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Activin receptor-like kinase 1 inhibits human microvascular endothelial cell migration: Potential roles for JNK and ERK kinase

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JOURNAL OF CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGY
卷 213, 期 2, 页码 484-489

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WILEY-LISS
DOI: 10.1002/jcp.21126

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Activin receptor-like kinase I (ALK1) is an endothelial-specific type I receptor of the TGF beta receptor family that is implicated in angiogenesis and in the pathogenesis of the vascular disease, hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT). In the absence of a specific ligand, ALK1 cellular functions have been mainly studied through the use of a constitutively active form of this receptor (ALK1ca) and are still debated. We previously reported that ALK1ca inhibits proliferation and migration of human endothelial cells suggesting that ALK1 plays an important role in the maturation phase of angiogenesis (Lamouille et al., 2002, Blood 100: 4495-4501). In the present work, we further analyzed the role of ALK1 in the migration of human dermal microvascular endothelial cell (HMVEC-d) and observed that silencing endogenous ALK 1 expression with siRNAs accelerates endothelial cell migration in the wound assay. Further, we demonstrate that ALK 1-induced inhibition of migration is Smad-independent. Using a panel of kinase inhibitors, we found that HMVEC-d wound closure was completely inhibited by a JNK inhibitor and to a lower degree by an ERK kinase inhibitor. Further, HMVEC-d wounding induced activation of both JNK and ERK, and these were inhibited by ALK1 ca expression. Taken together, these results support a significant role for ALK I as a negative regulator of endothelial cell migration and suggest the implication of JNK and ERK as mediators of this effect.

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