title: Beta-catenin overexpression augments angiogenesis and skeletal muscle regeneration through dual mechanism of vascular endothelial growth factor-mediated endothelial cell proliferation and progenitor cell mobilization.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Beta-catenin plays a critical role in directing cell fate during embryogenesis, and uncontrollable activation leads to cancers, suggesting its importance in cell survival and proliferation. However, little is known regarding its role in endothelial cell (EC) and skeletal muscle proliferation and progenitor cell mobilization.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Beta-catenin enhanced ECs proliferation, protected ECs from apoptosis, and increased the capillary forming capabilities, which was completely blocked by inhibition of its nuclear translocation. In addition, the increased proliferation by beta-catenin was associated with increased expression of cyclin E2. In skeletal myocytes, beta-catenin overexpression increased proliferation with cyclin D1 expression, decreased apoptosis, and induced hypertrophy. Furthermore, beta-catenin induced the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in skeletal myocytes, resulting in EC proliferation. In a mouse hindlimb ischemia model, beta-catenin significantly increased recovery of blood perfusion, capillary density along with enhanced VEGF expression, and the number of proliferating ECs and myocytes. Local delivery of beta-catenin also promoted angiogenic progenitor cell mobilization and increased the number of satellite cells.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Beta-catenin may be an important modulator of angiogenesis and myocyte regeneration not only by directly enhancing proliferation and survival of ECs and skeletal myocytes but also by inducing VEGF expression and promoting angiogenic progenitor cell mobilization and muscle progenitor cell activation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea.
authors.forename: Kwang-il
authors.initials: KI
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hyun-Ju
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Joo-Yong
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Hahn
authors.forename: Tae-Youn
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Kyung-Woo
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Bon-Kwon
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Koo
authors.forename: Chan Soo
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Cheol-Ho
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Byung-Heeh
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: Myoung-Mook
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Young-Bae
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Hyo-Soo
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000502:physiology; D002455:Cell Division / Q000502:physiology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D042783:Endothelial Cells / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000502:physiology; D018014:Gene Transfer Techniques; D006614:Hindlimb; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D007511:Ischemia / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D018485:Muscle Fibers, Skeletal / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000473:pathology / Q000502:physiology; D018919:Neovascularization, Physiologic / Q000502:physiology*; D012038:Regeneration / Q000502:physiology; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology; D014471:Umbilical Veins / Q000166:cytology; D051176:beta Catenin / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D051176:beta Catenin