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ArticleJournal of cellular and molecular medicine2018

Wild-type p53 enhances endothelial barrier function by mediating RAC1 signalling and RhoA inhibition.

Nektarios Barabutis, Christiana Dimitropoulou, Betsy Gregory, John D Catravas

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Article in Journal of cellular and molecular medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 50 papers.

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50citing papers in PubMed
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

50 citing papers in PubMed, 62 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nektarios BarabutisFrank Reidy Research Center for Bioelectrics, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9663-5662
Christiana DimitropoulouFrank Reidy Research Center for Bioelectrics, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA.
Betsy GregoryFrank Reidy Research Center for Bioelectrics, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA.
John D CatravasFrank Reidy Research Center for Bioelectrics, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA.
Old Dominion University · US

Funding

Therapeutic Mechanisms of RhoA Inhibition In Acute Lung InjuryP01HL101902 · NHLBI · AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY · PI BLACK, STEPHEN M · 2011 to 2016
$11.2M
VASCULAR ANTI-INFLAMMATORY ACTIONS OF HSP90 INHIBITORSR01HL093460 · NHLBI · OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY · PI CATRAVAS, JOHN D · 2010 to 2013
$1.4M
NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL101902NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL093460
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inflammation is the major cause of endothelial barrier hyper-permeability, associated with acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome. This study reports that p53 "orchestrates" the defence of vascular endothelium against LPS, by mediating the opposing actions of Rac1 and RhoA in pulmonary tissues. Human lung microvascular endothelial cells treated with HSP90 inhibitors activated both Rac1- and P21-activated kinase, which is an essential element of vascular barrier function. 17AAG increased the phosphorylation of both LIMK and cofilin, in contrast to LPS which counteracted those effects. Mouse lung microvascular endothelial cells exposed to LPS exhibited decreased expression of phospho-cofilin. 17AAG treatment resulted in reduced levels of active cofilin. Silencing of cofilin pyridoxal phosphate phosphatase (PDXP) blocked the LPS-induced hyper-permeability, and P53 inhibition reversed the 17AAG-induced PDXP down-regulation. P190RHOGAP suppression enhanced the LPS-triggered barrier dysfunction in endothelial monolayers. 17AAG treatment resulted in P190RHOGAP induction and blocked the LPS-induced pMLC2 up-regulation in wild-type mice. Pulmonary endothelial cells from "super p53" mice, which carry additional p53-tg alleles, exhibited a lower response to LPS than the controls. Collectively, our findings help elucidate the mechanisms by which p53 operates to enhance barrier function.

Indexed as

AnimalsBenzoquinonesCapillary PermeabilityCells, CulturedEndothelial CellsEndothelium, VascularHumansLactams, MacrocyclicLipopolysaccharidesMaleMice, Inbred C57BLNeuropeptidesPhosphorylationrac1 GTP-Binding ProteinrhoA GTP-Binding ProteinSignal TransductionBenzoquinonesLactams, MacrocyclicLipopolysaccharidesNeuropeptidesrac1 GTP-Binding ProteinRac1 protein, mouserhoA GTP-Binding ProteintanespimycinTumor Suppressor Protein p53barrier functioninflammationP53

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PMID29363851
PMCPMC5824363
OpenAlexW2791311944

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