http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jcmm.12115/full
Abstract
Up-regulation
of Notch4 was observed in the endothelial cells in the arteriovenous
malformations (AVMs) in mice. However, whether Notch4 is also involved
in brain AVMs in humans remains unclear. Here, we performed
immunohistochemistry on normal brain vascular tissue and surgically
resected brain AVMs and found that Notch4 was up-regulated in the subset
of abnormal vessels of the brain AVM nidus, compared with control brain
vascular tissue. Two-photon confocal images show that Notch4 was
expressed not only in the endothelial but also in the smooth muscle
cells of the vascular wall in brain AVMs. Western blotting shows that
Notch4 was activated in brain AVMs, but not in middle cerebral artery of
normal human brain, which was confirmed by immunostaining. Our findings
suggest a possible contribution of Notch4 signalling to the development
of brain AVMs in human.
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