Abstract

Plasma membrane calcium ATPase 1 regulates human umbilical vein endothelial cell angiogenesis and viability

Highlights

  • Angiogenesis encompasses a series of regulated processes enabling endothelial tip cell migration, stalk cell proliferation and eventual vessel anastomosis and maturation

  • To determine tubule formation, human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) were plated onto GeltrexTM Low Growth Factor Matrix (Invitrogen, 3 × 104 cells per well) in Medium 200 (0.2% FBS) containing either PBS or 25 ng/ml VEGFa-165 (PeproTech)

  • PMCA1 knockdown leads to impaired HUVEC migration; quantification of wound density and wound width revealed both are significantly reduced in si-PMCA1 HUVECs (Fig. 1B)

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Summary

Introduction

Angiogenesis encompasses a series of regulated processes enabling endothelial tip cell migration, stalk cell proliferation and eventual vessel anastomosis and maturation. Knockdown of ATP2B1 (si-PMCA1), ATP2B4 (si-PMCA4), or nontargeting (si-NT) scrambled control (Dharmacon) in HUVECs (TCS Cellworks) was achieved using published methods [1,2]. HUVECs were plated onto ImageLock 96-well plates (3 × 104 cells per well) and the scratch wound generated using the Incucyte ‘woundmaker’ (Sartorius).

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