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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-12-7
pubmed:abstractText
Angiogenesis involves proliferation of capillary endothelial cells and formation of lumen-containing tube-like structures. A recently established murine brain capillary endothelial cell line, IBE, can either proliferate or form tube-like structures (i.e., differentiate) in response to fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF-2), dependent on the culture conditions. The 4N1K peptide (KRFYVVMWKK), which is derived from the C-terminal cell-binding domain of thrombospondin-1 (TSP-1), inhibited tube formation, but not proliferation of IBE cells. Polyclonal antibodies against 4N1K blocked TSP-1-induced inhibition of tube formation by IBE cells. 4N1K inhibited tyrosine phosphorylation of focal adhesion kinase and FGF-2-stimulated tyrosine phosphorylation of phospholipase C-gamma in tube-forming, but not proliferating, IBE cells. The peptide also inhibited FGF-2-induced neovascularization in mouse cornea. Our results indicate that TSP-1 may exert its inhibitory effects on angiogenesis via the C-terminal cell-binding domain containing the 4N1K sequence by inhibiting tube formation by endothelial cells.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0014-4827
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 1999 Academic Press.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
252
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
262-72
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Role of thrombospondin-1-derived peptide, 4N1K, in FGF-2-induced angiogenesis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Urology, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Nagasaki, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article