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MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY
Volume 24, Issue 20, Pages 8813-8822Publisher
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.24.20.8813-8822.2004
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- NCI NIH HHS [CA84069, R01 CA084069] Funding Source: Medline
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Although previous studies demonstrate that appropriate Notch signaling is required during angiogenesis and in vascular homeostasis, the mechanisms by which Notch regulates vascular function remain to be elucidated. Here, we show that activation of the Notch pathway by the ligand Jagged1 reduces the proliferation of endothelial cells. Notch activation inhibits proliferation of endothelial cells in a cell-autonomous manner by inhibiting phosphorylation of the retinoblastoma protein (Rb). During cell cycle entry, p21(Cip1) is upregulated in endothelial cells. Activated Notch inhibits mitogen-induced upregulation of p21(Cip1) and delays cyclin D-cdk4-mediated Rb phosphorylation. Notch-dependent repression of p21(Cip1) prevents nuclear localization of cyclin D and cdk4. The necessity of p21(Cip1) for nuclear translocation of cyclin D-cdk4 and S-phase entry in endothelial cells was demonstrated by targeted downregulation of p21(Cip1) by using RNA interference. We further demonstrate that when endothelial cells reach confluence, Notch is activated and p21(Cip1) is downregulated. Inhibition of the Notch pathway at confluence prevents p21(Cip1) downregulation and induces Rb phosphorylation. We suggest that Notch activation contributes to contact inhibition of endothelial cells, in part through repression of p21(Cip1) expression.
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