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MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL
卷 18, 期 4, 页码 1421-1429出版社
AMER SOC CELL BIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E06-09-0780
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During embryonic lymphatic development, a homeobox transcription factor Prox1 plays important roles in sprouting and migration of a subpopulation of blood vessel endothelial cells (BECs) toward VEGF-C-expressing cells. However, effects of Prox1 on endothelial cellular behavior remain to be elucidated. Here, we show that Prox1, via induction of integrin alpha 9 expression, inhibits sheet formation and stimulates motility of endothelial cells. Prox1-expressing BECs preferentially migrated toward VEGF-C via up-regulation of the expression of integrin a9 and VEGF receptor 3 (VEGFR3). In mouse embryos, expression of VEGFR3 and integrin a9 is increased in Prox1-expressing lymphatic endothelial cells (LECs) compared with BECs. Knockdown of Prox1 expression in human LECs led to decrease in the expression of integrin a9 and VEGFR3, resulting in the decreased chemotaxes toward VEGF-C. These findings suggest that Prox1 plays important roles in conferring and maintaining the characteristics of LECs by modulating multiple signaling cascades and that integrin a9 may function as a key regulator of lymphangiogenesis acting downstream of Prox1.
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