PUBLICATION
Neuropilin 1 balances ?8 integrin-activated TGF? signaling to control sprouting angiogenesis in the brain
- Authors
- Hirota, S., Clements, T.P., Tang, L.K., Morales, J.E., Lee, H.S., Oh, S.P., Rivera, G.M., Wagner, D.S., McCarty, J.H.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-170214-76
- Date
- 2015
- Source
- Development (Cambridge, England) 142: 4363-73 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Wagner, Daniel
- Keywords
- Endothelial cell, Extracellular matrix, Neurovascular unit, itgb8, nrp1, tgfbr2
- MeSH Terms
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- Transforming Growth Factor beta/metabolism*
- Mice
- Cell Adhesion
- Male
- Neuropilin-1/metabolism*
- Embryo Loss/pathology
- Animals
- Signal Transduction*
- Neuroepithelial Cells/cytology
- Neuroepithelial Cells/metabolism
- Models, Biological
- Brain/blood supply*
- Brain/metabolism*
- Brain/pathology
- Endothelial Cells/cytology
- Endothelial Cells/metabolism
- Gene Deletion
- Actins/metabolism
- Zebrafish
- Integrin beta Chains/metabolism*
- Neovascularization, Physiologic*
- PubMed
- 26586223 Full text @ Development
Citation
Hirota, S., Clements, T.P., Tang, L.K., Morales, J.E., Lee, H.S., Oh, S.P., Rivera, G.M., Wagner, D.S., McCarty, J.H. (2015) Neuropilin 1 balances ?8 integrin-activated TGF? signaling to control sprouting angiogenesis in the brain. Development (Cambridge, England). 142:4363-73.
Abstract
Angiogenesis in the developing central nervous system (CNS) is regulated by neuroepithelial cells, although the genes and pathways that couple these cells to blood vessels remain largely uncharacterized. Here, we have used biochemical, cell biological and molecular genetic approaches to demonstrate that ?8 integrin (Itgb8) and neuropilin 1 (Nrp1) cooperatively promote CNS angiogenesis by mediating adhesion and signaling events between neuroepithelial cells and vascular endothelial cells. ?8 integrin in the neuroepithelium promotes the activation of extracellular matrix (ECM)-bound latent transforming growth factor ? (TGF?) ligands and stimulates TGF? receptor signaling in endothelial cells. Nrp1 in endothelial cells suppresses TGF? activation and signaling by forming intercellular protein complexes with ?8 integrin. Cell type-specific ablation of ?8 integrin, Nrp1, or canonical TGF? receptors results in pathological angiogenesis caused by defective neuroepithelial cell-endothelial cell adhesion and imbalances in canonical TGF? signaling. Collectively, these data identify a paracrine signaling pathway that links the neuroepithelium to blood vessels and precisely balances TGF? signaling during cerebral angiogenesis.
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