Richard J Bodnar1, Margaret E Rodgers, William C W Chen, Alan Wells. 1. From the Department of Pathology (R.J.B., M.E.B., A.W.) and Department of Bioengineering (W.C.W.C.), University of Pittsburgh, PA; and Pittsburgh Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA (R.J.B., M.E.B., A.W.).
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To understand the role, if any, played by pericytes in the regulation of newly formed vessels during angiogenesis. In this study, we investigate whether pericytes regulate the number of nascent endothelial tubes. APPROACH AND RESULTS: Using an in vitro angiogenesis assay (Matrigel assay), we demonstrate that pericytes can inhibit vessel formation and induce vessel dissociation via CXCR3-induced involution of the endothelial cells. In a coculture Matrigel assay for cord formation, pericytes prevented endothelial cord formation of human dermal microvascular endothelial cells but not umbilical vein endothelial cells. Blockade of endothelial CXCR3 function or expression inhibited the repressing effect of the pericytes. We further show that pericytes are also able to induce regression of newly formed microvascular cords through CXCR3 activation of calpain. When CXCR3 function was inhibited by a neutralizing antibody or downregulated by siRNA, cord regression mediated by pericytes was abolished. CONCLUSIONS: We show for the first time that pericytes regulate angiogenic vessel formation, and that this is mediated through CXCR3 expressed on endothelial cells. This suggests a role for pericytes in the pruning of immature vessels overproduced during wound repair.
OBJECTIVE: To understand the role, if any, played by pericytes in the regulation of newly formed vessels during angiogenesis. In this study, we investigate whether pericytes regulate the number of nascent endothelial tubes. APPROACH AND RESULTS: Using an in vitro angiogenesis assay (Matrigel assay), we demonstrate that pericytes can inhibit vessel formation and induce vessel dissociation via CXCR3-induced involution of the endothelial cells. In a coculture Matrigel assay for cord formation, pericytes prevented endothelial cord formation of human dermal microvascular endothelial cells but not umbilical vein endothelial cells. Blockade of endothelial CXCR3 function or expression inhibited the repressing effect of the pericytes. We further show that pericytes are also able to induce regression of newly formed microvascular cords through CXCR3 activation of calpain. When CXCR3 function was inhibited by a neutralizing antibody or downregulated by siRNA, cord regression mediated by pericytes was abolished. CONCLUSIONS: We show for the first time that pericytes regulate angiogenic vessel formation, and that this is mediated through CXCR3 expressed on endothelial cells. This suggests a role for pericytes in the pruning of immature vessels overproduced during wound repair.
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