Endothelial EphB4 maintains vascular integrity and transport function in adult heart

The homeostasis of heart and other organs relies on the appropriate provision of nutrients and functional specialization of the local vasculature. Here, we have used mouse genetics, imaging and cell biology approaches to investigate how homeostasis in the adult heart is controlled by endothelial Eph...

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Veröffentlicht in:eLife 2019-11, Vol.8
Hauptverfasser: Luxán, Guillermo, Stewen, Jonas, Díaz, Noelia, Kato, Katsuhiro, Maney, Sathish K, Aravamudhan, Anusha, Berkenfeld, Frank, Nagelmann, Nina, Drexler, Hannes Ca, Zeuschner, Dagmar, Faber, Cornelius, Schillers, Hermann, Hermann, Sven, Wiseman, John, Vaquerizas, Juan M, Pitulescu, Mara E, Adams, Ralf H
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Zusammenfassung:The homeostasis of heart and other organs relies on the appropriate provision of nutrients and functional specialization of the local vasculature. Here, we have used mouse genetics, imaging and cell biology approaches to investigate how homeostasis in the adult heart is controlled by endothelial EphB4 and its ligand ephrin-B2, which are known regulators of vascular morphogenesis and arteriovenous differentiation during development. We show that inducible and endothelial cell-specific inactivation of in adult mice is compatible with survival, but leads to rupturing of cardiac capillaries, cardiomyocyte hypertrophy, and pathological cardiac remodeling. In contrast, EphB4 is not required for integrity and homeostasis of capillaries in skeletal muscle. Our analysis of mutant mice and cultured endothelial cells shows that EphB4 controls the function of caveolae, cell-cell adhesion under mechanical stress and lipid transport. We propose that EphB4 maintains critical functional properties of the adult cardiac vasculature and thereby prevents dilated cardiomyopathy-like defects.
ISSN:2050-084X
2050-084X
DOI:10.7554/eLife.45863