are still unknown. Using a model of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) we performed transcriptional profiling of isolated subventricular zone microglia from the acute and chronic disease phases of EAE. We found that microglia exhibit disease phase specific gene expression signatures, that correspond to unique gene ontology functions and genomic networks. Our data demonstrate for the first time, distinct transcriptional networks of microglia activation in vivo, that suggests a role as mediators of injury or repair.
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- Sarah C. Starossom
- Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115 USA
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- Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115 USA
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- Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115 USA
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- Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115 USA
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- Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115 USA
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Inhibition of mini-TyrRS-induced angiogenesis response in endothelial cells by VE-cadherin-dependent mini-TrpRS. Heart Vessels 2011; 27:193-201. [DOI: 10.1007/s00380-011-0137-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2010] [Accepted: 03/04/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Radulescu A, Zhang HY, Chen CL, Chen Y, Zhou Y, Yu X, Otabor I, Olson JK, Besner GE. Heparin-binding EGF-like growth factor promotes intestinal anastomotic healing. J Surg Res 2010; 171:540-50. [PMID: 20850767 DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2010.06.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2010] [Revised: 06/15/2010] [Accepted: 06/24/2010] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND We have accumulated multiple lines of evidence supporting the ability of HB-EGF to protect the intestines from injury and to augment the healing of partial-thickness scald burns of the skin. The aim of the current study was to investigate the role of heparin-binding EGF-like growth factor (HB-EGF) in intestinal anastomotic wound healing. MATERIALS AND METHODS HB-EGF (-/-) knockout (KO) mice (n=42) and their HB-EGF (+/+) wild type (WT) counterparts (n=33), as well as HB-EGF transgenic (TG) mice (n=26) and their (WT) counterparts (n=27), underwent division and reanastomosis of the terminal ileum. In addition, WT mice (n=21) that received enteral HB-EGF (800 μg/kg) underwent the same operative procedure. Anastomotic bursting pressure was measured at 3 and 6 d postoperatively. Tissue sections were stained with hematoxylin and eosin to assess anastomotic healing, and Picrosirus red to assess collagen deposition. Immunohistochemistry using anti-von Willebrand factor antibodies was performed to assess angiogenesis. Complications and mortality were also recorded. RESULTS HB-EGF KO mice had significantly lower bursting pressures, lower healing scores, higher mortality, and higher complication rates postoperatively compared with WT mice. Collagen deposition and angiogenesis were significantly decreased in KO mice compared with WT mice. Conversely, HB-EGF TG mice had increased anastomotic bursting pressure, higher healing scores, lower mortality, lower complication rates, increased collagen deposition, and increased angiogenesis postoperatively compared with WT mice. WT mice that received HB-EGF had increased bursting pressures compared with non-HB-EGF treated mice. CONCLUSION Our results demonstrate that HB-EGF is an important factor involved in the healing of intestinal anastomoses.
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- Andrei Radulescu
- Center for Perinatal Research, Department of Pediatric Surgery, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, and The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio 43205, USA
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Xiang M, Yin L, Li Y, Xiao G, Vodovotz Y, Billiar TR, Wilson MA, Fan J. Hemorrhagic shock activates lung endothelial reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidase via neutrophil NADPH oxidase. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2010; 44:333-40. [PMID: 20418360 DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2009-0408oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The vascular endothelium plays an important role in the regulation of inflammatory responses after trauma and hemorrhage. Interactions of neutrophils with endothelial cells (ECs) contribute to the activation of specific EC responses involved in innate immunity. We have previously reported that oxidants derived from the neutrophil reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidase is a critical regulator to EC activation. Our objective was to test the role of neutrophil NADPH oxidase-derived oxidants in mediating and enhancing hemorrhagic shock (HS)-induced activation of lung endothelial NADPH oxidase. Mice were subjected to HS and neutrophil depletion. The mice were also replenished with the neutrophil from NADPH oxidase-deficient mice. The resultant activation of lung NADPH oxidase was analyzed. The in vivo studies were also recapitulated with in vitro neutrophil-EC coculture system. HS induces NADPH oxidase activation in neutrophils and lung through high-mobility group box 1/Toll-like receptor 4-dependent signaling. In neutropenic mice, shock-induced NADPH oxidase activation in the lung was reduced significantly, but was restored upon repletion with neutrophils obtained from wild-type mice subjected to shock, but not with neutrophils from shock mice lacking the gp91(phox) subunit of NADPH oxidase. The findings were recapitulated in mouse lung vascular ECs cocultured with neutrophils. The data further demonstrate that neutrophil-derived oxidants are key factors mediating augmented High mobility group box 1 (HMGB1)-induced endothelial NADPH oxidase activation through a Rac1-dependent, but p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase-independent, pathway. Oxidant signaling by neutrophil NADPH oxidase is an important determinant of activation of endothelial NADPH oxidase after HS.
