Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), originally known as vascular permeability factor (VPF),[1] is a signal protein produced by cells that stimulates vasculogenesis and angiogenesis. It is part of the system that restores the oxygen supply to tissues when blood circulation is inadequate. Serum concentration of VEGF is high in bronchial asthma and diabetes mellitus.[2] VEGF's normal function is to create new blood vessels during embryonic development, new blood vessels after injury, muscle following exercise, and new vessels (collateral circulation) to bypass blocked vessels.
When VEGF is overexpressed, it can contribute to disease. Solid cancers cannot grow beyond a limited size without an adequate blood supply; cancers that can express VEGF are able to grow and metastasize. Overexpression of VEGF can cause vascular disease in the retina of the eye and other parts of the body. Drugs such as aflibercept, bevacizumab, and ranibizumab can inhibit VEGF and control or slow those diseases.
VEGF is a sub-family of growth factors, to be specific, the platelet-derived growth factor family of cystine-knot growth factors. They are important signaling proteins involved in both vasculogenesis (the de novo formation of the embryonic circulatory system) and angiogenesis (the growth of blood vessels from pre-existing vasculature).
Contents
- 1 History
- 2 Classification
- 3 Isoforms
- 4 Mechanism
- 5 Expression
- 6 Clinical significance
- 7 See also
- 8 References
- 9 Further reading
- 10 External links
History
VEGF was first identified in guinea pigs, hamsters, and mice by Senger et al. in 1983.[1] It was purified and cloned by Ferrara and Henzel in 1989.[3] VEGF alternative splicing was discovered by Tischer et al. in 1991.[4] Between 1996 and 1997, Christinger and De Vos obtained the crystal structure of VEGF, first at 2.5 Å resolution and later at 1.9 Å.[5][6][7]
Fms-like tyrosine kinase-1 (flt-1) was shown to be a VEGF receptor by Ferrara et al. in 1992.[8] The kinase insert domain receptor (KDR) was shown to be a VEGF receptor by Terman et al. in 1992 as well.[9] In 1998, neuropilin 1 and neuropilin 2 were shown to act as VEGF receptors.[10]
Classification
Crystal structure of Vammin, a VEGF-F from a snake venom
The VEGF family comprises in mammals five members: VEGF-A, placenta growth factor (PGF), VEGF-B, VEGF-C and VEGF-D. The latter ones were discovered later than VEGF-A, and, before their discovery, VEGF-A was called just VEGF. A number of VEGF-related proteins encoded by viruses (VEGF-E) and in the venom of some snakes (VEGF-F) have also been discovered.
VEGF family
| Type |
Function |
| VEGF-A |
- Angiogenesis
- ↑ Migration of endothelial cells
- ↑ mitosis of endothelial cells
- ↑ Matrix metalloproteinase activity
- ↑ αvβ3 activity
- creation of blood vessel lumen
- creates fenestrations
- Chemotactic for macrophages and granulocytes
- Vasodilation (indirectly by NO release)
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| VEGF-B |
Embryonic angiogenesis (myocardial tissue, to be specific)[11] |
| VEGF-C |
Lymphangiogenesis |
| VEGF-D |
Needed for the development of lymphatic vasculature surrounding lung bronchioles |
| PlGF |
Important for Vasculogenesis, Also needed for angiogenesis during ischemia, inflammation, wound healing, and cancer. |
Activity of VEGF-A, as its name implies, has been studied mostly on cells of the vascular endothelium, although it does have effects on a number of other cell types (e.g., stimulation monocyte/macrophage migration, neurons, cancer cells, kidney epithelial cells). In vitro, VEGF-A has been shown to stimulate endothelial cell mitogenesis and cell migration. VEGF-A is also a vasodilator and increases microvascular permeability and was originally referred to as vascular permeability factor.
Isoforms
Schematic representation of The different isoforms of human VEGF
There are multiple isoforms of VEGF-A that result from alternative splicing of mRNA from a single, 8-exon VEGFA gene. These are classified into two groups which are referred to according to their terminal exon (exon 8) splice site: the proximal splice site (denoted VEGFxxx) or distal splice site (VEGFxxxb). In addition, alternate splicing of exon 6 and 7 alters their heparin-binding affinity and amino acid number (in humans: VEGF121, VEGF121b, VEGF145, VEGF165, VEGF165b, VEGF189, VEGF206; the rodent orthologs of these proteins contain one fewer amino acids). These domains have important functional consequences for the VEGF splice variants, as the terminal (exon 8) splice site determines whether the proteins are pro-angiogenic (proximal splice site, expressed during angiogenesis) or anti-angiogenic (distal splice site, expressed in normal tissues). In addition, inclusion or exclusion of exons 6 and 7 mediate interactions with heparan sulfate proteoglycans (HSPGs) and neuropilin co-receptors on the cell surface, enhancing their ability to bind and activate the VEGF receptors (VEGFRs).[12] Recently, VEGF-C has been shown to be an important inducer of neurogenesis in the murine subventricular zone, without exerting angiogenic effects.[13]
Mechanism
Types of VEGF and their VEGF receptors.
