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ArticleJournal of the American Heart Association2025

Nephronectin Is Required for Vascularization in Zebrafish and Sufficient to Promote Mammalian Vessel-Like Structures in Hydrogels for Tissue Engineering.

Chinmoy Patra, Amey Rayrikar, Ganesh Wagh, Florian Kleefeldt, Kaveh Roshanbinfar, Florian Cop, Iva Nikolic, Mirko H H Schmidt, Amparo Acker-Palmer, Süleyman Ergün and 1 more

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Chinmoy PatraDepartment of Developmental Biology Agharkar Research Institute Pune India.ORCID 0000-0003-3849-5187
Amey RayrikarDepartment of Developmental Biology Agharkar Research Institute Pune India.ORCID 0000-0003-2112-5067
Ganesh WaghDepartment of Developmental Biology Agharkar Research Institute Pune India.ORCID 0000-0002-6895-1422
Florian KleefeldtInstitute of Anatomy and Cell Biology II Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg Germany.ORCID 0009-0007-7751-0403
Kaveh RoshanbinfarExperimental Renal and Cardiovascular Research, Department of Nephropathology Institute of Pathology and Department of Cardiology Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) Erlangen Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-6067-5585
Florian CopInstitute of Cell Biology and Neuroscience Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt am Main Germany.
Iva NikolicDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute Monash University Clayton Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-0141-5975
Mirko H H SchmidtInstitute of Anatomy, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus Technische Universität Dresden School of Medicine Dresden Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7411-8835
Amparo Acker-PalmerInstitute of Cell Biology and Neuroscience Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt am Main Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8107-927X
Süleyman ErgünInstitute of Anatomy and Cell Biology II Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2112-5377
Felix B EngelExperimental Renal and Cardiovascular Research, Department of Nephropathology Institute of Pathology and Department of Cardiology Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) Erlangen Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2605-3429

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Abstract

backgroundOrgans and tissues need to be vascularized during development. Similarly, vascularization is required to engineer thick tissues. How vessels are formed during organogenesis is not fully understood, and vascularization of engineered tissues remains a significant challenge. METHODS AND

resultsHere, we show that the extracellular matrix protein nephronectin is required for vascularization during zebrafish development as well as adult fin regeneration and is sufficient to promote mammalian vessel formation and maturation. Nephronectin a morphants and mutants exhibit diminished axial vein sprouting and posterior intersegmental vessel growth. Notably, the angiogenesis-associated integrins

conclusionsCollectively, our results identify nephronectin as a proangiogenic factor during embryonic development, which can be used to improve the vascularization of engineered tissues.

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Animal FinsExtracellular Matrix ProteinsNeovascularization, PhysiologicTissue EngineeringZebrafishZebrafish ProteinsAnimalsAnimals, Genetically ModifiedCell MovementEndothelial CellsHumansHydrogelsRegenerationExtracellular Matrix ProteinsHydrogelsnephronectinZebrafish Proteinsextracellular matrixnephronectintissue engineeringvascularizationzebrafish

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