title: Angiopoietin-1 is an apoptosis survival factor for endothelial cells.
abstract: We examined the effect of angiopoietin-1 (Ang1) on apoptosis in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs). Ang1 (5-1000 ng/ml) dose-dependently inhibited apoptosis under a serum-deprived state. A significant apoptotic inhibition occurred with as low as 50 ng/ml. Two hundred ng/ml of Ang1 inhibited to approximately 50% of the control apoptotic rates for 96 h. Furthermore, an augmented antiapoptotic effect of Ang1 by the addition of 20 ng/ml vascular endothelial growth factor was observed. This Ang1-induced strong antiapoptotic effect in endothelial cells is a novel and intriguing finding and could be an additional description of Ang1-induced direct biological function.
authors.affiliation: National Creative Research Initiatives Center for Cardiac Regeneration and Institute of Cardiovascular Research, Chonbuk National University School of Medicine, Chonju, South Korea.
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Kwak
authors.forename: J N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: So
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: G Y
authors.initials: GY
authors.lastname: Koh
mesh_terms: D042683:Angiopoietin-1; D017209:Apoptosis; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D016228:Endothelial Growth Factors / Q000378:metabolism*; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008222:Lymphokines / Q000378:metabolism*; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D013997:Time Factors; D042461:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A; D042442:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factors
chemical_list: C467630:ANGPT1 protein, human; D042683:Angiopoietin-1; D016228:Endothelial Growth Factors; D008222:Lymphokines; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D042461:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A; D042442:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factors