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Development ePress online publication date 4 Aug 2004
doi: 10.1242/dev.01304
Research article
Hedgehog signaling is essential for endothelial tube formation during vasculogenesis
Steven A. Vokes,
Tatiana A. Yatskievych,
Ronald L. Heimark,
Jill McMahon,
Andrew P. McMahon,
Parker B. Antin,
and
Paul A. Krieg*
* Author for correspondence (e-mail: pkrieg{at}email.arizona.edu)
During embryonic development, the first blood vessels are formed through the aggregation and subsequent assembly of angioblasts (endothelial precursors) into a network of endothelial tubes, a process known as vasculogenesis. These first vessels generally form in mesoderm that is adjacent to endodermal tissue. Although specification of the angioblast lineage is independent of endoderm interactions, a signal from the endoderm is necessary for angioblasts to assemble into a vascular network and to undergo vascular tube formation. In this study, we show that endodermally derived sonic hedgehog is both necessary and sufficient for vascular tube formation in avian embryos. We also show that Hedgehog signaling is required for vascular tube formation in mouse embryos, and for vascular cord formation in cultured mouse endothelial cells. These results demonstrate a previously uncharacterized role for Hedgehog signaling in vascular development, and identify Hedgehog signaling as an important component of the molecular pathway leading to vascular tube formation.

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