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lüll Heparin binding VEGF isoforms attenuate hyperoxic embryonic lung growth retardation via a FLK1-neuropilin-1-PKC dependent pathway Esquibies AE; Karihaloo A; Quaggin SE; Bazzy-Asaad A; Cantley LGRespir Res 2014[Mar]; 15 (1): 32BACKGROUND: Previous work in our laboratory demonstrated that hyperoxia suppressed the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) by the embryonic lung, leading to increased epithelial cell apoptosis and failure of explant airway growth and branching that was rescued by the addition of Vegf165. The aims of this study were to determine protective pathways by which VEGF isoforms attenuate hyperoxic lung growth retardation and to identify the target cell for VEGF action. METHODS: Timed pregnant CD-1 or fetal liver kinase (FLK1)-eGFP lung explants cultured in 3% or 50% oxygen were treated +/- Vegf121, VEGF164/Vegf165 or VEGF188 in the presence or absence of anti-rat neuropilin-1 (NRP1) antibody or GO6983 (protein kinase C (PKC) pan-inhibitor) and lung growth and branching quantified. Immunofluorescence studies were performed to determine apoptosis index and location of FLK1 phosphorylation and western blot studies of lung explants were performed to define the signaling pathways that mediate the protective effects of VEGF. RESULTS: Heparin-binding VEGF isoforms (VEGF164/Vegf165 and VEGF188) but not Vegf121 selectively reduced epithelial apoptosis and partially rescued lung bud branching and growth. These protective effects required NRP1-dependent FLK1 activation in endothelial cells. Analysis of downstream signaling pathways demonstrated that the VEGF-mediated anti-apoptotic effects were dependent on PKC activation. CONCLUSIONS: Vegf165 activates FLK1-NRP1 signaling in endothelial cells, leading to a PKC-dependent paracrine signal that in turn inhibits epithelial cell apoptosis.|Animals[MESH]|Apoptosis/physiology[MESH]|Cell Hypoxia/physiology[MESH]|Female[MESH]|Heparin/*metabolism[MESH]|Lung/growth & development/*metabolism/pathology[MESH]|Mice[MESH]|Mice, Transgenic[MESH]|Neuropilin-1/*physiology[MESH]|Organ Culture Techniques[MESH]|Pregnancy[MESH]|Protein Binding/physiology[MESH]|Protein Isoforms/physiology[MESH]|Protein Kinase C/*physiology[MESH]|Random Allocation[MESH]|Signal Transduction/*physiology[MESH]|Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A/metabolism/*physiology[MESH]|Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2/*physiology[MESH] |