期刊
CIRCULATION RESEARCH
卷 94, 期 4, 页码 462-470出版社
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.0000115555.05668.93
关键词
adhesion; proliferation; migration; angiogenesis; peptides
资金
- NHLBI NIH HHS [HL54462, HL56396] Funding Source: Medline
- NCPDCID CDC HHS [2R01NIH-NCI-CA-6562-] Funding Source: Medline
We examined the function of alpha(4)beta(1) integrin in angiogenesis and in mediating endothelial cell responses to the angiogenesis modulators, thrombospondin-1 and thrombospondin-2. alpha(4)beta(1) supports adhesion of venous endothelial cells but not of microvascular endothelial cells on immobilized thrombospondin-1, vascular cell adhesion molecule-1, or recombinant N-terminal regions of thrombospondin-1 and thrombospondin-2. Chemotactic activities of this region of thrombospondin-1 and thrombospondin-2 are also mediated by beta(4)beta(1), whereas antagonism of fibroblast growth factor-2-stimulated chemotaxis is not mediated by this region. Immobilized N-terminal regions of thrombospondin-1 and thrombospondin-2 promote endothelial cell survival and proliferation in an alpha(4)beta(1)-dependent manner. Soluble alpha(4)beta(1) antagonists inhibit angiogenesis in the chick chorioallantoic membrane and neovascularization of mouse muscle explants. The latter inhibition is thrombospondin-1-dependent and not observed in explants from thrombospondin-1 (-/-) mice. Antagonizing alpha(4)beta(1) may in part block proangiogenic activities of thrombospondin-1 and thrombospondin-2, because N-terminal regions of thrombospondin-1 and thrombospondin-2 containing the alpha(4)beta(1) binding sequence stimulate angiogenesis in vivo. Therefore, alpha(4)beta(1) is an important endothelial cell receptor for mediating motility and proliferative responses to thrombospondins and for modulation of angiogenesis.
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