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Wan T, Rousseau H, Mattern C, Tabor M, Hodges MR, Ramchandran R, Spearman AD. Glenn circulation causes early and progressive shunting in a surgical model of pulmonary arteriovenous malformations. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.04.03.588015. [PMID: 38617317 PMCID: PMC11014550 DOI: 10.1101/2024.04.03.588015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/16/2024]
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Background Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVMs) universally develop in patients with single ventricle congenital heart disease (CHD). Single ventricle PAVMs have been recognized for over 50 years, yet they are poorly understood, and we lack any medical therapies. To improve our understanding of single ventricle PAVM initiation and progression, we developed a surgical rat model of Glenn circulation and characterized PAVM physiology over multiple time points. Methods Using adult rats, we performed a left thoracotomy and end-to-end anastomosis of the left superior vena cava to the left pulmonary artery (unilateral Glenn), or sham surgical control. To assess for PAVM physiology in the left lung, we quantified intrapulmonary shunting using two independent methods (bubble echocardiography and fluorescent microsphere injection) at 2 weeks, 2 months, and 6 months. Additionally, we performed arterial blood gas measurements to assess oxygenation and plethysmography to assess ventilation. Results We identified pathologic intrapulmonary shunting by bubble echocardiography as early as 2 weeks post-Glenn surgery, and shunting continued chronically at 2- and 6-months post-Glenn. Shunting also progressed over time, demonstrated by increased shunting of 10µm microspheres at 6 months. Shunting was accompanied by mildly decreased arterial oxygenation, but there were no differences in ventilation as quantified by plethysmography. Conclusions Our surgical animal model of unilateral Glenn circulation re-creates the clinical condition of single ventricle PAVMs with early and progressive intrapulmonary shunting. This model is poised to characterize single ventricle PAVM pathophysiology and lead to mechanistic and therapeutic discovery. Graphic Abstract
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Huang L, Cheng F, Zhang X, Zielonka J, Nystoriak MA, Xiang W, Raygor K, Wang S, Lakshmanan A, Jiang W, Yuan S, Hou KS, Zhang J, Wang X, Syed AU, Juric M, Takahashi T, Navedo MF, Wang RA. Nitric oxide synthase and reduced arterial tone contribute to arteriovenous malformation. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2023; 9:eade7280. [PMID: 37235659 PMCID: PMC10219588 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.ade7280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2022] [Accepted: 04/20/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Mechanisms underlying arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are poorly understood. Using mice with endothelial cell (EC) expression of constitutively active Notch4 (Notch4*EC), we show decreased arteriolar tone in vivo during brain AVM initiation. Reduced vascular tone is a primary effect of Notch4*EC, as isolated pial arteries from asymptomatic mice exhibited reduced pressure-induced arterial tone ex vivo. The nitric oxide (NO) synthase (NOS) inhibitor NG-nitro-l-arginine (L-NNA) corrected vascular tone defects in both assays. L-NNA treatment or endothelial NOS (eNOS) gene deletion, either globally or specifically in ECs, attenuated AVM initiation, assessed by decreased AVM diameter and delayed time to moribund. Administering nitroxide antioxidant 4-hydroxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyl also attenuated AVM initiation. Increased NOS-dependent production of hydrogen peroxide, but not NO, superoxide, or peroxynitrite was detected in isolated Notch4*EC brain vessels during AVM initiation. Our data suggest that eNOS is involved in Notch4*EC-mediated AVM formation by up-regulating hydrogen peroxide and reducing vascular tone, thereby permitting AVM initiation and progression.
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- Lawrence Huang
- Laboratory for Accelerated Vascular Research, Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Laboratory for Accelerated Vascular Research, Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Laboratory for Accelerated Vascular Research, Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Free Radical Research Laboratory, Department of Biophysics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Laboratory for Accelerated Vascular Research, Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Laboratory for Accelerated Vascular Research, Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Laboratory for Accelerated Vascular Research, Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Laboratory for Accelerated Vascular Research, Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Laboratory for Accelerated Vascular Research, Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Laboratory for Accelerated Vascular Research, Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Laboratory for Accelerated Vascular Research, Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Laboratory for Accelerated Vascular Research, Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Laboratory for Accelerated Vascular Research, Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Free Radical Research Laboratory, Department of Biophysics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Laboratory for Accelerated Vascular Research, Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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Hasan SS, Fischer A. Notch Signaling in the Vasculature: Angiogenesis and Angiocrine Functions. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med 2023; 13:cshperspect.a041166. [PMID: 35667708 PMCID: PMC9899647 DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a041166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Formation of a functional blood vessel network is a complex process tightly controlled by pro- and antiangiogenic signals released within the local microenvironment or delivered through the bloodstream. Endothelial cells precisely integrate such temporal and spatial changes in extracellular signals and generate an orchestrated response by modulating signaling transduction, gene expression, and metabolism. A key regulator in vessel formation is Notch signaling, which controls endothelial cell specification, proliferation, migration, adhesion, and arteriovenous differentiation. This review summarizes the molecular biology of endothelial Notch signaling and how it controls angiogenesis and maintenance of the established, quiescent vasculature. In addition, recent progress in the understanding of Notch signaling in endothelial cells for controlling organ homeostasis by transcriptional regulation of angiocrine factors and its relevance to disease will be discussed.
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- Sana S Hasan
- Division Vascular Signaling and Cancer, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division Vascular Signaling and Cancer, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.,Institute for Clinical Chemistry, University Medical Center Göttingen, 37075 Göttingen, Germany.,European Center for Angioscience (ECAS), Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, 68167 Mannheim, Germany
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Sharma M, Yerrathota S, Thornton MM, Gunewardena S. Transcriptomic data showing differentially expressed genes between Notch3 and Notch4 deleted mice. Data Brief 2021; 35:106873. [PMID: 33665264 PMCID: PMC7905437 DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2021.106873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2020] [Revised: 02/09/2021] [Accepted: 02/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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The Notch signaling pathway is an important conserved pathway for normal homeostasis during development. However, targeted deletion of Notch4 (Notch4d1 ) or Notch3 (Notch3d1 ) in mice is not lethal. In fact, both Notch4d1 and Notch3d1 mice develop normally and are fertile. Here we present RNA seq analysis of differential gene expression in the kidneys of Notch4d1 mice versus the Notch3 d1 mice, all on FVB background. Kidneys were collected from Notch4d1 and Notch3 d1 littermates at 3 months of age. RNA sequencing was carried out. The raw data were analyzed for differential gene expression using a negative binomial generalized linear model in the DeSeq2 software package. We used P-value ≤0.05 and an absolute fold change of 1.5 or greater to identify top upregulated and downregulated genes in Notch4 d1 mice compared to Notch3 d1 mice. The data provided will indentify targets of Notch3 and Notch4 signaling, specifically in kidney diseases where Notch3 or Notch4 are abberantly or redundantly expressed.
