2004 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Identification of endothelial cell-specific signal transduction pathways leading to angiogenesis
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15591698
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Urology
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| Research Institution | Nagasaki University |
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Principal Investigator |
KANDA Shigeru Nagasaki University, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Associate Professor, 大学院・医歯薬学総合研究科, 助教授 (20244048)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
KANETAKE Hiroshi Nagasaki University, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Division of Nephro-Urology, Professor, 大学院・医歯薬学総合研究科, 教授 (50100839)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2003 – 2004
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| Keywords | endothelial cells / differentiation / signal transduction / Fes / Fyn / Rho / FGF-2 / PEDF |
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| Research Abstract |
To identity the molecular targets, which are involved in endothelial cell-specific signal transduction pathways, we examined the mechanism of differentiation of endothelial cells and signaling pathways through tyrosine kinase Fes.
1.FGF-2-induced capillary morphogenesis required endogenous VEGF-A-driven signaling. In addition, FGF-2-induccd activation of Fyn, which inactivates Rho through activating Rho GAP, is involved in capillary morphogenesis, largely regulated by disassembly of focal adhesions.
2.FGF-2-induced tube formation was regulated by the interaction between endogenously produced fibronectin and a5b1 integrin. Fibronectin production was transcriptionally regulated by T cell factor-b-catenin complex.
3.PI3-kinase activated through Fes was involved in stromal-derived factor 1a- and sonic hedgehog-induced differentiation of endothelial cells. However, pigment epithelium-derived factor blocked FGF-2induced capillary morphogenesis by down-regulation of Fyn activity through Fes, suggesting that inhibition of Fes may not simply lead to angiogenesis inhibition.
While Fyn is not exclusively expressed in endothelial cells, examination of signaling pathways downstream of Fyn would be favorable to find endothelial cell-specific signaling molecules. In addition, studies of the mechanisms underlying the activation of c-Fes may be helpful to control Fes-dependent angiogenesis.
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