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All members of the VEGF family stimulate cellular responses by binding to tyrosine kinase receptors (the VEGFRs) on the cell surface, causing them to dimerize and become activated through transphosphorylation, although to different sites, times, and extents. The VEGF receptors have an extracellular portion consisting of 7 immunoglobulin-like domains, a single transmembrane spanning region, and an intracellular portion containing a split tyrosine-kinase domain. VEGF-A binds to VEGFR-1 (Flt-1) and VEGFR-2 (KDR/Flk-1).[15] VEGFR-2 appears to mediate almost all of the known cellular responses to VEGF. The function of VEGFR-1 is less well-defined, although it is thought to modulate VEGFR-2 signaling.[16] Another function of VEGFR-1 may be to act as a dummy/decoy receptor, sequestering VEGF from VEGFR-2 binding (this appears to be particularly important during vasculogenesis in the embryo). VEGF-C and VEGF-D, but not VEGF-A, are ligands for a third receptor (VEGFR-3/Flt4), which mediates lymphangiogenesis. The receptor (VEGFR3) is the site of binding of main ligands (VEGFC and VEGFD), which mediates perpetual action and function of ligands on target cells. Vascular endothelial growth factor-C can stimulate lymphangiogenesis (via VEGFR3) and angiogenesis via VEGFR2. Vascular endothelial growth factor-R3 has been detected in lymphatic endothelial cells in CL of many species, cattle, buffalo and primate.[17]
Expression
VEGF-A production can be induced in cells that are not receiving enough oxygen.[15] When a cell is deficient in oxygen, it produces HIF, hypoxia-inducible factor, a transcription factor. HIF stimulates the release of VEGF-A, among other functions (including modulation of erythropoiesis). Circulating VEGF-A then binds to VEGF Receptors on endothelial cells, triggering a Tyrosine Kinase Pathway leading to angiogenesis. The expression of angiopoietin-2 in the absence of VEGF leads to endothelial cell death and vascular regression.[18] Conversely, a German study done in vivo found that VEGF concentrations actually decreased after a 25% reduction in oxygen intake for 30 minutes.[19] HIF1 alpha and HIF1 beta are constantly being produced but HIF1 alpha is highly O2 labile, so, in aerobic conditions, it is degraded. When the cell becomes hypoxic, HIF1 alpha persists and the HIF1alpha/beta complex stimulates VEGF release.
Clinical significance
See also: Anti vascular endothelial growth factor therapy
Further information: Neurobiological effects of physical exercise § VEGF signaling
VEGF in disease
VEGF-A has been implicated with poor prognosis in breast cancer. Numerous studies show a decreased overall survival and disease-free survival in those tumors overexpressing VEGF. The overexpression of VEGF-A may be an early step in the process of metastasis, a step that is involved in the "angiogenic" switch. Although VEGF-A has been correlated with poor survival, its exact mechanism of action in the progression of tumors remains unclear.
VEGF-A is also released in rheumatoid arthritis in response to TNF-α, increasing endothelial permeability and swelling and also stimulating angiogenesis (formation of capillaries)[citation needed].
VEGF-A is also important in diabetic retinopathy (DR). The microcirculatory problems in the retina of people with diabetes can cause retinal ischaemia, which results in the release of VEGF-A, and a switch in the balance of pro-angiogenic VEGFxxx isoforms over the normally expressed VEGFxxxb isoforms. VEGFxxx may then cause the creation of new blood vessels in the retina and elsewhere in the eye, heralding changes that may threaten the sight.
VEGF-A plays a role in the disease pathology of the wet form age-related macular degeneration (AMD), which is the leading cause of blindness for the elderly of the industrialized world. The vascular pathology of AMD shares certain similarities with diabetic retinopathy, although the cause of disease and the typical source of neovascularization differs between the two diseases.
VEGF-D serum levels are significantly elevated in patients with angiosarcoma.[20]
Once released, VEGF-A may elicit several responses. It may cause a cell to survive, move, or further differentiate. Hence, VEGF is a potential target for the treatment of cancer. The first anti-VEGF drug, a monoclonal antibody named bevacizumab, was approved in 2004. Approximately 10-15% of patients benefit from bevacizumab therapy; however, biomarkers for bevacizumab efficacy are not yet known.
