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BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 332, Issue 2, Pages 533-541Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.03.250
Keywords
tumor endothelium; magic roundabout; FAK; SLIT2
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- NIDDK NIH HHS [T32 DK07199] Funding Source: Medline
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Molecular signals that guide blood vessels to specific paths are not fully deciphered, but are thought to be similar to signals that mediate neuronal guidance. These cues are not only critical for normal blood vessel development, but rnay also play a major role ill tumor angiogenesis. In this Study, we have demonstrated the tumor endothelial specific expression of a Robo family member, magic roundabout (MRB), functionally characterized its role in endothelial cell migration and defined a signaling pathway that might mediate this function. We show that MRB is differentially over-expressed in tumor endothelial cells versus normal adult endothelial cells in numerous solid tumors. Moreover, over-expression of MRB in endothelial cells activates MRB in a ligand-independent fashion, and activation of MRB via Slit2, a Putative ligand, results in inhibition of VEGF and FGF induced migration. We also demonstrate that MRB induced inhibition of endothelial migration is partially mediated by the Ras-Raf-Mek-Erk signaling pathway. We therefore hypothesize that expression of MRB is involved in regulating the migration of endothelial cells during tumor angiogenesis. (C) 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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