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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-3-30
pubmed:abstractText
Apigenin is a non-toxic dietary flavonoid with anti-tumor properties. We recently showed that apigenin-inhibited hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression in human ovarian cancer cells under normoxic condition. However, the effect of apigenin in angiogenesis remains to be elucidated. Angiogenesis is the formation of new blood vessels and is required for tumor growth and metastasis. In this study, we showed that apigenin-inhibited expression of HIF-1 and VEGF in different cancer cells under both normoxic and hypoxic conditions. We demonstrated that apigenin significantly inhibited tumor angiogenesis in vivo, by using both the chicken chorioallantoic membrane and Matrigel plug assays. The inhibition of tumor angiogenesis was associated with the decrease of HIF-1 and VEGF in tumor tissues. Taken together, our results show that apigenin suppresses tumor angiogenesis through HIF-1 and VEGF expression.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0143-3334
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
28
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
858-64
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17071632-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:17071632-Anoxia, pubmed-meshheading:17071632-Apigenin, pubmed-meshheading:17071632-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:17071632-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:17071632-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:17071632-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:17071632-Chick Embryo, pubmed-meshheading:17071632-Chorioallantoic Membrane, pubmed-meshheading:17071632-Collagen, pubmed-meshheading:17071632-Drug Combinations, pubmed-meshheading:17071632-Female, pubmed-meshheading:17071632-Flow Cytometry, pubmed-meshheading:17071632-Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:17071632-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:17071632-Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit, pubmed-meshheading:17071632-Laminin, pubmed-meshheading:17071632-Male, pubmed-meshheading:17071632-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:17071632-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:17071632-Mice, Nude, pubmed-meshheading:17071632-Neoplasms, Experimental, pubmed-meshheading:17071632-Neovascularization, Pathologic, pubmed-meshheading:17071632-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:17071632-Proteoglycans, pubmed-meshheading:17071632-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:17071632-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Apigenin inhibits tumor angiogenesis through decreasing HIF-1alpha and VEGF expression.
pubmed:affiliation
The Institute for Nutritional Sciences, Shanghai Institute for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article