title: Human angiogenin is rapidly translocated to the nucleus of human umbilical vein endothelial cells and binds to DNA.
abstract: Human angiogenin is translocated to the nucleus of human umbilical vein endothelial cells in a time-dependent manner. Exogenous angiogenin appears in the nucleus in 2 min, reaches saturation in 15 min when 85% of the internalized angiogenin is in the nuclei, and remains associated with the nucleus for at least 4 h. Endothelial cells cultured at low density have a much higher capacity to translocate angiogenin to the nucleus than do those cultured at high density. This observation is consistent with previous findings that both the ability of endothelial cells to proliferate in response to angiogenin and the expression of an angiogenin receptor on the cell surface depend on cell density. Nuclear (125)I-angiogenin is not degraded and is neither spontaneously dissociated nor replaced by unlabeled angiogenin. It is, however, released by deoxyribonuclease I, but not by ribonuclease A, suggesting that angiogenin binds to DNA in the nucleus. These results suggest that in addition to acting as a ribonuclease, angiogenin may play a role in regulating gene expression by direct binding to DNA.
authors.affiliation: Center for Biochemical and Biophysical Sciences and Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
authors.forename: G f
authors.initials: Gf
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: C j
authors.initials: Cj
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Riordan
mesh_terms: D043925:Angiogenesis Inducing Agents / Q000378:metabolism*; D001693:Biological Transport, Active / Q000187:drug effects; D002452:Cell Count; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism*; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D016220:Fibroblast Growth Factor 1; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 / Q000494:pharmacology; D006493:Heparin / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D007700:Kinetics; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D012259:Ribonuclease, Pancreatic / Q000378:metabolism*; D013347:Subcellular Fractions / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D043925:Angiogenesis Inducing Agents; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2; D016220:Fibroblast Growth Factor 1; D006493:Heparin; D004247:DNA; C046366:angiogenin; D012259:Ribonuclease, Pancreatic