Embryonic lethality in Dear gene-deficient mice:: new player in angiogenesis
Embryonic lethality in Dear gene-deficient mice:: new player in angiogenesis
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DOI:
10.1152/physiolgenomics.00144.2005
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发表时间:
2005-11-17
影响因子:
4.6
通讯作者:
Ruiz-Opazo, N
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作者:
Herrera, VLM;Ponce, LRB;Ruiz-Opazo, N
Embryonic lethality in Dear gene-deficient mice: new player in angiogenesis. Physiol Genomics 23: 257-268, 2005; doi: 10.1152/physiolgenomics. 00144.2005. - The dual endothelin-1/angiotensin II receptor ( Dear) binds endothelin-1 (ET-1) and angiotensin II (ANG II) with equal affinities in the Dahl S/JR(HS) rat strain. To elucidate its physiological significance within the context of multiple receptor isoforms and diverse ET-1 and ANG II functions spanning blood pressure regulation, tumor proliferation, and angiogenesis, we characterized mouse Dear and Dear-deficient mice. Unlike null mutant models of ET-1, ANG II, and all other ET-1 and ANG II receptors, Dear(-/-) deficiency results in impaired angiogenesis, dysregulated neuroepithelial development, and embryonic lethality by embryonic day 12.5. Interestingly, mouse Dear does not bind ANG II, similar to Dahl R/JR(HS) rat Dear, but binds ET-1 and vascular endothelial growth factor ( VEGF) signal peptide (VEGFsp) with equal affinities, suggesting a putative novel multifunction for VEGFsp and a parsimonious mechanism for coordination of VEGF-induced and Dear-mediated pathways. Consistent with its developmental angiogenic role, Dear inhibition results in decreased tumor growth in B16-F10 melanoma cell-induced subcutaneous tumor in female Dear(+/-)/C57BL6(BC10) mice, but not in males (age 3.5 mo), and in Cs-127 radiation-induced orthotopic mammary tumors in Sprague-Dawley female rats ( age range 3-6.5 mo). Altogether, the data identify Dear as a new player in angiogenesis during development downstream to, and nonredundant with, VEGF-mediated pathways, as well as a putative modulator of tumor angiogenesis acting within a gender-specific paradigm.