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DEVELOPMENTAL DYNAMICS
卷 232, 期 1, 页码 232-244出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.20220
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CD146; P1H12; Mel-CAM; zebrafish vascular development; morpholino; fluorescence microangiography
In this report, we use zebrafish as a model system to understand the importance of CD146 in vascular development. Endothelial-specific expression of CD146 was verified by whole-mount in situ hybridization. Suppression of CD146 protein expression by antisense morpholino oligonucleotides (MO) resulted in poorly developed intersomitic vessels (ISVs). In CD146 morphants, we observed a lack of blood flow through the ISV region, despite that fluorescence microangiography showed that the ISVs were present. This finding suggests that the lumens of the developing ISVs may be too narrow for proper circulation. Additionally, remodeling of the caudal vein plexus into functional vascular tubes appeared to be affected. Suppression of CD146 protein expression resulted in a circulation shunt that caused the circulation to by-pass part of the caudal artery/vein system. The same vascular defects were recapitulated by using a second morpholino, oligonucleotide. This morphant expressed a truncated CD146 protein with amino acids V32 to T57 at the N terminus deleted in an in-frame manner. This region, therefore, is likely to contain elements critical for CD146 function. This study provides the first in vivo functional assessment of CD146 in embryonic development by showing that knockdown of CD146 protein expression severely hinders vascular development in zebrafish. (C) 2004 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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