PMID- 24446488 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140414 LR - 20220408 IS - 1540-9538 (Electronic) IS - 0022-1007 (Print) IS - 0022-1007 (Linking) VI - 211 IP - 2 DP - 2014 Feb 10 TI - Muller glia cells regulate Notch signaling and retinal angiogenesis via the generation of 19,20-dihydroxydocosapentaenoic acid. PG - 281-95 LID - 10.1084/jem.20131494 [doi] AB - Cytochrome P450 (CYP) epoxygenases generate bioactive lipid epoxides which can be further metabolized to supposedly less active diols by the soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH). As the role of epoxides and diols in angiogenesis is unclear, we compared retinal vasculature development in wild-type and sEH(-/-) mice. Deletion of the sEH significantly delayed angiogenesis, tip cell, and filopodia formation, a phenomenon associated with activation of the Notch signaling pathway. In the retina, sEH was localized in Muller glia cells, and Muller cell-specific sEH deletion reproduced the sEH(-/-) retinal phenotype. Lipid profiling revealed that sEH deletion decreased retinal and Muller cell levels of 19,20-dihydroxydocosapentaenoic acid (DHDP), a diol of docosahexenoic acid (DHA). 19,20-DHDP suppressed endothelial Notch signaling in vitro via inhibition of the gamma-secretase and the redistribution of presenilin 1 from lipid rafts. Moreover, 19,20-DHDP, but not the parent epoxide, was able to rescue the defective angiogenesis in sEH(-/-) mice as well as in animals lacking the Fbxw7 ubiquitin ligase, which demonstrate strong basal activity of the Notch signaling cascade. These studies demonstrate that retinal angiogenesis is regulated by a novel form of neuroretina-vascular interaction involving the sEH-dependent generation of a diol of DHA in Muller cells. FAU - Hu, Jiong AU - Hu J AD - Institute for Vascular Signaling, Centre for Molecular Medicine, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University and DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research) partner site Rhine-Main, 60590 Frankfurt, Germany. FAU - Popp, Rudiger AU - Popp R FAU - Fromel, Timo AU - Fromel T FAU - Ehling, Manuel AU - Ehling M FAU - Awwad, Khader AU - Awwad K FAU - Adams, Ralf H AU - Adams RH FAU - Hammes, Hans-Peter AU - Hammes HP FAU - Fleming, Ingrid AU - Fleming I LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20140120 PL - United States TA - J Exp Med JT - The Journal of experimental medicine JID - 2985109R RN - 0 (F-Box Proteins) RN - 0 (F-Box-WD Repeat-Containing Protein 7) RN - 0 (Fatty Acids, Unsaturated) RN - 0 (Fbxw7 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Receptors, Notch) RN - EC 2.3.2.27 (Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases) RN - EC 3.3.2.- (Epoxide Hydrolases) RN - EC 3.4.- (Amyloid Precursor Protein Secretases) SB - IM MH - Amyloid Precursor Protein Secretases/metabolism MH - Animals MH - Astrocytes/metabolism MH - Ependymoglial Cells/*metabolism MH - Epoxide Hydrolases/deficiency/genetics/*metabolism MH - F-Box Proteins/genetics/metabolism MH - F-Box-WD Repeat-Containing Protein 7 MH - Fatty Acids, Unsaturated/*biosynthesis MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Mice, Knockout MH - *Neovascularization, Physiologic MH - Receptors, Notch/*metabolism MH - Retinal Vessels/cytology/*growth & development/*metabolism MH - Signal Transduction MH - Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases/deficiency/genetics/metabolism PMC - PMC3920554 EDAT- 2014/01/22 06:00 MHDA- 2014/04/15 06:00 PMCR- 2014/08/10 CRDT- 2014/01/22 06:00 PHST- 2014/01/22 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/01/22 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/04/15 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/08/10 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - jem.20131494 [pii] AID - 20131494 [pii] AID - 10.1084/jem.20131494 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Exp Med. 2014 Feb 10;211(2):281-95. doi: 10.1084/jem.20131494. Epub 2014 Jan 20.