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NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2008559118
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angiogenesis; zebrafish; epigenetic factors; endothelial cells; differentiation
资金
- European Union [797304]
- British Heart Foundation (BHF) [RE/13/3/30183, RE/18/5/34216]
- BHF Chair of Translational Cardiovascular Sciences [CH/11/2/28733]
- Centre for Re-generative Medicine [RM/17/3/33381]
- Cullen Trust for Health Care
- NIH [HL 148338, GM125632, HL133254, HL148338]
- British Heart Foundation [RE/18/5/34216, CH/09/002, RG/16/10/32375]
- Wellcome Trust [WT103782AIA]
- Marie Curie Actions (MSCA) [797304] Funding Source: Marie Curie Actions (MSCA)
This study identified novel up-regulated genes during endothelial development and highlighted the crucial role of PRDM16 in regulating endothelial cell differentiation and angiogenesis.
A network of molecular factors drives the development, differentiation, and maintenance of endothelial cells. Friend leukemia integration 1 transcription factor (FLI1) is a bona fide marker of endothelial cells during early development. In zebrafish Tg(fli1:EGFP)(y1), we identified two endothelial cell populations, high-fli1(+) and low-fli1(+), by the intensity of green fluorescent protein signal. By comparing RNA-sequencing analysis of non-fli1 expressing cells (fli1(-)) with these two (fli1(+)) cell populations, we identified several up-regulated genes, not previously recognized as important, during endothelial development. Compared with fli1(-) and low-fli1(+) cells, high-fli1(+) cells showed up-regulated expression of the zinc finger transcription factor PRDI-BF1 and RIZ homology domain containing 16 (prdm16). Prdm16 knockdown (KD) by morpholino in the zebrafish larva was associated with impaired angiogenesis and increased number of low-fli1(+) cells at the expense of high-fli1(+) cells. In addition, PRDM16 KD in endothelial cells derived from human-induced pluripotent stem cells impaired their differentiation and migration in vitro. Moreover, zebrafish mutants (mut) with loss of function for the oncogene LIM domain only 2 (lmo2) also showed reduced prdm16 gene expression combined with impaired angiogenesis. Prdm16 expression was reduced further in endothelial (CD31(+)) cells compared with CD31(-) cells isolated from lmo2-mutants (lmo2-mut) embryos. Chromatin immunoprecipitation-PCR demonstrated that Lmo2 binds to the promoter and directly regulates the transcription of prdm16. This work unveils a mechanism by which prdm16 expression is activated in endothelial cells by Lmo2 and highlights a possible therapeutic pathway by which to modulate endothelial cell growth and repair.
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