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Vol. 9, Issue 4, 701-713, April 1998

Down-Regulation of Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 Results in Thrombospondin-1 Expression and Concerted Regulation of Endothelial Cell Phenotype

Nader Sheibani,* and William A. Frazier

Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, St. Louis, Missouri 63110

bEND.3 cells are polyoma middle T-transformed mouse brain endothelial cells that express very little or no thrombospondin-1, a natural inhibitor of angiogenesis, but express high levels of platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1 (PECAM-1) that localizes to sites of cell-cell contact. Here, we have examined the role of PECAM-1 in regulation of bEND.3 cell proliferation, migration, morphogenesis, and hemangioma formation. We show that down-regulating PECAM-1 expression by antisense transfection of bEND.3 cells has a dramatic effect on their morphology, proliferation, and morphogenesis on Matrigel. There is an optimal level for PECAM-1 expression such that high levels of PECAM-1 inhibit, whereas moderate levels of PECAM-1 stimulate, endothelial cell morphogenesis. The down-regulation of PECAM-1 in bEND.3 cells resulted in reexpression of endogenous thrombospondin-1 and its antiangiogenic receptor CD36. The expression of the vascular endothelial growth factor receptors flk-1 and flt-1, as well as integrins and metalloproteinases (which are involved in angiogenesis), were also affected. These observations are consistent with the changes observed in proliferation, migration, and adhesion characteristics of the antisense-transfected bEND.3 cells as well as with their lack of ability to form hemangiomas in mice. Thus, a reciprocal relationship exists between thrombospondin-1 and PECAM-1 expression, such that these two molecules appear to be constituents of a "switch" that regulates in concert many components of the angiogenic and differentiated phenotypes of endothelial cells.

Molecular Biology of the Cell
Vol. 9, 701-713, April 1998
Copyright © 1998 by The American Society for Cell Biology


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