期刊
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR NEUROSCIENCE
卷 38, 期 1, 页码 43-52出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcn.2008.01.013
关键词
CNS; angiogenesis; hypoxia; capillary; extracellular matrix (ECM); fibronectin; alpha 5 beta 1 integrin; MECA-32
资金
- NIAID NIH HHS [R01 AI043627-01A1] Funding Source: Medline
- NINDS NIH HHS [R01 NS053716-04, NS38632, R01 NS047672, R01 NS047672-01, NS047672, R01 NS038632, R37 NS038710-08, R01 NS053716, R37 NS038710, R01 NS038632-01A1, R01 NS053716-01, NS143627] Funding Source: Medline
- PHS HHS [NSO53716] Funding Source: Medline
The extracellular matrix (ECM) is an important regulator of angiogenesis and vascular remodeling. We showed previously that angiogenic capillaries in the developing CNS express high levels of fibronectin and its receptor alpha 5 beta 1 integrin, and that this expression is developmentally downregulated. As cerebral hypoxia leads to an angiogenic response, we sought to determine whether angiogenic vessels in the adult CNS re-express fibronectin and the alpha 5 beta 1 integrin. Ten-week old mice were subject to hypobaric hypoxia for 0, 4, 7 and 14 days, and fibronectin/integrin expression examined. Fibronectin and the alpha 5 integrin subunit were strongly upregulated on capillaries in the hypoxic CNS, with the effect maximal at the earliest time point examined (4 days). Immunofluorescent studies demonstrated that the alpha 5 integrin was expressed by angiogenic endothelial cells. In light of the defined angiogenic role for fibronectin in other systems, this work suggests that induction of fibronectin-alpha 5 beta 1 integrin expression may be an important molecular switch driving angiogenesis in the hypoxic CNS. (C) 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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