Anti-migratory and anti-angiogenic effect of p16: A novel localization at membrane ruffles and lamellipodia in endothelial cells

Autor: Mercè Rodríguez, Francesc Mitjans, Elena Alhaja, Jaume Piulats, Carlos J. Ciudad, Véronique Noé, Roser Pagan, Senén Vilaró, Adela Mazo, Jaume Adan, Manel Cascallo
Rok vydání: 2004
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Zdroj: Angiogenesis. 7:323-333
ISSN: 1573-7209
0969-6970
Popis: Recent evidence has established different functions for the tumor suppressor protein, p16(INK4A) aside from controlling the cell cycle. Here we report that cdk4/6 inhibition blocked both human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) spreading on a vitronectin matrix and HUVEC migration on vitronectin. p16 can also act as an anti-angiogenic molecule in vitro since HUVEC and HMEC cells transfected with Ad-p16 or treated with Antennapedia p16 peptides are unable to differentiate on a Matrigel matrix. Both, p16, cyclin D1, cdk4 and cdk6 were immuno-colocalized with Ezrin, Rac, Vinculin, alphav-integrin, and FAK proteins in the ruffles and lamellipodia of migratory cells. Our results indicate that p16 is a key component of a new cytoplasmic pathway controlling angiogenesis of endothelial cells via the alphavbeta3-integrin-mediated migration.
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