PUBLICATION
Distinct and redundant functions of Esam and VE-cadherin during vascular morphogenesis
- Authors
- Sauteur, L., Affolter, M., Belting, H.G.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-170308-11
- Date
- 2017
- Source
- Development (Cambridge, England) 144(8): 1554-1565 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Affolter, Markus, Belting, Heinz-Georg Paul (Henry), Sauteur, Loïc
- Keywords
- Esam, VE-cadherin, anastomosis, angiogenesis, cdh5, cell adhesion, cell contact formation, endothelial cell, morphogenesis, zebrafish
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Antigens, CD/metabolism*
- Blood Vessels/embryology*
- Blood Vessels/metabolism*
- Cadherins/metabolism*
- Cell Adhesion Molecules/metabolism*
- Cell Communication
- Cell Polarity
- Endothelial Cells/cytology
- Endothelial Cells/metabolism
- Intercellular Junctions/metabolism
- Morphogenesis*
- Mutation/genetics
- Neovascularization, Physiologic*
- Pseudopodia/metabolism
- Zebrafish/embryology*
- Zebrafish/metabolism*
- Zebrafish Proteins/metabolism*
- PubMed
- 28264837 Full text @ Development
Citation
Sauteur, L., Affolter, M., Belting, H.G. (2017) Distinct and redundant functions of Esam and VE-cadherin during vascular morphogenesis. Development (Cambridge, England). 144(8):1554-1565.
Abstract
The cardiovascular system forms during early embryogenesis and adapts to embryonic growth by sprouting angiogenesis and vascular remodeling. These processes require fine-tuning of cell-cell adhesion to maintain and re-establish endothelial contacts, while allowing cell motility. We have compared the contribution of two endothelial cell-specific adhesion proteins, VE-cadherin (VE-cad/Cdh5) and Esama (endothelial cell-selective adhesion molecule a), during angiogenic sprouting and blood vessel fusion (anastomosis) in the zebrafish embryo by genetic analyses. Different combinations of mutant alleles can be placed into a phenotypic series with increasing defects in filopodial contact formation. Contact formation in esama mutants appears similar to wild type, whereas esama-/-; ve-cad+/- and ve-cad single mutants exhibit intermediate phenotypes. The lack of both proteins interrupts filopodial interaction completely. Furthermore, double mutants do not form a stable endothelial monolayer, and display intrajunctional gaps, dislocalization of Zo-1 and defects in apical-basal polarization. In summary, VE-cadherin and Esama have distinct and redundant functions during blood vessel morphogenesis, and both adhesion proteins are central to endothelial cell recognition during anastomosis.
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