DLL4

DLL4
Identifiers
Aliases	DLL4, hdelta2, AOS6, delta like canonical Notch ligand 4, delta4
External IDs	OMIM: 605185; MGI: 1859388; HomoloGene: 10411; GeneCards: DLL4; OMA:DLL4 - orthologs
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 15 (human) Band 15q15.1 Start 40,929,340 bp End 40,939,073 bp
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 2 (mouse) Band 2|2 E5 Start 119,156,265 bp End 119,166,443 bp
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in vena cava apex of heart body of tongue pericardium upper lobe of left lung subcutaneous adipose tissue left ventricle atrium right atrium cardia Top expressed in interventricular septum vasculature of trunk lamina propria of small intestine umbilical artery dorsal aorta right lung endothelium of artery right ventricle gastrula right lung lobe More reference expression data BioGPS More reference expression data
Gene ontology Molecular function calcium ion binding Notch binding protein binding Cellular component integral component of membrane membrane plasma membrane Biological process Notch signaling pathway dorsal aorta morphogenesis cell differentiation negative regulation of blood vessel endothelial cell migration response to stimulus negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II blood vessel lumenization cellular response to fibroblast growth factor stimulus blood circulation negative regulation of gene expression nervous system development ventricular trabecula myocardium morphogenesis negative regulation of endothelial cell migration regulation of neural retina development positive regulation of neural precursor cell proliferation negative regulation of cell migration involved in sprouting angiogenesis cell communication multicellular organism development blood vessel remodeling T cell differentiation positive regulation of gene expression ventral spinal cord interneuron fate commitment angiogenesis pericardium morphogenesis negative regulation of blood vessel endothelial cell proliferation involved in sprouting angiogenesis branching involved in blood vessel morphogenesis cellular response to vascular endothelial growth factor stimulus cardiac atrium morphogenesis cardiac ventricle morphogenesis regulation of neurogenesis signal transduction visual perception negative regulation of cell population proliferation negative regulation of Notch signaling pathway positive regulation of Notch signaling pathway Notch signaling involved in heart development aortic valve morphogenesis Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 54567 54485 Ensembl ENSG00000128917 ENSMUSG00000027314 UniProt Q9NR61 Q9JI71 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_019074 NM_019454 RefSeq (protein) NP_061947 NP_062327 Location (UCSC) Chr 15: 40.93 – 40.94 Mb Chr 2: 119.16 – 119.17 Mb PubMed search
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Delta-like 4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the DLL4 gene.

This gene is a homolog of the Drosophila delta gene. The delta gene family encodes Notch ligands that are characterized by a DSL domain, EGF repeats, and a transmembrane domain.

