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FOXF1 transcription factor is required for formation of embryonic vasculature by regulating VEGF signaling in endothelial cells.

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RATIONALE:Inactivating mutations in the Forkhead Box transcription factor F1 (FOXF1) gene locus are frequently found in patients with alveolar capillary dysplasia with misalignment of pulmonary veins, a lethal congenital disorder, which is characterized by severe abnormalities in the respiratory, cardiovascular, and gastrointestinal systems. In mice, haploinsufficiency of the Foxf1 gene causes alveolar capillary dysplasia and developmental defects in lung, intestinal, and gall bladder morphogenesis. OBJECTIVE:Although FOXF1 is expressed in multiple mesenchyme-derived cell types, cellular origins and molecular mechanisms of developmental abnormalities in FOXF1-deficient mice and patients with alveolar capillary dysplasia with misalignment of pulmonary veins remain uncharacterized because of lack of mouse models with cell-restricted inactivation of the Foxf1 gene. In the present study, the role of FOXF1 in endothelial cells was examined using a conditional knockout approach. METHODS AND RESULTS:A novel mouse line harboring Foxf1-floxed alleles was generated by homologous recombination. Tie2-Cre and Pdgfb-CreER transgenes were used to delete Foxf1 from endothelial cells. FOXF1-deficient embryos exhibited embryonic lethality, growth retardation, polyhydramnios, cardiac ventricular hypoplasia, and vascular abnormalities in the lung, placenta, yolk sac, and retina. Deletion of FOXF1 from endothelial cells reduced endothelial proliferation, increased apoptosis, inhibited vascular endothelial growth factor signaling, and decreased expression of endothelial genes critical for vascular development, including vascular endothelial growth factor receptors Flt1 and Flk1, Pdgfb, Pecam1, CD34, integrin β3, ephrin B2, Tie2, and the noncoding RNA Fendrr. Chromatin immunoprecipitation assay demonstrated that Flt1, Flk1, Pdgfb, Pecam1, and Tie2 genes are direct transcriptional targets of FOXF1. CONCLUSIONS:FOXF1 is required for the formation of embryonic vasculature by regulating endothelial genes critical for vascular development and vascular endothelial growth factor signaling.

journal_name

Circ Res

journal_title

Circulation research

authors

Ren X,Ustiyan V,Pradhan A,Cai Y,Havrilak JA,Bolte CS,Shannon JM,Kalin TV,Kalinichenko VV

doi

10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.115.304382

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2014-09-26 00:00:00

pages

709-20

issue

eissn

0009-7330

issn

1524-4571

pii

CIRCRESAHA.115.304382

journal_volume

115

pub_type

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FOXF1 transcription factor is required for formation of embryonic vasculature by regulating VEGF signaling in endothelial cells.