The diaphragms of fenestrated endothelia: gatekeepers of vascular permeability and blood composition

Radu V Stan, Dan Tse, Sophie J Deharvengt, Nicole C Smits, Yan Xu, Marcus R Luciano, Caitlin L McGarry, Maarten Buitendijk, Krishnamurthy V Nemani, Raul Elgueta, Takashi Kobayashi, Samantha L Shipman, Karen L Moodie, Charles P Daghlian, Patricia A Ernst, Hong-Kee Lee, Arief A Suriawinata, Alan R Schned, Daniel S Longnecker, Steven N FieringRandolph J Noelle, Barjor Gimi, Nicholas W Shworak, Catherine Carrière

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    Abstract

    Fenestral and stomatal diaphragms are endothelial subcellular structures of unknown function that form on organelles implicated in vascular permeability: fenestrae, transendothelial channels, and caveolae. PV1 protein is required for diaphragm formation in vitro. Here, we report that deletion of the PV1-encoding Plvap gene in mice results in the absence of diaphragms and decreased survival. Loss of diaphragms did not affect the fenestrae and transendothelial channels formation but disrupted the barrier function of fenestrated capillaries, causing a major leak of plasma proteins. This disruption results in early death of animals due to severe noninflammatory protein-losing enteropathy. Deletion of PV1 in endothelium, but not in the hematopoietic compartment, recapitulates the phenotype of global PV1 deletion, whereas endothelial reconstitution of PV1 rescues the phenotype. Taken together, these data provide genetic evidence for the critical role of the diaphragms in fenestrated capillaries in the maintenance of blood composition.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1203-18
    Number of pages16
    JournalDevelopmental Cell
    Volume23
    Issue number6
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 11 Dec 2012

    Keywords

    • Animals
    • Blood Proteins
    • Capillaries
    • Capillary Permeability
    • Carrier Proteins
    • Caveolae
    • Cell Membrane
    • Endothelium, Vascular
    • Membrane Proteins
    • Mice
    • Mice, Transgenic
    • Protein-Losing Enteropathies

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