Ras, Rac1, and phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase (PI3K) signaling in nitric oxide induced endothelial cell migration

Nitric Oxide ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 47 ◽  
pp. 40-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberta Eller-Borges ◽  
Wagner L. Batista ◽  
Paulo E. da Costa ◽  
Rita Tokikawa ◽  
Marli F. Curcio ◽  
...  
2003 ◽  
Vol 23 (16) ◽  
pp. 5726-5737 ◽  
Author(s):  
Koh Kawasaki ◽  
Robert S. Smith ◽  
Chung-Ming Hsieh ◽  
Jianxin Sun ◽  
Julie Chao ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT To test the hypothesis that the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3 kinase)/protein kinase Akt signaling pathway is involved in nitric oxide (NO)-induced endothelial cell migration and angiogenesis, we treated human and bovine endothelial cells with NO donors, S-nitroso-l-glutathione (GSNO) and S-nitroso-N-penicillamine (SNAP). Both GSNO and SNAP increased Akt phosphorylation and activity, which were blocked by cotreatment with the PI3 kinase inhibitor wortmannin. The mechanism was due to the activation of soluble guanylyl cyclase because 8-bromo-cyclic GMP activated PI3 kinase and the soluble guanylyl cyclase inhibitor 1H-[1,2,4]oxadiazolo[4,3-α]quinoxalin-1-one (ODQ) blocked NO-induced PI3 kinase activity. Indeed, transfection with adenovirus containing endothelial cell NO synthase (eNOS) or protein kinase G (PKG) increased endothelial cell migration, which was inhibited by cotransfection with a dominant-negative mutant of PI3 kinase (dnPI3 kinase). In a rat model of hind limb ischemia, adenovirus-mediated delivery of human eNOS cDNA in adductor muscles resulted in time-dependent expression of recombinant eNOS, which was accompanied by significant increases in regional blood perfusion and capillary density. Coinjection of adenovirus carrying dnPI3 kinase abolished neovascularization in ischemic hind limb induced by eNOS gene transfer. These findings indicate that NO promotes endothelial cell migration and neovascularization via cGMP-dependent activation of PI3 kinase and suggest that this pathway is important in mediating NO-induced angiogenesis.


2005 ◽  
Vol 25 (16) ◽  
pp. 6889-6898 ◽  
Author(s):  
John R. Basile ◽  
Talayeh Afkhami ◽  
J. Silvio Gutkind

ABSTRACT Semaphorins are cell surface and secreted proteins that provide axonal guidance in neuronal tissues and regulate cell motility in many cell types. They act by binding a family of transmembrane receptors known as plexins, which belong to the c-Met family of scatter factor receptors but lack an intrinsic tyrosine kinase domain. Interestingly, we have recently shown that Plexin-B1 is highly expressed in endothelial cells and that its activation by Semaphorin 4D elicits a potent proangiogenic response (J. R. Basile, A. Barac, T. Zhu, K. L. Guan, and J. S. Gutkind, Cancer Res. 64:5212-5224, 2004). In searches for the underlying molecular mechanism, we observed that Semaphorin 4D-stimulated endothelial cell migration requires the activation of the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)-Akt pathway. Surprisingly, we found that Plexin-B1 stimulates PI3K-Akt through the activation of an intracellular tyrosine kinase cascade that involves the sequential activation of PYK2 and Src. This results in the tyrosine phosphorylation of Plexin-B1, the rapid recruitment of a multimeric signaling complex that includes PYK2, Src, and PI3K to Plexin-B1 and the activation of Akt. These findings suggest that Plexin-B1 may achieve its numerous physiological functions through the direct activation of intracellular tyrosine kinase cascades.


1999 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 1156-1161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toyoaki Murohara ◽  
Bernhard Witzenbichler ◽  
Ioakim Spyridopoulos ◽  
Takayuki Asahara ◽  
Bo Ding ◽  
...  

2010 ◽  
Vol 30 (16) ◽  
pp. 4035-4044 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Borniquel ◽  
Nieves García-Quintáns ◽  
Inmaculada Valle ◽  
Yolanda Olmos ◽  
Brigitte Wild ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT In damaged or proliferating endothelium, production of nitric oxide (NO) from endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) is associated with elevated levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS), which are necessary for endothelial migration. We aimed to elucidate the mechanism that mediates NO induction of endothelial migration. NO downregulates expression of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ coactivator 1α (PGC-1α), which positively modulates several genes involved in ROS detoxification. We tested whether NO-induced cell migration requires PGC-1α downregulation and investigated the regulatory pathway involved. PGC-1α negatively regulated NO-dependent endothelial cell migration in vitro, and inactivation of the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/protein kinase B (Akt) pathway, which is activated by NO, reduced NO-mediated downregulation of PGC-1α. Expression of constitutively active Foxo3a, a target for Akt-mediated inactivation, reduced NO-dependent PGC-1α downregulation. Foxo3a is also a direct transcriptional regulator of PGC-1α, and we found that a functional FoxO binding site in the PGC-1α promoter is also a NO response element. These results show that NO-mediated downregulation of PGC-1α is necessary for NO-induced endothelial migration and that NO/protein kinase G (PKG)-dependent downregulation of PGC-1α and the ROS detoxification system in endothelial cells are mediated by the PI3K/Akt signaling pathway and subsequent inactivation of the FoxO transcription factor Foxo3a.


2005 ◽  
Vol 102 (10) ◽  
pp. 3685-3690 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Lopez-Rivera ◽  
T. R. Lizarbe ◽  
M. Martinez-Moreno ◽  
J. M. Lopez-Novoa ◽  
A. Rodriguez-Barbero ◽  
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