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Microbiology and Tumor Biology Center, Karolinska Institute, S-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden;
* Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Stockholm Branch, S-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden;
Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Uppsala Branch, S-751 24 Uppsala, Sweden; and
Institute of Neurobiology, Karolinska Institute, S-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
1Correspondence: Microbiology and Tumor Biology Center, Karolinska Institute, S-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden. E-mail: yihai.cao{at}mtc.ki.se
A newly discovered PDGF isoform, PDGF-CC, is expressed in actively angiogenic tissues such as placenta, some embryonic tissues, and tumors. We test the possibility that PDGF-CC promotes angiogenesis in vivo. The core domain (mature form) of human PDGF-CC is sufficiently potent to stimulate neovascularization in the mouse cornea. The corneal angiogenic response induced by PDGF-CC is robust although the area of neovascularization is smaller than those of FGF-2- and VEGF-stimulated angiogenesis. Similarly, PDGF-BB and PDGF-AB induce angiogenic responses virtually indistinguishable from PDGF-CC-stimulated vessels. In contrast, PDGF-AA displays only a weak angiogenic response in the mouse cornea. Although there was no significant difference in incorporation of mural cells to the newly formed blood vessels induced by PDGF-BB and -CC, the percentage of mural cell positive vessels induced by PDGF-AA was greater than those induced by FGF-2, PDGF-BB, and PDGF-CC. In the developing chick embryo, PDGF-CC induced branch sprouts from established blood vessels. In PDGF receptor-transfected endothelial cells, PDGF-CC activated the PDGF receptor alpha subunit (PDGFR-
). PDGF-CC, but not PDGF-AA, was able to activate PDGFR-ß receptor in endothelial cells that coexpress both
and ß forms of receptors. Thus, the PDGF-CC-mediated angiogenic response is most likely transduced by PDGF-
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ß receptors. These data demonstrate that the PDGF family is a complex and important group of proangiogenic factors.Cao, R., Bråkenhielm, E., Li, X., Pietras, K., Widenfalk, J, Östman, A., Eriksson, U., Cao, Y. Angiogenesis stimulated by PDGF-CC, a novel member in the PDGF family, involves activation of PDGFR-
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ß receptors.
Key Words: VEGF vascular smooth muscle cells neovascularization growth factors
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