CCN1 interlinks integrin and Hippo pathway to autoregulate tip cell activity

  1. Myo-Hyeon Park
  2. Ae Kyung Kim
  3. Sarala Manandhar
  4. Su-Young Oh
  5. Gun-Hyuk Jang
  6. Li Kang
  7. Dong-Won Lee
  8. Do Young Hyeon
  9. Sun-Hee Lee
  10. Hye Eun Lee
  11. Tae-Lin Huh
  12. Sang Heon Suh
  13. Daehee Hwang
  14. Kyunghee Byun
  15. Hae-Chul Park
  16. You Mie Lee  Is a corresponding author
  1. Kyungpook National University, Republic of Korea
  2. Korea University, Ansan Hospital, Republic of Korea
  3. POSTECH, Republic of Korea
  4. Chonnam National University Hospital, Republic of Korea
  5. Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea
  6. Gachon University, Republic of Korea

Abstract

CCN1 (CYR61) stimulates active angiogenesis in various tumours, although the mechanism is largely unknown. Here, we report that CCN1 is a key regulator of endothelial tip cell activity in angiogenesis. Microvessel networks and directional vascular cell migration patterns were deformed in ccn1-knockdown zebrafish embryos. CCN1 activated VEGFR2 and downstream MAPK/PI3K signalling pathways, YAP/TAZ, as well as Rho effector mDia1 to enhance tip cell activity and CCN1 itself. VEGFR2 interacted with integrin αvβ3 through CCN1. Integrin αvβ3 inhibitor repressed tip cell number and sprouting in postnatal retinas from endothelial cell-specific Ccn1 transgenic mice, and allograft tumours in Ccn1 transgenic mice showed hyperactive vascular sprouting. Cancer patients with high CCN1 expression have poor survival outcomes and positive correlation with ITGAV and ITGB3 and high YAP/WWTR1. Thus, our data underscore the positive feedback regulation of tip cells by CCN1 through integrin αvβ3/VEGFR2 and increased YAP/TAZ activity, suggesting a promising therapeutic intervention for pathological angiogenesis.

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  1. Myo-Hyeon Park

    College of Pharmacy, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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  2. Ae Kyung Kim

    College of Pharmacy, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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  3. Sarala Manandhar

    College of Pharmacy, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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  4. Su-Young Oh

    College of Pharmacy, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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  5. Gun-Hyuk Jang

    College of Pharmacy, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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  6. Li Kang

    College of Pharmacy, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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  7. Dong-Won Lee

    Department of Biomedical Sciences, Korea University, Ansan Hospital, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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  8. Do Young Hyeon

    School of Interdisciplinary Bioscience and Bioengineering, POSTECH, Pohang, Republic of Korea
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  9. Sun-Hee Lee

    College of Pharmacy, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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  10. Hye Eun Lee

    College of Pharmacy, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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  11. Tae-Lin Huh

    School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, College of Natural Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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  12. Sang Heon Suh

    Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Hospital, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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  13. Daehee Hwang

    Department of New Biology, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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  14. Kyunghee Byun

    School of Medicine, Gachon University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
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  15. Hae-Chul Park

    Department of Biomedical Sciences, Korea University, Ansan Hospital, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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  16. You Mie Lee

    Collage of Pharmacy, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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    lym@knu.ac.kr
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Funding

National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF-2013R1A2A2A01068868)

  • You Mie Lee

National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF-2017R1A2B3002227)

  • You Mie Lee

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

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Animal experimentation: The animal handling and experimental procedures were strictly conducted as per the Guidelines for Care and Use of Laboratory Animals issued by the Institutional Ethical Animal Care Committee of Kyungpook National University

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© 2019, Park et al.

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  1. Myo-Hyeon Park
  2. Ae Kyung Kim
  3. Sarala Manandhar
  4. Su-Young Oh
  5. Gun-Hyuk Jang
  6. Li Kang
  7. Dong-Won Lee
  8. Do Young Hyeon
  9. Sun-Hee Lee
  10. Hye Eun Lee
  11. Tae-Lin Huh
  12. Sang Heon Suh
  13. Daehee Hwang
  14. Kyunghee Byun
  15. Hae-Chul Park
  16. You Mie Lee
(2019)
CCN1 interlinks integrin and Hippo pathway to autoregulate tip cell activity
eLife 8:e46012.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.46012

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