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- Madhulika Sharma
- Departments of Internal Medicine, United States
- The Jared Grantham Kidney Institute, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, United States
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- Departments of Internal Medicine, United States
- The Jared Grantham Kidney Institute, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, United States
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- Departments of Internal Medicine, United States
- The Jared Grantham Kidney Institute, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, United States
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Hwan Kim Y, Vu PN, Choe SW, Jeon CJ, Arthur HM, Vary CPH, Lee YJ, Oh SP. Overexpression of Activin Receptor-Like Kinase 1 in Endothelial Cells Suppresses Development of Arteriovenous Malformations in Mouse Models of Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia. Circ Res 2020; 127:1122-1137. [PMID: 32762495 DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.119.316267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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RATIONALE Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) is a genetic disease caused by mutations in ENG, ALK1, or SMAD4. Since proteins from all 3 HHT genes are components of signal transduction of TGF-β (transforming growth factor β) family members, it has been hypothesized that HHT is a disease caused by defects in the ENG-ALK1-SMAD4 linear signaling. However, in vivo evidence supporting this hypothesis is scarce. OBJECTIVE We tested this hypothesis and investigated the therapeutic effects and potential risks of induced-ALK1 or -ENG overexpression (OE) for HHT. METHODS AND RESULTS We generated a novel mouse allele (ROSA26Alk1) in which HA (human influenza hemagglutinin)-tagged ALK1 and bicistronic eGFP expression are induced by Cre activity. We examined whether ALK1-OE using the ROSA26Alk1 allele could suppress the development of arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) in wounded adult skin and developing retinas of Alk1- and Eng-inducible knockout (iKO) mice. We also used a similar approach to investigate whether ENG-OE could rescue AVMs. Biochemical and immunofluorescence analyses confirmed the Cre-dependent OE of the ALK1-HA transgene. We could not detect any pathological signs in ALK1-OE mice up to 3 months after induction. ALK1-OE prevented the development of retinal AVMs and wound-induced skin AVMs in Eng-iKO as well as Alk1-iKO mice. ALK1-OE normalized expression of SMAD and NOTCH target genes in ENG-deficient endothelial cells (ECs) and restored the effect of BMP9 (bone morphogenetic protein 9) on suppression of phosphor-AKT levels in these endothelial cells. On the other hand, ENG-OE could not inhibit the AVM development in Alk1-iKO models. CONCLUSIONS These data support the notion that ENG and ALK1 form a linear signaling pathway for the formation of a proper arteriovenous network during angiogenesis. We suggest that ALK1 OE or activation can be an effective therapeutic strategy for HHT. Further research is required to study whether this therapy could be translated into treatment for humans.
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- Yong Hwan Kim
- Department of Physiology and Functional Genomics, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville (Y.H.K., S.-w.C., S.P.O.).,Department of Neurobiology, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ (Y.H.K., S.P.O.)
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- Lee Gil Ya Cancer and Diabetes Institute, Gachon University, Incheon, Republic of Korea (N.V.P., Y.J.L.)
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- Department of Physiology and Functional Genomics, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville (Y.H.K., S.-w.C., S.P.O.).,Department of Medical IT Convergence Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology, Gumi, Republic of Korea (S.-w.C.)
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- Department of Biology, College of Natural Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea (C.J.J.)
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- Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, United Kingdom (H.M.A.)
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- Center for Molecular Medicine, Maine Medical Center Research Institute, Scarborough (C.P.V.)
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- Lee Gil Ya Cancer and Diabetes Institute, Gachon University, Incheon, Republic of Korea (N.V.P., Y.J.L.)
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- Department of Physiology and Functional Genomics, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville (Y.H.K., S.-w.C., S.P.O.).,Department of Neurobiology, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ (Y.H.K., S.P.O.)
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Takasu S, Yokoo Y, Ishii Y, Kijima A, Ogawa K, Umemura T. Molecular Pathological Differences in Global Gene Expression between Two Sustained Proliferative Lesions, Nodular Regenerative Hepatocellular Hyperplasia and Hepatocellular Adenoma, in Mice. Toxicol Pathol 2018; 47:44-52. [PMID: 30572783 DOI: 10.1177/0192623318810200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Long-term exposure to piperonyl butoxide (PBO) induces multiple nodular masses along with hepatocellular tumors in the liver of mice. The histopathological features of the nodules led to our diagnosis of nodular regenerative hepatocellular hyperplasia (NRH). However, because of the lack of data on the biological characteristics of NRH, whether this lesion is truly nonneoplastic remains unknown. In this study, the molecular characteristics of NRH were compared with those of hepatocellular adenoma (HCA) by global gene expression analysis. Six-week-old male ICR mice were fed a diet containing 6,000 ppm PBO for 43 weeks to induce NRH and HCA development. Complementary DNA microarray analysis was performed using messenger RNA extracted from NRH and HCA frozen sections collected by laser microdissection. Hierarchical cluster analysis showed that all NRH samples clustered together but were separate from the HCA cluster. Pathway analysis revealed activation of the cell cycle and Delta-Notch signaling in both lesions, but the latter was more upregulated in HCA. Downregulation of cytochrome p450 enzymes was observed in NRH, but not in HCA. These results imply that NRH differs from HCA in terms of not only morphological but also molecular characteristics.
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- Shinji Takasu
- 1 Division of Pathology, National Institute of Health Sciences, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
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- 1 Division of Pathology, National Institute of Health Sciences, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
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- 1 Division of Pathology, National Institute of Health Sciences, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
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- 1 Division of Pathology, National Institute of Health Sciences, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
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- 1 Division of Pathology, National Institute of Health Sciences, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
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- 1 Division of Pathology, National Institute of Health Sciences, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan.,2 Laboratory of Animal Pathology, Faculty of Animal Health Technology, Yamazaki University of Animal Health Technology, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan
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Raevens S, Geerts A, Paridaens A, Lefere S, Verhelst X, Hoorens A, Van Dorpe J, Maes T, Bracke KR, Casteleyn C, Jonckx B, Horvatits T, Fuhrmann V, Van Vlierberghe H, Van Steenkiste C, Devisscher L, Colle I. Placental growth factor inhibition targets pulmonary angiogenesis and represents a therapy for hepatopulmonary syndrome in mice. Hepatology 2018; 68:634-651. [PMID: 29023811 DOI: 10.1002/hep.29579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2017] [Revised: 08/27/2017] [Accepted: 10/02/2017] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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UNLABELLED Hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS) is a severe complication of cirrhosis with increased risk of mortality. Pulmonary microvascular alterations are key features of HPS; but underlying mechanisms are incompletely understood, and studies on HPS are limited to rats. Placental growth factor (PlGF), a proangiogenic molecule that is selectively involved in pathological angiogenesis, may play an important role in HPS development; however, its role has never been investigated. In this study, we validated an HPS model by common bile duct ligation (CBDL) in mice, investigated the kinetic changes in pulmonary angiogenesis and inflammation during HPS development, and provide evidence for a novel therapeutic strategy by targeting pathological angiogenesis. Mice with CBDL developed hypoxemia and intrapulmonary shunting on a background of liver fibrosis. Pulmonary alterations included increased levels of proangiogenic and inflammatory markers, which was confirmed in serum of human HPS patients. Increased PlGF production in HPS mice originated from alveolar type II cells and lung macrophages, as demonstrated by immunofluorescent staining. Dysfunctional vessel formation in CBDL mice was visualized by microscopy on vascular corrosion casts. Both prophylactic and therapeutic anti-PlGF (αPlGF) antibody treatment impeded HPS development, as demonstrated by significantly less intrapulmonary shunting and improved gas exchange. αPlGF treatment decreased endothelial cell dysfunction in vivo and in vitro and was accompanied by reduced pulmonary inflammation. Importantly, αPlGF therapy did not affect liver alterations, supporting αPlGF's ability to directly target the pulmonary compartment. CONCLUSION CBDL in mice induces HPS, which is mediated by PlGF production; αPlGF treatment improves experimental HPS by counteracting pulmonary angiogenesis and might be an attractive therapeutic strategy for human HPS. (Hepatology 2017).
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- Sarah Raevens
- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Hepatology Research Unit, Ghent University, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Hepatology Research Unit, Ghent University, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Hepatology Research Unit, Ghent University, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Hepatology Research Unit, Ghent University, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Hepatology Research Unit, Ghent University, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Pathology, Ghent University and Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Pathology, Ghent University and Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Translational Research in Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Translational Research in Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Morphology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium.,Applied Veterinary Morphology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical, Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium
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- Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.,Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.,Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Hepatology Research Unit, Ghent University, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Hepatology Research Unit, Ghent University, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Hepatology Research Unit, Ghent University, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Hepatology Research Unit, Ghent University, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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Xia M, Harb H, Saffari A, Sioutas C, Chatila TA. A Jagged 1-Notch 4 molecular switch mediates airway inflammation induced by ultrafine particles. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2018; 142:1243-1256.e17. [PMID: 29627423 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2018.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2017] [Revised: 03/14/2018] [Accepted: 03/23/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Exposure to traffic-related particulate matter promotes asthma and allergic diseases. However, the precise cellular and molecular mechanisms by which particulate matter exposure acts to mediate these effects remain unclear. OBJECTIVE We sought to elucidate the cellular targets and signaling pathways critical for augmentation of allergic airway inflammation induced by ambient ultrafine particles (UFP). METHODS We used in vitro cell-culture assays with lung-derived antigen-presenting cells and allergen-specific T cells and in vivo mouse models of allergic airway inflammation with myeloid lineage-specific gene deletions, cellular reconstitution approaches, and antibody inhibition studies. RESULTS We identified lung alveolar macrophages (AM) as the key cellular target of UFP in promoting airway inflammation. Aryl hydrocarbon receptor-dependent induction of Jagged 1 (Jag1) expression in AM was necessary and sufficient for augmentation of allergic airway inflammation by UFP. UFP promoted TH2 and TH17 cell differentiation of allergen-specific T cells in a Jag1- and Notch 4-dependent manner. Treatment of mice with an anti-Notch 4 antibody abrogated exacerbation of allergic airway inflammation induced by UFP. CONCLUSION UFP exacerbate allergic airway inflammation by promoting a Jag1-Notch 4-dependent interaction between AM and allergen-specific T cells, leading to augmented TH cell differentiation.
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- Mingcan Xia
- Division of Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass
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- Division of Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif
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- Division of Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.
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Jiang X, Wooderchak-Donahue WL, McDonald J, Ghatpande P, Baalbaki M, Sandoval M, Hart D, Clay H, Coughlin S, Lagna G, Bayrak-Toydemir P, Hata A. Inactivating mutations in Drosha mediate vascular abnormalities similar to hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia. Sci Signal 2018; 11:11/513/eaan6831. [PMID: 29339534 DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.aan6831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) and bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) family of cytokines critically regulates vascular morphogenesis and homeostasis. Impairment of TGF-β or BMP signaling leads to heritable vascular disorders, including hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT). Drosha, a key enzyme for microRNA (miRNA) biogenesis, also regulates the TGF-β and BMP pathway through interaction with Smads and their joint control of gene expression through miRNAs. We report that mice lacking Drosha in the vascular endothelium developed a vascular phenotype resembling HHT that included dilated and disorganized vasculature, arteriovenous fistulae, and hemorrhages. Exome sequencing of HHT patients who lacked known pathogenic mutations revealed an overrepresentation of rare nonsynonymous variants of DROSHA Two of these DROSHA variants (P100L and R279L) did not interact with Smads and were partially catalytically active. In zebrafish, expression of these mutants or morpholino-directed knockdown of Drosha resulted in angiogenesis defects and abnormal vascular permeability. Together, our studies point to an essential role of Drosha in vascular development and the maintenance of vascular integrity, and reveal a previously unappreciated link between Drosha dysfunction and HHT.
