Ma, Y., Reynolds, L. E., Li, A., Stevenson, R. P., Hodivala-Dilke, K. M., Yamashiro, S. and Machesky, L. M. (2013) Fascin 1 is dispensable for developmental and tumour angiogenesis. Biology Open, 2(11), pp. 1187-1191. (doi: 10.1242/bio.20136031) (PMID:24244855) (PMCID:PMC3828765)
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Abstract
The actin bundling protein fascin 1 is not expressed in adult epithelial tissues, but during development it is transiently expressed in many different cell types, and later in adults it is expressed in a subset of immune cells, nervous tissues, endothelial cells, smooth muscle cells and pericytes. In contrast to the wealth of knowledge about the role of fascin 1 in cancer cell migration and invasion, little is known about the involvement of fascin 1 in angiogenesis. We speculated that as angiogenesis involves migration and invasion of tissues by endothelial cells, fascin 1 might have a role in both normal and tumour angiogenesis. Here, we provide evidence that loss of fascin 1 causes relatively minor reductions to angiogenesis during embryonic, postnatal and cancerous development by examining E12.5 hindbrains, postnatal retinas and B16F0 tumour cell allografts in fascin 1-null mice. We also find that in fascin 1 null tissues, endothelial cells display reduced filopodia formation during sprouting. We thus propose that fascin 1 expression promotes angiogenesis via filopodia formation, but is largely dispensable for both normal and tumour angiogenesis.
Item Type: | Articles |
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Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Li, Mr Ang and Ma, Dr Yafeng and Machesky, Professor Laura and Stevenson, Dr Richard |
Authors: | Ma, Y., Reynolds, L. E., Li, A., Stevenson, R. P., Hodivala-Dilke, K. M., Yamashiro, S., and Machesky, L. M. |
College/School: | College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Cancer Sciences College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Medicine, Dentistry & Nursing |
Journal Name: | Biology Open |
Publisher: | Company of Biologists |
ISSN: | 2046-6390 |
ISSN (Online): | 2046-6390 |
Published Online: | 27 September 2013 |
Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2013 The Company of Biologists Ltd |
First Published: | First published in Biology Open 2(11): 1187-1191 |
Publisher Policy: | Reproduced under a Creative Commons License |
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