Communications Biology (May 2022)

IL-33 enhances Jagged1 mediated NOTCH1 intracellular domain (NICD) deubiquitination and pathological angiogenesis in proliferative retinopathy

  • Deepti Sharma,
  • Shivantika Bisen,
  • Geetika Kaur,
  • Eric C. Van Buren,
  • Gadiparthi N. Rao,
  • Nikhlesh K. Singh

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03432-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Loss of IL-33 in a murine model of retinopathy reduces pathological retinal neovascularization, which can be specified to the role of IL-33 in endothelial cells. IL-33 induces sprouting angiogenesis, and it requires NFkappaB-mediated Jagged 1 expression and Notch1 activation.