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- Meng Xiang
- Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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D'Amore PA. Editorial. Microvasc Res 2010; 79:161. [PMID: 20171233 DOI: 10.1016/j.mvr.2010.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Li Y, Xiang M, Yuan Y, Xiao G, Zhang J, Jiang Y, Vodovotz Y, Billiar TR, Wilson MA, Fan J. Hemorrhagic shock augments lung endothelial cell activation: role of temporal alterations of TLR4 and TLR2. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2009; 297:R1670-80. [PMID: 19828841 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00445.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Hemorrhagic shock (HS) due to major trauma predisposes the host to the development of acute lung inflammation and injury. The lung vascular endothelium is an active organ that plays a central role in the development of acute lung injury through generating reactive oxygen species and synthesizing and releasing of a number of inflammatory mediators, including leukocyte adhesion molecules that regulate neutrophils emigration. Previous study from our laboratory has demonstrated that in a setting of sepsis, toll-like receptor-4 (TLR4) signaling can induce TLR2 expression in endothelial cells (ECs), thereby increasing the cells' response to TLR2 ligands. The present study tested the hypothesis that TLR4 activation by HS and the resultant increased TLR2 surface expression in ECs might contribute to the mechanism underlying HS-augmented activation of lung ECs. The results show that high-mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) through TLR4 signaling mediates HS-induced surface expression of TLR2 in the lung and mouse lung vascular endothelial cells (MLVECs). Furthermore, the results demonstrate that HMGB1 induces activation of NAD(P)H oxidase and expression of ICAM-1 in the lung, and MLVECs sequentially depend on TLR4 in the early phase and on TLR2 in the late phase following HS. Finally, the data indicate an important role of the increased TLR2 surface expression in enhancing the activation of MLVECs and augmenting pulmonary neutrophil infiltration in response to TLR2 agonist peptidoglycan. Thus, induction of TLR2 surface expression in lung ECs, induced by HS and mediated by HMGB1/TLR4 signaling, is an important mechanism responsible for endothelial cell-mediated inflammation and organ injury following trauma and hemorrhage.
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- Yuehua Li
- Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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Larina IV, Shen W, Kelly OG, Hadjantonakis AK, Baron MH, Dickinson ME. A membrane associated mCherry fluorescent reporter line for studying vascular remodeling and cardiac function during murine embryonic development. Anat Rec (Hoboken) 2009; 292:333-41. [PMID: 19248165 PMCID: PMC2901876 DOI: 10.1002/ar.20821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The development of the cardiovascular system is a highly dynamic process dependent on multiple signaling pathways regulating proliferation, differentiation, migration, cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions. To characterize cell and tissue dynamics during the formation of the cardiovascular system in mice, we generated a novel transgenic mouse line, Tg(Flk1::myr-mCherry), in which endothelial cell membranes are brightly labeled with mCherry, a red fluorescent protein. Tg(Flk1::myr-mCherry) mice are viable, fertile, and do not exhibit any developmental abnormalities. High levels of mCherry are expressed in the embryonic endothelium and endocardium, and expression is also observed in capillaries in adult animals. Targeting of the fluorescent protein to the cell membrane allows for subcellular imaging and cell tracking. By acquiring confocal time lapses of live embryos cultured on the microscope stage, we demonstrate that the newly generated transgenic model beautifully highlights the sprouting behaviors of endothelial cells during vascular plexus formation. We have also used embryos from this line to imaging the endocardium in the beating embryonic mouse heart, showing that Tg(Flk1::myr-mCherry) mice are suitable for the characterization of cardio dynamics. Furthermore, when combined with the previously described Tg(Flk1::H2B-EYFP) line, cell number in addition to cell architecture is revealed, making it possible to determine how individual endothelial cells contribute to the structure of the vessel.
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- Irina V. Larina
- Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Biological Imaging Center, Caltech, Pasadena, CA 91125
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- Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Biological Imaging Center, Caltech, Pasadena, CA 91125
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- Depts of Medicine, Oncological Sciences, Gene and Cell Medicine and Developmental and Regenerative Biology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029
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- Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Abrahamson DR. Development of kidney glomerular endothelial cells and their role in basement membrane assembly. Organogenesis 2009; 5:275-87. [PMID: 19568349 PMCID: PMC2659369 DOI: 10.4161/org.7577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2008] [Accepted: 12/03/2008] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Data showing that the embryonic day 12 (E12) mouse kidney contains its own pool of endothelial progenitor cells is presented. Mechanisms that regulate metanephric endothelial recruitment and differentiation, including the hypoxia-inducible transcription factors and vascular endothelial growth factor/vascular endothelial growth factor receptor signaling system, are also discussed. Finally, evidence that glomerular endothelial cells contribute importantly to assembly of the glomerular basement membrane (GBM), especially the laminin component, is reviewed. Together, this forum offers insights on blood vessel development in general, and formation of the glomerular capillary in particular, which inarguably is among the most unique vascular structures in the body.
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- Dale R Abrahamson
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology; University of Kansas Medical Center; Kansas City, Kansas USA
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Noguer O, Villena J, Lorita J, Vilaró S, Reina M. Syndecan-2 downregulation impairs angiogenesis in human microvascular endothelial cells. Exp Cell Res 2008; 315:795-808. [PMID: 19073173 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2008.11.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2008] [Revised: 10/13/2008] [Accepted: 11/23/2008] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The formation of new blood vessels, or angiogenesis, is a necessary process during development but also for tumour growth and other pathologies. It is promoted by different growth factors that stimulate endothelial cells to proliferate, migrate, and generate new tubular structures. Syndecans, transmembrane heparan sulphate proteoglycans, bind such growth factors through their glycosaminoglycan chains and could transduce the signal to the cytoskeleton, thus regulating cell behaviour. We demonstrated that syndecan-2, the major syndecan expressed by human microvascular endothelial cells, is regulated by growth factors and extracellular matrix proteins, in both bidimensional and tridimensional culture conditions. The role of syndecan-2 in "in vitro" tumour angiogenesis was also examined by inhibiting its core protein expression with antisense phosphorothioate oligonucleotides. Downregulation of syndecan-2 reduces spreading and adhesion of endothelial cells, enhances their migration, but also impairs the formation of capillary-like structures. These results suggest that syndecan-2 has an important function in some of the necessary steps that make up the angiogenic process. We therefore propose a pivotal role of this heparan sulphate proteoglycan in the formation of new blood vessels.
