PMID- 8980224 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19970203 LR - 20220321 IS - 0092-8674 (Print) IS - 0092-8674 (Linking) VI - 87 IP - 7 DP - 1996 Dec 27 TI - Requisite role of angiopoietin-1, a ligand for the TIE2 receptor, during embryonic angiogenesis. PG - 1171-80 AB - Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), which acts via members of a family of endothelial-specific receptor tyrosine kinases, is the only factor that has been shown definitively to play a role in the formation of the embryonic vasculature. Only one other family of receptor tyrosine kinases, comprising TIE1 and TIE2, is largely endothelial cell specific. We have recently cloned a ligand for TIE2, termed Angiopoietin-1. Here we show that mice engineered to lack Angiopoietin-1 display angiogenic deficits reminiscent of those previously seen in mice lacking TIE2, demonstrating that Angiopoietin-1 is a primary physiologic ligand for TIE2 and that it has critical in vivo angiogenic actions that are distinct from VEGF and that are not reflected in the classic in vitro assays used to characterize VEGF. Angiopoietin-1 seems to play a crucial role in mediating reciprocal interactions between the endothelium and surrounding matrix and mesenchyme. FAU - Suri, C AU - Suri C AD - Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Tarrytown, New York 10591, USA. FAU - Jones, P F AU - Jones PF FAU - Patan, S AU - Patan S FAU - Bartunkova, S AU - Bartunkova S FAU - Maisonpierre, P C AU - Maisonpierre PC FAU - Davis, S AU - Davis S FAU - Sato, T N AU - Sato TN FAU - Yancopoulos, G D AU - Yancopoulos GD LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Cell JT - Cell JID - 0413066 RN - 0 (Angiopoietin-1) RN - 0 (Angpt1 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Endothelial Growth Factors) RN - 0 (Glycoproteins) RN - 0 (Ligands) RN - 0 (Lymphokines) RN - 0 (Membrane Glycoproteins) RN - 0 (Proteins) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A) RN - 0 (Vascular Endothelial Growth Factors) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Protein-Tyrosine Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Receptor, TIE-2) SB - IM CIN - Cell. 1996 Dec 27;87(7):1153-5. PMID: 8980221 MH - Angiopoietin-1 MH - Animals MH - Blood Vessels/*embryology MH - Endocardium/embryology MH - Endothelial Growth Factors/physiology MH - Endothelium, Vascular/cytology/*embryology MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental MH - Genes, Lethal MH - Gestational Age MH - Glycoproteins/*physiology MH - Heart/embryology MH - Ligands MH - Lymphokines/physiology MH - Membrane Glycoproteins/*physiology MH - Mice MH - Mice, Knockout MH - *Neovascularization, Physiologic MH - Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/*physiology MH - Proteins/*physiology MH - RNA, Messenger/genetics MH - Receptor, TIE-2 MH - Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A MH - Vascular Endothelial Growth Factors EDAT- 1996/12/27 00:00 MHDA- 1996/12/27 00:01 CRDT- 1996/12/27 00:00 PHST- 1996/12/27 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1996/12/27 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1996/12/27 00:00 [entrez] AID - S0092-8674(00)81813-9 [pii] AID - 10.1016/s0092-8674(00)81813-9 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cell. 1996 Dec 27;87(7):1171-80. doi: 10.1016/s0092-8674(00)81813-9.