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Branching out requires VEGF

Branching out requires VEGF <h2>Branching out requires VEGF</h2> Blood vessels are missing branches in mice with no ECM-bound VEGF (right). Shima/CSHL Not all isoforms are created equal. New results from Christiana Ruhrberg, David Shima (Cancer Research UK, London, UK), and colleagues reveal that the stickiness of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) can make all the difference between blood vessels growing larger or finding new territory.VEGF initiates the formation and expansion of the vascular system. VEGF isoforms differ in their ability to bind to the extracellular matrix (ECM), but, in vitro, endothelial cell proliferation is stimulated by VEGF regardless of its ECM-binding ability. In the new study, Shima's group examined mice engineered to make only single VEGF isoforms. These mice reveal that VEGF isoforms have opposing effects on growing vessel networks. Although all forms stimulated cell growth in vivo, mice that expressed only soluble VEGF had expanded microvessels with fewer branches. In contrast, microvessels in mice with only ECM-binding VEGF were narrow and branched excessively. “Our results indicate that growth is integrated with tissues, because the tissue provides localized cues by depositing VEGF in precise spatial patterns,” says Ruhrberg. The road map is provided by ECM-bound VEGF, which attracted filopodia extending from the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Journal of Cell Biology Rockefeller University Press

Branching out requires VEGF

The Journal of Cell Biology , Volume 159 (2): 201 – Oct 28, 2002

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Rockefeller University Press
Copyright
Copyright © 2002, by The Rockefeller University Press
ISSN
0021-9525
eISSN
1540-8140
DOI
10.1083/jcb1592rr1
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Abstract

<h2>Branching out requires VEGF</h2> Blood vessels are missing branches in mice with no ECM-bound VEGF (right). Shima/CSHL Not all isoforms are created equal. New results from Christiana Ruhrberg, David Shima (Cancer Research UK, London, UK), and colleagues reveal that the stickiness of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) can make all the difference between blood vessels growing larger or finding new territory.VEGF initiates the formation and expansion of the vascular system. VEGF isoforms differ in their ability to bind to the extracellular matrix (ECM), but, in vitro, endothelial cell proliferation is stimulated by VEGF regardless of its ECM-binding ability. In the new study, Shima's group examined mice engineered to make only single VEGF isoforms. These mice reveal that VEGF isoforms have opposing effects on growing vessel networks. Although all forms stimulated cell growth in vivo, mice that expressed only soluble VEGF had expanded microvessels with fewer branches. In contrast, microvessels in mice with only ECM-binding VEGF were narrow and branched excessively. “Our results indicate that growth is integrated with tissues, because the tissue provides localized cues by depositing VEGF in precise spatial patterns,” says Ruhrberg. The road map is provided by ECM-bound VEGF, which attracted filopodia extending from the

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The Journal of Cell BiologyRockefeller University Press

Published: Oct 28, 2002

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