title: Selective requirement for Src kinases during VEGF-induced angiogenesis and vascular permeability.
abstract: Src kinase activity was found to protect endothelial cells from apoptosis during vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-, but not basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF)-, mediated angiogenesis in chick embryos and mice. In fact, retroviral targeting of kinase-deleted Src to tumor-associated blood vessels suppressed angiogenesis and the growth of a VEGF-producing tumor. Although mice lacking individual Src family kinases (SFKs) showed normal angiogenesis, mice deficient in pp60c-src or pp62c-yes showed no VEGF-induced vascular permeability (VP), yet fyn-/- mice displayed normal VP. In contrast, inflammation-mediated VP appeared normal in Src-deficient mice. Therefore, VEGF-, but not bFGF-, mediated angiogenesis requires SFK activity in general, whereas the VP activity of VEGF specifically depends on the SFKs, Src, or Yes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, 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: Paul
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Schwartzberg
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Hood
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Leng
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Cheresh
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D002199:Capillary Permeability / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D002642:Chick Embryo; D016228:Endothelial Growth Factors / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology*; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000473:pathology* / Q000502:physiology*; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 / Q000494:pharmacology; D008222:Lymphokines / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology*; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic; D018919:Neovascularization, Physiologic; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D051575:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-yes; D016392:Proto-Oncogene Proteins pp60(c-src) / Q000502:physiology; D042461:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A; D042442:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factors; D019061:src-Family Kinases / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D016228:Endothelial Growth Factors; D008222:Lymphokines; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D042461:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A; D042442:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factors; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2; D051575:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-yes; D016392:Proto-Oncogene Proteins pp60(c-src); C496639:Yes1 protein, mouse; D019061:src-Family Kinases