PUBLICATION
Zebrafish Tmem230a cooperates with the Delta/Notch signaling pathway to modulate endothelial cell number in angiogenic vessels
- Authors
- Carra, S., Sangiorgio, L., Pelucchi, P., Cermenati, S., Mezzelani, A., Martino, V., Palizban, M., Albertini, A., Götte, M., Kehler, J., Deflorian, G., Beltrame, M., Giordano, A., Reinbold, R., Cotelli, F., Bellipanni, G., Zucchi, I.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-170526-4
- Date
- 2018
- Source
- Journal of Cellular Physiology 233(2): 1455-1467 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Bellipanni, Gianfranco, Beltrame, Monica, Cotelli, Franco, Deflorian, Gianluca
- Keywords
- none
- MeSH Terms
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- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Animals, Genetically Modified
- Base Sequence
- Cell Proliferation*
- Conserved Sequence
- Endothelial Cells/metabolism*
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/genetics
- Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/metabolism*
- Membrane Proteins/genetics
- Membrane Proteins/metabolism*
- Neovascularization, Physiologic*
- Receptors, Notch/genetics
- Receptors, Notch/metabolism*
- Signal Transduction
- Zebrafish/embryology
- Zebrafish/genetics
- Zebrafish/metabolism*
- Zebrafish Proteins/genetics
- Zebrafish Proteins/metabolism*
- PubMed
- 28542953 Full text @ J. Cell. Physiol.
Citation
Carra, S., Sangiorgio, L., Pelucchi, P., Cermenati, S., Mezzelani, A., Martino, V., Palizban, M., Albertini, A., Götte, M., Kehler, J., Deflorian, G., Beltrame, M., Giordano, A., Reinbold, R., Cotelli, F., Bellipanni, G., Zucchi, I. (2018) Zebrafish Tmem230a cooperates with the Delta/Notch signaling pathway to modulate endothelial cell number in angiogenic vessels. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 233(2):1455-1467.
Abstract
During embryonic development, new arteries and veins form from preexisting vessels in response to specific angiogenic signals. Angiogenic signaling is complex since not all endothelial cells exposed to angiogenic signals respond equally. Some cells will be selected to become tip cells and acquire migration and proliferation capacity necessary for vessel growth while others, the stalk cells become trailer cells that stay connected with pre-existing vessels and act as a linkage to new forming vessels. Additionally, stalk and tip cells have the capacity to interchange their roles. Stalk and tip cellular responses are mediated in part by the interactions of components of the Delta/Notch and Vegf signaling pathways. We have identified in zebrafish, that the transmembrane protein Tmem230a is a novel regulator of angiogenesis by its capacity to regulate the number of the endothelial cells in intersegmental vessels by co-operating with the Delta/Notch signaling pathway. Modulation of Tmem230a expression by itself is sufficient to rescue improper number of endothelial cells induced by aberrant expression or inhibition of the activity of genes associated with the Dll4/Notch pathway in zebrafish. Therefore, Tmem230a may have a modulatory role in vessel-network formation and growth. As the Tmem230 sequence is conserved in human, Tmem230 may represent a promising novel target for drug discovery and for disease therapy and regenerative medicine in promoting or restricting angiogenesis. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping