The C-terminus of viral vascular endothelial growth factor-E partially blocks binding to VEGF receptor-1 |
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Authors: | Inder Marie K Wise Lyn M Fleming Stephen B Mercer Andrew A |
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Affiliation: | Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. |
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Abstract: | Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) family members play important roles in embryonic development and angiogenesis during wound healing and in pathological conditions such as tumor formation. Parapoxviruses express a new member of the VEGF family which is a functional mitogen that specifically activates VEGF receptor (VEGFR)-2 but not VEGFR-1. In this study, we show that deletion from the viral VEGF of a unique C-terminal region increases both VEGFR-1 binding and VEGFR-1-mediated monocyte migration. Enzymatic removal of O-linked glycosylation from the C-terminus also increased VEGFR-1 binding and migration of THP-1 monocytes indicating that both the C-terminal residues and O-linked sugars contribute to blocking viral VEGF binding to VEGFR-1. The data suggest that conservation of the C-terminal residues throughout the viral VEGF subfamily may represent a means of reducing the immunostimulatory activities associated with VEGFR-1 activation while maintaining the ability to induce angiogenesis via VEGFR-2. |
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