| First Author | Noort AR | Year | 2014 |
| Journal | J Pathol | Volume | 234 |
| Issue | 3 | Pages | 375-85 |
| PubMed ID | 25043127 | Mgi Jnum | J:215921 |
| Mgi Id | MGI:5607356 | Doi | 10.1002/path.4403 |
| Citation | Noort AR, et al. (2014) NF-kappaB-inducing kinase is a key regulator of inflammation-induced and tumour-associated angiogenesis. J Pathol 234(3):375-85 |
| abstractText | Angiogenesis is essential during development and in pathological conditions such as chronic inflammation and cancer progression. Inhibition of angiogenesis by targeting vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) blocks disease progression, but most patients eventually develop resistance which may result from compensatory signalling pathways. In endothelial cells (ECs), expression of the pro-angiogenic chemokine CXCL12 is regulated by non-canonical nuclear factor (NF)-kappaB signalling. Here, we report that NF-kappaB-inducing kinase (NIK) and subsequent non-canonical NF-kappaB signalling regulate both inflammation-induced and tumour-associated angiogenesis. NIK is highly expressed in endothelial cells (ECs) in tumour tissues and inflamed rheumatoid arthritis synovial tissue. Furthermore, non-canonical NF-kappaB signalling in human microvascular ECs significantly enhanced vascular tube formation, which was completely blocked by siRNA targeting NIK. Interestingly, Nik(-/-) mice exhibited normal angiogenesis during development and unaltered TNFalpha- or VEGF-induced angiogenic responses, whereas angiogenesis induced by non-canonical NF-kappaB stimuli was significantly reduced. In addition, angiogenesis in experimental arthritis and a murine tumour model was severely impaired in these mice. These studies provide evidence for a role of non-canonical NF-kappaB signalling in pathological angiogenesis, and identify NIK as a potential therapeutic target in chronic inflammatory diseases and tumour neoangiogenesis. |
