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Vasohibin as an endothelium-derived negative feedback regulator of angiogenesis.

ABSTRACT: Negative feedback is a crucial physiological regulatory mechanism, but no such regulator of angiogenesis has been established. Here we report a novel angiogenesis inhibitor that is induced in endothelial cells (ECs) by angiogenic factors and inhibits angiogenesis in an autocrine manner. We have performed cDNA microarray analysis to survey VEGF-inducible genes in human ECs. We characterized one such gene, KIAA1036, whose function had been uncharacterized. The recombinant protein inhibited migration, proliferation, and network formation by ECs as well as angiogenesis in vivo. This inhibitory effect was selective to ECs, as the protein did not affect the migration of smooth muscle cells or fibroblasts. Specific elimination of the expression of KIAA1036 in ECs restored their responsiveness to a higher concentration of VEGF. The expression of KIAA1036 was selective to ECs, and hypoxia or TNF-alpha abrogated its inducible expression. As this molecule is preferentially expressed in ECs, we designated it "vasohibin." Transfection of Lewis lung carcinoma cells with the vasohibin gene did not affect the proliferation of cancer cells in vitro, but did inhibit tumor growth and tumor angiogenesis in vivo. We propose vasohibin to be an endothelium-derived negative feedback regulator of angiogenesis.

SUBMITTER: Watanabe K

PROVIDER: S-EPMC518662 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Vasohibin as an endothelium-derived negative feedback regulator of angiogenesis.

Watanabe Kazuhide K Hasegawa Yasuhiro Y Yamashita Hiroshi H Shimizu Kazue K Ding Yuanying Y Abe Mayumi M Ohta Hideki H Imagawa Keiichi K Hojo Kanji K Maki Hideo H Sonoda Hikaru H Sato Yasufumi Y

The Journal of clinical investigation 20041001 7

Negative feedback is a crucial physiological regulatory mechanism, but no such regulator of angiogenesis has been established. Here we report a novel angiogenesis inhibitor that is induced in endothelial cells (ECs) by angiogenic factors and inhibits angiogenesis in an autocrine manner. We have performed cDNA microarray analysis to survey VEGF-inducible genes in human ECs. We characterized one such gene, KIAA1036, whose function had been uncharacterized. The recombinant protein inhibited migrati ...[more]

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Project description:BACKGROUND:Vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs) synthesize extracellular matrix (ECM) that contributes to tissue remodeling after revascularization interventions. The cytokine transforming growth factor ? (TGF-?) is induced on tissue injury and regulates tissue remodeling and wound healing, but dysregulated signaling results in excess ECM deposition and fibrosis. The LIM (Lin11, Isl-1 & Mec-3) domain protein LIM domain only 7 (LMO7) is a TGF-?1 target gene in hepatoma cells, but its role in vascular physiology and fibrosis is unknown. METHODS:We use carotid ligation and femoral artery denudation models in mice with global or inducible smooth muscle-specific deletion of LMO7, and knockout, knockdown, overexpression, and mutagenesis approaches in mouse and human SMC, and human arteriovenous fistula and cardiac allograft vasculopathy samples to assess the role of LMO7 in neointima and fibrosis. RESULTS:We demonstrate that LMO7 is induced postinjury and by TGF-? in SMC in vitro. Global or SMC-specific LMO7 deletion enhanced neointimal formation, TGF-? signaling, ECM deposition, and proliferation in vascular injury models. LMO7 loss of function in human and mouse SMC enhanced ECM protein expression at baseline and after TGF-? treatment. TGF-? neutralization or receptor antagonism prevented the exacerbated neointimal formation and ECM synthesis conferred by loss of LMO7. Notably, loss of LMO7 coordinately amplified TGF-? signaling by inducing expression of Tgfb1 mRNA, TGF-? protein, ?v and ?3 integrins that promote activation of latent TGF-?, and downstream effectors SMAD3 phosphorylation and connective tissue growth factor. Mechanistically, the LMO7 LIM domain interacts with activator protein 1 transcription factor subunits c-FOS and c-JUN and promotes their ubiquitination and degradation, disrupting activator protein 1-dependent TGF-? autoinduction. Importantly, preliminary studies suggest that LMO7 is upregulated in human intimal hyperplastic arteriovenous fistula and cardiac allograft vasculopathy samples, and inversely correlates with SMAD3 phosphorylation in cardiac allograft vasculopathy. CONCLUSIONS:LMO7 is induced by TGF-? and serves to limit vascular fibrotic responses through negative feedback regulation of the TGF-? pathway. This mechanism has important implications for intimal hyperplasia, wound healing, and fibrotic diseases.

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