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The Assembly and Application of 'Shear Rings': A Novel Endothelial Model for Orbital, Unidirectional and Periodic Fluid Flow and Shear Stress
Published on: October 31, 2016
Regulation of Foxo-1 and the angiopoietin-2/Tie2 system by shear stress
Sven Chlench1, Nigussie Mecha Disassa, Margret Hohberg
1Charité, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Institute of Physiology, Arnimallee 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany.
Abstract:
Transcription factor Foxo-1 can be inactivated via Akt-mediated phosphorylation. Since shear stress activates Akt, we determined whether Foxo-1 and the Foxo-1-dependent, angiogenesis-related Ang-2/Tie2-system are influenced by shear stress in endothelial cells. Expression of Foxo-1 and its target genes p27Kip1 and Ang-2 was decreased under shear stress (6dyn/cm(2), 24h), nuclear exclusion of Foxo-1 by phosphorylation increased. eNOS and Tie2 were upregulated. No effects on Ang-1 expression were detected. In conclusion, Foxo-1 and Ang-2/Tie2 are part of the molecular response to shear stress, which may regulate angiogenesis.
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