Essay On Angiogenesis

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The granulation tissue formation stage of wound repair relies heavily on neovascularization, expanding the limits of O2 and nutrients diffusion in tissues through new blood vessel development. Vasculogenesis is the mechanism of new vessel formation by vascular progenitor cells instinctively self-assembling. However, the main focus of this article is angiogenesis, the augmentation of pre-existing blood vessels to yield new vessels. Angiogenesis is controlled by soluble factors released from the wound site such as vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) which activates human microvascular endothelial (HMVE) cells to begin sprouting and extending, forming the lumen within mature capillaries, and undergoing functional anastomosis. However, microenvrionmental signals also factor into the multistep process through the mechanical forces transmitted by extracellcular matrix (ECM) as physical interactions between cells and ECM modify cell shape and cytoskeletal structure. Furthermore, altering ECM elasticity, adhesivity, or topography, applying mechanical stress, or changing cell-generated traction force may also bring changes to capillary cell shape and function. Though regional variations of ECM mechanics and cell shape seem to mediate three-dimensional tissue pattern formations from neighboring cell growth and differentiation, the underlying mechanism that control gene transcription for angiogenic control through mechanical signals conveyed by ECM that assemble with growth factors still remain unknown.
Many diseases derive from the deregulation of angiogenesis, which is counteracted by US Food and Drug Administration approved angiogenesis inhibitors that target key soluble factor, VEGF, but do not regard any attention to how mechani...

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...moter activity and expression mediated by mechanosensitive signaling pathways to regulate capillary blood vessel formation. This could lead to new therapeutic advancements with specific modifiers to combat angiogenesis-dependent diseases.
Since both neurons and endothelial cells in the retina express VEGFR2, the in vivo results may not specifically pertain to endothelial cells. Neuron-vessel interactions also play an important role in vascular development and so further analysis of the transcriptional modification of both aspects may aid in the understanding of the importance of VEGFR2. Similar to the previous protocols, the varying expressions of transcription factors on neurons will map a clearer control mechanism. The converging expression of VEGFR2 with endothelial then demonstrate the balance of microvasculature signaling function and capillary morphogenesis.

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