title: Role of the Src homology 2 domain-containing protein Shb in murine brain endothelial cell proliferation and differentiation.
abstract: To study the role of the Src homology 2 (SH2) domain-containing protein Shb in angiogenesis, wild-type Shb and SH2 domain-mutated Shb (R522K Shb) were overexpressed in murine immortalized brain endothelial cells. The wild-type Shb cells exhibited an increased rate of apoptosis on serum withdrawal. Both wild-type Shb and R522K Shb cells exhibited enhanced spreading concomitant with cytoskeletal rearrangements that occurred independently of fibroblast growth factor (FGF)-2 stimulation. However, these effects may partly be caused by altered regulation of Rac1 and Rap1 activation in the Shb cells. The Shb-induced cytoskeletal rearrangements were not dependent on phosphatidylinositol 3' kinase activity, but could be reversed by inhibition of Src family kinases. FGF-2 failed to further enhance migration of wild-type Shb and R522K Shb cells. The R522K Shb cells cultured in collagen gels exhibit diminished tubular morphogenesis when treated with FGF-2, implicating the need for a functional Shb molecule in this process. These data suggest that Shb plays a role in the proliferation and differentiation of endothelial cells and, hence, participates in angiogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Cell Biology, Uppsala University, Sweden.
authors.forename: Lingge
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Kristina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Holmqvist
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cross
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Welsh
mesh_terms: D064413:3-Phosphoinositide-Dependent Protein Kinases; D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis; D001921:Brain / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002455:Cell Division; D002465:Cell Movement; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002633:Chemotaxis / Q000187:drug effects; D003599:Cytoskeleton / Q000378:metabolism; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D015870:Gene Expression; D051379:Mice; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt; D020830:rac1 GTP-Binding Protein / Q000378:metabolism; D020827:rap1 GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D018909:src Homology Domains
chemical_list: D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; C085634:Shb protein, mouse; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2; D064413:3-Phosphoinositide-Dependent Protein Kinases; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt; D020830:rac1 GTP-Binding Protein; D020827:rap1 GTP-Binding Proteins