Abstract：
AIMS:Previous studies on the role of stem cell factor (SCF) in endothelial progenitor cell (EPC)-mediated neovascularization have focused on the EPC mobilization and homing process. However, the direct effects of SCF on neovascularization activity of EPCs have not been characterized. We sought to determine whether SCF regulates the neovascularization ability of EPCs by comparing its roles in mature endothelial cells. METHODS AND RESULTS:In vitro and in vivo assays revealed that SCF substantially increased the neovascularization activity of human EPCs through the c-Kit receptor. Notably, the SCF-induced increase in neovascularization activity was substantially greater in EPCs than that in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs). SCF-induced phosphorylation of c-Kit and downstream signalling molecules was consistently found to be more potent and longer-lasting in EPCs than in HUVECs. This high responsiveness of EPCs to SCF was explained by the finding that the cell-surface expression of c-Kit is far higher in EPCs than in HUVECs. A c-Kit promoter assay revealed that the increased expression of c-Kit in EPCs could be attributed to the greater expression of stem cell leukaemia, LIM-only 2, and GATA-binding protein 2. CONCLUSION:In addition to its documented role in the mobilization and recruitment of EPCs, our findings show that SCF directly enhances the neovascularization activity of EPCs. Furthermore, the present study provides further evidence that EPCs exhibit differentially greater responsiveness to hypoxia-inducible cytokines, including SCF, than mature endothelial cells, suggesting that EPCs in ischaemic tissues function differently from mature endothelial cells, although they exhibit very similar phenotypes.
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Cardiovasc Resjournal_title
Cardiovascular researchauthors
Kim KL,Meng Y,Kim JY,Baek EJ,Suh Wdoi
10.1093/cvr/cvr161subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2011-10-01 00:00:00pages
132-40issue
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0008-6363issn
1755-3245pii
cvr161journal_volume
92pub_type
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更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00
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