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ArticleDevelopment (Cambridge, England)2010

Endothelial alpha5 and alphav integrins cooperate in remodeling of the vasculature during development.

Arjan van der Flier, Kwabena Badu-Nkansah, Charles A Whittaker, Denise Crowley, Roderick T Bronson, Adam Lacy-Hulbert, Richard O Hynes

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Article in Development (Cambridge, England), 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 98 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

98 citing papers in PubMed, 168 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Arjan van der FlierHoward Hughes Medical Institute, Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Kwabena Badu-Nkansah
Charles A Whittaker
Denise Crowley
Roderick T Bronson
Adam Lacy-Hulbert
Richard O Hynes
Howard Hughes Medical Institute · USMassachusetts Institute of Technology · US

Funding

Platelets in Cardiovascular Biology and PathologyP01HL066105 · NHLBI · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI HYNES, RICHARD O · 2001 to 2010
$28.4M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL066105NHLBI NIH HHS P01-HL66105
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Integrin cell adhesion receptors and fibronectin, one of their extracellular matrix ligands, have been demonstrated to be important for angiogenesis using functional perturbation studies and complete knockout mouse models. Here, we report on the roles of the alpha5 and alphav integrins, which are the major endothelial fibronectin receptors, in developmental angiogenesis. We generated an integrin alpha5-floxed mouse line and ablated alpha5 integrin in endothelial cells. Unexpectedly, endothelial-specific knockout of integrin alpha5 has no obvious effect on developmental angiogenesis. We provide evidence for genetic interaction between mutations in integrin alpha5 and alphav and for overlapping functions and compensation between these integrins and perhaps others. Nonetheless, in embryos lacking both alpha5 and alphav integrins in their endothelial cells, initial vasculogenesis and angiogenesis proceed normally, at least up to E11.5, including the formation of apparently normal embryonic vasculature and development of the branchial arches. However, in the absence of endothelial alpha5 and alphav integrins, but not of either alone, there are extensive defects in remodeling of the great vessels and heart resulting in death at ~E14.5. We also found that fibronectin assembly is somewhat affected in integrin alpha5 knockout endothelial cells and markedly reduced in integrin alpha5/alphav double-knockout endothelial cell lines. Therefore, neither alpha5 nor alphav integrins are required in endothelial cells for initial vasculogenesis and angiogenesis, although they are required for remodeling of the heart and great vessels. These integrins on other cells, and/or other integrins on endothelial cells, might contribute to fibronectin assembly and vascular development.

Indexed as

AnimalsBlood VesselsCell AdhesionCell DifferentiationCell LineEndotheliumExtracellular MatrixFibronectinsIntegrin alpha5Integrin alphaVIntegrinsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, TransgenicNitric Oxide Synthase Type IIIReceptors, FibronectinFibronectinsIntegrin alpha5Integrin alphaVIntegrinsNitric Oxide Synthase Type IIINOS3 protein, humanReceptors, Fibronectin

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PMID20570943
PMCPMC2889609
OpenAlexW2123585299

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