title: Integrin alphavbeta3 requirement for sustained mitogen-activated protein kinase activity during angiogenesis.
abstract: Angiogenesis depends on growth factors and vascular cell adhesion events. Integrins and growth factors are capable of activating the ras/MAP kinase pathway in vitro, yet how these signals influence endothelial cells during angiogenesis is unknown. Upon initiation of angiogenesis with basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) on the chick chorioallantoic membrane (CAM), endothelial cell mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase (ERK) activity was detected as early as 5 min yet was sustained for at least 20 h. The initial wave of ERK activity (5-120 min) was refractory to integrin antagonists, whereas the sustained activity (4-20 h) depended on integrin alphavbeta3, but not beta1 integrins. Inhibition of MAP kinase kinase (MEK) during this sustained alphavbeta3-dependent ERK signal blocked the formation of new blood vessels while not influencing preexisting blood vessels on the CAM. Inhibition of MEK also blocked growth factor induced migration but not adhesion of endothelial cells in vitro. Therefore, angiogenesis depends on sustained ERK activity regulated by the ligation state of both a growth factor receptor and integrin alphavbeta3.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA.
authors.forename: B P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Eliceiri
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Klemke
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Strömblad
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Cheresh
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001808:Blood Vessels / Q000196:embryology; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D002460:Cell Line; D002465:Cell Movement; D002642:Chick Embryo; D002823:Chorion; D004727:Endothelium / Q000166:cytology; D004790:Enzyme Induction; D019084:Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D018919:Neovascularization, Physiologic / Q000502:physiology*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011817:Rabbits; D019030:Receptors, Vitronectin / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D019030:Receptors, Vitronectin; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases