Journal
ANGIOGENESIS
Volume 25, Issue 2, Pages 159-179Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10456-021-09818-1
Keywords
CMKLR1; ChemR23; Retinal angiogenesis; Tumoral neoangiogenesis; Hind-limb ischemia model; Oxygen-induced retinopathy
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Funding
- Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique of Belgium [Welbio 2017-CR-2019 C-03R]
- FNRS-Televie Grant [7.6520.19 F]
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Chemerin is a multifunctional protein that inhibits tumor vascularization and promotes endothelial cell apoptosis and vessel pruning through the CMKLR1 receptor. PTEN and FOXO1 antagonists can restore retinal vascular density, suggesting the involvement of the PI3-kinase/AKT pathway in chemerin-induced vessel regression.
Chemerin is a multifunctional protein initially characterized in our laboratory as a chemoattractant factor for leukocyte populations. Its main functional receptor is CMKLR1. We identified previously chemerin as an anti-tumoral factor inhibiting the vascularization of tumor grafts. We show here that overexpression of bioactive chemerin in mice results in a reduction of the density of the retinal vascular network during its development and in adults. Chemerin did not affect vascular sprouting during the post-natal development of the network, but rather promoted endothelial cell apoptosis and vessel pruning. This phenotype was reversed to normal in CMKLR1-deficient mice, demonstrating the role of this receptor. Chemerin inhibited also neoangiogenesis in a model of pathological proliferative retinopathy, and in response to hind-limb ischemia. Mechanistically, PTEN and FOXO1 antagonists could almost completely restore the density of the retinal vasculature, suggesting the involvement of the PI3-kinase/AKT pathway in the chemerin-induced vessel regression process.
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