Kenta Niimi, Jun Nakae, Yoshiaki Kubota, Shinobu Inagaki, Tatsuo Furuyama
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The microvascular system consists of two cell types: endothelial and mural (pericytes and vascular smooth muscle cells; VSMCs) cells. Communication between endothelial and mural cells plays a pivotal role in the maintenance of vascular homeostasis; however, in vivo molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying mural cell development remain unclear. In this study, we found that macrophages played a crucial role in TGFβ-dependent pericyte-to-VSMC differentiation during retinal vasculature development. In mice with constitutively active Foxo1 overexpression, substantial accumulation of TGFβ1-producing macrophages and pericytes around the angiogenic front region was observed. Additionally, the TGFβ-SMAD pathway was activated in pericytes adjacent to macrophages, resulting in excess ectopic α-smooth muscle actin-positive VSMCs. Furthermore, we identified endothelial SEMA3C as an attractant for macrophages. In vivo neutralization of SEMA3C rescued macrophage accumulation and ectopic VSMC phenotypes in the mice, as well as drug-induced macrophage depletion. Therefore, macrophages play an important physiological role in VSMC development via the FOXO1-SEMA3C pathway.
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