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- Oriol Noguer
- Department of Cellular Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
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Hayashi Y, Tsuji S, Tsujii M, Nishida T, Ishii S, Iijima H, Nakamura T, Eguchi H, Miyoshi E, Hayashi N, Kawano S. Topical Implantation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells Has Beneficial Effects on Healing of Experimental Colitis in Rats. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2008; 326:523-31. [DOI: 10.1124/jpet.108.137083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Greenberg Y, King M, Kiosses WB, Ewalt K, Yang X, Schimmel P, Reader JS, Tzima E. The novel fragment of tyrosyl tRNA synthetase, mini-TyrRS, is secreted to induce an angiogenic response in endothelial cells. FASEB J 2007; 22:1597-605. [PMID: 18165356 DOI: 10.1096/fj.07-9973com] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Aminoacyl tRNA synthetases--enzymes that catalyze the first step of protein synthesis--in mammalian cells are now known to have expanded functions, including activities in signal transduction pathways, such as those for angiogenesis and inflammation. The native synthetases themselves are procytokines, having no signal transduction activities. After alternative splicing or natural proteolysis, specific fragments that are potent cytokines and that interact with specific receptors on cell surfaces are released. In this manner, a natural fragment of human tyrosyl tRNA synthetase (TyrRS), mini-TyrRS, has been shown to act as a proangiogenic cytokine. The mechanistic basis for the action of mini-TyrRS in angiogenesis has yet to be established. Here, we show that mini-TyrRS is exported from endothelial cells when they are treated with tumor necrosis factor-alpha. Mini-TyrRS binds to vascular endothelial cells and activates an array of angiogenic signal transduction pathways. Mini-TyrRS-induced angiogenesis requires the activation of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2 (VEGFR2/Flk-1/KDR). Mini-TyrRS stimulates VEGFR2 phosphorylation in a VEGF-independent manner, suggesting VEGFR2 transactivation. Transactivation of VEGFR2 and downstream angiogenesis require an intact Glu-Leu-Arg (ELR) motif in mini-TyrRS, which is important for its cytokine activity. These studies therefore suggest a mechanism by which mini-TyrRS induces angiogenesis in endothelial cells and provide further insight into the role of mini-TyrRS as a link between translation and angiogenesis.
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- Y Greenberg
- Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 103 Mason Farm Rd., Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7545, USA
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Petreaca ML, Yao M, Liu Y, DeFea K, Martins-Green M. Transactivation of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2 by interleukin-8 (IL-8/CXCL8) is required for IL-8/CXCL8-induced endothelial permeability. Mol Biol Cell 2007; 18:5014-23. [PMID: 17928406 PMCID: PMC2096609 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e07-01-0004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 157] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2007] [Revised: 09/28/2007] [Accepted: 10/02/2007] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Interleukin-8 (IL-8/CXCL8) is a chemokine that increases endothelial permeability during early stages of angiogenesis. However, the mechanisms involved in IL-8/CXCL8-induced permeability are poorly understood. Here, we show that permeability induced by this chemokine requires the activation of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2 (VEGFR2/fetal liver kinase 1/KDR). IL-8/CXCL8 stimulates VEGFR2 phosphorylation in a VEGF-independent manner, suggesting VEGFR2 transactivation. We investigated the possible contribution of physical interactions between VEGFR2 and the IL-8/CXCL8 receptors leading to VEGFR2 transactivation. Both IL-8 receptors interact with VEGFR2 after IL-8/CXCL8 treatment, and the time course of complex formation is comparable with that of VEGFR2 phosphorylation. Src kinases are involved upstream of receptor complex formation and VEGFR2 transactivation during IL-8/CXCL8-induced permeability. An inhibitor of Src kinases blocked IL-8/CXCL8-induced VEGFR2 phosphorylation, receptor complex formation, and endothelial permeability. Furthermore, inhibition of the VEGFR abolishes RhoA activation by IL-8/CXCL8, and gap formation, suggesting a mechanism whereby VEGFR2 transactivation mediates IL-8/CXCL8-induced permeability. This study points to VEGFR2 transactivation as an important signaling pathway used by chemokines such as IL-8/CXCL8, and it may lead to the development of new therapies that can be used in conditions involving increases in endothelial permeability or angiogenesis, particularly in pathological situations associated with both IL-8/CXCL8 and VEGF.
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- Melissa L. Petreaca
- *Graduate Program in Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biology
- Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, and
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- Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, and
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- Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, and
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- *Graduate Program in Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biology
- Division of Biomedical Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521
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- *Graduate Program in Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biology
- Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, and
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Fabes J, Anderson P, Brennan C, Bolsover S. Regeneration-enhancing effects of EphA4 blocking peptide following corticospinal tract injury in adult rat spinal cord. Eur J Neurosci 2007; 26:2496-505. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.05859.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Suzuki A, Hamada K, Sasaki T, Mak TW, Nakano T. Role of PTEN/PI3K pathway in endothelial cells. Biochem Soc Trans 2007; 35:172-6. [PMID: 17371230 DOI: 10.1042/bst0350172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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PTEN (phosphatase and tensin homologue deleted on chromosome 10) is an important tumour-suppressor gene that encodes a 3-phosphatase. The major substrate of PTEN is PIP(3) (phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-trisphosphate) generated by the action of PI3Ks (phosphoinositide 3-kinases). Hereditary mutation of PTEN causes tumour-susceptibility diseases such as Cowden disease. We used the Cre-loxP system to generate an endothelial cell-specific mutation of PTEN in mice. Heterozygous mutation of PTEN in endothelial cells enhances postnatal neovascularization, including tumour angiogenesis necessary for tumour growth. This observation suggests that Cowden disease patients are not only at risk for additional tumorigenic mutations due to complete loss of PTEN function, but may also experience accelerated growth of incipient tumours due to enhanced angiogenesis. Homozygous mutation of Pten in murine endothelial cells impairs cardiovascular morphogenesis and is embryonic lethal due to endothelial cell hyperproliferation and impaired vascular remodelling. Additional homozygous mutation of p85alpha, the regulatory subunit of class IA PI3Ks, or p110gamma, the catalytic subunit of the sole class IB PI3K, led to a partial rescue of all phenotypes in our PTEN-deficient mice. Thus inhibition of the PI3K pathway, including the targeting of PI3Kgamma, may be an attractive therapeutic strategy for the treatment of various malignancies.
