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DEVELOPMENTAL DYNAMICS
Volume 237, Issue 4, Pages 962-978Publisher
WILEY-LISS
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21488
Keywords
coronary artery; epicardium; integrin; fibronectin; vitronectin; fibrillar adhesions; cell adhesion
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Formation of the epicardium requires interactions between alpha(4)beta(1) integrin, and the extracellular matrix. We investigated the role of other integrins expressed by epicardial cells. We detected transcripts for alpha(5),alpha(8),alpha(v,) beta(1),beta(3), and beta(5) integrins in the chick proepicardial organ (PE). We demonstrate that alpha(5)beta(1), alpha(8)beta(1), and alpha(v)beta(3) integrins are expressed by chick epicardial mesothelial cells (EMCs). Migration of EMCs in vitro was reduced by RGD-containing peptides. Using adenoviruses expressing an antisense to chick alpha(4) (AdGFP alpha 4AS), full-length (Adh alpha 4V5), and C-terminal deleted alpha(4) (Adh alpha 4 Delta CV5), we found that EMCs were less able to adhere to vitronectin and fibronectin(120) indicating that alpha(4)beta(1) plays a role in regulating EMC adhesion to ligands of alpha(5)beta(1) alpha(8)beta(1) and alpha beta(3). In Adh alpha 4 Delta CV5-infected EMCs, alpha(5)beta(1) was diminished in fibrillar adhesions and new FN matrix assembly was abnormal. We propose that cooperation between alpha(4)beta(1) and RGD integrins is important for EMC adhesion and subepicardial matrix formation.
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