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Role of the Flt-1 receptor tyrosine kinase in regulating the assembly of vascular endothelium

Fong, Guo-Hua, Rossant, Janet, Gertsenstein, Marina, Breitman, Martin L.·1995·Nature

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The vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and its high-affinity binding receptors, the tyrosine kinases Flt-1 and Flk-1, are thought to be important for the development of embryonic vasculature. Here we report that Flt-1 is essential for the organization of embryonic vasculature, but is not essential for endothelial cell differentiation. Mouse embryos homozygous for a targeted mutation in the flt-1 locus, flt-1lcz, formed endothelial cells in both embryonic and extra-embryonic regions, but assembled these cells into abnormal vascular channels and died in utero at mid-somite stages. At earlier stages, the blood islands of flt-1lcz homozygotes were abnormal, with angioblasts in the interior as well as on the periphery. We suggest that the Flt-1 signalling pathway may regulate normal endothelial cell-cell or cell-matrix interactions during vascular development.

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  • VEGF-/- and VEGF+/- mice were embryonic lethal or associated with profound defects in vasculogenesis and developmental angiogenesis.

    “This was an important distinction since in other knockout models e.g. VEGF-/- and +/- mice were embryonic lethal or associated with profound defects in vasculogenesis and developmental angiogenesis [44], [45].”

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Authors
Fong, G.-H., Rossant, J., Gertsenstein, M., & Breitman, M. L.
Affiliations
Mount Sinai Hospital (CA)
Venue
Nature
Published
1995-07
Volume
376
Issue
6535
Pages
66-70
ISSN
  • 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-4687
OpenAlex
W1986559037
Cited by
2,606
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34.32
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
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  • Nature (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Lymphatic System and Diseases
Keywords
Flt-1, vascular endothelial growth factor, VEGF receptors, Flk-1, endothelial differentiation, angioblasts, blood islands, cell-matrix interactions, targeted mutations, mouse embryo lethality
MeSH terms
Animals, Base Sequence, Cell Differentiation, Embryo, Mammalian, Endothelium, Vascular, Heterozygote, Homozygote, Humans, Lymphokines, Molecular Sequence Data, Proto-Oncogene Proteins, Stem Cells, Endothelial Growth Factors, Mutagenesis, DNA Primers, Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-1, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factors, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A, Mice

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