• Department of General Surgery, Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Medical College of Nanjing University, Nanjing 210008, ChinaCorresponding Author: DING Yi-tao, E-mail: dingyitaonj@hotmail.com;
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Objective  To develop an in vitro three-dimensional angiogenesis system and analyze the expression and function of CD105 in angiogenesis.
Methods  After primary human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) were purified and cultured, the microcarriers were coated with HUVEC and then embedded and cultured into fibrin gel. The angiogenesis process of HUVEC on the microcarriers was formed. The expression of CD105 during this process was detected by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Antisense oligodeoxynucleotide (ASODN) was used to inhibit the expression of CD105 and the changes of the angiogenesis process were analyzed quantitatively.
Results  HUVEC on the microcarriers which were embedded into the fibrin gel, occurred the angiogenesis process of sprouts, branches and capillary networks with lumina. During this process, CD105 was over expressed in the periods of forming sprouts and branches, and depressed in the relatively steady periods including the periods before forming sprouts and after forming capillary networks. While the expression of CD105 was inhibited by ASODN, the angiogenesis process was significantly inhibited.
Conclusions  The expression of CD105 is varied within the angiogenesis process, over expressing during the sprouts and branches forming periods. Inhibiting the expression of CD105 could efficiently inhibit angiogenesis.

Citation: YAO Yongzhong,PAN Yiming,SUN Xitai,QIU Yudong,DING Yitao.. Expression and Function of CD105 in Angiogenesis. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2009, 16(10): 824-829. doi: Copy