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- Xuan Jiang
- Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Associated Regional and University Pathologists Institute for Clinical and Experimental Pathology, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA.,Department of Pathology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.,Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Associated Regional and University Pathologists Institute for Clinical and Experimental Pathology, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA. .,Department of Pathology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA. .,Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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Control of Blood Vessel Formation by Notch Signaling. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2018; 1066:319-338. [PMID: 30030834 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-89512-3_16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Blood vessels span throughout the body to nourish tissue cells and to provide gateways for immune surveillance. Endothelial cells that line capillaries have the remarkable capacity to be quiescent for years but to switch rapidly into the activated state once new blood vessels need to be formed. In addition, endothelial cells generate niches for progenitor and tumor cells and provide organ-specific paracrine (angiocrine) factors that control organ development and regeneration, maintenance of homeostasis and tumor progression. Recent data indicate a pivotal role for blood vessels in responding to metabolic changes and that endothelial cell metabolism is a novel regulator of angiogenesis. The Notch pathway is the central signaling mode that cooperates with VEGF, WNT, BMP, TGF-β, angiopoietin signaling and cell metabolism to orchestrate angiogenesis, tip/stalk cell selection and arteriovenous specification. Here, we summarize the current knowledge and implications regarding the complex roles of Notch signaling during physiological and tumor angiogenesis, the dynamic nature of tip/stalk cell selection in the nascent vessel sprout and arteriovenous differentiation. Furthermore, we shed light on recent work on endothelial cell metabolism, perfusion-independent angiocrine functions of endothelial cells in organ-specific vascular beds and how manipulation of Notch signaling may be used to target the tumor vasculature.
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Bolte C, Whitsett JA, Kalin TV, Kalinichenko VV. Transcription Factors Regulating Embryonic Development of Pulmonary Vasculature. ADVANCES IN ANATOMY, EMBRYOLOGY, AND CELL BIOLOGY 2018; 228:1-20. [PMID: 29288383 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-68483-3_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Lung morphogenesis is a highly orchestrated process beginning with the appearance of lung buds on approximately embryonic day 9.5 in the mouse. Endodermally derived epithelial cells of the primitive lung buds undergo branching morphogenesis to generate the tree-like network of epithelial-lined tubules. The pulmonary vasculature develops in close proximity to epithelial progenitor cells in a process that is regulated by interactions between the developing epithelium and underlying mesenchyme. Studies in transgenic and knockout mouse models demonstrate that normal lung morphogenesis requires coordinated interactions between cells lining the tubules, which end in peripheral saccules, juxtaposed to an extensive network of capillaries. Multiple growth factors, microRNAs, transcription factors, and their associated signaling cascades regulate cellular proliferation, migration, survival, and differentiation during formation of the peripheral lung. Dysregulation of signaling events caused by gene mutations, teratogens, or premature birth causes severe congenital and acquired lung diseases in which normal alveolar architecture and the pulmonary capillary network are disrupted. Herein, we review scientific progress regarding signaling and transcriptional mechanisms regulating the development of pulmonary vasculature during lung morphogenesis.
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- Craig Bolte
- Center for Lung Regenerative Medicine, Perinatal Institute, Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation, Cincinnati, OH, USA.,Division of Pulmonary Biology, Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary Biology, Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation, Cincinnati, OH, USA.,Division of Developmental Biology, Perinatal Institute, Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary Biology, Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Center for Lung Regenerative Medicine, Perinatal Institute, Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation, Cincinnati, OH, USA. .,Division of Pulmonary Biology, Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation, Cincinnati, OH, USA. .,Division of Developmental Biology, Perinatal Institute, Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
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Hussain M, Xu C, Ahmad M, Yang Y, Lu M, Wu X, Tang L, Wu X. Notch Signaling: Linking Embryonic Lung Development and Asthmatic Airway Remodeling. Mol Pharmacol 2017; 92:676-693. [PMID: 29025966 DOI: 10.1124/mol.117.110254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2017] [Accepted: 10/11/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Lung development is mediated by assorted signaling proteins and orchestrated by complex mesenchymal-epithelial interactions. Notch signaling is an evolutionarily conserved cell-cell communication mechanism that exhibits a pivotal role in lung development. Notably, both aberrant expression and loss of regulation of Notch signaling are critically linked to the pathogenesis of various lung diseases, in particular, pulmonary fibrosis, lung cancer, pulmonary arterial hypertension, and asthmatic airway remodeling; implying that precise regulation of intensity and duration of Notch signaling is imperative for appropriate lung development. Moreover, evidence suggests that Notch signaling links embryonic lung development and asthmatic airway remodeling. Herein, we summarized all-recent advances associated with the mechanistic role of Notch signaling in lung development, consequences of aberrant expression or deletion of Notch signaling in linking early-impaired lung development and asthmatic airway remodeling, and all recently investigated potential therapeutic strategies to treat asthmatic airway remodeling.
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- Musaddique Hussain
- Department of Pharmacology and The Key Respiratory Drug Research Laboratory of China Food and Drug Administration, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou City, China (M.H., C.X., M.A., Xim.W.); The Second People's Hospital of Wenling, Wenling City, Zhejiang Province, China (Y.Y.); and Department of Respiratory Medicine, the Affiliated Children Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou City, China (M.L., Xil.W., L.T.)
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- Department of Pharmacology and The Key Respiratory Drug Research Laboratory of China Food and Drug Administration, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou City, China (M.H., C.X., M.A., Xim.W.); The Second People's Hospital of Wenling, Wenling City, Zhejiang Province, China (Y.Y.); and Department of Respiratory Medicine, the Affiliated Children Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou City, China (M.L., Xil.W., L.T.)
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- Department of Pharmacology and The Key Respiratory Drug Research Laboratory of China Food and Drug Administration, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou City, China (M.H., C.X., M.A., Xim.W.); The Second People's Hospital of Wenling, Wenling City, Zhejiang Province, China (Y.Y.); and Department of Respiratory Medicine, the Affiliated Children Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou City, China (M.L., Xil.W., L.T.)
