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Michael Potente, Carmen Urbich, Ken-ichiro Sasaki, Wolf K. Hofmann, Christopher Heeschen, Alexandra Aicher, Ramya Kollipara, Ronald A. DePinho, Andreas M. Zeiher, Stefanie Dimmeler
Published in Volume 115, Issue 9
J Clin Invest. 2005; 115(9):2382–2392 doi:10.1172/JCI23126
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Foxo1 and Foxo3a are the predominant Foxo transcription factors in endothelial cells. (A) Statistical summary of the Foxo expression profile as assessed in a microarray analysis of total RNA isolated from HUVECs. Data are presented as mean ± SEM; n = 4. The values on the y axis represent a ratio normalized to the mean fluorescent intensity of all genes on the chip. (B) Cell fractions were prepared from HUVECs that were either left untreated, serum starved for 24 hours, or transfected with Flag-Foxo1, HA-Foxo3a, or HA-Foxo4 and subjected to SDS-PAGE. Western blot analysis was performed using the indicated antibodies. Tagged, epitope-tagged; endo., endogenous. (C) HUVECs were serum-starved for 24 hours and then either left untreated or stimulated with VEGF (50 ng/ml) for the indicated times. Cell lysates were subjected to Western blot analysis with antibodies against phospho-Foxo1 (Thr 24), phospho-Foxo3a (Thr 32), or total Foxo1. (D) HUVECs were serum starved for 24 hours, then incubated with 10 μM LY294002 for 1 hour and stimulated with VEGF (50 ng/ml) for the indicated times. Cell lysates were analyzed by Western blot analysis using an antibody directed against phospho-Foxo1. The total level of protein was assayed by Western blot analysis using an anti-Foxo1 and anti-Akt antibody. FCS (20%) was used as a positive control.