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Circulation Research. 2008
Published online before print January 3, 2008, doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.107.159079
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Submitted on July 5, 2007
Revised on December 5, 2007
Accepted on December 13, 2007

The Scavenger Receptor Class B Type I Adaptor Protein PDZK1 Maintains Endothelial Monolayer Integrity

Weifei Zhu ; Sonika Saddar ; Divya Seetharam ; Ken L. Chambliss ; Christopher Longoria ; David L. Silver ; Ivan S. Yuhanna ; Philip W. Shaul ; and Chieko Mineo *

From the Division of Pulmonary and Vascular Biology (W.Z., S.S., D.S., K.L.C., C.L., I.S.Y., P.W.S., C.M.), Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas; and Department of Biochemistry (D.L.S.), Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York.

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: chieko.mineo{at}utsouthwestern.edu.

Circulating levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol are inversely related to the risk of cardiovascular disease, and HDL and the HDL receptor scavenger receptor class B type I (SR-BI) initiate signaling in endothelium through src that promotes endothelial NO synthase activity and cell migration. Such signaling requires the C-terminal PDZ-interacting domain of SR-BI. Here we show that the PDZ domain–containing protein PDZK1 is expressed in endothelium and required for HDL activation of endothelial NO synthase and cell migration; in contrast, endothelial cell responses to other stimuli, including vascular endothelial growth factor, are PDZK1-independent. Coimmunoprecipitation experiments reveal that Src interacts with SR-BI, and this process is PDZK1-independent. PDZK1 also does not regulate SR-BI abundance or plasma membrane localization in endothelium or HDL binding or cholesterol efflux. Alternatively, PDZK1 is required for HDL/SR-BI to induce Src phosphorylation. Paralleling the in vitro findings, carotid artery reendothelialization following perivascular electric injury is absent in PDZK1-/- mice, and this phenotype persists in PDZK1-/- mice with genetic reconstitution of PDZK1 expression in liver, where PDZK1 modifies SR-BI abundance. Thus, PDZK1 is uniquely required for HDL/SR-BI signaling in endothelium, and through these mechanisms, it is critically involved in the maintenance of endothelial monolayer integrity.


Key words: PDZK1 • high-density lipoprotein • SR-BI • endothelium




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