期刊
DEVELOPMENTAL DYNAMICS
卷 239, 期 2, 页码 386-397出版社
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.22162
关键词
Flk-1; VEGF; sinusoid; angiogenesis; hepatoblasts; liver morphogenesis
资金
- Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare of Japan [17C-4]
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan [19570203]
- Sumitomo Foundation [060110]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [19570203] Funding Source: KAKEN
Early morphogenesis of hepatic sinusoids was histochemically and experimentally analyzed, and the importance of VEGF-Flk-1 signaling in the vascular development was examined during murine liver organogenesis. FITC-gelatin injection experiments into young murine fetuses demonstrated that all primitive sinusoidal structures were confluent with portal and central veins, suggesting that hepatic vessel development may occur via angiogenesis. At 12.5-14.5 days of gestation, VEGF receptors designated Flk-1, especially their mature form, were highly expressed in endothelial cells of primitive sinusoidal structures and highly phosphorylated on their tyrosine residues. At the same time, VEGF was also detected in hepatoblasts/hepatocytes, hemopoietic cells, and megakaryocytes of the whole liver parenchyma. Furthermore, the addition of VEGF to E12.5 liver cell cultures significantly induced the growth and branching morphogenesis of sinusoidal endothelial cells. Therefore, VEGF-Flk-1 signaling may play an important role in the growth and morphogenesis of primitive sinusoids during fetal liver development. Developmental Dynamics 239:386-397,2010. (C) 2009 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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