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Akita University School of Medicine, Akita, Japan.
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Finney MR, Greco NJ, Haynesworth SE, Martin JM, Hedrick DP, Swan JZ, Winter DG, Kadereit S, Joseph ME, Fu P, Pompili VJ, Laughlin MJ. Direct comparison of umbilical cord blood versus bone marrow-derived endothelial precursor cells in mediating neovascularization in response to vascular ischemia. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2006; 12:585-93. [PMID: 16635794 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2005.12.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2005] [Accepted: 12/23/2005] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Endothelial precursor cells (EPCs) cultured from adult bone marrow (BM) have been shown to mediate neovasculogenesis in murine models of vascular injury. We sought to directly compare umbilical cord blood (UCB)- and BM-derived EPC surface phenotypes and in vivo functional capacity. UCB and BM EPCs derived from mononuclear cells (MNC) were phenotyped by surface staining for expression of stromal (Stro-1, CXCR4, CD105, and CD73), endothelial (CD31, CD146, and vascular endothelial [VE]-cadherin), stem cell (CD34 and CD133), and monocyte (CD14) surface markers and analyzed by flow cytometry. The nonobese diabetic/severe combined immunodeficiency murine model of hind-limb ischemia was used to analyze the potential of MNCs and culture-derived EPCs from UCB and BM to mediate neovasculogenesis. Histologic evaluation of the in vivo studies included capillary density as a measure of neovascularization. Surface CXCR4 expression was notably higher on UCB-derived EPCs (64.29%+/-7.41%) compared with BM (19.69%+/-5.49%; P=.021). Although the 2 sources of EPCs were comparable in expression of endothelial and monocyte markers, BM-derived EPCs contained higher proportions of cells expressing stromal cell markers (CD105 and CD73). Injection of UCB- or BM-derived EPCs resulted in significantly improved perfusion as measured by laser Doppler imaging at days 7 and 14 after femoral artery ligation in nonobese diabetic/severe combined immunodeficiency mice compared with controls (P<.05). Injection of uncultured MNCs from BM or UCB showed no significant difference from control mice (P=.119; P=.177). Tissue samples harvested from the lower calf muscle at day 28 demonstrated increased capillary densities in mice receiving BM- or UCB-derived EPCs. In conclusion, we found that UCB and BM-derived EPCs differ in CXCR4 expression and stromal surface markers but mediate equivalent neovasculogenesis in vivo as measured by Doppler flow and histologic analyses.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Animals
- Bone Marrow Transplantation
- Capillaries/ultrastructure
- Cell Differentiation
- Cord Blood Stem Cell Transplantation
- Endothelial Cells/cytology
- Endothelium, Vascular/cytology
- Female
- Hindlimb/blood supply
- Humans
- Immunophenotyping
- Infant, Newborn
- Ischemia/physiopathology
- Ischemia/surgery
- Laser-Doppler Flowmetry
- Lipoproteins, LDL/metabolism
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred NOD
- Mice, SCID
- Muscle, Skeletal/blood supply
- Neovascularization, Physiologic/physiology
- Plant Lectins/metabolism
- Receptors, CXCR4/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Cell Surface/metabolism
- Receptors, Scavenger/metabolism
- Stem Cells/classification
- Stem Cells/cytology
- Stromal Cells/cytology
- Transplantation, Heterologous
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- Marcie R Finney
- Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-7284, USA
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Takahashi T, Takahashi K, Mernaugh RL, Tsuboi N, Liu H, Daniel TO. A monoclonal antibody against CD148, a receptor-like tyrosine phosphatase, inhibits endothelial-cell growth and angiogenesis. Blood 2006; 108:1234-42. [PMID: 16597593 PMCID: PMC1895872 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2005-10-4296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Angiogenesis contributes to a wide range of neoplastic, ischemic, and inflammatory disorders. Definition of the intrinsic molecular controls in angiogenic vessel growth promises novel therapeutic approaches for angiogenesis-related diseases. CD148 (also named DEP-1/PTP eta) is a receptor-like protein tyrosine phosphatase that is abundantly expressed in vascular endothelial cells. To explore a role of CD148 in endothelial vessel formation, we generated a monoclonal antibody, Ab1, against the ectodomain sequence of CD148 and examined its effects on endothelial-cell growth and vessel formation. Here we report that a bivalent, but not a monovalent, form of the Ab1 antibody inhibits endothelial-cell growth and blocks angiogenesis in mouse cornea in vivo. We further demonstrate that (1) bivalent Ab1 arrests cell-cycle progression of CD148-transfected CHO cells at G(0)/G(1) phase, (2) coexpression of catalytically inactive CD148 mutants attenuates the Ab1-cell growth inhibition, and (3) bivalent Ab1 suppresses phosphorylation of ERK1/2 kinases and Met tyrosine kinase as activated CD148 does, with an increase in CD148-associated tyrosine phosphatase activity. Taken together, these findings demonstrate that Ab1-induced ectodomain oligomerization arrests endothelial-cell growth through catalytic activity of the CD148 cytoplasmic domain. The present study defines CD148 as a valuable molecular target for antiangiogenesis therapy.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/immunology
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/pharmacology
- CHO Cells
- Cornea/blood supply
- Cornea/immunology
- Cornea/metabolism
- Cornea/pathology
- Cricetinae
- Cricetulus
- Endothelial Cells/metabolism
- Endothelial Cells/pathology
- Enzyme Inhibitors/immunology
- Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology
- G1 Phase/drug effects
- G1 Phase/genetics
- G1 Phase/immunology
- Humans
- Inflammation/drug therapy
- Inflammation/genetics
- Inflammation/immunology
- Inflammation/metabolism
- Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1/genetics
- Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1/immunology
- Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1/metabolism
- Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3/genetics
- Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3/immunology
- Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3/metabolism
- Neoplasms/drug therapy
- Neoplasms/genetics
- Neoplasms/immunology
- Neoplasms/metabolism
- Neovascularization, Pathologic/drug therapy
- Neovascularization, Pathologic/genetics
- Neovascularization, Pathologic/immunology
- Neovascularization, Pathologic/metabolism
- Phosphorylation/drug effects
- Protein Processing, Post-Translational/drug effects
- Protein Processing, Post-Translational/genetics
- Protein Processing, Post-Translational/immunology
- Protein Structure, Tertiary/genetics
- Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases/antagonists & inhibitors
- Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases/genetics
- Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases/immunology
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-met/genetics
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-met/immunology
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-met/metabolism
- Receptor-Like Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Class 3
- Resting Phase, Cell Cycle/drug effects
- Resting Phase, Cell Cycle/genetics
- Resting Phase, Cell Cycle/immunology
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- Takamune Takahashi
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Division of Nephrology, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.
