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A Method for Labeling Vasculature in Embryonic Mice
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血管ホメオスタシスにはオトクリンVEGFシグナル伝達が必要である
Sunyoung Lee1, Tom T Chen, Chad L Barber
1Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center and Molecular Biology Institute, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Cell
|August 28, 2007
まとめ
オトクリン血管内皮成長因子 (VEGF) は,成人の血管の健康を維持するために不可欠です. その欠如は内皮の変性を引き起こし,血管の恒常性にとって不可欠な細胞自律経路を強調します.
科学分野:
- 心血管生物学 心血管生物学
- 分子生物学は分子生物学である.
- 内皮細胞生物学 内皮細胞生物学
背景:
- 血管内皮成長因子 (VEGF) は,発達期と病理状態の両方で血管新生における役割として知られています.
- 成人の正常な血管機能を維持するVEGFの正確な役割は,あまり理解されていない.
研究 の 目的:
- 成人生物における血管の恒常性のために自己決定的VEGFシグナル伝達の必要性を調査する.
- パラクリンVEGFが,内皮特異のVEGFの損失を補うことができるかどうかを判断する.
- 内皮細胞における細胞自律のVEGFシグナル伝達のメカニズムを解明する.
主な方法:
- vegf遺伝子の遺伝的削除は,特に成人のマウスの内皮細胞に特異的に起こります.
- 内皮細胞の変性,生存率,および血管の整合性の分析.
- VEGF mRNAとタンパク質のレベルを測定する.
- 様々な条件下での内皮細胞におけるVEGFR2リン酸化の評価 (外因的VEGF,小分子抗体,細胞外VEGF阻害).
主要な成果:
- 細胞内膜の遺伝的消去は,突然変異したマウスの55%で進行的な細胞内膜変性および早死をもたらした.
- 観察されたフェノタイプは,VEGFの総mRNAまたはタンパク質レベルに重大な変化を伴わずに発生し,パラクリン補償が不十分であることを示唆しました.
- 野生型の内皮細胞は,外因的なVEGFが存在しないVEGFR2のリン酸化を示し,オトクリン信号回路を示した.
- このオトクリン活性化は,小分子VEGFR2抗体によって抑制されたが,細胞外VEGFを阻害することによって抑制されることはなかった.
結論:
- オトクリンVEGFシグナル伝達は,成人血管の血管恒常性を維持するために不可欠です.
- 内皮細胞は,細胞自律のVEGFシグナル伝達経路を有しており,その生存と機能に不可欠です.
- この内在的な経路は,正規のパラクリン血管新生カスケードとは異なり,それに代わるものではありません.
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