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  • Sox17 is required for endothelial regeneration following inflammation-induced vascular injury.

Sox17 is required for endothelial regeneration following inflammation-induced vascular injury.

Nature communications (2019-05-11)
Menglin Liu, Lianghui Zhang, Glenn Marsboom, Ankit Jambusaria, Shiqin Xiong, Peter T Toth, Elizaveta V Benevolenskaya, Jalees Rehman, Asrar B Malik
ABSTRACT

Repair of the endothelial cell barrier after inflammatory injury is essential for tissue fluid homeostasis and normalizing leukocyte transmigration. However, the mechanisms of endothelial regeneration remain poorly understood. Here we show that the endothelial and hematopoietic developmental transcription factor Sox17 promotes endothelial regeneration in the endotoxemia model of endothelial injury. Genetic lineage tracing studies demonstrate that the native endothelium itself serves as the primary source of endothelial cells repopulating the vessel wall following injury. We identify Sox17 as a key regulator of endothelial cell regeneration using endothelial-specific deletion and overexpression of Sox17. Endotoxemia upregulates Hypoxia inducible factor 1α, which in turn transcriptionally activates Sox17 expression. We observe that Sox17 increases endothelial cell proliferation via upregulation of Cyclin E1. Furthermore, endothelial-specific upregulation of Sox17 in vivo enhances lung endothelial regeneration. We conclude that endotoxemia adaptively activates Sox17 expression to mediate Cyclin E1-dependent endothelial cell regeneration and restore vascular homeostasis.

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