PMID- 17261656 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20070312 LR - 20081121 IS - 1524-4539 (Electronic) IS - 0009-7322 (Linking) VI - 115 IP - 6 DP - 2007 Feb 13 TI - Tumor necrosis factor-alpha receptor p75 is required in ischemia-induced neovascularization. PG - 752-62 AB - BACKGROUND: Aging is a risk factor for coronary and peripheral artery disease. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), a proinflammatory cytokine, is expressed in ischemic tissue and is known to modulate angiogenesis. Little is known about the role of TNF-alpha receptors (TNFR1/p55 and TNFR2/p75) in angiogenic signaling. METHODS AND RESULTS: We studied neovascularization in the hindlimb ischemia model in young and old TNFR2/p75 knockout (p75KO) and wild-type age-matched controls. Between days 7 to 10 after hindlimb surgery, 100% of old p75KOs experienced autoamputation of the operated limbs, whereas none of the age-matched wild-type mice exhibited hindlimb necrosis. Poor blood flow recovery in p75KO mice was associated with increased endothelial cell apoptosis, decreased capillary density, and significant reductions in the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor and basic fibroblast growth factor-2 mRNA transcripts in ischemic tissue and in circulating endothelial progenitor cells. The number of circulating bone marrow-derived endothelial progenitor cells was significantly reduced in p75KO mice. Transplantation of wild-type bone marrow mononuclear cells into irradiated old p75KO mice 1 month before hindlimb surgery prevented limb loss. CONCLUSIONS: Our present study suggests that ischemia-induced endothelial progenitor cell-mediated neovascularization is dependent, at least in part, on p75 TNF receptor expressed in bone marrow-derived cells. Specifically, endothelial cell/endothelial progenitor cell survival, vascular endothelial growth factor expression, endothelial progenitor cell mobilization from bone marrow, endothelial progenitor cell differentiation, and ultimately ischemia-induced collateral vessel development are dependent on signaling through TNFR2/p75. Furthermore, because TNFR2/p75 becomes an age-related limiting factor in postischemic recovery, it may be a potential gene target for therapeutic interventions in adult vascular diseases. FAU - Goukassian, David A AU - Goukassian DA AD - Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Medicine, Caritas St Elizabeth's Medical Center, Boston, Mass, USA. dgoukass@bu.edu FAU - Qin, Gangjian AU - Qin G FAU - Dolan, Christine AU - Dolan C FAU - Murayama, Toshinori AU - Murayama T FAU - Silver, Marcy AU - Silver M FAU - Curry, Cynthia AU - Curry C FAU - Eaton, Elizabeth AU - Eaton E FAU - Luedemann, Corinne AU - Luedemann C FAU - Ma, Hong AU - Ma H FAU - Asahara, Takayuki AU - Asahara T FAU - Zak, Victor AU - Zak V FAU - Mehta, Shanu AU - Mehta S FAU - Burg, Aaron AU - Burg A FAU - Thorne, Tina AU - Thorne T FAU - Kishore, Raj AU - Kishore R FAU - Losordo, Douglas W AU - Losordo DW LA - eng GR - HL-53354/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - HL-57516/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - HL-63414/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - HL-77428/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - HL-80137/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - P01HL-66957/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20070129 PL - United States TA - Circulation JT - Circulation JID - 0147763 RN - 0 (NF-kappa B) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Type II) RN - 0 (Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A) SB - IM MH - Aging/physiology MH - Animals MH - Apoptosis MH - Bone Marrow Transplantation MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Endothelial Cells/pathology MH - Hindlimb/blood supply MH - Ischemia/*physiopathology MH - Mice MH - Mice, Knockout MH - NF-kappa B/metabolism MH - *Neovascularization, Physiologic MH - Promoter Regions, Genetic MH - RNA, Messenger/analysis MH - Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Type II/*physiology MH - Signal Transduction MH - Stem Cells/physiology MH - Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A/genetics EDAT- 2007/01/31 09:00 MHDA- 2007/03/14 09:00 CRDT- 2007/01/31 09:00 PHST- 2007/01/31 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2007/03/14 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2007/01/31 09:00 [entrez] AID - CIRCULATIONAHA.106.647255 [pii] AID - 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.647255 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Circulation. 2007 Feb 13;115(6):752-62. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.647255. Epub 2007 Jan 29.