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KLF2 and KLF4 control endothelial identity and vascular integrity
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Maintenance of vascular integrity in the adult animal is needed for survival, and it is critically dependent on the endothelial lining, which controls barrier function, blood fluidity, and flow dynamics. However, nodal regulators that coordinate endothelial identity and function in the adult animal remain poorly characterized. Here, we show that endothelial KLF2 and KLF4 control a large segment of the endothelial transcriptome, thereby affecting virtually all key endothelial functions. Inducible endothelial-specific deletion of Klf2 and/or Klf4 reveals that a single allele of either gene is sufficient for survival, but absence of both (EC-DKO) results in acute death from myocardial infarction, heart failure, and stroke. EC-DKO animals exhibit profound compromise in vascular integrity and profound dysregulation of the coagulation system. Collectively, these studies establish an absolute requirement for KLF2/4 for maintenance of endothelial and vascular integrity in the adult animal.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Sangwung, P., Zhou, G., Nayak, L., Chan, E. R., Kumar, S., Kang, D.-W., Zhang, R., Liao, X., Lu, Y., Sugi, K., Fujioka, H., Shi, H., Lapping, S. D., Ghosh, C. C., Higgins, S. J., Parikh, S. M., Jo, H., & Jain, M. K.
- Affiliations
- Cardiovascular Institute Hospital (JP)
- University Hospitals of Cleveland (US)
- Case Western Reserve University (US)
- Georgia Institute of Technology (US)
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (US)
- ORCID
- Venue
- JCI Insight
- Published
- 2017-02-23
- Volume
- 2
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- e91700-e91700
- ISSN
- 2379-3708 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC5313061
- OpenAlex
- W2588645651
- Cited by
- 247
- References
- 33
- Citations by year
- 2026: 31 · 2025: 24 · 2024: 32 · 2023: 31 · 2022: 29 · 2021: 23 · 2020: 31 · 2019: 20 · 2018: 16 · 2017: 10
- FWCI
- 8.60
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Locations
- JCI Insight (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- American Heart Association (16POST31200017)
- Case Western Reserve University
- School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University
- National Institutes of Health (12SDG12070077)
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (R01HL125275, R01HL110630, R01HL086548, K08HL121131, R01HL112486, R01HL119195, R01HL093234)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Kruppel-like factors research
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Barrier Structure and Function Studies
- Keywords
- KLF2, KLF4, vascular integrity, endothelial-specific knockout, endothelial transcriptome, endothelial barrier function, coagulation system, myocardial infarction, heart failure, stroke
- MeSH terms
- Kruppel-Like Factor 4, Animals, Blood Coagulation, Blood Coagulation Disorders, Capillary Permeability, Endothelium, Vascular, Gene Expression Regulation, Heart Failure, Myocardial Infarction, Mice, Knockout, Stroke, Mice, Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors
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