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VEGFR2 pY949 signalling regulates adherens junction integrity and metastatic spread

Li, Xiujuan ; Padhan, Narendra ; Sjöström, Elisabet O ; Roche, Francis P ; Testini, Chiara ; Honkura, Naoki ; Sáinz-Jaspeado, Miguel ; Gordon, Emma ; Bentley, Katie and Philippides, Andrew , et al. (2016) In Nature Communications 7.
Abstract

The specific role of VEGFA-induced permeability and vascular leakage in physiology and pathology has remained unclear. Here we show that VEGFA-induced vascular leakage depends on signalling initiated via the VEGFR2 phosphosite Y949, regulating dynamic c-Src and VE-cadherin phosphorylation. Abolished Y949 signalling in the mouse mutant Vegfr2(Y949F/Y949F) leads to VEGFA-resistant endothelial adherens junctions and a block in molecular extravasation. Vessels in Vegfr2(Y949F/Y949F) mice remain sensitive to inflammatory cytokines, and vascular morphology, blood pressure and flow parameters are normal. Tumour-bearing Vegfr2(Y949F/Y949F) mice display reduced vascular leakage and oedema, improved response to chemotherapy and, importantly,... (More)

The specific role of VEGFA-induced permeability and vascular leakage in physiology and pathology has remained unclear. Here we show that VEGFA-induced vascular leakage depends on signalling initiated via the VEGFR2 phosphosite Y949, regulating dynamic c-Src and VE-cadherin phosphorylation. Abolished Y949 signalling in the mouse mutant Vegfr2(Y949F/Y949F) leads to VEGFA-resistant endothelial adherens junctions and a block in molecular extravasation. Vessels in Vegfr2(Y949F/Y949F) mice remain sensitive to inflammatory cytokines, and vascular morphology, blood pressure and flow parameters are normal. Tumour-bearing Vegfr2(Y949F/Y949F) mice display reduced vascular leakage and oedema, improved response to chemotherapy and, importantly, reduced metastatic spread. The inflammatory infiltration in the tumour micro-environment is unaffected. Blocking VEGFA-induced disassembly of endothelial junctions, thereby suppressing tumour oedema and metastatic spread, may be preferable to full vascular suppression in the treatment of certain cancer forms.

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7
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11017
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2041-1723
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10.1038/ncomms11017
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  abstract     = {{<p>The specific role of VEGFA-induced permeability and vascular leakage in physiology and pathology has remained unclear. Here we show that VEGFA-induced vascular leakage depends on signalling initiated via the VEGFR2 phosphosite Y949, regulating dynamic c-Src and VE-cadherin phosphorylation. Abolished Y949 signalling in the mouse mutant Vegfr2(Y949F/Y949F) leads to VEGFA-resistant endothelial adherens junctions and a block in molecular extravasation. Vessels in Vegfr2(Y949F/Y949F) mice remain sensitive to inflammatory cytokines, and vascular morphology, blood pressure and flow parameters are normal. Tumour-bearing Vegfr2(Y949F/Y949F) mice display reduced vascular leakage and oedema, improved response to chemotherapy and, importantly, reduced metastatic spread. The inflammatory infiltration in the tumour micro-environment is unaffected. Blocking VEGFA-induced disassembly of endothelial junctions, thereby suppressing tumour oedema and metastatic spread, may be preferable to full vascular suppression in the treatment of certain cancer forms.</p>}},
  author       = {{Li, Xiujuan and Padhan, Narendra and Sjöström, Elisabet O and Roche, Francis P and Testini, Chiara and Honkura, Naoki and Sáinz-Jaspeado, Miguel and Gordon, Emma and Bentley, Katie and Philippides, Andrew and Tolmachev, Vladimir and Dejana, Elisabetta and Stan, Radu V and Vestweber, Dietmar and Ballmer-Hofer, Kurt and Betsholtz, Christer and Pietras, Kristian and Jansson, Leif and Claesson-Welsh, Lena}},
  issn         = {{2041-1723}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{03}},
  publisher    = {{Nature Publishing Group}},
  series       = {{Nature Communications}},
  title        = {{VEGFR2 pY949 signalling regulates adherens junction integrity and metastatic spread}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11017}},
  doi          = {{10.1038/ncomms11017}},
  volume       = {{7}},
  year         = {{2016}},
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