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ArticleThe Journal of experimental medicine2006

Orphan nuclear receptor TR3/Nur77 regulates VEGF-A-induced angiogenesis through its transcriptional activity.

Huiyan Zeng, Liuliang Qin, Dezheng Zhao, Xiaolian Tan, Eleanor J Manseau, Mien Van Hoang, Donald R Senger, Lawrence F Brown, Janice A Nagy, Harold F Dvorak

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Article in The Journal of experimental medicine, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 96 papers.

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96citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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96 citing papers in PubMed, 164 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Huiyan ZengDepartment of Pathology, Gastroenterology Division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA. hzeng@bidmc.harvard.edu
Liuliang Qin
Dezheng Zhao
Xiaolian Tan
Eleanor J Manseau
Mien Van Hoang
Donald R Senger
Lawrence F Brown
Janice A Nagy
Harold F Dvorak
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · US

Funding

The Role of PlGF in Normal and Neoplastic AngiogenesisP01CA092644 · NCI · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI DVORAK, HAROLD FISHER · 2002 to 2013
$17.2M
ADENOVIRAL VECTORS FOR DELIVERY OF ANGIOGENIC CYTOKINESR01HL064402 · NHLBI · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI DVORAK, HAROLD FISHER · 2001 to 2008
$3.2M
Expression and Function of TR3/nur77 in angiogenesisK01CA098581 · NCI · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI ZENG, HUIYAN · 2003 to 2007
$715k
NCI NIH HHS K01 CA098581NCI NIH HHS P01 CA092644NCI NIH HHS P01 CA-92644NHLBI NIH HHS HL-64402NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL064402
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-A has essential roles in vasculogenesis and angiogenesis, but the downstream steps and mechanisms by which human VEGF-A acts are incompletely understood. We report here that human VEGF-A exerts much of its angiogenic activity by up-regulating the expression of TR3 (mouse homologue Nur77), an immediate-early response gene and orphan nuclear receptor transcription factor previously implicated in tumor cell, lymphocyte, and neuronal growth and apoptosis. Overexpression of TR3 in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) resulted in VEGF-A-independent proliferation, survival, and induction of several cell cycle genes, whereas expression of antisense TR3 abrogated the response to VEGF-A in these assays and also inhibited tube formation. Nur77 was highly expressed in several types of VEGF-A-dependent pathological angiogenesis in vivo. Also, using a novel endothelial cell-selective retroviral targeting system, overexpression of Nur77 DNA potently induced angiogenesis in the absence of exogenous VEGF-A, whereas Nur77 antisense strongly inhibited VEGF-A-induced angiogenesis. B16F1 melanoma growth and angiogenesis were greatly inhibited in Nur77-/- mice. Mechanistic studies with TR3/Nur77 mutants revealed that TR3/Nur77 exerted most of its effects on cultured HUVECs and its pro-angiogenic effects in vivo, through its transactivation and DNA binding domains (i.e., through transcriptional activity).

Indexed as

AnimalsApoptosisCell CycleCell Line, TumorDNA-Binding ProteinsFemaleFetal BloodGene Expression RegulationHumansLymphocytesMiceMice, KnockoutMice, NudeNeovascularization, PhysiologicNuclear Receptor Subfamily 4, Group A, Member 1Protein Structure, TertiaryDNA-Binding ProteinsNR4A1 protein, humanNr4a1 protein, mouseNuclear Receptor Subfamily 4, Group A, Member 1Receptors, Cytoplasmic and NuclearReceptors, SteroidTranscription FactorsVascular Endothelial Growth Factor AVEGFA protein, human

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PMID16520388
PMCPMC2118245
OpenAlexW2126018509

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