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How MST1 (mammalian sterile 20-like kinase 1), the primary kinase in the mechanosensitive Hippo pathway modulates disturbed flow induced endothelial cells (ECs) activation and atherosclerosis remains unclear.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      To assess the role of MST1 in vivo, mice with EC-specific\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Mst1<\/jats:italic>\n                      deficiency on\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">\n                        ApoE\n                        <jats:sup>\u2212\/\u2212<\/jats:sup>\n                      <\/jats:italic>\n                      background (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">\n                        Mst1\n                        <jats:sup>iECKO<\/jats:sup>\n                        ApoE\n                        <jats:sup>\u2212\/\u2212<\/jats:sup>\n                      <\/jats:italic>\n                      ) were used in an atherosclerosis model generated by carotid artery ligation. Mass spectrometry, immunoprecipitation, proximity ligation assay, and dye uptake assay were used to identify the functional substrate of MST1. Human umbilical vein endothelial cells and human aortic endothelial cells were subjected to oscillatory shear stress that mimic disturbed flow in experiments conducted in vitro.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      We found that the phosphorylation of endothelial MST1 was significantly inhibited in oscillatory shear stress-exposed regions of human and mouse arteries and ECs. Ectopic lenti-mediated overexpression of wild-type MST1, but not a kinase-deficient mutant of MST1, reversed disturbed flow-caused EC activation and atherosclerosis in EC-specific\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Mst1<\/jats:italic>\n                      deficiency on\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">\n                        ApoE\n                        <jats:sup>\u2212\/\u2212<\/jats:sup>\n                      <\/jats:italic>\n                      background (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">\n                        Mst1\n                        <jats:sup>iECKO<\/jats:sup>\n                        ApoE\n                        <jats:sup>\u2212\/\u2212<\/jats:sup>\n                      <\/jats:italic>\n                      ). Inhibition of MST1 by oscillatory shear stress led to reduced phosphorylation of Cx43 (connexin 43) at Ser255, the Cx43 hemichannel open, EC activation, and atherosclerosis, which were blocked by TAT-GAP19, a Cx43 hemichannel inhibitory peptide. Mass spectrometry studies identified that Filamin B fueled the translocation of Cx43 to lipid rafts for further hemichannel open. Finally, lenti-mediated overexpression of the Cx43\n                      <jats:sup>S255<\/jats:sup>\n                      mutant into glutamate to mimic phosphorylation blunted disturbed flow-induced EC activation, thereby inhibiting the atherogenesis in both\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">\n                        ApoE\n                        <jats:sup>\u2212\/\u2212<\/jats:sup>\n                      <\/jats:italic>\n                      and\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Mst1<\/jats:italic>\n                      <jats:sup>\n                        <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">iECKO<\/jats:italic>\n                      <\/jats:sup>\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">\n                        ApoE\n                        <jats:sup>\u2212\/\u2212<\/jats:sup>\n                      <\/jats:italic>\n                      mice.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n       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