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Impact of Hey2 and COUP-TFII on genes involved in arteriovenous differentiation in primary human arterial and venous endothelial cells

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Arteries and veins show marked differences in their anatomy, physiology and genetic expression pattern. In this study, we analyzed impact of overexpression or downregulation of arterial marker gene Hey2 and venous marker gene COUP-TFII in human venous and arterial endothelial cells on genes involved in arteriovenous differentiation. Lentiviral overexpression of venous marker gene COUP-TFII in arterial endothelial cells led to downregulation of NICD4, arterial marker gene Hey2 and EphrinB2. Downregulation of Hey2 could be mediated by direct binding of COUP-TFII to Hey2 promoter as shown by ChIP, EMSA and promoter analysis. Downregulation of Hey2 by shRNA causes downregulation of EphrinB2 expression. Overexpression of arterial marker Hey2 in venous endothelial cells did not change expression pattern of COUP-TFII. Downregulation of venous marker gene COUP-TFII in venous endothelial cells resulted in upregulation of VEGF-A, Dll4 and EphrinB2 expression. Our data support an important role of Hey2 and COUP-TFII in arteriovenous differentiation of human endothelial cells.

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Acknowledgments

We thank A. Frenzel, and A. Mieting for excellent technical assistance. This work was supported by grants from Medical Faculty of University of Technology Dresden (MeDDrive program to W.G.), Doktor Robert Pfleger Foundation, Bamberg, Germany (to W.G.), Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, 1695/4-1, 1695/5-1 to H.M.), Else Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung (to H.M.) and DFG Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden (CRTD), Cluster of Excellence (to W.G. and H.M.).

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  1. Division of Vascular Endothelium and Microcirculation, Department of Medicine III, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, University of Technology Dresden, Fetscherstr. 74, 01307, Dresden, Germany

    Slobodanka Korten, Coy Brunssen, Melanie Brux, Henning Morawietz & Winfried Goettsch

  2. Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden, DFG Research Center, Cluster of Excellence, Dresden, Germany

    Slobodanka Korten, Hans-Joachim Schnittler, Ruth H. Strasser, Stefan R. Bornstein, Henning Morawietz & Winfried Goettsch

  3. Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Dresden Heart Center, Dresden, Germany

    David M. Poitz & Ruth H. Strasser

  4. Department of Physiology, University of Technology Dresden, Dresden, Germany

    Sylvia Großklaus & Hans-Joachim Schnittler

  5. Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Institute of Anatomy, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

    Hans-Joachim Schnittler

  6. Department of Medicine III, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, University of Technology Dresden, Dresden, Germany

    Stefan R. Bornstein

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Korten, S., Brunssen, C., Poitz, D.M. et al. Impact of Hey2 and COUP-TFII on genes involved in arteriovenous differentiation in primary human arterial and venous endothelial cells. Basic Res Cardiol 108, 362 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00395-013-0362-0

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