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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 279, Issue 48, Pages 50537-50554Publisher
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M406454200
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Activation and dysfunction of the endothelium underlie many vascular disorders including atherosclerosis, tumor growth, and inflammation. Endothelial cell activation is mediated by many different extra-cellular signals, which result in overlapping yet distinct patterns of gene expression. Here we show, in DNA microarray analyses, that vascular endothelial growth factor ( VEGF) and thrombin result in dramatic and rapid upregulation of Down syndrome critical region (DSCR)-1 gene encoding exons 4 - 7, a negative feedback regulator of calcium-calcineurin-NF-AT signaling. VEGF- and thrombin-mediated induction of DSCR-1 involves the cooperative binding of NF-ATc and GATA-2/3 to neighboring consensus motifs in the upstream promoter. Constitutive expression of DSCR-1 in endothelial cells markedly impaired NF-ATc nuclear localization, proliferation, and tube formation. Under in vivo conditions, overexpression of DSCR-1 reduced vascular density in matrigel plugs and melanoma tumor growth in mice. Taken together, these findings support a model in which VEGF- and thrombin-mediated induction of endothelial cell proliferation triggers a negative feedback loop consisting of DSCR-1 gene induction and secondary inhibition of NF-AT signaling. As a natural brake in the angiogenic process, this negative pathway may lend itself to therapeutic manipulation in pathological states.
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