Expression Data from Ets1/2 WT, Ets1KO, Ets2KO and Ets1/2 DKO endothelial cells
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ABSTRACT: Angiogenesis is a highly orchestrated process involving complex crosstalk between several endothelial cell (EC) processes including cell cycle, cell survival and migration. Transcription factors ETS1 and ETS2 are required for EC functions necessary for embryonic angiogenesis. However owing to the lethal nature of the double mutant embryo, the specific gene targets of these factors are yet to be identified. In the current study, we try to elucidate the effect of endothelial cell specific deletion of Ets1 and Ets2 on post natal angiogenesis and characterize the downstream regulatory pathways. Deletion of Ets1 and Ets2, restricted to endothelial cells in new born mice (P1-P3), reduced retinal angiogenesis. Similarly, EC infiltration and invasion into matrigel plugs subsided when matrigel admixed with mouse mammary tumor cells was injected into adult mice with inactivated Ets1 and Ets2 specifically in ECs. Expression of key cell cycle and cell survival regulators were diminished in double mutant cells as compared to controls. In addition, both these factors were found to occupy the enhancer regions of the target genes. Deletion of Ets1 and Ets2 in cultured aortic EC resulted in altered cell cycle phases with a G2/M phase arrest and increased sensitivity to apoptosis in vitro. These results demonstrate that deletion of Ets1 and Ets2 in endothelial cells inhibits angiogenesis by altering cell cycle progression and decreasing cell survival.
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
PROVIDER: GSE59744 | GEO | 2019/07/22
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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