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Dekker RJ, Boon RA, Rondaij MG, Kragt A, Volger OL, Elderkamp YW, Meijers JCM, Voorberg J, Pannekoek H, Horrevoets AJG. KLF2 provokes a gene expression pattern that establishes functional quiescent differentiation of the endothelium. Blood 2006; 107:4354-63. [PMID: 16455954 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2005-08-3465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 265] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The flow-responsive transcription factor KLF2 is acquiring a leading role in the regulation of endothelial cell gene expression. A genome-wide microarray expression profiling is described employing lentivirus-mediated, 7-day overexpression of human KLF2 at levels observed under prolonged flow. KLF2 is not involved in lineage typing, as 42 endothelial-specific markers were unaffected. Rather, KLF2 generates a gene transcription profile (> 1000 genes) affecting key functional pathways such as cell migration, vasomotor function, inflammation, and hemostasis and induces a morphology change typical for shear exposure including stress fiber formation. Protein levels for thrombomodulin, endothelial nitric oxide synthase, and plasminogen activator inhibitor type-1 are altered to atheroprotective levels, even in the presence of the inflammatory cytokine TNF-alpha. KLF2 attenuates cell migration by affecting multiple genes including VEGFR2 and the potent antimigratory SEMA3F. The distribution of Weibel-Palade bodies in cultured cell populations is normalized at the single-cell level without interfering with their regulated, RalA-dependent release. In contrast, thrombin-induced release of Weibel-Palade bodies is significantly attenuated, consistent with the proposed role of VWF release at low-shear stress regions of the vasculature in atherosclerosis. These results establish that KLF2 acts as a central transcriptional switch point between the quiescent and activated states of the adult endothelial cell.
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- Rob J Dekker
- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 15, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Furman-Haran E, Schechtman E, Kelcz F, Kirshenbaum K, Degani H. Magnetic resonance imaging reveals functional diversity of the vasculature in benign and malignant breast lesions. Cancer 2005; 104:708-18. [PMID: 15971199 DOI: 10.1002/cncr.21225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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BACKGROUND Tumor perfusion through the microvascular network can be imaged noninvasively by dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI). The objective of the current study was to quantify the microvascular perfusion parameters in various human breast lesions and to determine whether they varied between benign lesions and malignancy and whether they were altered with increased invasiveness. METHODS Perfusion parameters in 22 benign fibrocystic changes, 15 ductal carcinomas in situ (DCIS), 30 infiltrating ductal carcinomas (IDC), and 22 fibroadenomas were measured using high-resolution DCE-MRI. Pixel-by-pixel image analysis yielded parametric images of two perfusion indicators: the influx transcapillary transfer constant (k(trans)) and the efflux transcapillary rate constant (k(ep)). Correlations of lesion type and perfusion parameters were calculated using Spearman correlation. Logistic regression analysis evaluated the best predictors of the kinetic parameters that differentiate between IDC and benign lesions. RESULTS The perfusion parameters exhibited a progressive increase from benign fibrocystic changes to DCIS and IDC, with a significant correlation between lesion type and the parameters' values (range of correlation coefficients, 0.56-0.76; P < 0.0001). In addition, k(trans) increased from low-grade DCIS to high-grade DCIS. Fibroadenomas were characterized uniquely by high k(trans) but low k(ep). Stepwise logistic regression selected k(trans) as the best predictor for distinguishing benign fibrocystic changes from IDC, yielding 93% sensitivity and 96% specificity. CONCLUSIONS The microvascular perfusion parameters in breast lesions were elevated with invasiveness. Quantification of these parameters using high-resolution DCE-MRI was helpful for differentiating between breast lesions and should improve breast carcinoma diagnosis.
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- Edna Furman-Haran
- Department of Biological Regulation, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
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Kelm JM, Diaz Sanchez-Bustamante C, Ehler E, Hoerstrup SP, Djonov V, Ittner L, Fussenegger M. VEGF profiling and angiogenesis in human microtissues. J Biotechnol 2005; 118:213-29. [PMID: 15951040 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2005.03.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2004] [Revised: 02/25/2005] [Accepted: 03/04/2005] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Owing to its dual impact on tissue engineering (neovascularization of tissue implants) and cancer treatment (prevention of tumor-induced vascularization), management and elucidation of vascularization phenomena remain clinical priorities. Using a variety of primary human cells and (neoplastic) cell lines assembled in microtissues by gravity-enforced self-aggregation in hanging drops we (i) studied size and age-dependent VEGF production of microtissues in comparison to isogenic monolayer cultures, (ii) characterized the self-organization and VEGF-production potential of mixed-cell spheroids, (iii) analyzed VEGF-dependent capillary formation of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) cells coated onto several human primary cell spheroids, and (iv) profiled endostatin action on vascularization in human microtissues. Precise understanding of vascularization in human microtissues may foster advances in clinical tissue implant engineering, tumor treatment, as well as drug discovery and drug-function analysis.
