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(Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology. 2004;24:878.)
© 2004 American Heart Association, Inc.

Vascular Biology

Vascular Endothelial Zinc Finger 1 Is Involved in the Regulation of Angiogenesis: Possible Contribution of Stathmin/OP18 as a Downstream Target Gene

Hiroki Miyashita; Masanori Kanemura; Tohru Yamazaki; Mayumi Abe; Yasufumi Sato

From the Department of Vascular Biology, Institute of Development, Aging, and Cancer, Tohoku University, 4-1, Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8575, Japan.

Correspondence to Dr Yasufumi Sato, Department of Vascular Biology, Institute of Development, Aging, and Cancer, Tohoku University, 4-1, Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8575, Japan. E-mail y-sato{at}idac.tohoku.ac.jp

Objective— Vascular endothelial zinc finger 1 (Vezf1) is a recently identified zinc finger transcription factor that is expressed in endothelial cells (ECs) during vascular development in mouse embryo. Here, we present that Vezf1 was expressed in ECs at the site of postnatal angiogenesis. We therefore examined whether Vezf1 was involved in the regulation of angiogenesis.

Methods and Results— The specific downregulation of Vezf1 by antisense oligodeoxynucleotide (AS-ODN) significantly inhibited the proliferation, migration, and network formation of cultured ECs as well as angiogenesis in vivo. Vezf1 AS-ODN downregulated the expression of stathmin/oncoprotein18 (OP18), a microtubule-destabilizing protein, in ECs, whereas transient transfection of Vezf1 cDNA increased the expression of stathmin/OP18 in ECs. To explore the relationship between Vezf1 and stathmin/OP18, we specifically downregulated stathmin/OP18. We found that stathmin/OP18 AS-ODN inhibited the proliferation, migration, and network formation of ECs as Vezf1 AS-ODN did. Moreover, Vezf1 AS-ODN decreased G2/M population of ECs and increased apoptosis, which reproduced the characteristic feature of stathmin/OP18 inhibition.

Conclusion— These results suggest that Vezf1 is involved in the regulation of angiogenesis, at least in part, through the expression of stathmin/OP18 in ECs.

Key Words: Vezf1 • transcription factor • endothelial cell • angiogenesis • stathmin/OP18

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