Department of Physiology, Biophysics and Systems Biology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
Center for Vascular Biology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
Angiogenesis. 2019 May;22(2):237-250. doi: 10.1007/s10456-018-9653-2. Epub 2018 Nov 16.
The coronary vasculature is crucial for normal heart function, yet much remains to be learned about its development, especially the maturation of coronary arterial endothelium. Here, we show that endothelial inactivation of ADAM10, a key regulator of Notch signaling, leads to defects in coronary arterial differentiation, as evidenced by dysregulated genes related to Notch signaling and arterial identity. Moreover, transcriptome analysis indicated reduced EGFR signaling in A10ΔEC coronary endothelium. Further analysis revealed that A10ΔEC mice have enlarged dysfunctional hearts with abnormal myocardial compaction, and increased expression of venous and immature endothelium markers. These findings provide the first evidence for a potential role for endothelial ADAM10 in cardioprotective homeostatic EGFR signaling and implicate ADAM10/Notch signaling in coronary arterial cell specification, which is vital for normal heart development and function. The ADAM10/Notch signaling pathway thus emerges as a potential therapeutic target for improving the regenerative capacity and maturation of the coronary vasculature.
冠状动脉系统对心脏的正常功能至关重要,但关于其发育的很多方面仍有待了解,特别是冠状动脉内皮的成熟过程。在这里,我们发现 Notch 信号通路的关键调节因子 ADAM10 的内皮失活会导致冠状动脉分化缺陷,这可以从与 Notch 信号和动脉特征相关的基因失调得到证明。此外,转录组分析表明,A10ΔEC 冠状动脉内皮中的 EGFR 信号减少。进一步的分析表明,A10ΔEC 小鼠的心脏增大,功能失调,心肌致密化异常,静脉和未成熟内皮标志物的表达增加。这些发现首次为内皮 ADAM10 在心脏保护性 EGFR 信号稳态中的潜在作用提供了证据,并提示 ADAM10/Notch 信号通路在冠状动脉细胞特化中发挥作用,这对心脏的正常发育和功能至关重要。因此,ADAM10/Notch 信号通路成为改善冠状动脉血管再生能力和成熟度的潜在治疗靶点。