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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-2-4
pubmed:abstractText
Erythropoietin (EPO) enhances angiogenesis in the ischemic brain. Stroke induces secretion of tumor necrosis factor ? (TNF-?). We investigated the effect of TNF-? on EPO-induced in vitro angiogenesis in cerebral endothelial cells. Using a capillary-like tubular formation assay, we found that transient incubation of primary rat cerebral microvascular endothelial cells (RECs) with TNF-? substantially upregulated EPO receptor (EPOR) expression and addition of EPO into TNF-?-treated RECs significantly augmented the capillary-like tube formation. Blockage of TNF receptor 1 (TNFR1) suppressed TNF-?-upregulated EPOR expression and abolished EPO-induced tube formation. Attenuation of endogenous EPOR with small interfering RNA (siRNA) also inhibited EPO-enhanced tube formation. Treatment of RECs with EPO activated nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-?B) and Akt. Incubation of the TNF-?-treated endothelial cells with EPO activated vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), VEGF receptor 2 (VEGFR2), angiopoietin 1 (Ang1), and Tie2. Blockage of VEGFR2 and Tie2 resulted in reduction of EPO-augmented tube formation. These data indicate that interaction of TNF-? with TNFR1 sensitizes cerebral endothelial cells for EPO-induced angiogenesis by upregulation of EPOR, which amplifies the effect of EPO on activation of the VEGF/VEGFR2 and Ang1/Tie2 pathways. Our results provide the evidence for crosslink between TNF and EPOR to coordinate the onset of angiogenesis in cerebral endothelial cells.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1559-7016
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
31
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
640-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-8-1
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:20700128-Angiogenesis Inducing Agents, pubmed-meshheading:20700128-Angiopoietin-1, pubmed-meshheading:20700128-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:20700128-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:20700128-Capillaries, pubmed-meshheading:20700128-Cell Proliferation, pubmed-meshheading:20700128-Drug Synergism, pubmed-meshheading:20700128-Endothelial Cells, pubmed-meshheading:20700128-Erythropoietin, pubmed-meshheading:20700128-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:20700128-Male, pubmed-meshheading:20700128-NF-kappa B, pubmed-meshheading:20700128-Neovascularization, Physiologic, pubmed-meshheading:20700128-Oncogene Protein v-akt, pubmed-meshheading:20700128-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:20700128-Rats, Wistar, pubmed-meshheading:20700128-Receptors, Erythropoietin, pubmed-meshheading:20700128-Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Type I, pubmed-meshheading:20700128-Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Type II, pubmed-meshheading:20700128-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:20700128-Transfection, pubmed-meshheading:20700128-Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha, pubmed-meshheading:20700128-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Tumor necrosis factor ? primes cerebral endothelial cells for erythropoietin-induced angiogenesis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurology, Henry Ford Health Sciences Center, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural