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Loss of SPARC-mediated VEGFR-1 suppression after injury reveals a novel antiangiogenic activity of VEGF-A
Miho Nozaki, Eiji Sakurai, Brian J. Raisler, Judit Z. Baffi, Jassir Witta, Yuichiro Ogura, Rolf A. Brekken, E. Helene Sage, Balamurali K. Ambati, Jayakrishna Ambati
Miho Nozaki, Eiji Sakurai, Brian J. Raisler, Judit Z. Baffi, Jassir Witta, Yuichiro Ogura, Rolf A. Brekken, E. Helene Sage, Balamurali K. Ambati, Jayakrishna Ambati
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Research Article Ophthalmology

Loss of SPARC-mediated VEGFR-1 suppression after injury reveals a novel antiangiogenic activity of VEGF-A

Abstract

VEGF-A promotes angiogenesis in many tissues. Here we report that choroidal neovascularization (CNV) incited by injury was increased by excess VEGF-A before injury but was suppressed by VEGF-A after injury. This unorthodox antiangiogenic effect was mediated via VEGFR-1 activation and VEGFR-2 deactivation, the latter via Src homology domain 2–containing (SH2-containing) tyrosine phosphatase-1 (SHP-1). The VEGFR-1–specific ligand placental growth factor-1 (PlGF-1), but not VEGF-E, which selectively binds VEGFR-2, mimicked these responses. Excess VEGF-A increased CNV before injury because VEGFR-1 activation was silenced by secreted protein, acidic and rich in cysteine (SPARC). The transient decline of SPARC after injury revealed a temporal window in which VEGF-A signaling was routed principally through VEGFR-1. These observations indicate that therapeutic design of VEGF-A inhibition should include consideration of the level and activity of SPARC.

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Miho Nozaki, Eiji Sakurai, Brian J. Raisler, Judit Z. Baffi, Jassir Witta, Yuichiro Ogura, Rolf A. Brekken, E. Helene Sage, Balamurali K. Ambati, Jayakrishna Ambati

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