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Low-Molecular-Weight Fucoidan Induces Endothelial Cell Migration via the PI3K/AKT Pathway and Modulates the Transcription of Genes Involved in Angiogenesis

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Inserm, UMR-S765, 75006 Paris, France
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Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75006 Paris, France
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Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75013 Paris, France
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Inserm, UMR-S970, 75015 Paris, France
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Plateforme P3S, Sorbonne Universités, 75013 Paris, France
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Inserm, UMR-S1140, 75006 Paris, France
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AP-HP, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, 75015 Paris, France
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IFREMER, Route de l’Ile d’Yeu, 44300 Nantes, France
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Academic Editor: Paola Laurienzo
Mar. Drugs 2015, 13(12), 7446-7462; https://doi.org/10.3390/md13127075
Received: 20 November 2015 / Revised: 10 December 2015 / Accepted: 11 December 2015 / Published: 18 December 2015
Low-molecular-weight fucoidan (LMWF) is a sulfated polysaccharide extracted from brown seaweed that presents antithrombotic and pro-angiogenic properties. However, its mechanism of action is not well-characterized. Here, we studied the effects of LMWF on cell signaling and whole genome expression in human umbilical vein endothelial cells and endothelial colony forming cells. We observed that LMWF and vascular endothelial growth factor had synergistic effects on cell signaling, and more interestingly that LMWF by itself, in the absence of other growth factors, was able to trigger the activation of the PI3K/AKT pathway, which plays a crucial role in angiogenesis and vasculogenesis. We also observed that the effects of LMWF on cell migration were PI3K/AKT-dependent and that LMWF modulated the expression of genes involved at different levels of the neovessel formation process, such as cell migration and cytoskeleton organization, cell mobilization and homing. This provides a better understanding of LMWF’s mechanism of action and confirms that it could be an interesting therapeutic approach for vascular repair. View Full-Text
Keywords: fucoidan; angiogenesis; vasculogenesis; migration; signaling; transcriptomics fucoidan; angiogenesis; vasculogenesis; migration; signaling; transcriptomics
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Bouvard, C.; Galy-Fauroux, I.; Grelac, F.; Carpentier, W.; Lokajczyk, A.; Gandrille, S.; Colliec-Jouault, S.; Fischer, A.-M.; Helley, D. Low-Molecular-Weight Fucoidan Induces Endothelial Cell Migration via the PI3K/AKT Pathway and Modulates the Transcription of Genes Involved in Angiogenesis. Mar. Drugs 2015, 13, 7446-7462. https://doi.org/10.3390/md13127075

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Bouvard C, Galy-Fauroux I, Grelac F, Carpentier W, Lokajczyk A, Gandrille S, Colliec-Jouault S, Fischer A-M, Helley D. Low-Molecular-Weight Fucoidan Induces Endothelial Cell Migration via the PI3K/AKT Pathway and Modulates the Transcription of Genes Involved in Angiogenesis. Marine Drugs. 2015; 13(12):7446-7462. https://doi.org/10.3390/md13127075

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Bouvard, Claire, Isabelle Galy-Fauroux, Françoise Grelac, Wassila Carpentier, Anna Lokajczyk, Sophie Gandrille, Sylvia Colliec-Jouault, Anne-Marie Fischer, and Dominique Helley. 2015. "Low-Molecular-Weight Fucoidan Induces Endothelial Cell Migration via the PI3K/AKT Pathway and Modulates the Transcription of Genes Involved in Angiogenesis" Marine Drugs 13, no. 12: 7446-7462. https://doi.org/10.3390/md13127075

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