Article ; Online: Vascular endothelial growth factor coordinates islet innervation via vascular scaffolding.
Development (Cambridge, England)
2014 Volume 141, Issue 7, Page(s) 1480–1491
Abstract: ... to this arrangement are incompletely understood. Here, we show that vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF ... endothelial cells. Our data indicate that formation of a VEGF-directed, intra-islet vascular plexus is required ... for development of islet innervation, and that VEGF-induced islet hypervascularization leads to increased ...
| Abstract | Neurovascular alignment is a common anatomical feature of organs, but the mechanisms leading to this arrangement are incompletely understood. Here, we show that vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) signaling profoundly affects both vascularization and innervation of the pancreatic islet. In mature islets, nerves are closely associated with capillaries, but the islet vascularization process during embryonic organogenesis significantly precedes islet innervation. Although a simple neuronal meshwork interconnects the developing islet clusters as they begin to form at E14.5, the substantial ingrowth of nerve fibers into islets occurs postnatally, when islet vascularization is already complete. Using genetic mouse models, we demonstrate that VEGF regulates islet innervation indirectly through its effects on intra-islet endothelial cells. Our data indicate that formation of a VEGF-directed, intra-islet vascular plexus is required for development of islet innervation, and that VEGF-induced islet hypervascularization leads to increased nerve fiber ingrowth. Transcriptome analysis of hypervascularized islets revealed an increased expression of extracellular matrix components and axon guidance molecules, with these transcripts being enriched in the islet-derived endothelial cell population. We propose a mechanism for coordinated neurovascular development within pancreatic islets, in which endocrine cell-derived VEGF directs the patterning of intra-islet capillaries during embryogenesis, forming a scaffold for the postnatal ingrowth of essential autonomic nerve fibers. |
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| MeSH term(s) | Animals ; Blood Vessels/embryology ; Blood Vessels/physiology ; Cell Communication/genetics ; Cells, Cultured ; Embryo, Mammalian ; Endothelium, Vascular/embryology ; Endothelium, Vascular/metabolism ; Endothelium, Vascular/physiology ; Female ; Islets of Langerhans/blood supply ; Islets of Langerhans/embryology ; Islets of Langerhans/innervation ; Mice ; Mice, Transgenic ; Neovascularization, Physiologic/physiology ; Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A/genetics ; Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A/physiology | ||||||||||
| Chemical Substances | Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A ; vascular endothelial growth factor A, mouse | ||||||||||
| Language | English | ||||||||||
| Publishing date | 2014-02-26 | ||||||||||
| Publishing country | England | ||||||||||
| Document type | Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. | ||||||||||
| ZDB-ID | 90607-4 | ||||||||||
| ISSN | 1477-9129 ; 0950-1991 | ||||||||||
| ISSN (online) | 1477-9129 | ||||||||||
| ISSN | 0950-1991 | ||||||||||
| DOI | 10.1242/dev.098657 | ||||||||||
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