title: Diversity is in my veins: role of bone morphogenetic protein signaling during venous morphogenesis in zebrafish illustrates the heterogeneity within endothelial cells.
abstract: Endothelial cells are a highly diverse group of cells which display distinct cellular responses to exogenous stimuli. Although the aptly named vascular endothelial growth factor-A signaling pathway is hailed as the most important signaling input for endothelial cells, additional factors also participate in regulating diverse aspects of endothelial behaviors and functions. Given this heterogeneity, these additional factors seem to play a critical role in creating a custom-tailored environment to regulate behaviors and functions of distinct subgroups of endothelial cells. For instance, molecular cues that modulate morphogenesis of arterial vascular beds can be distinct from those that govern morphogenesis of venous vascular beds. Recently, we have found that bone morphogenetic protein signaling selectively promotes angiogenesis from venous vascular beds without eliciting similar responses from arterial vascular beds in zebrafish, indicating that bone morphogenetic protein signaling functions as a context-dependent regulator during vascular morphogenesis. In this review, we will provide an overview of the molecular mechanisms that underlie proangiogenic effects of bone morphogenetic protein signaling on venous vascular beds in the context of endothelial heterogeneity and suggest a more comprehensive picture of the molecular mechanisms of vascular morphogenesis during development.
authors: From the Yale Cardiovascular Research Center, Section of Cardiovascular Medicine (J.-D.K., H.W.L., S.-W.J.) and Department of Internal Medicine (J.-D.K., H.W.L., S.-W.J.), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; and School of Life Sciences, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, Korea (S.-W.J.).
authors: Jun-Dae
authors: JD
authors: Kim
authors: From the Yale Cardiovascular Research Center, Section of Cardiovascular Medicine (J.-D.K., H.W.L., S.-W.J.) and Department of Internal Medicine (J.-D.K., H.W.L., S.-W.J.), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; and School of Life Sciences, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, Korea (S.-W.J.).
authors: Heon-Woo
authors: HW
authors: Lee
authors: From the Yale Cardiovascular Research Center, Section of Cardiovascular Medicine (J.-D.K., H.W.L., S.-W.J.) and Department of Internal Medicine (J.-D.K., H.W.L., S.-W.J.), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; and School of Life Sciences, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, Korea (S.-W.J.). suk-won.jin@yale.edu sukwonjin@gist.ac.kr.
authors: Suk-Won
authors: SW
authors: Jin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D052004:Bone Morphogenetic Protein Receptors / Q000502:physiology; D019485:Bone Morphogenetic Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D042783:Endothelial Cells / Q000502:physiology*; D008648:Mesoderm / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D051379:Mice; D018919:Neovascularization, Physiologic / Q000502:physiology*; D009928:Organ Specificity; D051880:Receptors, Notch / Q000502:physiology; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*; D051785:Smad Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D013045:Species Specificity; D042461:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A / Q000502:physiology; D014680:Veins / Q000196:embryology*; D015027:Zebrafish / Q000196:embryology; D029961:Zebrafish Proteins / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D019485:Bone Morphogenetic Proteins; D051880:Receptors, Notch; D051785:Smad Proteins; D042461:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A; C583604:Vegfaa protein, zebrafish; D029961:Zebrafish Proteins; D052004:Bone Morphogenetic Protein Receptors
keywords: bone morphogenetic protein receptors; vascular endothelial cells; veins; zebrafish