Vascular endothelial cadherin is an endostatin receptor

Abstract: Angiogenesis is involved in tumor growth and metastasis. Endostatin inhibits angiogenesis, but its precise mechanism is not fully understood. To clarify signal transduction involved in endostatin-induced angiogenesis inhibition (endothelial cell growth inhibition), it is important to identify an endostatin receptor, which is the aim of the present study. We hypothesized that vascular endothelial cadherin (VE-cadherin) is an endostatin receptor and found that endostatin induced apoptosis in cultured calf pulmonary artery endothelium (CPAE) cells. Immunoprecipitation and western blots revealed that endostatin specifically bound to VE-cadherin in a Ca2+-dependent manner. Binding of endostatin to VE-cadherin induced tyrosine phosphorylation of VE-cadherin, β-catenin recruitment, and endothelial cell death. Antisense oligonucleotides against VE-cadherin rescued endostatin-induced endothelial cell death. Inhibition of tyrosine phosphorylation of VE-cadherin inhibited endostatin-induced β-catenin recruitment and CPAE cell death. Taken together, we conclude that VE-cadherin is an endostatin receptor.

Standort
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Umfang
Online-Ressource
Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Vascular endothelial cadherin is an endostatin receptor ; volume:66 ; number:4 ; year:2011 ; pages:721-726 ; extent:6
Biologia ; 66, Heft 4 (2011), 721-726 (gesamt 6)

Urheber
Nemoto, Takahiro
Kubota, Shunichiro

DOI
10.2478/s11756-011-0070-x
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2409221719193.064242758715
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  • Nemoto, Takahiro
  • Kubota, Shunichiro

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