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Dll4-selective Notch signaling induces ephrinB2 gene expression in endothelial cells
Authors:Iso Tatsuya  Maeno Toshitaka  Oike Yuichi  Yamazaki Miki  Doi Hiroshi  Arai Masashi  Kurabayashi Masahiko
Institution:Department of Medicine and Biological Science, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, 3-39-15 Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma 371-8511, Japan.
Abstract:The Notch pathway is involved in multiple aspects of vascular development, including arterial-venous differentiation. Here, we show that Notch stimulation instructively induces arterial characteristics in endothelial cells (EC). Forced expression of Notch intracellular domain (NICD, activated form of Notch) induced mRNA expression for a subset of arterial-specific markers such as ephrinB2, connexin40, and HERP1 only in EC but not other cell lines. In co-culture experiments using EC and either Dll4- or Jagged1-expressing cells, we found that Dll4 stimulation but not Jagged1 markedly induced ephrinB2 expression. An inducible expression of HERP1 and HERP2 by NICD has no measurable effects on expression of ephrinB2 and venous marker EphB4 although either HERP1 or HERP2 overexpression exerts potent inhibitory effects on EphB4 expression without ephrinB2 induction. We also found no functional interaction between Notch and TGF-beta-ALK1 signalings in an induction of ephrinB2 expression. These results suggest that Dll4-stimulated Notch signaling induces a part of arterial characteristics only in EC via HERP-independent mechanism. Our data provide new insight into the molecular mechanism of ligand-selective Notch activation during differentiation of arterial EC.
Keywords:Arterial-venous differentiation  Endothelial cells  Notch signaling  Jagged1  Dll4  HERP  EphrinB2  EphB4  TGF-β  ALK1
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