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- Jens M Kelm
- Institute for Chemical and Bio-Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Hoenggerberg, HCI F115, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 10, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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Makanya AN, Stauffer D, Ribatti D, Burri PH, Djonov V. Microvascular growth, development, and remodeling in the embryonic avian kidney: the interplay between sprouting and intussusceptive angiogenic mechanisms. Microsc Res Tech 2005; 66:275-88. [PMID: 16003781 DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Embryonic development is associated with extensive vascular growth and remodeling. We used immunohistochemical, light and electron microscopical techniques, as well as vascular casting methods to study the developing chick embryo kidney with special attention to the interplay between sprouting and intussusceptive vascular growth modes. During inauguration at embryonic day 5 (E5), the early mesonephros was characterised by extensive microvascular sprouting. By E7, the vascular growth mode switched to intussusception, which contributed to rapid kidney vasculature growth up to E11, when the first obvious signs of vascular degeneration were evident. The metanephros underwent similar phases of vascular development inaugurating at E8 with numerous capillary sprouts and changing at E13 to intussusceptive growth, which was responsible for vascular amplification and remodeling. A phenomenal finding was that future renal lobules arose as large glomerular tufts, supplied by large vessels, which were split into smaller intralobular feeding and draining vessels with subsequent formation of solitary glomeruli. This glomerular duplication was achieved by intussusception, i.e., by formation of pillars in rows and their successive merging to delineate the vascular entities. Ultimately, the maturation of the vasculature was achieved by intussusceptive pruning and branching remodeling. An interesting finding was that strong VEGF expression was associated with the sprouting phase of angiogenesis while bFGF was upregulated during the phase of intussusceptive microvascular growth. We conclude that microvascular growth and remodeling in avian kidney follows an adroitly crafted pattern, which entails a precise spaciotemporal interplay between sprouting and intussusceptive angiogenic growth modes supported partly by VEGF and bFGF.
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- Andrew N Makanya
- Institute of Anatomy, University of Berne, CH-3000 Berne 9, Switzerland
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Hamada K, Sasaki T, Koni PA, Natsui M, Kishimoto H, Sasaki J, Yajima N, Horie Y, Hasegawa G, Naito M, Miyazaki JI, Suda T, Itoh H, Nakao K, Mak TW, Nakano T, Suzuki A. The PTEN/PI3K pathway governs normal vascular development and tumor angiogenesis. Genes Dev 2005; 19:2054-65. [PMID: 16107612 PMCID: PMC1199575 DOI: 10.1101/gad.1308805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 234] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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PTEN is an important tumor suppressor gene. Hereditary mutation of PTEN causes tumor-susceptibility diseases such as Cowden disease. We used the Cre-loxP system to generate an endothelial cell-specific mutation of Pten (Tie2CrePten) in mice. Tie2CrePten(flox/+) mice displayed enhanced tumorigenesis due to an increase in angiogenesis driven by vascular growth factors. This effect was partially dependent on the PI3K subunits p85alpha and p110gamma. In vitro, Tie2CrePten(flox/+) endothelial cells showed enhanced proliferation/migration. Tie2CrePten(flox/flox) mice died before embryonic day 11.5 (E11.5) due to bleeding and cardiac failure caused by impaired recruitment of pericytes and vascular smooth muscle cells to blood vessels, and of cardiomyocytes to the endocardium. These phenotypes depend strongly on p110gamma rather than on p85alpha and were associated with decreased expression of Ang-1, VCAM-1, connexin 40, and ephrinB2 but increased expression of Ang-2, VEGF-A, VEGFR1, and VEGFR2. Pten is thus indispensable for normal cardiovascular morphogenesis and post-natal angiogenesis, including tumor angiogenesis.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Cells, Cultured
- Female
- Fetal Heart/embryology
- Fetal Heart/metabolism
- Genes, Tumor Suppressor
- Humans
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Mice, Mutant Strains
- Mice, Transgenic
- Mutation
- Neoplasms, Experimental/blood supply
- Neoplasms, Experimental/genetics
- Neovascularization, Pathologic
- Neovascularization, Physiologic
- PTEN Phosphohydrolase
- Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/deficiency
- Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/genetics
- Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/physiology
- Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases/deficiency
- Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases/genetics
- Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases/physiology
- RNA, Small Interfering/genetics
- Tumor Suppressor Proteins/deficiency
- Tumor Suppressor Proteins/genetics
- Tumor Suppressor Proteins/physiology
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- Koichi Hamada
- Department of Molecular Biology, Department of Microbiology, Department of Gastroenterology, Akita University School of Medicine, Akita 010-8543, Japan
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Radeke HH, von Wenckstern H, Stoidtner K, Sauer B, Hammer S, Kleuser B. Overlapping Signaling Pathways of Sphingosine 1-Phosphate and TGF-β in the Murine Langerhans Cell Line XS52. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2005; 174:2778-86. [PMID: 15728487 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.174.5.2778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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TGF-beta has been defined as a key mediator for the induction and maintenance of immunological tolerance. Concomitantly, it is essential for homeostasis of specialized epithelial dendritic cells, namely, Langerhans cells (LC). Our data reveal that TGF-beta induces migration of the immature LC, XS52, a cell line expressing the signaling components, TGF-beta type I and II receptors and Smad2, 3, and 4 mRNA. TGF-beta stimulation induced transient Smad3/4 oligomerization and Smad3/DNA binding. Antisense oligonucleotides (ASO) targeting Smad3 abrogated TGF-beta-induced XS52 chemotaxis, proving the involvement of this Smad protein in the TGF-beta-dependent migration. In contrast, the typical CCR6-dependent chemotaxis of immature LC induced by CCL20/MIP-3alpha was not affected by Smad3 ASO. Most notably, we also identified the lysophospholipid sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) as a potent chemoattractant for immature LC, which expressed mRNA transcripts of lysophospholipid receptors S1P(1-4). Additional experiments with specific ASO showed that the Galpha(i)-coupled receptors S1P(1) and S1P(3) were dominantly involved in the S1P-induced migration. In contrast, lysophosphatidic acid (LPA), also binding to members of the lysophospholipid receptor family, failed to induce XS52 migration. Intriguingly, we raised evidence that TGF-beta and S1P signal transduction pathways are indeed overlapping, as S1P augmented Smad activation and targeted DNA binding with kinetics comparable to TGF-beta. Finally, S1P failed to stimulate XS52 chemotaxis when Smad3 protein expression was abrogated. Thus, our data indicate a cross-communication between S1P and TGF-beta signaling that might be relevant for more than only migratory activities of immature LC.
