PUBLICATION
Inhibition of Endothelial Cell Apoptosis by Netrin-1 during Angiogenesis
- Authors
- Castets, M., Coissieux, M.M., Delloye-Bourgeois, C., Bernard, L., Delcros, J.G., Bernet, A., Laudet, V., and Mehlen, P.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-090424-28
- Date
- 2009
- Source
- Developmental Cell 16(4): 614-620 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Laudet, Vincent
- Keywords
- DEVBIO
- MeSH Terms
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- Caspase Inhibitors
- Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology
- Zebrafish/embryology
- Mice
- Rats
- In Vitro Techniques
- Endothelial Cells/cytology*
- Endothelial Cells/drug effects*
- Endothelial Cells/enzymology
- Nerve Growth Factors/pharmacology*
- Animals
- Tumor Suppressor Proteins/pharmacology*
- Apoptosis/drug effects*
- Receptors, Cell Surface/metabolism
- Embryo, Nonmammalian/cytology
- Embryo, Nonmammalian/drug effects
- Gene Silencing/drug effects
- Blood Vessels/abnormalities
- Blood Vessels/drug effects
- Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases/metabolism
- Neovascularization, Physiologic/drug effects*
- Humans
- Phenotype
- Death-Associated Protein Kinases
- Protein Binding/drug effects
- Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins/metabolism
- PubMed
- 19386270 Full text @ Dev. Cell
Citation
Castets, M., Coissieux, M.M., Delloye-Bourgeois, C., Bernard, L., Delcros, J.G., Bernet, A., Laudet, V., and Mehlen, P. (2009) Inhibition of Endothelial Cell Apoptosis by Netrin-1 during Angiogenesis. Developmental Cell. 16(4):614-620.
Abstract
Netrin-1 was recently proposed to play an important role in embryonic and pathological angiogenesis. However, data reported led to the apparently contradictory conclusions that netrin-1 is either a pro- or an antiangiogenic factor. Here, we reconcile these opposing observations by demonstrating that netrin-1 acts as a survival factor for endothelial cells, blocking the proapoptotic effect of the dependence receptor UNC5B and its downstream death signaling effector, the serine/threonine kinase DAPK. The netrin-1 effect on blood vessel development is mimicked by caspase inhibitors in ex vivo assays, and the inhibition of caspase activity, the silencing of the UNC5B receptor, and the silencing of DAPK are each sufficient to rescue the vascular sprouting defects induced by netrin-1 silencing in zebrafish. Thus, the proapoptotic effect of unbound UNC5B and the survival effect of netrin-1 on endothelial cells finely tune the angiogenic process.
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