PUBLICATION
sonic hedgehog and vascular endothelial growth factor act upstream of the Notch pathway during arterial endothelial differentiation
- Authors
- Lawson, N.D., Vogel, A.M., and Weinstein, B.M.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-020820-6
- Date
- 2002
- Source
- Developmental Cell 3(1): 127-136 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Lawson, Nathan, Vogel, Andreas M., Weinstein, Brant M.
- Keywords
- none
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Arteries/cytology
- Arteries/embryology*
- Arteries/metabolism
- Body Patterning/physiology
- Cell Differentiation/physiology*
- Embryo, Nonmammalian/cytology
- Embryo, Nonmammalian/embryology*
- Embryo, Nonmammalian/metabolism
- Endothelial Growth Factors/metabolism*
- Endothelium, Vascular/cytology
- Endothelium, Vascular/embryology*
- Endothelium, Vascular/metabolism
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental/physiology
- Hedgehog Proteins
- Lymphokines/metabolism*
- Membrane Proteins/metabolism*
- Receptors, Notch
- Signal Transduction/physiology
- Trans-Activators/metabolism*
- Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A
- Vascular Endothelial Growth Factors
- Zebrafish
- PubMed
- 12110173 Full text @ Dev. Cell
Citation
Lawson, N.D., Vogel, A.M., and Weinstein, B.M. (2002) sonic hedgehog and vascular endothelial growth factor act upstream of the Notch pathway during arterial endothelial differentiation. Developmental Cell. 3(1):127-136.
Abstract
The appearance of molecular differences between arterial and venous endothelial cells before circulation suggests that genetic factors determine these cell types. We find that vascular endothelial growth factor (vegf) acts downstream of sonic hedgehog (shh) and upstream of the Notch pathway to determine arterial cell fate. Loss of Vegf or Shh results in loss of arterial identity, while exogenous expression of these factors causes ectopic expression of arterial markers. Microinjection of vegf mRNA into embryos lacking Shh activity can rescue arterial differentiation. Finally, activation of the Notch pathway in the absence of Vegf signaling can rescue arterial marker gene expression . These studies reveal a complex signaling cascade responsible for establishing arterial cell fate and suggest differential effects of Vegf on developing endothelial cells.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping