Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase γ Gene Knockout Impairs Postischemic Neovascularization and Endothelial Progenitor Cell Functions
Open Access
- 1 January 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology
- Vol. 28 (1), 68-76
- https://doi.org/10.1161/ATVBAHA.107.145573
Abstract
Objective— We evaluated whether phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase γ (PI3Kγ) plays a role in reparative neovascularization and endothelial progenitor cell (EPC) function. Methods and Results— Unilateral limb ischemia was induced in mice lacking the PI3K γ gene ( PI3K γ −/− ) or expressing a catalytically inactive mutant ( PI3K γ KD/KD ) and wild-type controls (WT). Capillarization and arteriogenesis were reduced in PI3K γ −/− ischemic muscles resulting in delayed reperfusion compared with WT, whereas reparative neovascularization was preserved in PI3K γ KD/KD . In PI3K γ −/− muscles, endothelial cell proliferation was reduced, apoptosis was increased, and interstitial space was infiltrated with leukocytes but lacked cKit + progenitor cells that in WT muscles typically surrounded arterioles. PI3Kγ is constitutively expressed by WT EPCs, with expression levels being upregulated by hypoxia. PI3K γ −/− EPCs showed a defect in proliferation, survival, integration into endothelial networks, and migration toward SDF-1. The dysfunctional phenotype was associated with nuclear constraining of FOXO1, reduced Akt and eNOS phosphorylation, and decreased nitric oxide (NO) production. Pretreatment with an NO donor corrected the migratory defect of PI3K γ −/− EPCs. PI3K γ KD/KD EPCs showed reduced Akt phosphorylation, but constitutive activation of eNOS and preserved proliferation, survival, and migration. Conclusions— We newly demonstrated that PI3Kγ modulates angiogenesis, arteriogenesis, and vasculogenesis by mechanisms independent from its kinase activity.Keywords
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