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ArticleJCI insight2022

Angiogenesis depends upon EPHB4-mediated export of collagen IV from vascular endothelial cells.

Di Chen, Elizabeth D Hughes, Thomas L Saunders, Jiangping Wu, Magda N Hernandez Vasquez, Taija Makinen, Philip D King

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Article in JCI insight, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23 citing papers in PubMed, 34 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 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Di ChenDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology.
Elizabeth D HughesTransgenic Animal Model Core, and.
Thomas L SaundersTransgenic Animal Model Core, and.
Jiangping WuResearch Centre, Center Hospital of the University of Montréal (CRCHUM), Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Magda N Hernandez VasquezDepartment of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Taija MakinenDepartment of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Philip D KingDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology.
Uppsala University · SECentre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal · CAUniversity of Michigan · US

Funding

XenograftP30CA046592 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Alexey I Nesvizhskii · 1988 to 2026
$178.2M
Ras-MAPK Regulation of Lymphatic Vessel Valve DevelopmentR01HL120888 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI PHILIP D KING · 2015 to 2026
$4.6M
Molecular pathogenetic mechanisms in CM-AVMR01HL146352 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI KING, PHILIP D · 2020 to 2023
$2.2M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA046592NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL120888NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL146352
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Capillary malformation-arteriovenous malformation (CM-AVM) is a blood vascular anomaly caused by inherited loss-of-function mutations in RASA1 or EPHB4 genes, which encode p120 Ras GTPase-activating protein (p120 RasGAP/RASA1) and Ephrin receptor B4 (EPHB4). However, whether RASA1 and EPHB4 function in the same molecular signaling pathway to regulate the blood vasculature is uncertain. Here, we show that induced endothelial cell-specific (EC-specific) disruption of Ephb4 in mice resulted in accumulation of collagen IV in the EC ER, leading to EC apoptotic death and defective developmental, neonatal, and pathological angiogenesis, as reported previously in induced EC-specific RASA1-deficient mice. Moreover, defects in angiogenic responses in EPHB4-deficient mice could be rescued by drugs that inhibit signaling through the Ras pathway and drugs that promote collagen IV export from the ER. However, EPHB4-mutant mice that expressed a form of EPHB4 that is unable to physically engage RASA1 but retains protein tyrosine kinase activity showed normal angiogenic responses. These findings provide strong evidence that RASA1 and EPHB4 function in the same signaling pathway to protect against the development of CM-AVM independent of physical interaction and have important implications for possible means of treatment of this disease.

Indexed as

MutationAnimalsCells, CulturedCollagen Type IVDNADNA Mutational AnalysisEndothelial CellsMiceMice, TransgenicNeovascularization, Pathologicp120 GTPase Activating ProteinReceptor, EphB4Vascular MalformationsCollagen Type IVDNAEphb4 protein, mousep120 GTPase Activating ProteinRASA1 protein, mouseReceptor, EphB4AngiogenesisEndothelial cellsSignal transductionVascular Biology

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PMID35015735
PMCPMC8876457
OpenAlexW4206361898

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