Modulation of tumor endothelial cell marker 7 expression during endothelial cell capillary morphogenesis.
Angiogenesis, the process of new blood vessel formation from preexisting capillaries, is a multistep process. The principle cell type in this process is endothelial cells which are required to undergo proliferation, migration, differentiation, and coalescence into cord-like structures with a central lumen. However, the molecular and cellular mechanisms that regulate this process require further investigation. In this study, we have used the fibrin/fibrinogen-based three-dimensional culture to enrich for primary cultured mouse aortic endothelial cells, and to induce endothelial cell capillary morphogenesis. We found among all the cell surface markers examined that only TEM7 expression was up-regulated upon endothelial cells capillary morphogenesis. In addition, inhibition of capillary morphogenesis by serum stimulation completely blocked TEM7 expression. In contrast, stimulation of endothelial cell capillary morphogenesis with PMA enhanced TEM7 expression. Furthermore, incubation of endothelial cells with a recombinant extracellular domain of TEM7 blocked capillary morphogenesis in three-dimensional cultures. These results suggest that TEM7 is a novel protein whose cell surface expression is essential during endothelial cell capillary morphogenesis.
Wang
Xue-Qing
XQ
Department of Surgical Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111-2497, USA. xue-qing.wang@uchsc.edu
Sheibani
Nader
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Watson
James C
JC
D000818:Animals; D001011:Aorta / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002196:Capillaries / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D002465:Cell Movement; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000737:chemistry; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D042783:Endothelial Cells / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D005337:Fibrin / Q000737:chemistry; D005340:Fibrinogen / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008833:Microcirculation; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013997:Time Factors; D015854:Up-Regulation
D017931:DNA Primers; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; C502423:Plxdc1 protein, rat; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C509500:tumor endothelial cell marker 7, mouse; D005337:Fibrin; D005340:Fibrinogen