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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION
Volume 122, Issue 12, Pages 4727-4731Publisher
AMER SOC CLINICAL INVESTIGATION INC
DOI: 10.1172/JCI66056
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- NIH [HL110630, HL076754, HL097593, HL112486I, HL086548, HL083090, HL088740, HL102951, HL082836, HL85816, HL57506, HL052779, HL112666A]
- Visconsi Research Scholars' Fund
- Robert Wood Johnson/Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development grant
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The endothelium regulates vascular homeostasis, and endothelial dysfunction is a proximate event in the pathogenesis of atherothrombosis. Stimulation of the endothelium with proinflammatory cytokines or exposure to hemodynamic-induced disturbed flow leads to a proadhesive and prothrombotic phenotype that promotes atherothrombosis. In contrast, exposure to arterial laminar flow induces a gene program that confers a largely antiadhesive, antithrombotic effect. The molecular basis for this differential effect on endothelial function remains poorly understood. While recent insights implicate Kruppel-like factors (KLFs) as important regulators of vascular homeostasis, the in vivo role of these factors in endothelial biology remains unproven. Here, we show that endothelial KLF4 is an essential determinant of atherogenesis and thrombosis. Using in vivo EC-specific KLF4 overexpression and knockdown murine models, we found that KLF4 induced an antiadhesive, antithrombotic state. Mechanistically, we demonstrated that KLF4 differentially regulated pertinent endothelial targets via competition for the coactivator p300. These observations provide cogent evidence implicating endothelial KLFs as essential in vivo regulators of vascular function in the adult animal.
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