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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-7-22
pubmed:abstractText
The opioid system (opioid peptides and receptors) regulates a variety of neurophysiologic functions, including pain control. Here we show novel roles of the ? opioid system in vascular development. Previously, we revealed that cAMP/protein kinase A (PKA) signaling enhanced differentiation of vascular progenitors expressing VEGF receptor-2 (fetal liver kinase 1; Flk1) into endothelial cells (ECs) through dual up-regulation of Flk1 and Neuropilin1 (NRP1), which form a selective and sensitive VEGF(164) receptor. Kappa opioid receptor (KOR), an inhibitory G protein-coupled receptor, was highly expressed in embryonic stem cell-derived Flk1(+) vascular progenitors. The addition of KOR agonists to Flk1(+) vascular progenitors inhibited EC differentiation and 3-dimensional vascular formation. Activation of KOR decreased expression of Flk1 and NRP1 in vascular progenitors. The inhibitory effects of KOR were reversed by 8-bromoadenosine-3',5'-cAMP or a PKA agonist, N(6)-benzoyl-cAMP, indicating that KOR inhibits cAMP/PKA signaling. Furthermore, KOR-null or dynorphin (an endogenous KOR agonist)-null mice showed a significant increase in overall vascular formation and ectopic vascular invasion into somites at embryonic day -10.5. ECs in these null mice showed significant increase in Flk1 and NRP1, along with reciprocal decrease in plexinD1, which regulates vascular pathfinding. The opioid system is, thus, a new regulator of vascular development that simultaneously modifies 2 distinct vascular properties, EC differentiation and vascular pathfinding.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1528-0020
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
21
pubmed:volume
118
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
775-85
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:21460241-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:21460241-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:21460241-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:21460241-Cell Movement, pubmed-meshheading:21460241-Cyclic AMP, pubmed-meshheading:21460241-Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:21460241-Dynorphins, pubmed-meshheading:21460241-Embryonic Stem Cells, pubmed-meshheading:21460241-Endothelial Cells, pubmed-meshheading:21460241-Female, pubmed-meshheading:21460241-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:21460241-Male, pubmed-meshheading:21460241-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:21460241-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:21460241-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:21460241-Neovascularization, Physiologic, pubmed-meshheading:21460241-Neuropilin-1, pubmed-meshheading:21460241-Pregnancy, pubmed-meshheading:21460241-Receptors, Opioid, kappa, pubmed-meshheading:21460241-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:21460241-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
The ? opioid system regulates endothelial cell differentiation and pathfinding in vascular development.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Stem Cell Differentiation, Stem Cell Research Center, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't