title: Regulation of angiogenesis by glycogen synthase kinase-3beta.
abstract: Glycogen synthase kinase-3beta (GSK3beta) plays important roles in metabolism, embryonic development, and tumorigenesis. Here we investigated the role of GSK3beta signaling in vascular biology by examining its function in endothelial cells (ECs). In EC, the regulatory phosphorylation of GSK3beta was found to be under the control of phosphoinositide 3-kinase-, MAPK-, and protein kinase A-dependent signaling pathways. The transduction of a nonphosphorylatable constitutively active mutant of GSKbeta promoted apoptosis under the conditions of prolonged serum deprivation or the disruption of cell-matrix attachments. Conversely, the transduction of catalytically inactive GSK3beta promoted EC survival under the conditions of cellular stress. Under normal cell culture conditions, the activation of GSK3beta signaling inhibited the migration of EC to vascular endothelial growth factor or basic fibroblast growth factor. Angiogenesis was inhibited by GSK3beta activation in an in vivo Matrigel plug assay, whereas the inhibition of GSK3beta signaling enhanced capillary formation. These data suggest that GSK3beta functions at the nodal point of converging signaling pathways in EC to regulate vessel growth through its control of vascular cell migration and survival.
authors.affiliation: Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University School of Medicine, Massachusetts 02118, USA.
authors.forename: Hyo-Soo
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Carsten
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Skurk
authors.forename: Shane R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: Ann
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bialik
authors.forename: Toshimitsu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suhara
authors.forename: Yasuko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kureishi
authors.forename: Morris
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Birnbaum
authors.forename: John F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Keaney
authors.forename: Kenneth
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Walsh
mesh_terms: D023102:Anoikis; D017209:Apoptosis; D002465:Cell Movement; D002470:Cell Survival; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000502:physiology; D038362:Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 / Q000502:physiology*; D000071679:Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 beta; D006801:Humans; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000502:physiology; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000166:cytology*; D018919:Neovascularization, Physiologic / Q000502:physiology*; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000096:biosynthesis; D010766:Phosphorylation; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt
chemical_list: D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D009569:Nitric Oxide; C000605506:GSK3B protein, human; D000071679:Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 beta; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D038362:Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3