Notch controls arterialization by regulating the cell cycle and not differentiation
Luo, W.; Garcia-Gonzalez, I.; Fernandez-Chacon, M.; Casquero-Garcia, V.; Benedito, R.
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Arteries are thought to be formed by the induction of a highly conserved arterial genetic program in a subset of vessels experiencing an increase in pulsatile and oxygenated blood flow. Both VEGF and Notch signalling have been shown to be essential for the initial steps of arterial specification. Here, we combined inducible genetic mosaics and transcriptomics to modulate and understand the function of these signalling pathways on cell proliferation, arterial-venous differentiation and mobilization. We observed that endothelial cells with high VEGF or Notch signalling are not genetically pre-determined and can form both arteries and veins. Importantly, cells completely lacking the Notch-Rbpj transcriptional activator complex can form arteries when the Myc-dependent metabolic and cell-cycle activity is suppressed. Thus, arterial development does not require the induction of a Notch-dependent arterial differentiation program, but rather the timely suppression of the endothelial metabolism and cell-cycle, a process preceding arterial mobilization and complete differentiation.
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