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CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES
Volume 74, Issue 7, Pages 1319-1333Publisher
SPRINGER BASEL AG
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-016-2417-5
Keywords
Endothelial cells; Proliferation; Vessel formation; Humanized mouse model; KSHV
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- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) within Cluster of Excellence REBIRTH
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) within Cluster of Excellence REBIRTH
- Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) [FKZ0316170F]
- HZI GradSchool
- PhD program Regenerative Sciences within Hannover Biomedical Research School (HBRS)
- [SFB900 (Sonderforschungsbereich 900)]
- [WI2648/3-1]
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Homeostasis of solid tissue is characterized by a low proliferative activity of differentiated cells while special conditions like tissue damage induce regeneration and proliferation. For some cell types it has been shown that various tissue-specific functions are missing in the proliferating state, raising the possibility that their proliferation is not compatible with a fully differentiated state. While endothelial cells are important players in regenerating tissue as well as in the vascularization of tumors, the impact of proliferation on their features remains elusive. To examine cell features in dependence of proliferation, we established human endothelial cell lines in which proliferation is tightly controlled by a doxycycline-dependent, synthetic regulatory unit. We observed that uptake of macromolecules and establishment of cell-cell contacts was more pronounced in the growth-arrested state. Tube-like structures were formed in vitro in both proliferating and non-proliferating conditions. However, functional vessel formation upon transplantation into immune-compromised mice was restricted to the proliferative state. Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpes virus (KSHV) infection resulted in reduced expression of endothelial markers. Upon transplantation of infected cells, drastic differences were observed: proliferation arrested cells acquired a high migratory activity while the proliferating counterparts established a tumor-like phenotype, similar to Kaposi Sarcoma lesions. The study gives evidence that proliferation governs endothelial functions. This suggests that several endothelial functions are differentially expressed during angiogenesis. Moreover, since proliferation defines the functional properties of cells upon infection with KSHV, this process crucially affects the fate of virus-infected cells.
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