Further reading

• Yoneya T, Tahara T, Nagao K, Yamada Y, Yamamoto T, Osawa M, Miyatani S, Nishikawa M (January 2001). "Molecular cloning of delta-4, a new mouse and human Notch ligand". Journal of Biochemistry. 129 (1): 27–34. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a002832. PMID 11134954.
• Yan XQ, Sarmiento U, Sun Y, Huang G, Guo J, Juan T, Van G, Qi MY, Scully S, Senaldi G, Fletcher FA (December 2001). "A novel Notch ligand, Dll4, induces T-cell leukemia/lymphoma when overexpressed in mice by retroviral-mediated gene transfer". Blood. 98 (13): 3793–9. doi:10.1182/blood.V98.13.3793. PMID 11739188.
• Mailhos C, Modlich U, Lewis J, Harris A, Bicknell R, Ish-Horowicz D (December 2001). "Delta4, an endothelial specific notch ligand expressed at sites of physiological and tumor angiogenesis". Differentiation; Research in Biological Diversity. 69 (2–3): 135–44. doi:10.1046/j.1432-0436.2001.690207.x. PMID 11798067.
• Dorsch M, Zheng G, Yowe D, Rao P, Wang Y, Shen Q, Murphy C, Xiong X, Shi Q, Gutierrez-Ramos JC, Fraser C, Villeval JL (September 2002). "Ectopic expression of Delta4 impairs hematopoietic development and leads to lymphoproliferative disease". Blood. 100 (6): 2046–55. doi:10.1182/blood.V100.6.2046. PMID 12200365.
• Liu ZJ, Shirakawa T, Li Y, Soma A, Oka M, Dotto GP, Fairman RM, Velazquez OC, Herlyn M (January 2003). "Regulation of Notch1 and Dll4 by vascular endothelial growth factor in arterial endothelial cells: implications for modulating arteriogenesis and angiogenesis". Molecular and Cellular Biology. 23 (1): 14–25. doi:10.1128/MCB.23.1.14-25.2003. PMC 140667. PMID 12482957.
• Tohda S, Murata-Ohsawa M, Sakano S, Nara N (May 2003). "Notch ligands, Delta-1 and Delta-4 suppress the self-renewal capacity and long-term growth of two myeloblastic leukemia cell lines". International Journal of Oncology. 22 (5): 1073–9. doi:10.3892/ijo.22.5.1073. PMID 12684674.
• Shawber CJ, Das I, Francisco E, Kitajewski J (May 2003). "Notch signaling in primary endothelial cells". Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 995 (1): 162–70. Bibcode:2003NYASA.995..162S. doi:10.1111/j.1749-6632.2003.tb03219.x. PMID 12814948. S2CID 25058168.
• Lauret E, Catelain C, Titeux M, Poirault S, Dando JS, Dorsch M, Villeval JL, Groseil A, Vainchenker W, Sainteny F, Bennaceur-Griscelli A (April 2004). "Membrane-bound delta-4 notch ligand reduces the proliferative activity of primitive human hematopoietic CD34+CD38low cells while maintaining their LTC-IC potential". Leukemia. 18 (4): 788–97. doi:10.1038/sj.leu.2403288. PMID 14990974. S2CID 6608609.
• Zhang Z, Henzel WJ (October 2004). "Signal peptide prediction based on analysis of experimentally verified cleavage sites". Protein Science. 13 (10): 2819–24. doi:10.1110/ps.04682504. PMC 2286551. PMID 15340161.
• McKeane DP, Meyer J, Dobrin SE, Melmed KM, Ekawardhani S, Tracy NA, Lesch KP, Stephan DA (June 2005). "No causative DLL4 mutations in periodic catatonia patients from 15q15 linked families". Schizophrenia Research. 75 (1): 1–3. doi:10.1016/j.schres.2004.07.017. PMID 15820317. S2CID 42665216.
• Patel NS, Li JL, Generali D, Poulsom R, Cranston DW, Harris AL (October 2005). "Up-regulation of delta-like 4 ligand in human tumor vasculature and the role of basal expression in endothelial cell function". Cancer Research. 65 (19): 8690–7. doi:10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-05-1208. hdl:10026.1/10306. PMID 16204037.
• Patel NS, Dobbie MS, Rochester M, Steers G, Poulsom R, Le Monnier K, Cranston DW, Li JL, Harris AL (August 2006). "Up-regulation of endothelial delta-like 4 expression correlates with vessel maturation in bladder cancer". Clinical Cancer Research. 12 (16): 4836–44. doi:10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-06-0285. PMID 16914569.
• Lefort N, Benne C, Lelièvre JD, Dorival C, Balbo M, Sakano S, Coulombel L, Lévy Y (December 2006). "Short exposure to Notch ligand Delta-4 is sufficient to induce T-cell differentiation program and to increase the T cell potential of primary human CD34+ cells". Experimental Hematology. 34 (12): 1720–9. doi:10.1016/j.exphem.2006.08.007. PMID 17157169.
• Fung E, Tang SM, Canner JP, Morishige K, Arboleda-Velasquez JF, Cardoso AA, Carlesso N, Aster JC, Aikawa M (June 2007). "Delta-like 4 induces notch signaling in macrophages: implications for inflammation". Circulation. 115 (23): 2948–56. doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.675462. PMID 17533181. S2CID 12333385.
• Hodkinson PS, Elliott PA, Lad Y, McHugh BJ, MacKinnon AC, Haslett C, Sethi T (September 2007). "Mammalian NOTCH-1 activates beta1 integrins via the small GTPase R-Ras". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282 (39): 28991–9001. doi:10.1074/jbc.M703601200. hdl:1842/4393. PMID 17664272.
• Zang S, Ji C, Qu X, Dong X, Ma D, Ye J, Ma R, Dai J, Guo D (2007). "A study on Notch signaling in human breast cancer". Neoplasma. 54 (4): 304–10. PMID 17822320.

External links

• Overview of all the structural information available in the PDB for UniProt: Q9NR61 (Delta-like protein 4) at the PDBe-KB.