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EMBO JOURNAL
Volume 25, Issue 4, Pages 713-726Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600973
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endothelial cell migration; LIM-kinase; MAPKAPK-2; p38 MAPK; VEGF-A
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Vascular endothelial growth factor- A ( VEGF- A) induces actin reorganization and migration of endothelial cells through a p38 mitogen- activated protein kinase ( MAPK) pathway. LIM- kinase 1 ( LIMK1) induces actin remodeling by phosphorylating and inactivating cofilin, an actin-depolymerizing factor. In this study, we demonstrate that activation of LIMK1 by MAPKAPK- 2 ( MK2; a downstream kinase of p38 MAPK) represents a novel signaling pathway in VEGF- A- induced cell migration. VEGF- A induced LIMK1 activation and cofilin phosphorylation, and this was inhibited by the p38 MAPK inhibitor SB203580. Although p38 phosphorylated LIMK1 at Ser- 310, it failed to activate LIMK1 directly; however, MK2 activated LIMK1 by phosphorylation at Ser- 323. Expression of a Ser- 323-non- phosphorylatable mutant of LIMK1 suppressed VEGF-A-induced stress fiber formation and cell migration; however, expression of a Ser- 323- phosphorylation- mimic mutant enhanced these processes. Knockdown of MK2 by siRNA suppressed VEGF- A- induced LIMK1 activation, stress fiber formation, and cell migration. Expression of kinase- dead LIMK1 suppressed VEGF- A- induced tubule formation. These findings suggest that MK2- mediated LIMK1 phosphorylation/ activation plays an essential role in VEGF- A- induced actin reorganization, migration, and tubule formation of endothelial cells.
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