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ARTERIOSCLEROSIS THROMBOSIS AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY
Volume 27, Issue 6, Pages 1289-1296Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.107.142778
Keywords
mechanical forces; Notch; endothelial cells; angiogenesis; angiopoietin
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- NIAAA NIH HHS [AA-12610] Funding Source: Medline
- Wellcome Trust Funding Source: Medline
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Objective-The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of cyclic strain on Notch signaling in endothelial cells. Methods and Results-Exposure of human endothelial cells (ECs) to cyclic strain (10%) resulted in temporal upregulation of Notch receptors (1 and 4) at the mRNA and protein level. Cyclic strain significantly increased EC network formation on Matrigel (an index of angiogenesis); network AU=775 +/- 127 versus 3928 +/- 400 for static and strained ECs, respectively. In addition, Angiopoietin 1 (Ang1), Tie1, and Tie2 expression were increased and knockdown of Ang1/Tie1,2 by siRNAs decreased cyclic strain-induced network formation. Knockdown of Notch 1 and 4 by siRNA, or inhibition of Notch mediated CBF-1/RBP-Jk regulated gene expression by RPMS-1, caused a significant decrease in cyclic strain-induced network formation and in Tie1 and Tie2 mRNA expression. Notch 1 or Notch 4 siRNA, but not RPMS-1, inhibited cyclic strain-induced Ang1. Constitutive overexpression of Notch IC resulted in increased network formation, and Ang1 and Tie2 mRNA expression, under both static and strain conditions. Conclusions-These data suggest that cyclic strain-stimulated EC angiogenesis is mediated in part through a Notch-dependent, Ang1/Tie2 signaling pathway. This pathway may represent a novel therapeutic target for disease states in which hemodynamic force-induced angiogenesis occurs.
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