Role of KATP channels in angiogenesis
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description: Worldwide research devotes significant effort to identify new, targetable molecular mechanisms in the field of angiogenesis, since therapeutic modulation of angiogenesis can critically alter the progression of a number of diseases. Stimulation of angiogenesis is desirable in situations characterized by tissue-damaging ischemia where blood supply is severely reduced, such as lower limb diabetic arteriopathy or following myocardial infarct. In contradistinction, stemming excessive or ectopic angiogenesis can be beneficial in situations such as solid tumor growth or in neovascular age-related macular degeneration. It has been previously shown that Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S), a new vasoactive gasotransmitter, can initiate angiogenic responses which depend on the activation of ATP-sensitive potassium channels (KATP). Intriguingly, C-type Natriuretic Peptide (CNP), which is also known to activate KATP, has been reported to promote endothelial cell growth; however, its angiogenic properties have not been explored at any depth. This pattern prompted us to investigate whether direct KATP activation induces angiogenic responses and whether endothelial responses to CNP or Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) indeed require KATP activation. We undertook a dual-pronged approach, based on both in vivo and in vitro experimental approaches. In vivo, chick embryo chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) angiogenesis was similarly enhanced by the direct KATP channel activator SG-209 and by the polypeptides CNP or VEGF. Two KATP inhibitors, Glibenclamide and 5-Hydroxydecanoate (5-HD), abrogated both basal and CNP-induced CAM angiogenesis. In vitro, direct activators of KATP such as Nicorandil and SG- 209 and receptor-acting agonists such as VEGF and CNP, increased proliferation and migration in the mouse brain endothelial cell line bEnd.3. In addition, VEGF and CNP induced comparable capillary tube-like formation by Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial cells (HUVECs) in low growth factor Matrigel.…
abstract: Worldwide research devotes significant effort to identify new, targetable molecular mechanisms in the field of angiogenesis, since therapeutic modulation of angiogenesis can critically alter the progression of a number of diseases. Stimulation of angiogenesis is desirable in situations characterized by tissue-damaging ischemia where blood supply is severely reduced, such as lower limb diabetic arteriopathy or following myocardial infarct. In contradistinction, stemming excessive or ectopic angiogenesis can be beneficial in situations such as solid tumor growth or in neovascular age-related macular degeneration. It has been previously shown that Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S), a new vasoactive gasotransmitter, can initiate angiogenic responses which depend on the activation of ATP-sensitive potassium channels (KATP). Intriguingly, C-type Natriuretic Peptide (CNP), which is also known to activate KATP, has been reported to promote endothelial cell growth; however, its angiogenic properties have not been explored at any depth. This pattern prompted us to investigate whether direct KATP activation induces angiogenic responses and whether endothelial responses to CNP or Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) indeed require KATP activation. We undertook a dual-pronged approach, based on both in vivo and in vitro experimental approaches. In vivo, chick embryo chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) angiogenesis was similarly enhanced by the direct KATP channel activator SG-209 and by the polypeptides CNP or VEGF. Two KATP inhibitors, Glibenclamide and 5-Hydroxydecanoate (5-HD), abrogated both basal and CNP-induced CAM angiogenesis. In vitro, direct activators of KATP such as Nicorandil and SG- 209 and receptor-acting agonists such as VEGF and CNP, increased proliferation and migration in the mouse brain endothelial cell line bEnd.3. In addition, VEGF and CNP induced comparable capillary tube-like formation by Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial cells (HUVECs) in low growth factor Matrigel.…
author: Umaru, Bukar
language: en
keywords: Angiogenesis, Channels, ΚΑΤP, Hydrogen sulfide, CNP, 615.798, Αγγειογένεση, Δίαυλοι, Υδρόθειο
date published: 2015-08-24T06:09:08Z
date modified: 2026-07-27T20:29:42Z
provider: University of Patras
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
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source organization: University of Patras

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