SRF in angiogenesis: Branching the vascular system
AUTOR(ES)
Franco, Claudio A
FONTE
Landes Bioscience
RESUMO
Cell cytoskeleton proteins are fundamental to cell shape, cell adhesion and cell motility, and therefore play an important role during angiogenesis. One of the major regulators of cytoskeletal protein expression is serum response factor (SRF), a MADS-box transcription factor that regulates multiple genes implicated in cell growth, migration, cytoskeletal organization, energy metabolism and myogenesis. Recent data have demonstrated a crucial role of SRF downstream of VEGF and FGF signalling during sprouting angiogenesis, regulating endothelial cell (EC) migration, actin polymerisation, tip cell morphology, EC junction assembly and vascular integrity. Here, we review the role of SRF in the regulation of angiogenesis and EC function, integrate SRF function into a broader mechanism regulating branching morphogenesis, and discuss future directions and perspectives of SRF in EC biology.
ACESSO AO ARTIGO
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2712806Documentos Relacionados
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