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- Department of Pharmacology and The Key Respiratory Drug Research Laboratory of China Food and Drug Administration, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou City, China (M.H., C.X., M.A., Xim.W.); The Second People's Hospital of Wenling, Wenling City, Zhejiang Province, China (Y.Y.); and Department of Respiratory Medicine, the Affiliated Children Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou City, China (M.L., Xil.W., L.T.)
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- Department of Pharmacology and The Key Respiratory Drug Research Laboratory of China Food and Drug Administration, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou City, China (M.H., C.X., M.A., Xim.W.); The Second People's Hospital of Wenling, Wenling City, Zhejiang Province, China (Y.Y.); and Department of Respiratory Medicine, the Affiliated Children Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou City, China (M.L., Xil.W., L.T.)
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- Department of Pharmacology and The Key Respiratory Drug Research Laboratory of China Food and Drug Administration, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou City, China (M.H., C.X., M.A., Xim.W.); The Second People's Hospital of Wenling, Wenling City, Zhejiang Province, China (Y.Y.); and Department of Respiratory Medicine, the Affiliated Children Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou City, China (M.L., Xil.W., L.T.)
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- Department of Pharmacology and The Key Respiratory Drug Research Laboratory of China Food and Drug Administration, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou City, China (M.H., C.X., M.A., Xim.W.); The Second People's Hospital of Wenling, Wenling City, Zhejiang Province, China (Y.Y.); and Department of Respiratory Medicine, the Affiliated Children Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou City, China (M.L., Xil.W., L.T.)
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- Department of Pharmacology and The Key Respiratory Drug Research Laboratory of China Food and Drug Administration, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou City, China (M.H., C.X., M.A., Xim.W.); The Second People's Hospital of Wenling, Wenling City, Zhejiang Province, China (Y.Y.); and Department of Respiratory Medicine, the Affiliated Children Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou City, China (M.L., Xil.W., L.T.)
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Altalhi W, Sun X, Sivak JM, Husain M, Nunes SS. Diabetes impairs arterio-venous specification in engineered vascular tissues in a perivascular cell recruitment-dependent manner. Biomaterials 2016; 119:23-32. [PMID: 27988406 DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2016.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2016] [Revised: 12/02/2016] [Accepted: 12/05/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Cell-based tissue engineering is a potential treatment alternative for organ replacement. However, the lack of a robust vasculature, especially in the context of diseases such as diabetes, is a major hindrance to its success. Despite extensive research on the effects of diabetes in angiogenic sprouting, its effects on vessel arterio-venous (AV) specification have not been addressed. Using an engineered tissue that yields functional vessels with characteristic AV identities, we demonstrate that type 1 diabetes negatively affects vessel AV specification and perivascular cell (PVC) coverage. Blockage of PVC recruitment in normoglycemia does not affect blood flow parameters, but recapitulates the vascular immaturity found in diabetes, suggesting a role for PVCs in AV specification. The downregulation of Jagged1 and Notch3, key modulators of endothelial-perivascular interaction, observed in diabetes support this assertion. Co-culture assays indicate that PVCs induce arterial identity specification by inducing EphrinB2 and downregulating EphB4. This is antagonized by high glucose or blockage of endothelial Jagged1. Engineered tissues composed of microvessels from diabetic mice display normal PVC coverage and Jagged1/Notch3 gene expression when implanted into non-diabetic hosts. These indicate a lack of legacy effect and support the use of a more aggressive treatment of diabetes in patients undergoing revascularization therapies.
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- Wafa Altalhi
- Toronto General Research Institute, University Health Network, 101 College St., Toronto, ON M5G 1L7, Canada; Laboratory of Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Toronto General Research Institute, University Health Network, 101 College St., Toronto, ON M5G 1L7, Canada
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- Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, 399 Bathurst St., Toronto, ON M5T 2S8, Canada
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- Toronto General Research Institute, University Health Network, 101 College St., Toronto, ON M5G 1L7, Canada; Heart & Stroke/Richard Lewar Centre of Excellence, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Toronto General Research Institute, University Health Network, 101 College St., Toronto, ON M5G 1L7, Canada; Laboratory of Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Heart & Stroke/Richard Lewar Centre of Excellence, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
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Peacock HM, Caolo V, Jones EAV. Arteriovenous malformations in hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia: looking beyond ALK1-NOTCH interactions. Cardiovasc Res 2015; 109:196-203. [PMID: 26645978 DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvv264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2015] [Accepted: 10/29/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) is characterized by the development of arteriovenous malformations--enlarged shunts allowing arterial flow to bypass capillaries and enter directly into veins. HHT is caused by mutations in ALK1 or Endoglin; however, the majority of arteriovenous malformations are idiopathic and arise spontaneously. Idiopathic arteriovenous malformations differ from those due to loss of ALK1 in terms of both location and disease progression. Furthermore, while arteriovenous malformations in HHT and Alk1 knockout models have decreased NOTCH signalling, some idiopathic arteriovenous malformations have increased NOTCH signalling. The pathogenesis of these lesions also differs, with loss of ALK1 causing expansion of the shunt through proliferation, and NOTCH gain of function inducing initial shunt enlargement by cellular hypertrophy. Hence, we propose that idiopathic arteriovenous malformations are distinct from those of HHT. In this review, we explore the role of ALK1-NOTCH interactions in the development of arteriovenous malformations and examine a possible role of two signalling pathways downstream of ALK1, TMEM100 and IDs, in the development of arteriovenous malformations in HHT. A nuanced understanding of the precise molecular mechanisms underlying idiopathic and HHT-associated arteriovenous malformations will allow for development of targeted treatments for these lesions.