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- Heinfried H Radeke
- pharmazentrum frankfurt, Clinic of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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Müller MM, Singer BB, Klaile E, Obrink B, Lucka L. Transmembrane CEACAM1 affects integrin-dependent signaling and regulates extracellular matrix protein-specific morphology and migration of endothelial cells. Blood 2005; 105:3925-34. [PMID: 15687237 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2004-09-3618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Carcinoembryonic antigen-related cell adhesion molecule 1 (CEACAM1/CD66a), expressed on leukocytes, epithelia, and endothelia mediates homophilic cell adhesion. It plays an important role in cell morphogenesis and, recently, soluble CEACAM1 isoforms have been implicated in angiogenesis. In the present study, we investigated the function of long transmembrane isoform of CEACAM1 (CEACAM1-L) in cultured rat brain endothelial cells. We observed that expression of CEACAM1-L promotes network formation on basement membrane Matrigel and increased cell motility after monolayer injury. During cell-matrix adhesion, CEACAM1-L translocated into the Triton X-100-insoluble cytoskeletal fraction and affected cell spreading and cell morphology on Matrigel and laminin-1 but not on fibronectin. On laminin-1, CEACAM1-L-expressing cells developed protrusions with lamellipodia, showed less stress fiber formation, reduced focal adhesion kinase (FAK) tyrosine phosphorylation, and decreased focal adhesion formation leading to high motility. CEACAM1-L-mediated morphologic alterations were sensitive to RhoA activation via lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) treatment and dependent on Rac1 activation. Furthermore, we demonstrate a matrix protein-dependent association of CEACAM1-L with talin, an important regulator of integrin function. Taken together, our results suggest that transmembrane CEACAM1-L expressed on endothelial cells is implicated in the activation phase of angiogenesis by affecting the cytoskeleton architecture and integrin-mediated signaling.
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- Mario M Müller
- Institut für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin-Dahlem, Germany
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Roberts DM, Anderson AL, Hidaka M, Swetenburg RL, Patterson C, Stanford WL, Bautch VL. A vascular gene trap screen defines RasGRP3 as an angiogenesis-regulated gene required for the endothelial response to phorbol esters. Mol Cell Biol 2004; 24:10515-28. [PMID: 15572660 PMCID: PMC533983 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.24.24.10515-10528.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We identified Ras guanine-releasing protein 3 (RasGRP3) as a guanine exchange factor expressed in blood vessels via an embryonic stem (ES) cell-based gene trap screen to identify novel vascular genes. RasGRP3 is expressed in embryonic blood vessels, down-regulated in mature adult vessels, and reexpressed in newly formed vessels during pregnancy and tumorigenesis. This expression pattern is consistent with an angiogenic function for RasGRP3. Although a loss-of-function mutation in RasGRP3 did not affect viability, RasGRP3 was up-regulated in response to vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) stimulation of human umbilical vein endothelial cells, placing RasGRP3 regulation downstream of VEGF signaling. Phorbol esters mimic the second messenger diacylglycerol (DAG) in activating both protein kinase C (PKC) and non-PKC phorbol ester receptors such as RasGRP3. ES cell-derived wild-type blood vessels exposed to phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) underwent extensive aberrant morphogenesis that resulted in the formation of large endothelial sheets rather than properly branched vessels. This response to PMA was completely dependent on the presence of RasGRP3, as mutant vessels were refractory to the treatment. Taken together, these findings show that endothelial RasGRP3 is up-regulated in response to VEGF stimulation and that RasGRP3 functions as an endothelial cell phorbol ester receptor in a pathway whose stimulation perturbs normal angiogenesis. This suggests that RasGRP3 activity may exacerbate vascular complications in diseases characterized by excess DAG, such as diabetes.
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- David M Roberts
- Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology, Department of Biology, CB#3280, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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Kertesz N, Wu J, Chen THP, Sucov HM, Wu H. The role of erythropoietin in regulating angiogenesis. Dev Biol 2004; 276:101-10. [PMID: 15531367 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2004.08.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 162] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2003] [Revised: 08/10/2004] [Accepted: 08/11/2004] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Erythropoietin (EPO) is an essential growth factor that regulates erythrocyte production in mammals. In this study, we demonstrate a novel role of EPO in regulating angiogenesis in vivo. Epo and Epo receptor (EpoR) are expressed in the vasculature during embryogenesis. Deletion of Epo or EpoR leads to angiogenic defects starting at E10.5, 2 days before ventricular hypoplasia and 3 days before the onset of the embryonic lethal phenotype. Overall, angiogenesis was severely affected in the mutant embryos: vascular anomalies included decreased complexity of the vessel networks. However, de novo vasculogenesis remained intact, consistent with the differential expression of Epo and EpoR during the early stages of embryonic development. The aforementioned angiogenesis defect can be partially rescued by expressing human EPO during embryogenesis. Moreover, Ang-1 expression is regulated by EPO/EPOR under normoxic conditions. Taken together, our results suggest important roles of EPO and EPOR in angiogenesis.
