期刊
STEM CELLS
卷 33, 期 6, 页码 1850-1862出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/stem.1995
关键词
Heparanase; Angiogenesis; Mesenchymal stem cell
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31171418, 81320108003, 31371498, 81170308, 81370247, 81202948, 81100141]
- National High-tech RD 863 Program [2013AA020101]
- National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) [2014CB965100, 2014CB965103]
- Science and Technology Department of Zhejiang province public welfare projects [2013C37054]
- Zhejiang province key science and technology innovation team [2010R50047]
- Major science and technology projects of Zhejiang province [2012C13013-3]
- Fundamental Research Funds of Zhejiang University [2012FZA7008]
- NIH [HL072924]
- Walter G. Ross Distinguished Chair in vascular biology
Heparanase plays important roles in tumor angiogenesis. Our previous study demonstrated that hypoxic preconditioning (HPC) enhanced the angiogenic and therapeutic effects of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), effects that were paralleled by enhanced heparanase expression. This study was designed to elucidate the role of heparanase in the improved therapeutic properties of HPC-MSCs and to explore underlying mechanisms using an ischemic rat hind limb model. MSCs transfected with heparanase (MSChpa) or empty vector (MSCnull) were delivered by intramuscular injections to ischemic hind limbs. Hind limbs that received MSChpa recovered blood flow more rapidly at 7 days and acquired higher capillary density at 14 days compared with MSCnull. Conditioned medium from MSChpa increased endothelial cell migration and promoted greater tube formation relative to that from the MSCnull groups. Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 (VEGFR2, Flk-1) and its downstream signaling pathway (p38MAPK/HSP27) were significantly increased in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) after treatment with MSChpa conditioned medium. Each of these responses was decreased by cocultured with MSChpa-KD conditioned medium. MSChpa conditioned medium activated hypoxia-inducible factor-2 (HIF-2) and increased in parallel the transcript level of Flk-1 as determined by chromatin immunoprecipitation-PCR and luciferase assays. Analyses of integrin expression revealed an important role for integrin 1 in the regulation of HIF-2. All angiogenic effects of MSChpa conditioned medium were abolished by knockdown of integrin 1, HIF-2, and Flk-1 in HUVECs with selective shRNAs. These findings identify heparanse as a key regulator of angiogenesis by MSCs. We propose a novel pathway wherein heparanse sequentially activates integrin 1, HIF-2, Flk-1, and p38MAPK/HSP27 with corresponding enhancement of angiogenesis. Stem Cells2015;33:1850-1862
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