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- Hanna M Peacock
- Department of Cardiovascular Science, Centre for Molecular and Vascular Biology, KU Leuven, UZ Herestraat 49-Box 911, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiovascular Science, Centre for Molecular and Vascular Biology, KU Leuven, UZ Herestraat 49-Box 911, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiovascular Science, Centre for Molecular and Vascular Biology, KU Leuven, UZ Herestraat 49-Box 911, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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VEGF, Notch and TGFβ/BMPs in regulation of sprouting angiogenesis and vascular patterning. Biochem Soc Trans 2015; 42:1576-83. [PMID: 25399573 DOI: 10.1042/bst20140231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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The blood vasculature is constantly adapting to meet the demand from tissue. In so doing, branches may form, reorganize or regress. These complex processes employ integration of multiple signalling cascades, some of them being restricted to endothelial and mural cells and, hence, suitable for targeting of the vasculature. Both genetic and drug targeting experiments have demonstrated the requirement for the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) system, the Delta-like-Notch system and the transforming growth factor β (TGFβ)/bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) cascades in vascular development. Although several of these signalling cascades in part converge into common downstream components, they differ in temporal and spatial regulation and expression. For example, the pro-angiogenic VEGFA is secreted by cells in need of oxygen, presented to the basal side of the endothelium, whereas BMP9 and BMP10 are supplied via the bloodstream in constant interaction with the apical side to suppress angiogenesis. Delta-like 4 (DLL4), on the other hand, is provided as an endothelial membrane bound ligand. In the present article, we discuss recent data on the integration of these pathways in the process of sprouting angiogenesis and vascular patterning and malformation.
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Constitutively active Notch4 receptor elicits brain arteriovenous malformations through enlargement of capillary-like vessels. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2014; 111:18007-12. [PMID: 25468970 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1415316111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Arteriovenous (AV) malformation (AVM) is a devastating condition characterized by focal lesions of enlarged, tangled vessels that shunt blood from arteries directly to veins. AVMs can form anywhere in the body and can cause debilitating ischemia and life-threatening hemorrhagic stroke. The mechanisms that underlie AVM formation remain poorly understood. Here, we examined the cellular and hemodynamic changes at the earliest stages of brain AVM formation by time-lapse two-photon imaging through cranial windows of mice expressing constitutively active Notch4 (Notch4*). AVMs arose from enlargement of preexisting microvessels with capillary diameter and blood flow and no smooth muscle cell coverage. AV shunting began promptly after Notch4* expression in endothelial cells (ECs), accompanied by increased individual EC areas, rather than increased EC number or proliferation. Alterations in Notch signaling in ECs of all vessels, but not arteries alone, affected AVM formation, suggesting that Notch functions in the microvasculature and/or veins to induce AVM. Increased Notch signaling interfered with the normal biological control of hemodynamics, permitting a positive feedback loop of increasing blood flow and vessel diameter and driving focal AVM growth from AV connections with higher blood velocity at the expense of adjacent AV connections with lower velocity. Endothelial expression of constitutively active Notch1 also led to brain AVMs in mice. Our data shed light on cellular and hemodynamic mechanisms underlying AVM pathogenesis elicited by increased Notch signaling in the endothelium.
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Nielsen CM, Cuervo H, Ding VW, Kong Y, Huang EJ, Wang RA. Deletion of Rbpj from postnatal endothelium leads to abnormal arteriovenous shunting in mice. Development 2014; 141:3782-92. [PMID: 25209249 DOI: 10.1242/dev.108951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are tortuous vessels characterized by arteriovenous (AV) shunts, which displace capillaries and shunt blood directly from artery to vein. Notch signaling regulates embryonic AV specification by promoting arterial, as opposed to venous, endothelial cell (EC) fate. To understand the essential role of endothelial Notch signaling in postnatal AV organization, we used inducible Cre-loxP recombination to delete Rbpj, a mediator of canonical Notch signaling, from postnatal ECs in mice. Deletion of endothelial Rbpj from birth resulted in features of AVMs by P14, including abnormal AV shunting and tortuous vessels in the brain, intestine and heart. We further analyzed brain AVMs, as they pose particular health risks. Consistent with AVM pathology, we found cerebral hemorrhage, hypoxia and necrosis, and neurological deficits. AV shunts originated from capillaries (and possibly venules), with the earliest detectable morphological abnormalities in AV connections by P8. Prior to AV shunt formation, alterations in EC gene expression were detected, including decreased Efnb2 and increased Pai1, which encodes a downstream effector of TGFβ signaling. After AV shunts had formed, whole-mount immunostaining showed decreased Efnb2 and increased Ephb4 expression within AV shunts, suggesting that ECs were reprogrammed from arterial to venous identity. Deletion of Rbpj from adult ECs led to tortuosities in gastrointestinal, uterine and skin vascular beds, but had mild effects in the brain. Our results demonstrate a temporal requirement for Rbpj in postnatal ECs to maintain proper artery, capillary and vein organization and to prevent abnormal AV shunting and AVM pathogenesis.
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- Corinne M Nielsen
- Laboratory for Accelerated Vascular Research, Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Laboratory for Accelerated Vascular Research, Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Laboratory for Accelerated Vascular Research, Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Laboratory for Accelerated Vascular Research, Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Laboratory for Accelerated Vascular Research, Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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Shikata F, Sakaue T, Nakashiro KI, Okazaki M, Kurata M, Okamura T, Okura M, Ryugo M, Nakamura Y, Yasugi T, Higashiyama S, Izutani H. Pathophysiology of lung injury induced by common bile duct ligation in mice. PLoS One 2014; 9:e94550. [PMID: 24733017 PMCID: PMC3986091 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0094550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2013] [Accepted: 03/17/2014] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Background Liver dysfunction and cirrhosis affect vasculature in several organ systems and cause impairment of organ functions, thereby increasing morbidity and mortality. Establishment of a mouse model of hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS) would provide greater insights into the genetic basis of the disease. Our objectives were to establish a mouse model of lung injury after common bile duct ligation (CBDL) and to investigate pulmonary pathogenesis for application in future therapeutic approaches. Methods Eight-week-old Balb/c mice were subjected to CBDL. Immunohistochemical analyses and real-time quantitative reverse transcriptional polymerase chain reaction were performed on pulmonary tissues. The presence of HPS markers was detected by western blot and microarray analyses. Results We observed extensive proliferation of CD31-positive pulmonary vascular endothelial cells at 2 weeks after CBDL and identified 10 upregulated and 9 down-regulated proteins that were associated with angiogenesis. TNF-α and MMP-9 were highly expressed at 3 weeks after CBDL and were less expressed in the lungs of the control group. Conclusions We constructed a mouse lung injury model by using CBDL. Contrary to our expectation, lung pathology in our mouse model exhibited differences from that of rat models, and the mechanisms responsible for these differences are unknown. This phenomenon may be explained by contrasting processes related to TNF induction of angiogenic signaling pathways in the inflammatory phase. Thus, we suggest that our mouse model can be applied to pulmonary pathological analyses in the inflammatory phase, i.e., to systemic inflammatory response syndrome, acute lung injury, and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome.