Current studies show that VEGFs are not the only promoters of angiogenesis. In particular, FGF2 and HGF are potent angiogenic factors.
Patients suffering from pulmonary emphysema have been found to have decreased levels of VEGF in the pulmonary arteries.
In the kidney, increased expression of VEGF-A in glomeruli directly causes the glomerular hypertrophy that is associated with proteinuria.[21]
VEGF alterations can be predictive of early-onset pre-eclampsia.[22]
See also
- Proteases in angiogenesis
- Withaferin A, a potent inhibitor of angiogenesis
References
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Further reading
- Bengoetxea H, Argandoña EG, Lafuente JV (2008). "Effects of Visual Experience on Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Expression during the Postnatal Development of the Rat Visual Cortex". Cerebral Cortex. 18 (7): 1630–39. doi:10.1093/cercor/bhm190. PMC 2430152. PMID 17986606.
- Zan L, Wu H, Jiang J, Zhao S, Song Y, Teng G, Li H, Jia Y, Zhou M, Zhang X, Qi J, Wang J. (2011). "Temporal profile of Src, SSeCKS, and angiogenic factors after focal cerebral ischemia: correlations with angiogenesis and cerebral edema". Neurochem Int. 58 (8): 872–9. doi:10.1016/j.neuint.2011.02.014. PMC 3100427. PMID 21334414.
- Zan L, Zhang X, Xi Y, Wu H, Song Y, Teng G, Li H, Qi J, Wang J. (2014). "Src regulates angiogenic factors and vascular permeability after focal cerebral ischemia-reperfusion". Neuroscience. 262: 118–28. doi:10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.12.060. PMC 3943922. PMID 24412374.
- Wang J, Fu X, Jiang C, Yu L Wang M, Han W, Liu L, Wang J. (2014). "Bone marrow mononuclear cell transplantation promotes therapeutic angiogenesis via upregulation of the VEGF-VEGFR2 signaling pathway in a rat model of vascular dementia". Behav. Brain Res. 265: 171–80. doi:10.1016/j.bbr.2014.02.033. PMC 4000455. PMID 24589546.
- Ferrara N, Gerber HP (2002). "The role of vascular endothelial growth factor in angiogenesis". Acta Haematol. 106 (4): 148–56. doi:10.1159/000046610. PMID 11815711.
- Orpana A, Salven P (2003). "Angiogenic and lymphangiogenic molecules in hematological malignancies". Leuk. Lymphoma 43 (2): 219–24. doi:10.1080/10428190290005964. PMID 11999550.
- Afuwape AO, Kiriakidis S, Paleolog EM (2003). "The role of the angiogenic molecule VEGF in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis". Histol. Histopathol. 17 (3): 961–72. PMID 12168808.
- de Bont ES, Neefjes VM, Rosati S, et al. (2003). "New vessel formation and aberrant VEGF/VEGFR signaling in acute leukemia: does it matter?". Leuk. Lymphoma 43 (10): 1901–9. doi:10.1080/1042819021000015844. PMID 12481883.
- Ria R, Roccaro AM, Merchionne F, et al. (2003). "Vascular endothelial growth factor and its receptors in multiple myeloma". Leukemia 17 (10): 1961–6. doi:10.1038/sj.leu.2403076. PMID 14513045.
- Caldwell RB, Bartoli M, Behzadian MA, et al. (2004). "Vascular endothelial growth factor and diabetic retinopathy: pathophysiological mechanisms and treatment perspectives". Diabetes Metab. Res. Rev. 19 (6): 442–55. doi:10.1002/dmrr.415. PMID 14648803.
- Patan S (2004). "Vasculogenesis and angiogenesis". Cancer Treat. Res. Cancer Treatment and Research 117: 3–32. doi:10.1007/978-1-4419-8871-3_1. ISBN 978-1-4020-7704-3. PMID 15015550.
- Machein MR, Plate KH (2004). "Role of VEGF in developmental angiogenesis and in tumor angiogenesis in the brain". Cancer Treat. Res. Cancer Treatment and Research 117: 191–218. doi:10.1007/978-1-4419-8871-3_13. ISBN 978-1-4020-7704-3. PMID 15015562.
- Eremina V, Quaggin SE (2004). "The role of VEGF-A in glomerular development and function". Curr. Opin. Nephrol. Hypertens. 13 (1): 9–15. doi:10.1097/00041552-200401000-00002. PMID 15090854.
- Storkebaum E, Lambrechts D, Carmeliet P (2004). "VEGF: once regarded as a specific angiogenic factor, now implicated in neuroprotection". BioEssays 26 (9): 943–54. doi:10.1002/bies.20092. PMID 15351965.
