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Snrk-1 is involved in multiple steps of angioblast development and acts via notch signaling pathway in artery-vein specification in vertebrates. Blood 2009 Jan 29;113(5):1192-9

Date

08/30/2008

Pubmed ID

18723694

Pubmed Central ID

PMC2635085

DOI

10.1182/blood-2008-06-162156

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-59649109527 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   29 Citations

Abstract

In vertebrates, molecular mechanisms dictate angioblasts' migration and subsequent differentiation into arteries and veins. In this study, we used a microarray screen to identify a novel member of the sucrose nonfermenting related kinase (snrk-1) family of serine/threonine kinases expressed specifically in the embryonic zebrafish vasculature and investigated its function in vivo. Using gain- and loss-of-function studies in vivo, we show that Snrk-1 plays an essential role in the migration, maintenance, and differentiation of angioblasts. The kinase function of Snrk-1 is critical for migration and maintenance, but not for the differentiation of angioblasts. In vitro, snrk-1 knockdown endothelial cells show only defects in migration. The snrk-1 gene acts downstream or parallel to notch and upstream of gridlock during artery-vein specification, and the human gene compensates for zebrafish snrk-1 knockdown, suggesting evolutionary conservation of function.

Author List

Chun CZ, Kaur S, Samant GV, Wang L, Pramanik K, Garnaas MK, Li K, Field L, Mukhopadhyay D, Ramchandran R

Authors

Keguo Li MD, PhD Research Scientist I in the Surgery department at Medical College of Wisconsin
Ramani Ramchandran PhD Professor in the Pediatrics department at Medical College of Wisconsin




MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Animals
Arteries
Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors
Cell Movement
Endothelial Cells
Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic
Gene Knockdown Techniques
Humans
Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis
Receptors, Notch
Veins
Zebrafish
Zebrafish Proteins