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- Fumiaki Shikata
- Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan
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- Department of Cell Growth and Tumor Regulation, Ehime University, Proteo-Science Center, Ehime University, Ehime, Japan
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Division of Pathogenomics, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan
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- Department of Cell Growth and Tumor Regulation, Ehime University, Proteo-Science Center, Ehime University, Ehime, Japan
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan
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James AC, Szot JO, Iyer K, Major JA, Pursglove SE, Chapman G, Dunwoodie SL. Notch4 reveals a novel mechanism regulating Notch signal transduction. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2014; 1843:1272-84. [PMID: 24667410 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2014.03.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2014] [Revised: 03/13/2014] [Accepted: 03/17/2014] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Notch4 is a divergent member of the Notch family of receptors that is primarily expressed in the vasculature. Its expression implies an important role for Notch4 in the vasculature; however, mice homozygous for the Notch4(d1) knockout allele are viable. Since little is known about the role of Notch4 in the vasculature and how it functions, we further investigated Notch4 in mice and in cultured cells. We found that the Notch4(d1) allele is not null as it expresses a truncated transcript encoding most of the NOTCH4 extracellular domain. In cultured cells, NOTCH4 did not signal in response to ligand. Moreover, NOTCH4 inhibited signalling from the NOTCH1 receptor. This is the first report of cis-inhibition of signalling by another Notch receptor. The NOTCH4 extracellular domain also inhibits NOTCH1 signalling when expressed in cis, raising the possibility that reported Notch4 phenotypes may not be due to loss of NOTCH4 function. To better address the role of NOTCH4 in vivo, we generated a Notch4 null mouse in which the entire coding region was deleted. Notch4 null mice exhibited slightly delayed vessel growth in the retina, consistent with our novel finding that NOTCH4 protein is expressed in the newly formed vasculature. These findings indicate a role of NOTCH4 in fine-tuning the forming vascular plexus.
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- A C James
- Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Division, Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Sydney, Australia.
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- Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Division, Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Sydney, Australia; School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Faculty of Science, UNSW, Sydney, Australia.
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- Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Division, Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Sydney, Australia.
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- Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Division, Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Sydney, Australia.
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- Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Division, Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Sydney, Australia.
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- Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Division, Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Sydney, Australia; St Vincent's Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW, Sydney, Australia.
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- Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Division, Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Sydney, Australia; St Vincent's Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW, Sydney, Australia; School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Faculty of Science, UNSW, Sydney, Australia.
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Qiao L, Xie L, Shi K, Zhou T, Hua Y, Liu H. Notch signaling change in pulmonary vascular remodeling in rats with pulmonary hypertension and its implication for therapeutic intervention. PLoS One 2012; 7:e51514. [PMID: 23251561 PMCID: PMC3520790 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2012] [Accepted: 11/01/2012] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a fatal disease that lacks an effective therapy. Notch signaling pathway plays a crucial role in the angiogenesis and vascular remodeling. However, its roles in vascular remodeling in PH have not been well studied. In the current study, using hypoxia-induced PH model in rat, we examined the expression of Notch and its downstream factors. Then, we used vessel strip culture system and γ-secretase inhibitor DAPT, a Notch signaling inhibitor to determine the effect of Notch signaling in vascular remodeling and its potential therapeutic value. Our results indicated that Notch 1–4 were detected in the lung tissue with variable levels in different cell types such as smooth muscle cells and endothelial cells of pulmonary artery, bronchia, and alveoli. In addition, following the PH induction, all of Notch1, Notch3, Notch4 receptor, and downstream factor, HERP1 in pulmonary arteries, mRNA expressions were increased with a peak at 1–2 weeks. Furthermore, the vessel wall thickness from rats with hypoxia treatment increased after cultured for 8 days, which could be decreased approximately 30% by DAPT, accompanied with significant increase of expression level of apoptotic factors (caspase-3 and Bax) and transformation of vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) phenotype from synthetic towards contractile. In conclusion, the current study suggested Notch pathway plays an important role in pulmonary vascular remodeling in PH and targeting Notch signaling pathway could be a valuable approach to design new therapy for PH.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Apoptosis/drug effects
- Blood Vessels/drug effects
- Blood Vessels/pathology
- Blood Vessels/physiopathology
- Cell Proliferation/drug effects
- Cells, Cultured
- Dipeptides/pharmacology
- Disease Models, Animal
- Gene Expression Regulation/drug effects
- Hypertension, Pulmonary/complications
- Hypertension, Pulmonary/metabolism
- Hypertension, Pulmonary/physiopathology
- Hypertension, Pulmonary/therapy
- Hypoxia/complications
- Hypoxia/metabolism
- Hypoxia/physiopathology
- Immunohistochemistry
- In Vitro Techniques
- Lung/blood supply
- Lung/metabolism
- Lung/pathology
- Lung/physiopathology
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/pathology
- Myocytes, Smooth Muscle/drug effects
- Myocytes, Smooth Muscle/metabolism
- Myocytes, Smooth Muscle/pathology
- Phenotype
- Rats
- Rats, Wistar
- Receptors, Notch/genetics
- Receptors, Notch/metabolism
- Reproducibility of Results
- Signal Transduction/drug effects
- Staining and Labeling
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- Lina Qiao
- Department of Pediatric Cardiology, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
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Adrianto I, Lin CP, Hale JJ, Levin AM, Datta I, Parker R, Adler A, Kelly JA, Kaufman KM, Lessard CJ, Moser KL, Kimberly RP, Harley JB, Iannuzzi MC, Rybicki BA, Montgomery CG. Genome-wide association study of African and European Americans implicates multiple shared and ethnic specific loci in sarcoidosis susceptibility. PLoS One 2012; 7:e43907. [PMID: 22952805 PMCID: PMC3428296 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2012] [Accepted: 07/27/2012] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Sarcoidosis is a systemic inflammatory disease characterized by the formation of granulomas in affected organs. Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) of this disease have been conducted only in European population. We present the first sarcoidosis GWAS in African Americans (AAs, 818 cases and 1,088 related controls) followed by replication in independent sets of AAs (455 cases and 557 controls) and European Americans (EAs, 442 cases and 2,284 controls). We evaluated >6 million SNPs either genotyped using the Illumina Omni1-Quad array or imputed from the 1000 Genomes Project data. We identified a novel sarcoidosis-associated locus, NOTCH4, that reached genome-wide significance in the combined AA samples (rs715299, P(AA-meta) = 6.51 × 10(-10)) and demonstrated the independence of this locus from others in the MHC region in the same sample. We replicated previous European GWAS associations within HLA-DRA, HLA-DRB5, HLA-DRB1, BTNL2, and ANXA11 in both our AA and EA datasets. We also confirmed significant associations to the previously reported HLA-C and HLA-B regions in the EA but not AA samples. We further identified suggestive associations with several other genes previously reported in lung or inflammatory diseases.
