The GEF Trio controls endothelial cell size and arterial remodeling downstream of Vegf signaling in both zebrafish and cell models

oleh: Alina Klems, Jos van Rijssel, Anne S. Ramms, Raphael Wild, Julia Hammer, Melanie Merkel, Laura Derenbach, Laetitia Préau, Rabea Hinkel, Irina Suarez-Martinez, Stefan Schulte-Merker, Ramon Vidal, Sascha Sauer, Riikka Kivelä, Kari Alitalo, Christian Kupatt, Jaap D. van Buul, Ferdinand le Noble

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Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2020-10-01

Deskripsi

Arterial flow regulates artery diameter but other mechanisms may also affect this. Here, the authors show that the guanine nucleotide exchange factor Trio and GTPases Rac1 and RhoG, triggers F-actin remodeling in arterial endothelial cells, independent of flow, to enhance lumen diameter in zebrafish and cell models.