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- Nathalie Kertesz
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1735, USA
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Kleinman HK, Philp D, Hoffman MP. Role of the extracellular matrix in morphogenesis. Curr Opin Biotechnol 2004; 14:526-32. [PMID: 14580584 DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2003.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 292] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The extracellular matrix is a complex, dynamic and critical component of all tissues. It functions as a scaffold for tissue morphogenesis, provides cues for cell proliferation and differentiation, promotes the maintenance of differentiated tissues and enhances the repair response after injury. Various amounts and types of collagens, adhesion molecules, proteoglycans, growth factors and cytokines or chemokines are present in the tissue- and temporal-specific extracellular matrices. Tissue morphogenesis is mediated by multiple extracellular matrix components and by multiple active sites on some of these components. Biologically active extracellular matrix components may have use in tissue repair, regeneration and engineering, and in programming stem cells for tissue replacement.
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- Hynda K Kleinman
- Cell Biology Section, CDBRB, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research/NIH, 30 Convent Drive, MSC 4370, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Kearney JB, Kappas NC, Ellerstrom C, DiPaola FW, Bautch VL. The VEGF receptor flt-1 (VEGFR-1) is a positive modulator of vascular sprout formation and branching morphogenesis. Blood 2004; 103:4527-35. [PMID: 14982871 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2003-07-2315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 163] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Sprouting angiogenesis is critical to blood vessel formation, but the cellular and molecular controls of this process are poorly understood. We used time-lapse imaging of green fluorescent protein (GFP)-expressing vessels derived from stem cells to analyze dynamic aspects of vascular sprout formation and to determine how the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) receptor flt-1 affects sprouting. Surprisingly, loss of flt-1 led to decreased sprout formation and migration, which resulted in reduced vascular branching. This phenotype was also seen in vivo, as flt-1(-/-) embryos had defective sprouting from the dorsal aorta. We previously showed that loss of flt-1 increases the rate of endothelial cell division. However, the timing of division versus morphogenetic effects suggested that these phenotypes were not causally linked, and in fact mitoses were prevalent in the sprout field of both wild-type and flt-1(-/-) mutant vessels. Rather, rescue of the branching defect by a soluble flt-1 (sflt-1) transgene supports a model whereby flt-1 normally positively regulates sprout formation by production of sflt-1, a soluble form of the receptor that antagonizes VEGF signaling. Thus precise levels of bioactive VEGF-A and perhaps spatial localization of the VEGF signal are likely modulated by flt-1 to ensure proper sprout formation during blood vessel formation.
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- Joseph B Kearney
- Program in Genetics and Molecular Biology, Department of Biology, CB# 3280, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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The reproducible pattern of blood vessels formed in vertebrate embryos has been described extensively, but only recently have we obtained the genetic and molecular tools to address the mechanisms underlying these processes. This review describes our current knowledge regarding vascular patterning around the vertebrate midline and presents data derived from frogs, zebrafish, avians, and mice. The embryonic structures implicated in midline vascular patterning, the hypochord, endoderm, notochord, and neural tube, are discussed. Moreover, several molecular signaling pathways implicated in vascular patterning, VEGF, Tie/tek, Notch, Eph/ephrin, and Semaphorin, are described. Data showing that VEGF is critical to patterning the dorsal aorta in frogs and zebrafish, and to patterning the vascular plexus that forms around the neural tube in amniotes, is presented. A more complete knowledge of vascular patterning is likely to come from the next generation of experiments using ever more sophisticated tools, and these results promise to directly impact on clinically important issues such as forming new vessels in the human body and/or in bioreactors.
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- Kelly A Hogan
- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27599, USA
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The development of heparan sulfate sugars as therapeutics: Versatility that couples stem cells, tissue engineering, and wound repair. Drug Dev Res 2004. [DOI: 10.1002/ddr.10395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Chiller KG, Frieden IJ, Arbiser JL. Molecular Pathogenesis of Vascular Anomalies: Classification into Three Categories Based upon Clinical and Biochemical Characteristics. Lymphat Res Biol 2003; 1:267-81. [PMID: 15624555 DOI: 10.1089/153968503322758076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Vascular tumors and malformations can be challenging to diagnose. Although they can resemble one another, their classification into tumors, such as hemangiomas of infancy, and malformations, such as venous or arteriovenous malformations, is based not only on their divergent biological behavior, but also on their pathogenesis. This review examines the molecular pathobiology of the processes involved in the development of these vascular birthmarks as they are currently understood. The terms hemangioma, hemangiosarcoma, and vascular proliferation are often used interchangeably, even though these entities are clinically and biochemically distinct. A more precise classification is necessary to facilitate communication between basic scientists and clinicians. Vasculogenesis, the in situ differentiation of blood vessels, occurs very early in the developing embryo. In vivo and in vitro studies, as well as knockout models, seem to indicate that this mechanism is unlikely to be involved in the development of either vascular malformations or hemangiomas of infancy. Recent advances in embryonic angiogenesis, especially explorations of mechanisms of vascular remodeling, have brought new understanding of the pathogenesis of vascular malformations. Vascular remodeling, an integral part of angiogenesis that centers upon the interactions between pericytes and endothelial cells, has been shown to be defective in certain experimental models and in some familial cases of vascular malformation. The occurrences of arteriovenous malformations in territories susceptible to increased remodeling also point towards epigenetic events in the development of vascular malformations.
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- Katarina G Chiller
- Emory University, Department of Dermatology, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
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