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ArticleDevelopmental cell2011

Blood vessel tubulogenesis requires Rasip1 regulation of GTPase signaling.

Ke Xu, Anastasia Sacharidou, Stephen Fu, Diana C Chong, Brian Skaug, Zhijian J Chen, George E Davis, Ondine Cleaver

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Article in Developmental cell, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 99 papers.

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99citing papers in PubMed
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99 citing papers in PubMed, 174 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ke XuDepartment of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.
Anastasia Sacharidou
Stephen Fu
Diana C Chong
Brian Skaug
Zhijian J Chen
George E Davis
Ondine Cleaver
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · USHoward Hughes Medical Institute · USUniversity of Missouri · US

Funding

MECHANISMS OF DRUG ACTION AND DISPOSITIONT32GM007062 · NIGMS · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI MANGELSDORF, DAVID J · 1985 to 2020
$7.4M
GENES REGULATING CAPILLARY MORPHOGENESIS AND APOPTOSISR01HL059373 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA · PI DAVIS, GEORGE E · 1998 to 2011
$3.3M
Endothelial Signals During OrganogenesisR01DK079862 · NIDDK · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI CLEAVER, ONDINE B · 2007 to 2011
$1.5M
NHLBI NIH HHS HL59373NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL059373NIDDK NIH HHS DK079862NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK079862NIGMS NIH HHS GM007062NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007062
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cardiovascular function depends on patent blood vessel formation by endothelial cells (ECs). However, the mechanisms underlying vascular "tubulogenesis" are only beginning to be unraveled. We show that endothelial tubulogenesis requires the Ras interacting protein 1, Rasip1, and its binding partner, the RhoGAP Arhgap29. Mice lacking Rasip1 fail to form patent lumens in all blood vessels, including the early endocardial tube. Rasipl null angioblasts fail to properly localize the polarity determinant Par3 and display defective cell polarity, resulting in mislocalized junctional complexes and loss of adhesion to extracellular matrix (ECM). Similarly, depletion of either Rasip1 or Arhgap29 in cultured ECs blocks in vitro lumen formation, fundamentally alters the cytoskeleton, and reduces integrin-dependent adhesion to ECM. These defects result from increased RhoA/ROCK/myosin II activity and blockade of Cdc42 and Rac1 signaling. This study identifies Rasip1 as a unique, endothelial-specific regulator of Rho GTPase signaling, which is essential for blood vessel morphogenesis.

Indexed as

Signal TransductionAnimalsBlood VesselsCarrier Proteinscdc42 GTP-Binding ProteinCell PolarityCells, CulturedEndothelial CellsHumansIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsMiceMice, TransgenicNeuropeptidesrac1 GTP-Binding Proteinrac GTP-Binding ProteinsRanidaeCarrier Proteinscdc42 GTP-Binding ProteinIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsNeuropeptidesrac1 GTP-Binding ProteinRac1 protein, mouserac GTP-Binding ProteinsRasip1 protein, mouse

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PMID21396893
PMCPMC3078994
OpenAlexW1994465939

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