Foulquier, S, Caolo, V orcid.org/0000-0001-6215-2702, Swennen, G et al. (11 more authors) (2019) The role of receptor MAS in microglia-driven retinal vascular development. Angiogenesis, 22 (4). pp. 481-489. ISSN 0969-6970
Abstract
Objective:
The receptor MAS, encoded by Mas1, is expressed in microglia and its activation has been linked to anti-inflammatory actions. However, microglia are involved in several different processes in the central nervous system, including the promotion of angiogenesis. We therefore hypothesized that the receptor MAS also plays a role in angiogenesis via microglia.
Approach and results:
To assess the role of MAS on vascular network development, flat-mounted retinas from 3-day-old wild-type (WT) and Mas1−/− mice were subjected to Isolectin B4 staining. The progression of the vascular front was reduced (− 24%, p < 0.0001) and vascular density decreased (− 38%, p < 0.001) in Mas1−/− compared to WT mice with no change in the junction density. The number of filopodia and filopodia bursts were decreased in Mas1−/− mice at the vascular front (− 21%, p < 0.05; − 29%, p < 0.0001, respectively). This was associated with a decreased number of vascular loops and decreased microglial density at the vascular front in Mas1−/− mice (-32%, p < 0.001; − 26%, p < 0.05, respectively). As the front of the developing vasculature is characterized by reduced oxygen levels, we determined the expression of Mas1 following hypoxia in primary microglia from 3-day-old WT mice. Hypoxia induced a 14-fold increase of Mas1 mRNA expression (p < 0.01). Moreover, stimulation of primary microglia with a MAS agonist induced expression of Notch1 (+ 57%, p < 0.05), Dll4 (+ 220%, p < 0.001) and Jag1 (+ 137%, p < 0.001), genes previously described to mediate microglia/endothelial cell interaction during angiogenesis.
Conclusions:
Our study demonstrates that the activation of MAS is important for microglia recruitment and vascular growth in the developing retina.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2019. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. |
Keywords: | Angiogenesis; Renin angiotensin system; Angiotensin receptors; Macrophage; CNS; Developmental biology; Endothelium; Vascular biology |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Medicine (Leeds) > Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine (LICAMM) > Discovery & Translational Science Dept (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 10 Jan 2020 09:38 |
Last Modified: | 10 Jan 2020 09:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Springer |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/s10456-019-09671-3 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:155475 |
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