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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
20
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-11-19
pubmed:abstractText
TEK (TIE2) and TIE (TIE1) are structurally related receptor tyrosine kinases expressed in endothelial cells and their precursors. Genetic studies in the mouse have revealed essential functions of both receptors in angiogenic expansion of the vasculature during development. As previously shown, mouse embryos homozygous for a disrupted Tek allele die by day 10.5 of embryogenesis due to endocardial defects, hemorrhaging, and impaired vascular network formation. Furthermore, TIE is required cell autonomously for endothelial cell survival and extension of the vascular network during late embryogenesis. Here we have investigated possible redundancy in the TEK and TIE signalling pathways during vascular development. Vasculogenesis proceeds normally in embryos lacking both TEK and TIE, although such embryos die early in gestation of multiple cardiovascular defects. Mosaic analysis revealed an absolute requirement for TEK in the endocardium at E10.5, whereas TEK and TIE are dispensable for the initial assembly of the rest of the vasculature. In contrast, both receptors are required in the microvasculature during late organogenesis and in essentially all blood vessels of the adult. This analysis demonstrates essential functions for TEK and TIE in maintaining the integrity of the mature vasculature.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0950-1991
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
126
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
4569-80
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10498691-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10498691-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:10498691-Cardiovascular System, pubmed-meshheading:10498691-Chimera, pubmed-meshheading:10498691-DNA Primers, pubmed-meshheading:10498691-Female, pubmed-meshheading:10498691-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:10498691-Homozygote, pubmed-meshheading:10498691-Male, pubmed-meshheading:10498691-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:10498691-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:10498691-Mice, Mutant Strains, pubmed-meshheading:10498691-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:10498691-Mosaicism, pubmed-meshheading:10498691-Phenotype, pubmed-meshheading:10498691-Pregnancy, pubmed-meshheading:10498691-Receptor, TIE-1, pubmed-meshheading:10498691-Receptor, TIE-2, pubmed-meshheading:10498691-Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:10498691-Receptors, Cell Surface, pubmed-meshheading:10498691-Receptors, TIE
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Interaction of the TEK and TIE receptor tyrosine kinases during cardiovascular development.
pubmed:affiliation
Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Ontario, Canada M5G 1X5.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't