Identification of targets of Prox1 during in vitro vascular differentiation from embryonic stem cells: functional roles of HoxD8 in lymphangiogenesis
Author:
Harada Kaori1, Yamazaki Tomoko1, Iwata Caname1, Yoshimatsu Yasuhiro1, Sase Hitoshi1, Mishima Koichi1, Morishita Yasuyuki1, Hirashima Masanori2, Oike Yuichi3, Suda Toshio4, Miura Naoyuki5, Watabe Tetsuro1, Miyazono Kohei1
Affiliation:
1. Department of Molecular Pathology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan 2. Division of Vascular Biology, Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe 650-0017, Japan 3. Department of Molecular Genetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-0811, Japan 4. Department of Cell Differentiation, The Sakaguchi Laboratory, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan 5. Department of Biochemistry, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu 431-3192, Japan
Abstract
During lymphatic development, Prox1 plays central roles in the differentiation of blood vascular endothelial cells (BECs) into lymphatic endothelial cells (LECs), and subsequently in the maturation and maintenance of lymphatic vessels. However, the molecular mechanisms by which Prox1 elicits these functions remain to be elucidated. Here, we identified FoxC2 and angiopoietin-2 (Ang2), which play important roles in the maturation of lymphatic vessels, as novel targets of Prox1 in mouse embryonic-stem-cell-derived endothelial cells (MESECs). Furthermore, we found that expression of HoxD8 was significantly induced by Prox1 in MESECs, a finding confirmed in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) and human dermal LECs (HDLECs). In mouse embryos, HoxD8 expression was significantly higher in LECs than in BECs. In a model of inflammatory lymphangiogenesis, diameters of lymphatic vessels of the diaphragm were increased by adenovirally transduced HoxD8. We also found that HoxD8 induces Ang2 expression in HDLECs and HUVECs. Moreover, we found that HoxD8 induces Prox1 expression in HUVECs and that knockdown of HoxD8 reduces this expression in HDLECs, suggesting that Prox1 expression in LECs is maintained by HoxD8. These findings indicate that transcriptional networks of Prox1 and HoxD8 play important roles in the maturation and maintenance of lymphatic vessels.
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The Company of Biologists
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