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ArticleNature2011

Acetylation-dependent regulation of endothelial Notch signalling by the SIRT1 deacetylase.

Virginia Guarani, Gianluca Deflorian, Claudio A Franco, Marcus Krüger, Li-Kun Phng, Katie Bentley, Louise Toussaint, Franck Dequiedt, Raul Mostoslavsky, Mirko H H Schmidt and 9 more

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Article in Nature, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 185 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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185citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

185 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 374 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors at 7 institutions in 5 countries.

Virginia GuaraniInstitute for Cardiovascular Regeneration, Centre of Molecular Medicine, Goethe University, D-60590 Frankfurt, Germany.
Gianluca Deflorian
Claudio A Franco
Marcus Krüger
Li-Kun Phng
Katie Bentley
Louise Toussaint
Franck Dequiedt
Raul Mostoslavsky
Mirko H H Schmidt
Barbara Zimmermann
Ralf P Brandes
Marina Mione
Christoph H Westphal
Thomas Braun
Andreas M Zeiher
Holger Gerhardt
Stefanie Dimmeler
Michael Potente
Goethe University Frankfurt · DECancer Research UK · GBFIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology · ITMax Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research · DEUniversity of Liège · BEMassachusetts General Hospital · USTris Pharma (United States) · US

Funding

Mammalian SIRT6 Is A Master Regulator Of Glucose HomeostasisR01DK088190 · NIDDK · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI MOSTOSLAVSKY, RAUL · 2010 to 2014
$1.9M
The histone deacetylase SIRT6 functions as a co-repressor of Hif1 alpha in glucosR01GM093072 · NIGMS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI MOSTOSLAVSKY, RAUL · 2010 to 2014
$1.7M
Cancer Research UKNIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK088190NIDDK NIH HHS R01DK088190-01A1NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM093072NIGMS NIH HHS R01GM093072-01
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Notch signalling is a key intercellular communication mechanism that is essential for cell specification and tissue patterning, and which coordinates critical steps of blood vessel growth. Although subtle alterations in Notch activity suffice to elicit profound differences in endothelial behaviour and blood vessel formation, little is known about the regulation and adaptation of endothelial Notch responses. Here we report that the NAD(+)-dependent deacetylase SIRT1 acts as an intrinsic negative modulator of Notch signalling in endothelial cells. We show that acetylation of the Notch1 intracellular domain (NICD) on conserved lysines controls the amplitude and duration of Notch responses by altering NICD protein turnover. SIRT1 associates with NICD and functions as a NICD deacetylase, which opposes the acetylation-induced NICD stabilization. Consequently, endothelial cells lacking SIRT1 activity are sensitized to Notch signalling, resulting in impaired growth, sprout elongation and enhanced Notch target gene expression in response to DLL4 stimulation, thereby promoting a non-sprouting, stalk-cell-like phenotype. In vivo, inactivation of Sirt1 in zebrafish and mice causes reduced vascular branching and density as a consequence of enhanced Notch signalling. Our findings identify reversible acetylation of the NICD as a molecular mechanism to adapt the dynamics of Notch signalling, and indicate that SIRT1 acts as rheostat to fine-tune endothelial Notch responses.

Indexed as

Gene Expression RegulationAcetylationAnimalsEndothelial CellsGene Knockout TechniquesGene SilencingHEK293 CellsHumansMiceMutationReceptor, Notch1Receptors, NotchSignal TransductionSirtuin 1ZebrafishReceptor, Notch1Receptors, NotchSirtuin 1

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PMID21499261
PMCPMC4598045
OpenAlexW2021980639

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