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- Indra Adrianto
- Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
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- Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
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- Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
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- Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
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- Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
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- Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
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- Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
- The United States Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
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- Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
- Department of Pathology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
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- Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
- Department of Pathology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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- Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
- The United States Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
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- Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
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ALK1 signaling inhibits angiogenesis by cooperating with the Notch pathway. Dev Cell 2012; 22:489-500. [PMID: 22421041 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2012.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 285] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2012] [Revised: 02/06/2012] [Accepted: 02/08/2012] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Activin receptor-like kinase 1 (ALK1) is an endothelial-specific member of the TGF-β/BMP receptor family that is inactivated in patients with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT). How ALK1 signaling regulates angiogenesis remains incompletely understood. Here we show that ALK1 inhibits angiogenesis by cooperating with the Notch pathway. Blocking Alk1 signaling during postnatal development in mice leads to retinal hypervascularization and the appearance of arteriovenous malformations (AVMs). Combined blockade of Alk1 and Notch signaling further exacerbates hypervascularization, whereas activation of Alk1 by its high-affinity ligand BMP9 rescues hypersprouting induced by Notch inhibition. Mechanistically, ALK1-dependent SMAD signaling synergizes with activated Notch in stalk cells to induce expression of the Notch targets HEY1 and HEY2, thereby repressing VEGF signaling, tip cell formation, and endothelial sprouting. Taken together, these results uncover a direct link between ALK1 and Notch signaling during vascular morphogenesis that may be relevant to the pathogenesis of HHT vascular lesions.
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Xu K, Moghal N, Egan SE. Notch signaling in lung development and disease. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2012; 727:89-98. [PMID: 22399341 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-0899-4_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Notch signaling plays an essential role in development and homeostasis of multiple organs including the lung. Dysregulation of Notch signaling has been implicated in various lung diseases including lung cancer. Here we review functions of Notch signaling in coordinating events during lung development, such as early proximodistal fate generation and branching, airway epithelial cell fate specification, alveogenesis and pulmonary vascular development. We also discuss roles of Notch in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, progressive pulmonary fibrosis, pulmonary arterial hypertension, asthma and lung cancer.
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- Keli Xu
- The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Murphy PA, Kim TN, Lu G, Bollen AW, Schaffer CB, Wang RA. Notch4 normalization reduces blood vessel size in arteriovenous malformations. Sci Transl Med 2012; 4:117ra8. [PMID: 22261032 PMCID: PMC3320799 DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3002670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Abnormally enlarged blood vessels underlie many life-threatening disorders including arteriovenous (AV) malformations (AVMs). The core defect in AVMs is high-flow AV shunts, which connect arteries directly to veins, "stealing" blood from capillaries. Here, we studied mouse brain AV shunts caused by up-regulation of Notch signaling in endothelial cells (ECs) through transgenic expression of constitutively active Notch4 (Notch4*). Using four-dimensional two-photon imaging through a cranial window, we found that normalizing Notch signaling by repressing Notch4* expression converted large-caliber, high-flow AV shunts to capillary-like vessels. The structural regression of the high-flow AV shunts returned blood to capillaries, thus reversing tissue hypoxia. This regression was initiated by vessel narrowing without the loss of ECs and required restoration of EphB4 receptor expression by venous ECs. Normalization of Notch signaling resulting in regression of high-flow AV shunts, and a return to normal blood flow suggests that targeting the Notch pathway may be useful therapeutically for treating diseases such as AVMs.
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- Patrick A Murphy
- Laboratory for Accelerated Vascular Research, Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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Rosuvastatin counteracts vessel arterialisation and sinusoid capillarisation, reduces tumour growth, and prolongs survival in murine hepatocellular carcinoma. Gastroenterol Res Pract 2011; 2010:640797. [PMID: 21528105 PMCID: PMC3082163 DOI: 10.1155/2010/640797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2010] [Accepted: 12/28/2010] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Background and Aims. An arterial blood supply and phenotypic changes of the sinusoids characterise the liver vasculature in human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). We investigated the effects of rosuvastatin on liver vessel anomalies, tumour growth and survival in HCC. Methods. We treated transgenic mice developing HCC, characterized by vessel anomalies similar to those of human HCC, with rosuvastatin. Results. In the rosuvastatin group, the survival time was longer (P < .001), and liver weight (P < .01) and nodule surface (P < .01) were reduced. Rosuvastatin decreased the number of smooth muscle actin-positive arteries (P < .05) and prevented the sinusoid anomalies, with decreased laminin expression (P < .001), activated hepatic stellate cells (P < .001), and active Notch4 expression. Furthermore, rosuvastatin inhibited endothelial cell but not tumour hepatocyte functions. Conclusions. Rosuvastatin reduced the vessel anomalies and tumour growth and prolonged survival in HCC. These results represent new mechanisms of the effects of statin on tumour angiogenesis and a potential target therapy in HCC.
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Notch signaling is an evolutionarily conserved, intercellular signaling mechanism that plays myriad roles during vascular development and physiology in vertebrates. These roles include the regulation of arteriovenous specification and differentiation in both endothelial cells and vascular smooth muscle cells, regulation of blood vessel sprouting and branching during normal and pathological angiogenesis, and the physiological responses of vascular smooth muscle cells. Defects in Notch signaling also cause inherited vascular diseases, such as the degenerative vascular disorder cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy. This review summarizes recent studies that highlight the multiple roles the Notch signaling pathway plays during vascular development and physiology.
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