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Ccm1 Assures Microvascular Integrity During Angiogenesis

Authors
Liu, H., Rigamonti, D., Badr, A., and Zhang, J.
ID
ZDB-PUB-110524-15
Date
2010
Source
Translational Stroke Research   1(2): 146-153 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Zhang, Jun
Keywords
cerebral cavernous malformation, angiogenesis, intersegmental vessels, apoptosis, vascular endothelial cell
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none
PubMed
21562623 Full text @ Transl. Stroke Res.
Abstract
Cerebral cavernous malformations (CCM) are characterized by abnormal dilated intracranial capillaries that predispose to hemorrhage. The development of some CCMs in humans has been attributed to mutations in the CCM1 genes. Currently, contradictory results have been generated regarding the vascular endothelial cell population changes in Ccm1 deficiency in zebrafish. We hypothesize that the inconsistent results simply reflect the spatial and temporal difference for the observed vascular endothelial cells during zebrafish embryonic development. Using high resolution images in vivo, we demonstrated that the loss of Ccm1 in zebrafish embryos leads to marked increases in apoptosis in vascular endothelium at the end stage of microvascular angiogenesis. In vivo zebrafish studies were further substantiated by in vitro findings in human endothelial cells that elucidated the biochemical pathways of CCM1 deficiency. We found that that loss of CCM1 in vitro promotes apoptosis through decreased activation of the integrin-linked kinase survival signaling pathway. In summary, Ccm1 has been identified as a key modulator in maintaining microvascular integrity during zebrafish embryonic angiogenesis.
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