Pharmacological control of angiogenesis by regulating phosphorylation of myosin light chain 2.

Angiogenesis MLCK MLCP Myosin light chain 2 ROCK

Journal

Cellular signalling
ISSN: 1873-3913
Titre abrégé: Cell Signal
Pays: England
ID NLM: 8904683

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
08 May 2024
Historique:
received: 15 11 2023
revised: 25 04 2024
accepted: 07 05 2024
medline: 11 5 2024
pubmed: 11 5 2024
entrez: 10 5 2024
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

Control of angiogenesis is widely considered a therapeutic strategy, but reliable control methods are still under development. Phosphorylation of myosin light chain 2 (MLC2), which regulates actin-myosin interaction, is critical to the behavior of vascular endothelial cells (ECs) during angiogenesis. MLC2 is phosphorylated by MLC kinase (MLCK) and dephosphorylated by MLC phosphatase (MLCP) containing a catalytic subunit PP1. We investigated the potential role of MLC2 in the pharmacological control of angiogenesis. We exposed transgenic zebrafish Tg(fli1a:Myr-mCherry) The present study found that MLC2 is a pivotal regulator of angiogenesis. MLC2 phosphorylation may be involved in the regulation of of cell morphogenesis and cell elongation. The functionally opposite inhibitors positively or negatively control angiogenesis, probably through the regulating EC morphology. These findings may provide a unique therapeutic target for angiogenesis.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Control of angiogenesis is widely considered a therapeutic strategy, but reliable control methods are still under development. Phosphorylation of myosin light chain 2 (MLC2), which regulates actin-myosin interaction, is critical to the behavior of vascular endothelial cells (ECs) during angiogenesis. MLC2 is phosphorylated by MLC kinase (MLCK) and dephosphorylated by MLC phosphatase (MLCP) containing a catalytic subunit PP1. We investigated the potential role of MLC2 in the pharmacological control of angiogenesis.
METHODS AND RESULTS RESULTS
We exposed transgenic zebrafish Tg(fli1a:Myr-mCherry)
CONCLUSION CONCLUSIONS
The present study found that MLC2 is a pivotal regulator of angiogenesis. MLC2 phosphorylation may be involved in the regulation of of cell morphogenesis and cell elongation. The functionally opposite inhibitors positively or negatively control angiogenesis, probably through the regulating EC morphology. These findings may provide a unique therapeutic target for angiogenesis.

Identifiants

pubmed: 38729320
pii: S0898-6568(24)00191-8
doi: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2024.111223
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doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

111223

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2024. Published by Elsevier Inc.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Declaration of competing interest The authors declare the following financial interests/personal relationships which may be considered as potential competing interests. Kiyomi Tsuji-Tamura reports financial support was provided by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). If there are other authors, they declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

Auteurs

Kiyomi Tsuji-Tamura (K)

Oral Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Oral Health Science, Faculty of Dental Medicine and Graduate School of Dental Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita 13, Nishi 7, Kita-Ku, Sapporo 060-8586, Japan. Electronic address: ktamuratsuji@den.hokudai.ac.jp.

Mari Sato (M)

Oral Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Oral Health Science, Faculty of Dental Medicine and Graduate School of Dental Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita 13, Nishi 7, Kita-Ku, Sapporo 060-8586, Japan.

Masato Tamura (M)

Oral Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Oral Health Science, Faculty of Dental Medicine and Graduate School of Dental Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita 13, Nishi 7, Kita-Ku, Sapporo 060-8586, Japan.

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