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Biosynthesis and expression of VE-cadherin is regulated by the PI3K/mTOR signaling pathway
Michael Bieri1, Melinda Oroszlan, Christian Zuppinger
1Laboratory for Heart Transplantation Immunology, Cardiology, Swiss Cardiovascular Center, University Hospital (Inselspital), CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland.
Abstract:
Vascular endothelial (VE)-cadherin is an essential protein of adherens junctions of endothelial cells and plays a pivotal role in vascular homeostasis. Mammalian target of rapamycin complex 2 (mTORC2) deficient mice display defects in fetal vascular development. Blocking mTOR or the upstream kinase phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) led to a dose-dependently decrease of the VE-cadherin mRNA and protein expression. Immunofluorescent staining showed a strongly decreased expression of VE-cadherin at the interface of human umbilical endothelial cells (HUVECs) followed by intercellular gap formation. Herewith, we demonstrated that the expression of VE-cadherin is dependent on mTOR and PI3K signaling.
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