Endothelial MEMO1 Regulates Angiogenic Signaling in a Model of Retinopathy of Prematurity.

ABSTRACT: Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is important in both developmental and pathologic angiogenesis in retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). Using a rat model representative of ROP, we found that regulation of VEGF signaling through VEGF receptor 2 (VEGFR2) in retinal microvascular endothelial cells (RMVECs) extended developmental angiogenesis but reduced pathologic angiogenesis, that is, intravitreal neovascularization (IVNV). We identified an adaptor protein, MEMO1, in IVNV in the rat model and tested the hypothesis that MEMO1 in RMVECs was important in IVNV by regulating signaling through VEGFR2. Instead, we found MEMO1 knockdown enhanced phosphorylation of VEGF-induced VEGFR2 and STAT3 and increased wound closure in vitro using cultured human RMVECs. Furthermore, MEMO1 overexpression

SUBMITTER: Ramshekar A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12422028 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature