Abstract
Lymphatic vessels develop from specialized endothelial cells in preexisting blood vessels, but the molecular signals that regulate this separation are unknown. Here we identify a failure to separate emerging lymphatic vessels from blood vessels in mice lacking the hematopoietic signaling protein SLP-76 or Syk. Blood-lymphatic connections lead to embryonic hemorrhage and arteriovenous shunting. Expression of slp-76 could not be detected in endothelial cells, and blood-filled lymphatics also arose in wild-type mice reconstituted with SLP-76-deficient bone marrow. These studies reveal a hematopoietic signaling pathway required for separation of the two major vascular networks in mammals.
MeSH Terms
Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing
Animals
Animals, Newborn
Antigens, CD34/metabolism
Blood Vessels/abnormalities,cytology,embryology,metabolism
Bone Marrow Cells/cytology,physiology
Bone Marrow Transplantation
Dextrans
Endothelium, Lymphatic/cytology,metabolism
Endothelium, Vascular/cytology,metabolism
Enzyme Precursors/genetics,metabolism
Fluorescein-5-isothiocyanate/analogs & derivatives
Glycoproteins/metabolism
Hemorrhage
Homeodomain Proteins/genetics,metabolism
Intestines/blood supply
Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
Lymphatic System/abnormalities,cytology,embryology,metabolism
Membrane Transport Proteins
Mesenteric Arteries/abnormalities
Mesenteric Veins/abnormalities
Mice
Phosphoproteins/genetics,metabolism
Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/genetics,metabolism
Signal Transduction
Stem Cells/physiology
Syk Kinase
Tumor Suppressor Proteins
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-3/metabolism
Veins/cytology,embryology,metabolism
Chemicals
Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing
Antigens, CD34
Dextrans
Enzyme Precursors
Glycoproteins
Homeodomain Proteins
Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
Membrane Transport Proteins
Phosphoproteins
SLP-76 signal Transducing adaptor proteins
Tumor Suppressor Proteins
Xlkd1 protein, mouse
fluorescein isothiocyanate dextran
prospero-related homeobox 1 protein
Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-3
Syk Kinase
Syk protein, mouse
Fluorescein-5-isothiocyanate
Authors & Affiliations
15 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Abtahian Farhad
Signal Transduction Program, Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Guerriero Anastasia
Sebzda Eric
Lu Min-Min
Zhou Rong
Mocsai Attila
Myers Erin E
Huang Bin
Jackson David G
Ferrari Victor A
Tybulewicz Victor
Lowell Clifford A
Lepore John J
Koretzky Gary A
Kahn Mark L
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