- Ribatti D (2005). "The crucial role of vascular permeability factor/vascular endothelial growth factor in angiogenesis: a historical review". Br. J. Haematol. 128 (3): 303–9. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2141.2004.05291.x. PMID 15667531.
- Loureiro RM, D'Amore PA (2005). "Transcriptional regulation of vascular endothelial growth factor in cancer". Cytokine Growth Factor Rev. 16 (1): 77–89. doi:10.1016/j.cytogfr.2005.01.005. PMID 15733833.
- Herbst RS, Onn A, Sandler A (2005). "Angiogenesis and lung cancer: prognostic and therapeutic implications". J. Clin. Oncol. 23 (14): 3243–56. doi:10.1200/JCO.2005.18.853. PMID 15886312.
- Pufe T, Kurz B, Petersen W, et al. (2006). "The influence of biomechanical parameters on the expression of VEGF and endostatin in the bone and joint system". Ann. Anat. 187 (5–6): 461–72. doi:10.1016/j.aanat.2005.06.008. PMID 16320826.
- Tong JP, Yao YF (2006). "Contribution of VEGF and PEDF to choroidal angiogenesis: a need for balanced expressions". Clin. Biochem. 39 (3): 267–76. doi:10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2005.11.013. PMID 16409998.
- Lambrechts D, Carmeliet P (2007). "VEGF at the neurovascular interface: therapeutic implications for motor neuron disease". Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1762 (11–12): 1109–21. doi:10.1016/j.bbadis.2006.04.005. PMID 16784838.
- Matsumoto T, Mugishima H (2006). "Signal transduction via vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) receptors and their roles in atherogenesis". J. Atheroscler. Thromb. 13 (3): 130–5. doi:10.5551/jat.13.130. PMID 16835467.
- Bogaert E, Van Damme P, Van Den Bosch L, Robberecht W (2006). "Vascular endothelial growth factor in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and other neurodegenerative diseases". Muscle Nerve 34 (4): 391–405. doi:10.1002/mus.20609. PMID 16856151.
- Mercurio AM, Lipscomb EA, Bachelder RE (2006). "Non-angiogenic functions of VEGF in breast cancer". Journal of Mammary Gland Biology and Neoplasia 10 (4): 283–90. doi:10.1007/s10911-006-9001-9. PMID 16924371.
- Makinde T, Murphy RF, Agrawal DK (2007). "Immunomodulatory role of vascular endothelial growth factor and angiopoietin-1 in airway remodeling". Curr. Mol. Med. 6 (8): 831–41. doi:10.2174/156652406779010795. PMID 17168735.
- Rini BI, Rathmell WK (2007). "Biological aspects and binding strategies of vascular endothelial growth factor in renal cell carcinoma". Clin. Cancer Res. 13 (2 Pt 2): 741s–746s. doi:10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-06-2110. PMID 17255303.
- Jiang C, Zuo F, Wang Y, Lu H, Yang Q, Wang J. (2016). "Progesterone Changes VEGF and BDNF Expression and Promotes Neurogenesis After Ischemic Stroke.". Mol Neurobiol. doi:10.1007/s12035-015-9651-y. PMID 26746666.
- Rodgers LS, Lalani S, Hardy KM, Xiang X, Broka D, Antin PB, Camenisch TD. (2006). "Depolymerized hyaluronan induces vascular endothelial growth factor, a negative regulator of developmental epithelial-to-mesenchymal transformation". Circ Res. 99 (6): 583–9. doi:10.1161/01.RES.0000242561.95978.43. PMID 16931798.
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External links
- Vascular Endothelial Growth Factors at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
- Proteopedia Vascular_Endothelial_Growth_Factor - the Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Structure in Interactive 3D
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- Angiogenin
- Angiopoietin (ANGPT1, ANGPT2)
- Perlecan
- Vascular endothelial growth factor (A, B, C, D, PGF)
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- Proteases in angiogenesis
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Intercellular signaling peptides and proteins / ligands
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- Endothelial growth factor
- Epidermal growth factor
- Fibroblast growth factor
- Nerve growth factor
- Platelet-derived growth factor
- Transforming growth factor beta superfamily
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- EFNA1
- EFNA2
- EFNA3
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- Adipokine
- Agouti signaling protein
- Agouti-related protein
- Angiogenic protein
- CCN intercellular signaling protein
- Cysteine-rich protein 61
- Connective tissue growth factor
- Nephroblastoma overexpressed protein
- Cytokine
- Endothelin
- Hedgehog protein
- Interferon
- Kinin
- Parathyroid hormone-related protein
- Semaphorin
- Somatomedin
- Tolloid-like metalloproteinase
- Tumor necrosis factor
- Wnt protein
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- Artemin
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- GMF
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- Neuregulin (1, 2, 3, 4)
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- VEGF
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