[HTML][HTML] Outside-in signaling pathway linked to CD146 engagement in human endothelial cells

F Anfosso, N Bardin, E Vivier, F Sabatier… - Journal of Biological …, 2001 - ASBMB
CD146 (S-Endo 1 Ag or MUC18) is a transmembrane glycoprotein expressed on endothelial
cells on the whole vascular tree. CD146 is located at the intercellular junction where it plays
a role in the cohesion of the endothelial monolayer. CD146 engagement initiates an outside-
in signaling pathway involving the protein tyrosine kinases FYN and FAK as well as paxillin.
Here we report that CD146 engagement by its specific monoclonal antibody in human
umbilical vein endothelial cells induces a Ca 2+ influx that is sensitive to thapsigargin and …