1. A C-terminal fragment of fibulin-7 interacts with endothelial cells and inhibits their tube formation in culture.
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de Vega S, Suzuki N, Nonaka R, Sasaki T, Forcinito P, Arikawa-Hirasawa E, and Yamada Y
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- Animals, Calcium-Binding Proteins chemistry, Cell Adhesion, Crk-Associated Substrate Protein metabolism, Enzyme Activation, Focal Adhesions metabolism, Focal Adhesions ultrastructure, Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells cytology, Humans, Integrins metabolism, Mice, Phosphorylation, Protein Binding, Recombinant Proteins chemistry, Recombinant Proteins metabolism, Stress Fibers metabolism, rac1 GTP-Binding Protein metabolism, rhoA GTP-Binding Protein metabolism, Calcium-Binding Proteins metabolism, Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells metabolism, Neovascularization, Physiologic
- Abstract
We have previously demonstrated that fibulin-7 (Fbln7) is expressed in teeth by pre-odontoblast and odontoblast cells, localized in the basement membrane and dentin matrices, and is an adhesion molecule for dental mesenchyme cells and odontoblasts. Fbln7 is also expressed in blood vessels by endothelial cells. In this report, we show that a recombinant C-terminal Fbln7 fragment (Fbln7-C) bound to Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells (HUVECs) but did not promote cell spreading and actin stress fiber formation. Fbln7-C binding to HUVECs induced integrin clustering at cell adhesion sites with other focal adhesion molecules, and sustained activation of FAK, p130Cas, and Rac1. In addition, RhoA activation was inhibited, thereby preventing HUVEC spreading. As endothelial cell spreading is an important step for angiogenesis, we examined the effect of Fbln7-C on angiogenesis using in vitro assays for endothelial cell tube formation and vessel sprouting from aortic rings. We found that Fbln7-C inhibited the HUVEC tube formation and the vessel sprouting in aortic ring assays. Our findings suggest potential anti-angiogenic activity of the Fbln7 C-terminal region., (Published by Elsevier Inc.)
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- 2014
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